Expired European patentEurope
Regulating system for a continuously variable transmission (cvt)
EP 0880654 B1 · Applicant: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN Aktiengesellschaft
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- Filed February 15, 1997 and granted November 17, 1999. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 15, 2017.
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FiledFebruary 15, 1997
PublishedDecember 2, 1998
GrantedNovember 17, 1999
Term endedFebruary 15, 2017
Application numberEP 97904452
Classification (CPC)F16H61/66254
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