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(11) EP 3 099 941 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
07.12.2016 Bulletin 2016/49

(21) Application number: 15703708.6

(22) Date of filing: 30.01.2015
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
F15B 15/12(2006.01)
(86) International application number:
PCT/US2015/013737
(87) International publication number:
WO 2015/116919 (06.08.2015 Gazette 2015/31)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated Extension States:
BA ME

(30) Priority: 31.01.2014 US 201414170434

(71) Applicant: Woodward, Inc.
Fort Collins, CO 80525 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • SOBOLEWSKI, Pawel A.
    Arlington Heights, Illinois 60005 (US)
  • KIM, Joseph H.
    Valencia, California 91354 (US)
  • O'HARA, Robert P.
    Castaic, California 91384 (US)
  • HYDARI, Shahbaz H.
    Los Angeles, California 90014 (US)

(74) Representative: Conroy, John 
Fish & Richardson P.C. Highlight Business Towers Mies-van-der-Rohe-Straße 8
80807 München
80807 München (DE)

   


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