Appeal No. 1999-1530 Page 6
Application No. 08/728,607
first and second electromagnetic valves, the reservoir
and the damper.
We do not agree.
As shown in Figures 4, 8 and 9, Ohta's brake control
apparatus 15 (i.e., the brake hydraulic controller) includes,
inter alia, a base 34, a cover 38, first and second
electromagnetic valves V , V , a reservoir 19 and a damperOFL CFL 1
24 . Cover 38 is attached to the base 34 by screws 80 and the
1
cover includes (see Figure 3) a closing plate portion 38b
(i.e., a surface) and a side wall portion 38a (i.e., a
downwardly extending rim extending about an edge of the
surface). As shown in Figures 3, 4, 8 and 9, the side wall
portion 38a of cover 38 is positioned about a periphery of the
base 34 such that the closing plate portion 38b covers the6
first and second electromagnetic valves, the reservoir and the
damper.7
6The surface 34a of base 34 defines part of the periphery
of base 34.
7While Ohta utilizes a press plate 52 and a closing plate
85 in addition to his cover 38 to cover the damper, we see no
language in claim 1 precluding these elements.
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