Appeal No. 1998-0491
Application 08/125,002
inter alia, a ring shaped component (ring) 156, with a
substantially L-shaped cross-sectional outline, having a
radially innermost portion 157 and a radially outwardly
extending portion 156a adjacent the portion 159 of a cover
122, and secured thereto by bolts 159 (column 23, lines 35
through 52). The cover is
indicated to be made of a metallic sheet material (column 24,
line 64).3
As to claims 27, 29, 33, 35, we are of the view that one
having ordinary skill in the art would not have viewed the
overall substantially L-shaped cross-sectional ring
configuration of Reik as responding to or suggestive of a
tubular section having an axial end surface with at least one
recess; material of the tubular section being displaced
3 We note that the Reik patent (column 35, line 22 through column 36, line 47)
also reveals the knowledge in the art of applying a deforming force by using a tool 777
to displace the ductile material of a cylindrical portion 723 of a cover 722 to connect
the portion 723 with secondary flywheel 703. With this knowledge, it appears to us that
one of ordinary skill in the art would understand the Reik showing in Fig. 4 (column 29,
line 43 to column 30, line 2) to be suggestive of fabricating projections 272, 273 on
the sheet material cover 222 by applying a tool to displace material of the cover 222.
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