Interference No. 104,313
Sauer Inc. v, Kanzaki Kokyukoki Mfg. Co., Ltd.
6. For efficiency purposes, the parties requested and the administrative patent judge
approved that the parties would submit exhibits sufficient in number for only one interference
and that papers in all related interferences would make reference to the same set of exhibits.
7. In this interference, the sole count is stated in the Notice Declaring Interference
(Paper No. 1) as Sauer's claim I or Kanzaki's claim 9.
8. Sauer's claim I reads as follows:
A center section for separate mounting within the housing of an integrated
hydrostatic transaxle comprising,
a generally L-shaped member having hydrostatic pump and motor
mounting surfaces thereon disposed at right angles to each other,
a pair of fluid ports in each of said mounting surfaces,
and internal passageways in said L-shaped member connecting each of
said fluid ports on one of said mounting surfaces with one of said fluid ports on
the other of said mounting surfaces,
said L-shaped member comprising first and second legs internally joined
and extending at right angles to each other, with said first leg normally extending
in a horizontal direction, and said second leg normally extending in a vertical
direction,
said first leg having upper and lower surfaces with said pump mounting
surface being located on said upper surface,
said second leg having a first surface extending upwardly from the upper
surface being located on said upper surface of said first leg, and a second surface
opposite and parallel to the first surface of said second leg with said motor
mounting surface being on said second surface of said second leg,
said L-shaped member having means for accommodating the mounting
thereof within the interior cavity of said housing.
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