Appeal No. 2000-1476
Application 08/801,918
Neither Skantar’s display (display unit 7) nor electronic
controller (CPU 8) is disclosed as being mounted in or on the
discrete housing (housing 2) which mounts the brake operator
(brake handles 3 and 4), and indeed Figure 1 of the reference
shows that the display and controller are separate from the
discrete housing. The examiner’s finding to the contrary (see
page 2 in the final rejection) is not only devoid of factual
support, it is actually belied by Skantar’s disclosure.
Yoshino discloses an electronic brake pedal adjustment
apparatus 1 which enables a driver to set desired braking
characteristics as a function of brake pedal pressure or
travel. The apparatus includes means 2 for setting desired
braking characteristics which define a relationship between a
desired brake fluid pressure and a given brake pedal effort,
means 15 for detecting brake pedal effort or travel, means 3
for calculating a desired brake fluid pressure based on the
braking characteristics set for the detected brake pedal
effort, means 17 for controlling actual brake fluid pressure
in accordance with the calculated brake fluid pressure, and
means 4 for displaying the desired and actual braking
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