Appeal No. 2005-0156
Application No. 09/816,348
Moribayashi pertains to electric motors that utilize
permanent magnets as field magnetic poles. The explanation of
the rejection in the answer focuses on Moribayashi’s Figure 19
which shows the elementary components of one such motor and
Figures 28 through 33 which show alternative subassemblies for
mounting the permanent magnets.
Figure 19 illustrates a motor comprising a housing or yoke
16, a front bracket 17 and center bracket 37 affixed to one end
of the yoke, a rear bracket 34 affixed to the other end of the
yoke, an armature shaft 26 mounted for rotation in bearings (see
the drawing figure) on the center and rear brackets, an iron core
27 disposed about the shaft and permanent magnets 18 affixed to
the inner surface of the yoke in opposed relationship to the iron
core. The center bracket includes protrusions 37a and the yoke
includes punched out portions 19 which respectively contact the
opposite end faces of the permanent magnets to retain them in
place on the inner surface of the yoke.
Figures 28 through 31 depict a yoke 41, a plurality of
permanent magnets 42 installed on the inner surface of the yoke,
a bent portion 43 on the rear end 41a of the yoke provided with
punched-out portions 43a corresponding to the widths of the
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