Appeal No. 2002-0470
Application No. 08/612,211
Therefore, the rejection based on Hawkins also will not be
sustained.
The rejection based on Toyoda
Toyoda teaches a drive unit for an electric vehicle
comprising two drive motors, one of which provides high torque at
low speeds and the other of which provides high torque at high
speeds. A control circuit determines required output torque
based on accelerator position, brake position, vehicle speed, and
shift position sensor (see column 7). Torque is distributed to
the two motors according to the characteristics of the motors
(column 8, line 8, through column 9, line 5) or based upon a
stored map (column 9, lines 6-20).
The method of Toyoda has little, if anything, in common with
the method of claim 1. Among other things, there is no
indication in Toyoda that motor control is based on the ordering
by the vehicle operator of a second vehicle drive mode for
canceling a first vehicle drive mode, as called for in paragraph
(d) of claim 1. Accordingly, the rejection based on Toyoda
likewise will not be sustained.
The rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
Claims 4 and 5 depend from claim 1 and add that the method
of claim 1 further comprises the steps of generating and
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