Appeal No. 1998-0089
Application No. 08/303,115
an electronic housing including an end surface located in
front of the second end surface of the pump housing; and
electrical connecting lines extending through the end
surfaces of the pump housing, motor housing and electronic
housing and extending through the pump housing between an
inside of the motor housing and an inside of the electronic
housing.
C. The references and rejections
The examiner's rejections are based on the following
U.S. patents:
Iwai et al. (Iwai) 4,619,591 Oct. 28, 1986
Henein et al. (Henein) 5,360,322 Nov. 1,
1994
Claims 1-5, 12, 13, 17, and 20 stand rejected under § 103
for obviousness over Henein.
Claims 6-11, 14-16, 18, 19, 21 stand rejected under § 103
for obviousness over Henein in view of Iwai.
D. The merits of the rejections
Henein shows various embodiments of motor-driven
hydraulic pumps. Referring to Figure 1, a housing 1
consisting of several interconnected housing elements contains
a motor 2 located between an electronic control apparatus 3
and a hydraulic section or pump 4. This Figure shows an
unnumbered line (partly solid and partly dashed) apparently
-3-
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