Appeal No. 2003-1188
Application No. 09/987,374
Representative claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. An armature for a dynamo-electric machine comprising:
a shaft;
a core, secured to said shaft, having a plurality of slots extending in an
axial direction formed on an outer circumferential surface of said core;
a coil comprising a plurality of coil portions formed by simultaneously
winding wires a plurality of turns around a pair of said slots separated by a
predetermined number of said slots and offsetting each of said coil portions in the
circumferential direction of said core, wherein at least one pair of adjacent coil portions
share a common one of said slots;
a commutator secured to said shaft, said commutator comprising a
plurality of segments; and
a plurality of equalizing connectors for permanently electrically connecting
pairs of said segments that should have the same electric potential, so that each of
pairs of said coil portions that should have the same electric potential has a
substantially equal electrical potential.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Baldwin 2,632,125 Mar. 17, 1953
Aoki 4,532,449 Jul. 30, 1985
Rabe 4,635,349 Jan. 13, 1987
Claims 1-5 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a). As evidence of
obviousness the examiner offers Aoki in view of Baldwin with respect to claim 1, and
Rabe is added to this combination with respect to claims 2-5.
Rather than repeat the arguments of appellants or the examiner, we make
reference to the briefs and the answer for the respective details thereof.
OPINION
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