Appeal No. 1999-2388
Application 08/758,513
the manner in which the stator windings couple energy into and
out of the rotor.
Representative claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. An electric machine, comprising:
a cylindrical rotor comprising an array of permanent
magnets that provide a uniform dipole field; and
a stator inserted down the axis of said dipole field,
wherein said rotor is on the outside of said stator, said
stator comprising a first set of windings and a second set of
windings, wherein said first set of windings are orthogonal to
said second set of windings, wherein said first set of
windings and said second set of windings together comprise
orthogonal windings, wherein said first set of windings are
electrically decoupled from said second set of windings;
means for providing power to said first set of windings,
wherein power is delivered to said first set of windings to
bring said rotor up to its normal operating speed, wherein
said rotor will store kinetic energy.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Post 3,683,216 Aug. 08, 1972
Paulsen 4,990,808 Feb. 05, 1991
Leupold 5,349,258 Sep. 20, 1994
Claims 1-9 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103. As
evidence of obviousness the examiner offers Paulsen taken
alone with respect to claims 1-4 and 7-9, Paulsen in view of
Post with respect to claim 5, and Paulsen in view of Leupold
with respect to claim 6.
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