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(43) Date of publication: 20.11.2024 Bulletin 2024/47 (21) Application number: 23740614.5 (22) Date of filing: 11.01.2023

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  B63H 11/117(2006.01) B63H 20/12(2006.01) B63H 11/10(2006.01) B63H 11/113(2006.01) (52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC): B63H 11/113; B63H 20/12; B63H 11/117; B63H 2025/387; B63H 2011/008; B63H 2020/003; B63H 2025/026 (86) International application number: PCT/US2023/010559 (87) International publication number: WO 2023/137039 (20.07.2023 Gazette 2023/29)

(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: 11.01.2022 US 202263298607 P 19.05.2022 US 202263343895 P (71) Applicant: Vector Controls Inc. Newton, MA 02458 (US)	(72) Inventors: ROESSLER, Edmund, B. Newton, MA 02458 (US) MORVILLO, Robert, A. Newton, MA 02458 (US) (74) Representative: Hoffmann Eitle  Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartmbB Arabellastraße 30 81925 München 81925 München (DE)