Appeal No. 2002-1336
Application No. 09/259,062
Reference is made to appellants’ main and reply briefs
(Paper Nos. 15 and 17) and to the examiner’s final rejection and
answer (Paper Nos. 9 and 16) for the respective positions of
appellants and the examiner regarding the merits of these
rejections.
Discussion
Independent claim 1 is directed to a latch for use in a disc
drive, the latch comprising a latch pawl having (with emphasis
added):
a central body portion, rotatable about the latch
supporting member, which retains a contact feature
of the actuator assembly when the latch pawl is
in the latched position, the contact feature moveable
along a first plane of travel;
a latch arm which extends from the central body
portion;
a support arm which extends from the latch arm in a
direction substantially toward the actuator
assembly; and
a magnetically permeable member supported by the
support arm to retain the latch pawl in the
latched position, wherein the support arm and the
magnetically permeable member extend in a second
plane substantially parallel to and displaced from
the first plane so that the contact feature passes
under the support arm as the latch pawl moves
between the respective latched and unlatched
positions.
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