Appeal No. 1999-2284
Application 08/798,443
15. In the enclosure case, part of
a spindle motor 18 is contained in the
base. Specification, page 8,
lines 17-19.
We find that Vettel discloses a
spindle drive motor and a spindle
shaft at column 3, lines 12-16:
The disks 8 are mounted about a hub 6 which contains the
spindle drive motor (not shown). The spindle shaft 9,
which forms a part of the wound stator of the spindle
drive motor, is secured at each end to the body 12 by
bolts 35 (one of which is shown).
However, in comparison, we do not find that Vettel's
spindle motor extends partially from the enclosure. In
fact, as illustrated in Vettel's Figure 2, partially shown
below, and described, supra, Vettel's spindle drive motor
is contained within a hub 6.
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