Appeal No. 95-0746
Application 07/945,036
This is an appeal from the decision of the examiner finally
rejecting claims 1 through 6, which constitute all of the claims
of record in the application.
The appellants' invention is directed to an improvement in
electrical alternators. The subject matter before us on appeal
is illustrated by reference to claim 1, which reads as follows:
1. An improved electrical alternator including a plurality
of stator windings and a rectifier assembly, the respective
stator lead wires of the stator windings are connected to said
rectifier assembly and are disposed within a housing, said
housing is formed from an electrically and heat conducting
material with a centrally apertured plate integrally formed with
a cup portion having a cylindrical wall that extends parallel to
a center axis and surrounds a portion of said stator windings;
said rectifier assembly includes an interconnection plate
mounted on said apertured plate of said housing and said
interconnection plate provides solder terminals for the
connection of said stator lead wires extending from said stator
windings;
said cylindrical wall portion of said housing contains a
plurality of ventilation windows with some windows being
sufficiently large to allow stator lead wires to extend from
their respective stator windings to the interconnection plate
mounted on said deck plate;
the improvement comprising a coating of a resinous material
on the exposed housing surfaces of said windows through which
said stator lead wires extend from their respective stator
windings to said interconnection plate and thereby providing
electrical insulation between said lead wires and said housing.
THE REFERENCES
The references relied upon by the examiner to support the
final rejection are:
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