Appeal No. 2000-0356 Page 4
Application No. 08/825,424
Claim 40, which is representative for present purposes,
follows:
40. A transducer suspension system comprising:
a first rigid beam section having a longitudinal
and a lateral axis, a first portion for connection
to a support member and a second portion extending
beyond the support member, the first rigid beam
section having a flat planar base with a stamped
ridge rising above the base and extending along an
interior portion of its length from the first
portion overlying the support member, through the
second portion extending beyond the support member,
and terminating at a position proximate to, but not
inside, a flexible spring section, the stamped ridge
providing stiffness to the rigid beam section to
resist movement by the rigid beam in a direction
perpendicular to a plane containing the longitudinal
and lateral axes;
the flexible spring section connected to the
second portion of the first rigid beam section at a
location a distance beyond an edge of the support
member; a second rigid beam section connected to the
flexible spring section; and
a transducer assembly receiving section
connected to the second rigid beam section for
receiving a transducer assembly.
(Appeal Br. at 9.)
The prior art applied by the examiner in rejecting the
claims follows:
NHK Spring Co. (“NHK”) NP30-La/Fa ver. 1 Sep. 27, 1993
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