Free Stipulation - District Court of Delaware - Delaware

Case 1:05-cv-00048-SLR Document 231 Filed 06/30/2006 Page 1 of 2
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE
HITACHI, LTD. and HITACHI )
AUTOMOTIVE PRODUCTS (USA), INC., )
)
Plaintiffs, )
) C.A. No. 05-048-SLR
v. )
)
BORGWARNER INC. and )
BORGWARNER MORSE TEC INC., )
)
Defendants. [
)
BORGWARNER INC., )
)
Counterclaimant, )
)
v. )
)
HITACHI, LTD. and HITACHI )
AUTOMOTIVE PRODUCTS (USA), INC., )
)
Counterdefendants. )
JOINT STIPULATION
The parties, by and through their undersigned counsel, do hereby stipulate and agree, as
follows:
1. Hitachi sells VCT actuators and solenoids to Honda for use in engines in vehicles
sold by Honda. Hitachi stipulates that the Nissan and Ford VCT actuators and solenoids, which
are used in Nissan and Ford engines, are representative of the VCT actuators and solenoids
supplied to Honda for all purposes in this litigation, and operate in the Honda engine(s) in the
same manner as the Hitachi VCT actuators and solenoids that are used in the Nissan and Ford
engines, except that the structure and operation of the spool in the Honda solenoid is not
identical to the structure and operation of the spool in the Nissan and Ford solenoids.

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2. Hitachi sells VCT actuators and solenoids (but not a spider assembly) to Ford for
use in the D35 engine in a vehicle that is understood will be sold by Ford. Hitachi stipulates that
the Ford VCT actuators and solenoids that are used in the Ford D30 engine (but not the spider
assembly) are representative of the VCT actuators and solenoids supplied to Ford for use in the
Ford D35 engine for all purposes of this litigation, and operate in the D35 engine in the same
manner as the Ford VCT actuators and solenoids that are used in the D30 engine.
ASHBY & GEDDES MORRIS, JAMES, HITCHENS & WILLIAMS LLP
/s/ John J Day /s/ Mary B. Matterer
Steven J. Balick (I.D. #2114) Richard K. Herrmann (I.D. #405)
John G. Day (I.D. #2403) Lewis H. Lazarus (I.D. #2374)
222 Delaware Ave., 17th Floor Mary B. Matterer (I.D. #2696)
P.O. Box 1150 222 Delaware Avenue, 10th Floor
Wilmington, DE 19899 Wilmington, DE 19899
(302) 654-1888 (302) 888-6800
[email protected] [email protected]
Of Counsel: Of Counsel:
Michael D. Kaminski Hugh A. Abrams
Pavan K. Agarwal Thomas D. Rein
Liane M. Peterson Lisa A. Schneider
FOLEY & LARDNER LLP Marc A. Cavan
Washington Harbour Lara V. Hirshfeld
3000 K Street, N.W., Suite 500 SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP
Washington, D.C. 20007-5143 1 South Dearborn Street
(202) 672-5300 Chicago, Illinois 60603
(312) 853-7000
Attorneys for Hitachi, Ltd. and
Hitachi Automotive Products (USA), Inc. Attorneys for BorgWarner Inc. and
B0rgWarner Morse TEC Inc.
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