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(43) Date of publication: 19.01.2022 Bulletin 2022/03 (21) Application number: 20770880.1 (22) Date of filing: 05.02.2020

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  F02M 21/02(2006.01) (52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC): F02D 2200/101; F02D 2200/021; F02D 41/1454; F02M 21/023; F02D 2200/0404; F02D 2200/0414; F02M 21/04; Y02T 10/30; F02D 9/105; F02M 21/0239; F02D 41/0025; F02D 19/0642; F02D 19/0694; F02D 41/0027; F02D 2200/0406 (86) International application number: PCT/IN2020/050113 (87) International publication number: WO 2020/183485 (17.09.2020 Gazette 2020/38)

(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: KH MA MD TN (30) Priority: 09.03.2019 IN 201941009236 (71) Applicant: TVS Motor Company Limited Chennai 600006 (IN)

(72) Inventors: SRI GIRI RAGHAVENDRA, Ram Krishnan Chennai, 600 006 (IN) ANBUKKARASU, Anukkavoor Subramanian Chennai, 600 006 (IN) GNANA KOTAIAH, Gutti Chennai, 600 006 (IN) PATTABIRAMAN, Venugopalan Chennai, 600 006 (IN) PRABHU, Kannan Chennai, 600 006 (IN) SADESH, Balakrishnan Chennai, 600 006 (IN) VINOTH BALARAM, Ranganathan Chennai, 600 006 (IN) (74) Representative: Patentanwaltskanzlei Matschnig & Forsthuber OG  Biberstraße 22 Postfach 36 1010 Wien 1010 Wien (AT)