Appeal No. 97-2973
Application 08/316,147
application. 2
The invention relates to “a concentric ring flywheel or
rotor wherein the adjacent rings are configured to eliminate
the need for differential expansion separators between the
adjacent rings” (specification, page 1). Claim 1 is
illustrative and reads as follows:
1. A rotor assembly having a plurality of adjacent
concentric rings having facing surfaces,
each of said concentric rings having a circumferential
step therein which extends along a portion of a length of a
facing surface thereof, and which cooperates with a matching
circumferential step in the facing surface of an adjacent
concentric ring.
The references relied upon by the examiner as evidence of
anticipation and obviousness are:
Dansi 3,307,423 Mar. 7, 1967
Gordon 4,058,024 Nov. 15, 1977
Swartout 4,370,899 Feb. 1, 1983
The claims on appeal stand rejected as follows:
a) claims 1 through 6 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being
anticipated by Dansi;
2Claims 1, 7 and 12 have been amended subsequent to final
rejection.
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