Appeal No. 1997-4374 Page 2
Application No. 08/317,679
This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner’s final
rejection of claims 6 through 11. No other claims are pending
in the application.
Appellant’s claimed invention relates to an angle joint
for chassis parts in a motor vehicle. The angle joint comprises
a housing (1), a shaft (2) attached to the housing by contour
welding (3) and a joint pivot or “inner part” (4), as it is
called in the appealed claims and appellant’s specification,
supported in the housing for universal movement by an
elastomeric body 5. The inner part and the shaft are
connectable to different chassis parts. According to the
independent claims on appeal, namely claims 6 and 7, the
housing is cold extruded and the shaft is forged.
A copy of the appealed claims is appended to appellant’s
brief.
The following references are relied upon by the examiner
as evidence of obviousness in support of his rejections under
35 U.S.C. § 103:
Buhl 4,883,263 Nov. 28,
1989
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