Appeal No. 2000-0617
Application 08/706,025
7. Claims 21 and 22 have been rejected as being
unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over Inoue in view of
Moriwaki and Brunner, U.S. Patent 1,920,546, issued August 1,
1933.
The invention
8. The disclosed invention pertains to an electric
motor with a stator and rotor. The rotor rotates about an
axis in successive 360 degree turns and is supported by two
balls positioned at either end of the rotor.
9. Independent claim 13 is the only independent claim
and is as follows:
An electric motor, comprising:
a stationary base;
an electro-magnetic stator attached to said base;
a bearing assembly for supporting a rotor, said rotor
rotating about an axis in successive 360 degree turns, said
bearing assembly comprising:
(a) a first freely rotating ball and a second freely
rotating ball, said balls being centered on said axis and
axially separated;
(b) a first stationary rotor mounting, said first
mounting having a first concave bearing surface centered about
said axis and in contact with said first ball;
(c) a second stationary rotor mounting, said second
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