Appeal No. 1997-3965 Application No. 08/389,069 track and increasing the angle between the slider and the tangent of the track over which the slider is positioned as the slider moves radially outward from the innermost track. Further, Kuroda and Ono, as well as Toensing, orient the rails parallel to the longitudinal axis of the slider body. Therefore, both the longitudinal axis of the slider and the rails of the slider will be at an angle of zero degrees to the tangent of the innermost track, not an intermediate track. We agree that the application of the teachings of Kuroda and Ono to Toensing eliminates the angular relationship between the slider body and the tangent to the intermediate track. The issue therefore is whether Yamada provides motivation for reestablishing the relationship between the slider body and the tangent to an intermediate track. Yamada teaches forming the rails at an angle to the longitudinal axis of the slider body and aligning the slider body and arm parallel to the tangent of a track instead of aligning the slider body at a skew angle to the track tangent. Then, the apparatus can be formed more easily as the slider axis can be simply matched with the tangent of the track, thereby avoiding the difficulty of precisely providing the 8Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007