Appeal No. 2002-1556
Application 09/409,583
utilized for influencing a first braking pressure in a first
wheel brake of the at least one rear wheel to distribute a
braking action between the at least one front wheel and the at
least one rear wheel, the braking action being distributed by
actuating actuators assigned to the at least one rear wheel so
that a differential is set between a second braking pressure in a
second wheel brake of the at least one front wheel and the first
braking pressure in the first wheel brake of the at least one
rear wheel, the device comprising:
a first arrangement determining whether the vehicle is at a
standstill due to the braking action in which the differential
between the first braking pressure and the second braking
pressure has been set; and
a second arrangement determining whether the vehicle is
rolling back from the standstill, and increasing the first
braking pressure in the first wheel brake of the at least one
rear wheel to inhibit the rollback of the vehicle if the rollback
is detected.
THE PRIOR ART
The reference relied on by the examiner to support the final
rejection is:
Nell et al. (Nell)1 196 11 360 Sep. 25, 1997
German Patent Document
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 1 through 5, 7 and 17 through 20 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by Nell.
1 The record contains a copy of U.S. Patent No. 5,984,429 to
Nell et al., an English language equivalent of the applied
reference. Appended hereto is an English language translation of
the reference prepared on behalf of the USPTO. As the appellants
and examiner have relied to this point on the U.S. patent for
their understanding of the reference, we shall do the same for
purposes of this decision.
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