Appeal No. 98-0984
Application 08/428,561
tion within the housing near a rotating
member. It would have been obvious to one
of ordinary skill in the art at the time
the invention was made to have modified the
system of Voss such that the position sens-
ing circuit was in contact with the refrig-
erant in order to cool the circuits if they
required cooling in view of the teachings
of Voss to cool other electrical and elec-
tronic components. . . . Ruff et al
teaches providing a converter 2 having
rectifier 3 and capacitive components 8
external of the compressor housing for
converting AC to DC for motor power supply.
It would have been obvious to one of
ordinary skill in the art at the time the
invention was made to have modified the
system of Voss such that it included a
converter having rectifier and capacitive
components external of the compressor
housing for converting AC to DC for motor
power supply in view of the teachings of
Ruff.
Appellant argues to the effect that it would not
have been obvious to combine Voss and Ruff as proposed by the
examiner, because (reply brief, page 3; emphasis in original):
Generally, Voss teaches the placing of ALL
electronic components WITHIN the compressor
housing. On the other hand, Ruff's general
teaching suggests that ALL electronic
components should be EXTERNAL to the
compressor housing. The teachings of Voss
and Ruff are incomplete and inconsistent
with each other. Therefore, the general
teachings of Voss and Ruff in combination
with the specific lack of a capacitor in
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