Appeal No. 96-0998
Application No. 08/180,288
4. Claims 4, 5, 8, and 9 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Tognola in view of Chapman.
Examiner’s Answer at 7-8.
5. Claims 13 and 14 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Tognola in view of Valentini.
Examiner’s Answer at 8.
6. Claims 1, 7, 10-12, and 18 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Warner. Examiner’s
Answer at 8-9.
7. Claims 4, 5, 8, and 9 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Warner in view of Chapman.
Examiner’s Answer at 9-10.
8. Claims 13 and 14 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Warner in view of Valentini.
Examiner’s Answer at 10.
The invention
The disclosed invention relates to an impact sensor
especially useful in triggering inflation of an air bag in an
automotive vehicle. The sensor has a fixed magnet and a moveable
magnet held apart by the repelling force of like poles facing
each other. An induction coil is wrapped around a passage
between the magnets. When the sensor experiences an impact
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