Appeal No. 2003-0190
Application No. 08/515,964
camshaft position and the engine output shaft. The timing sensor
is mounted on the bearing cap of the camshaft with the timing
sensor and bearing cap extending through an opening in a cam
cover, thereby permitting access to the timing sensor without
removing the cam cover.
Claim 1 is illustrative of the invention and reads as
follows:
1. A timing arrangement for an internal combustion engine
having an engine component in which a camshaft is rotatably
journalled, said camshaft being journalled at least in part by a
bearing cap affixed to said engine component, and a timing sensor
carried by said bearing cap and cooperating with said camshaft
for providing a signal indicative of the timing relationship of
said engine.
The Examiner relies on the following references:
Klauber et al. (Klauber) 5,287,735 Feb. 22, 1994
Takano 6,148,787 Nov. 21, 2000
(Filed May 11, 1999)
Claims 1-11, all of the appealed claims, stand finally
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(f) and 35 U.S.C. § 102(g).
Claims 1-11 stand further finally rejected under the judicially
created doctrine of obviousness-type double patenting as being
unpatentable over claims 1 and 6–9 of U.S. Patent No. 6,148,787
(Takano). In addition, independent claim 1 stands finally
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over
Klauber.
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