Appeal No. 1999-1499
Application No. 08/764,736
bores 29. Locator fingers 33 extend over the bearing D and
are received in depression 34.
Borg-Warner thus discloses the subject matter of
appellants' independent claim 1 except for an integrally
formed locator finger which is disposed between the arms 26 of
brackets 23, is received in a depression on an outer face of
each bearing, and which transmits rotation from the second
yoke B directly to the wings of each bearing. The examiner
recognizes this, and turns to the Dutkiewicz patent for a
teaching of a finger 20c which is disposed between, and is
formed integrally with the arms 20a of universal joint yoke
20.
Based on the collective teachings of Borg-Warner and
Dutkiewicz the examiner concluded (answer, page 4) that
[i]t would have been obvious to one of ordinary
skill in the art to provide British ‘009 [Borg-
Warner] with a second yoke having two opposed
brackets and two arms defining a bore, and a locator
finger, as taught by Dutkiewicz et al, for the
purpose of securely fastening the wing bearings.
The examiner states (answer, page 7) that
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