Appeal No. 2005-2437
Application No. 09/682,642
portion extending through said first end cap, said first end cap having attachment
means for providing a mounting connection to a body that journals the another shaft,
said stator shell carrying a plurality of permanent magnets,
said rotor having a plurality of windings cooperating with said permanent magnets, a
commutator fixed to said rotor shaft in electrical communication with said rotor windings,
fasteners for
affixing said end caps to each other and to opposite ends of said stator shell, a brush
carrier fixed to said stator shell and carrying brushes cooperating with said commutator,
and a plain bearing carried by said second end cap for journaling the end of said rotor
shaft spaced from said drive portion.
THE REFERENCES
Kakuda et al. (Kakuda) 4,618,790 Oct. 21, 1986
Isozumi 4,897,571 Jan. 30, 1990
Nagashima et al. (Nagashima) 5,353,658 Oct. 11, 1994
Hefner 5,742,110 Apr. 21, 1998
THE REJECTIONS
The claims stand rejected as follows: claims 1, 10-13, 16 and 17 under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(b) as anticipated by Nagashima; claims 14, 15, 18, 19 and 30 under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as obvious over Nagashima in view of Isozumi; claims 23-25 under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as obvious over Nagashima in view of Isozumi and Kakuda;
and claims 26-29 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as obvious over Nagashima in view of Isozumi,
Kakuda and Hefner.1,2
1 A rejection of claims 1 and 16 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as anticipated by US
4,665,320 to DeBello is withdrawn in the examiner’s answer (page 2).
2
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