Appeal No. 1998-3026
Application No. 08/531,613
BACKGROUND
The disclosed invention is directed to a stator assembly of a rotary electric device
and a method of assembling the same. Claim 1 is reproduced below.
1. A stator assembly of a rotary electric device having a yoke, a yoke plate and a
stator coil which are integrated by a synthetic resin comprising:
a yoke having a plurality of stationary magnetic poles;
a yoke plate having a plurality of stationary magnetic poles;
a stator coil disposed between said yoke and said yoke plate;
alignment notches provided on a surface of said yoke for mating with alignment
pins disposed in a mold;
a synthetic resin filled between said yoke and said yoke plate and covering an outer
surface of said yoke, and fixing said yoke, said yoke plate and said stator coil together;
and
small holes provided in a surface of said synthetic resin over said alignment
notches so that the alignment pins inserted into said alignment notches exclude said
injected synthetic resin from said small holes.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Chestnut et al. (Chestnut) 3,558,940 Jan. 26, 1971
Kato 4,926,540 May 22, 1990
Claims 1-4 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102 as being anticipated by either of
Chestnut or Kato.
We refer to the Final Rejection (Paper No. 15) and the Examiner's Answer (Paper
No. 21) for a statement of the examiner's position and to the Brief (Paper No. 20) and the
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