Appeal No. 2000-0916 Page 5
Application No. 08/907,965
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given
careful consideration to the appellants' specification and
claims, to the applied prior art reference, and to the
respective positions articulated by the appellants and the
examiner. As a consequence of our review, we will not sustain
the rejection of claims 1, 7 to 11, 13, 14 and 19 to 21 under
35 U.S.C. § 102(b) for the reasons which follow.
Claim 1 reads as follows:
A steering arrangement for a motor vehicle having at
least two steerable wheels comprising
steering control means for controlling the vehicle
wheels as a function of a desired steering angle signal
and braking means for producing selectively
different braking forces at the vehicle wheels as a
function of the desired steering angle signal in the
event of a fault in steering equipment.
Claim 13 reads as follows:
A method for steering a motor vehicle having at
least two steerable wheels wherein the setting of the
position of the wheels in order to produce a steering
response is carried out by steering control means as a
function of a desired steering angle signal comprising:
applying selectively different braking forces to the
vehicle wheels as a function of a desired steering angle
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