Appeal No. 2003-1232
Application No. 09/498,268
through column 8 in Paagman, the cover 56 includes upper locating and mounting ribs 65 in the
form of dovetail ribs as well as shorter mounting and locating ribs 66 on its bottom. Since the
cover contains this claimed circuit board as well as the respective ribs attached thereto, the cover
56 is considered by the examiner to comprise the claimed circuit boards with their respective
grooves allowing them to mate with the grooves of the housing. Figure 7, as well, shows an
assembled terminal module formed of a printed circuit board assembly as in figure 2, including
the cover shown in figure 6. The showings in figure 7 include the upper locating mounting rib
65 as well as the lower mounting rib 66 in addition to the substrate/printed circuit board 31 and
the corresponding printed circuit board module 30 in its entirety mounted within the cover 56.
Additionally, it is very clearly shown here that contact terminals 34 provide a mating interface
for the various shown electrical pads, where the contact terminals 34 are located at one end of the
connector which are connected to the mounting interface of the claim, that is, the connector
mounting terminals 35/37 at the other end of the connector. Figure 9 is also illustrative.
Connector housing 70 in the various portions of figure 7 comprises grooves 73, 77 as
indicated earlier. Various circuit board modules/assemblies 30 are presented in mirror image
form in figure 12 along the narrow image line L as a part of the cover 56. Figure 15, for
example, shows the completed arrangement in an apparent end view format where the dovetail
ribs 65, 65 ' meet the grooves 73, 77 of the housing 70.
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