Appeal No. 2000-0166
Application No. 07/809,042
operates properly and efficiently. A further illustration of
the invention can be obtained from the following claim.
1. A piezo-electric/electrostrictive film type chip comprising:
a ceramic substrate having a spacer plate having a windows-
disposed pattern comprising at least a plurality of window
portions and a thin closure plate for closing the window
portions which is
unitarily connected with the spacer plate, said window portions
and closure plate forming pressurizing rooms:
a plurality of piezo-electric/electrostrictive working
portions each including a laminate of a lower electrode, a
piezo-electric/ electrostrictive layer, and an upper electrode
and each being disposed at a closure portion of each window on
the outer surface of the closure plate, all of said working
portions being disposed in a single plane; and
a pin hole for positioning disposed in or near the center
of gravity of the windows-disposed pattern, the pin hole (i)
being separated from said pressurizing rooms and (ii) extending
in a direction perpendicular to said plane.
The examiner relies on the following reference:
Maltsev 4,752,789 Jun. 21, 1988
Admitted Prior Art
Claims 1-3 stand rejected under 35 § U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over the admitted prior art in view of
Maltsev.
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