Appeal Number: 2006-3046
Application Number: 10/130,596
BACKGROUND
The appellants’ invention relates to an integration of an electronic circuit with a
drive apparatus by adopting an arrangement that compensates for the vibration-
related weaknesses of the electronic circuit. (Spec 2). An understanding of the
invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claim 2, which is reproduced
below.
2. An electronic circuit-equipped drive apparatus, comprising:
an electronic circuit which has float wirings1 that electrically connect
solid wirings of a circuit, and which is mechanically connected to an
engine having cylinder axes that are included in a common plane,
wherein the electronic circuit is disposed such that a plane that
includes the solid wirings is substantially perpendicular to the cylinder
axes of the engine.
PRIOR ART
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Yamaguchi US 6,166,498 Dec. 26, 2000
Aoike US 6,195,263 B1 Feb. 27, 2001
1 Float wirings are the bonding wires that connect the solid wirings by wire
bonding. (Spec 7).
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