Appeal No. 2002-0236
Application No. 08/911,494
Appellants' invention relates to an apparatus and method for
metering fuel in a motor vehicle and, more particularly, to a
system which acts to eliminate, in a reliable and cost effective
manner, the danger of fuel discharge under high pressure, e.g.,
such as the high pressure present in a fuel supply rail of a fuel
injection system, in the event of an accident. More
specifically, appellants' invention relates to an arrangement
wherein there is provided a means or system for reducing the
pressure and a means or system for issuing a signal relevant to
vehicle safety, with fuel pressure being reduced in response to
the signal relevant to vehicle safety. Independent claims 1 and
7 are representative of the subject matter on appeal and a copy
of those claims, as they appear in the Appendix to appellants'
brief, is attached to this decision.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Yoshino 5,043,898 Aug. 27, 1991
Katayama et al. 5,091,857 Feb. 25, 1992
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