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(43) Date of publication: 16.10.2024 Bulletin 2024/42 (21) Application number: 22826769.6 (22) Date of filing: 15.11.2022

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  H02G 3/04(2006.01) H02G 1/08(2006.01) D03D 1/00(2006.01) (52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC): H02G 3/0481; H02G 3/0487; H02G 1/086; D10B 2331/02; D10B 2331/04; D03D 15/283; D03D 15/49; D10B 2505/00; D03D 1/0043 (86) International application number: PCT/US2022/079872 (87) International publication number: WO 2023/107805 (15.06.2023 Gazette 2023/24)

(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 ME MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR Designated Extension States: BA Designated Validation States: KH MA MD TN (30) Priority: 07.12.2021 US 202163286890 P 10.11.2022 US 202217984831 10.11.2022 US 202217984849 (71) Applicant: Milliken & Company Spartanburg, South Carolina 29303 (US)	(72) Inventors: BEDINGFIELD, Steven L. Pine Mountain, Georgia 31822 (US) BROADWAY, Andrew Spartanburg, South Carolina 29303 (US) (74) Representative: Hoffmann Eitle  Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartmbB Arabellastraße 30 81925 München 81925 München (DE)