Appeal No. 2000-0744
Application No. 09/052,162
the outside, or in direct contact with the outer periphery of the shaft of the motor.
Independent claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. A resolver, comprising:
a ring-shaped rotor that is composed of a magnetic material, does
not include a winding, and is rotatably disposed inwardly of a ring-shaped
stator having a stator winding, wherein the outer periphery of the ring-shaped
stator is directly exposed and the inner periphery of the ring-shaped rotor is
directly exposed.
The examiner relies on the following reference:
Harned et al. [Harned] 4,772,815 Sept. 20, 1988
Claims 1 and 2 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as anticipated by Harned.
Reference is made to the briefs and answer for the respective positions of
appellant and the examiner.
OPINION
The examiner’s case, in toto, is that “Harned...discloses a resolver built into a motor
case where the stator abuts the case and the rotor is fitted onto the motor shaft” [final
rejection-page 2].
Appellant contends that Harned discloses a conventional rotational position
transducer comprising a rotor and a stator but that Harned is “silent regarding any
specific manner of attaching either the rotor pole pieces 34, 36 or transducer rotor 40 to
the shaft 22. Appellant contends that Harned uses the same conventional method of
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