Appeal No. 2005-2437
Application No. 09/682,642
therebetween. Claim 10, due to its dependence from claim 1, also
requires that the commutator is fixed to the rotor shaft at an
end thereof spaced from the drive portion of the rotor shaft. As
discussed above regarding the rejection of claim 16, one of
ordinary skill in the art would have considered the structure to
the left of the bearing on the motor’s right side in Nagashima’s
figure 1 to be a commutator. The commutator is at an end of the
rotor shaft spaced from the rotor shaft’s drive portion which is
on the left side of the motor.
We therefore affirm the rejection of claim 10 and claim 11
that stands or falls therewith.
Claim 12
The appellant argues that a distinguishing feature of
claim 12 is that the second end cap is affixed to a body that
journals another shaft.
Due to its dependence from claim 11, claim 12 also requires
that the brush carrier is fixed to the second end cap. As
discussed above regarding the rejection of claim 16, one of
ordinary skill in the art would have considered the part of
Nagashima’s motor to the left of the bearing on the right side of
the motor to be a commutator. Accordingly, such a person would
have considered the portion surrounding the commutator to be the
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