Appeal No. 2005-0478 Page 2
Application No. 10/064,363
the enlargements facing the circular core for protecting windings formed by a
winding needle from damage by the winding needle. Appellants’ specification at
page 2, paragraph [0005].
Claim 1 is representative of the claimed invention and is reproduced as
follows:
1. An armature for a rotating machine having a circular core of a magnetic
material and a plurality of magnetic pole teeth extending radially from said
circular core and terminating at terminal ends spaced from said circular core,
each of said magnetic pole teeth defining a core and an enlargement formed at
the terminal end of said core, to define slots formed between adjacent magnetic
pole teeth, each of said slots having a mouth formed between adjacent
enlargements, an insulating bobbin having a circular portion lying on one side of
said circular core and leg portions that extend for the length of said pole teeth at
least on the sides of said slots and insulator portions extending at least along the
side of said enlargements facing said circular core for protecting windings formed
by a winding needle from damage by the winding needle.
References
The reference relied on by the Examiner is as follows:
Uchida et al. (Uchida) 5,763,978 Jun. 9, 1998
The reference relied on by this Board is as follows:
Scherzinger et al. 5,698,923 Dec. 16, 1997
(Scherzinger) 1
Rejections At Issue
Claims 1 and 4-6 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being obvious
over Uchida.
1 Copy supplied by Appellants as part of the Information Disclosure Statement filed on
December 8, 2004.
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