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EP 3 397 844 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 07.11.2018 Bulletin 2018/45 (21) Application number: 16882398.7 (22) Date of filing: 21.12.2016

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  F01L 1/18(2006.01) F01L 13/00(2006.01) F01L 1/24(2006.01) (86) International application number: PCT/US2016/068118 (87) International publication number: WO 2017/116917 (06.07.2017 Gazette 2017/27)

(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 Designated Validation States: MA MD (30) Priority: 28.12.2015 US 201562271391 P 18.01.2016 US 201662279976 P 14.06.2016 US 201662349983 P 15.06.2016 US 201662350621 P 31.08.2016 IN 201611029817 (71) Applicant: Eaton Intelligent Power Limited Dublin 4 (IE)

(72) Inventors: MCCARTHY, JR., James Edward Kalamazoo Michigan 49009 (US) BROWNELL, Edwin Scott Marshall Michigan 49068 (US) SAGGAM, Nikhil K. Pune 02 (IN) (74) Representative: Schwan Schorer & Partner mbB  Patentanwälte Bauerstrasse 22 80796 München 80796 München (DE)