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                                                                    EXHIBIT 3.24

                            CERTIFICATE OF OWNERSHIP

          T. E. CHRISTIE and Harlan Snyder certify that:

          1.   They are the president and secretary, respectively, of CHRISTIE
ELECTRIC CORP., a California corporation.

          2.   This corporation owns all of the outstanding shares of CHRISTIE
EXPORT CORP., a California corporation.

          3.   On February 1, 1985, the board of directors of this corporation
duly adopted the following resolutions:

                    RESOLVED, that CHRISTIE EXPORT CORP., a wholly owned
               subsidiary of CHRISTIE ELECTRIC CORP., be merged into CHRISTIE
               ELECTRIC CORP. pursuant to the provisions of California
               Corporations Code Section 1110;

                    RESOLVED, FURTHER, that CHRISTIE ELECTRIC CORP. hereby
               assumes all of the liabilities of CHRISTIE EXPORT CORP.;

                    RESOLVED, FURTHER, that the President and Secretary of this
               corporation are authorized and directed to file with the
               Secretary of State, on behalf of CHRISTIE ELECTRIC CORP. and
               CHRISTIE EXPORT CORP., a certificate of ownership and such other
               document or documents as may be necessary to effect the merger.

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          We declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of
California that the matters set forth in this certificate are true and correct
of our own knowledge, and that this declaration is signed in Torrance,
California, on February 28, 1985.

                                           /s/ T. E. Christie
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                                           T. E. Christie, President


                                           /s/ Harlan Snyder
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                                           Harlan Snyder, Secretary

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