Appeal 2006-1555
Application 10/101,228
on the inside and the outside, has both inside and outside threads interrupted
by longitudinal grooves.
Claim 1 reproduced below, is further illustrative of the claimed
subject matter.
I. An adjustable steering tie-rod assembly having a
longitudinal locking device, said assembly comprising:
a steering terminal having an external threaded region on
a rod portion thereof, the rod portion being in the interior of an
intermediate member with internal and external threads, said
internal and external threads having pitches opposite to each
other which in turn is coupled in a tubular extremity of a
steering tie-rod with internal threads, wherein the intermediate
member is provided with longitudinal grooves in sectioned
lines on its internal and external threads.
The references of record relied upon by the examiner as evidence of
obviousness are:
Ricca US 3,479,675 Nov. 25, 1969
Krawczak US 6,074,125 Jun. 13, 2000
Fox US 6,276,399 B1 Aug. 21, 2001
Claims 1-7 and 9 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Krawczak in view of Ricca.
Claim 8 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. §103 as being
unpatentable over Krawczak in view of Ricca and Fox.
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