Appeal No. 97-1840 Page 9
Application No. 08/316,685
claim and what subject matter is described by the reference.
As set forth by the court in Kalman v. Kimberly-Clark Corp.,
713 F.2d 760, 772, 218 USPQ 781, 789 (Fed. Cir. 1983), cert.
denied, 465 U.S. 1026 (1984), it is only necessary for the
claims to "'read on' something disclosed in the reference,
i.e., all limitations of the claim are found in the reference,
or 'fully met' by it."
Claim 1
Claim 1 recites a concentric ring rotor assembly having
at least one expandable separator/torque coupler operatively
connected between at least two adjacent axially spaced
concentric rings of the rotor assembly.
Claim 1 is anticipated by Andrä. Andrä discloses a
torsional vibration damper. As shown in Figure 2, the
torsional vibration damper comprises a central hub ring 1,
which forms means for connecting the damper to the shaft which
in use is connected to a part to be damped such as a shaft
(not shown)
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