Appeal No. 00-0910
Application No. 08/821,176
plurality of elements, namely, a steering wheel assembly (A)
comprising several subelements, an airbag assembly (B)
comprising several subelements, means (C) for securing the
subelements of the steering wheel assembly together, means (D)
for securing the steering wheel assembly and airbag assembly
together, and means (E) for securing the assembled steering
wheel and airbag combination as a unit to a steering column.
The Scharboneau patent discloses three (3) embodiments of E,
namely, the embodiment E of Figures 9A and 10, the embodiment
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E of Figures 7 and 8, and the embodiment E of Figures 5, 6A2 3
and 6C. The claims of the Scharboneau patent include three
independent claims: claim 1, directed to the combination ABCE,
where E is generically claimed; claim 5, directed to the
combination of ABDE, where E is once again generically
claimed; and claim 8, directed to the combination ABE , where
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the specific embodiment E is claimed. The disclosure of the
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present application includes everything disclosed in the
Scharboneau patent, and also discloses an additional
embodiment E , see Figures 16 and 17, for securing the
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assembled steering wheel and airbag combination as a unit to a
steering column. The claims of the present application
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