Appeal No. 2005-0564
Application No. 09/732,787
and a bare conductor of the sheathed wire are connected with each
other by a molded resin portion. An understanding of the
invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary independent
claim 4, which is reproduced as follows:
4. A terminal structure of a sheathed wire, comprising:
a terminal fitting;
a terminal connecting portion at a rear end portion of the
terminal fitting at which the terminal fitting and a bare
conductor of the sheathed wire is connected; and
a molded portion which covers and waterproofs at least the
terminal connecting portion,
wherein a circumferential size of the molded portion from a
part corresponding to the terminal connecting portion is
continuously reduced, so that a rear end portion of the molded
portion has a same diameter as a diameter of the sheathed wire,
and
wherein there is no increase in the circumferential size of
the molded portion in a first direction parallel to a direction
in which the terminal fitting extends, as the circumferential
size of the molded portion is continuously reduced.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
Examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Hauchard et al. (Hauchard) 4,969,845 Nov. 13, 1990
Gerrans, Jr. (Gerrans) 5,885,108 Mar. 23, 1999
Appellant’s admitted prior art, as depicted in Figure 6 of
the instant application.
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