BACKGROUND
The appellants’ invention relates to a parking brake system for a vehicle having
either a conventional or electronically controlled braking system. Appellants’ system
includes a control system having a brake load level determining means to determine the
brake load level at which the brake is to be parked and a control means for controlling
actuation of a latching mechanism, or a combination of several latching mechanisms, to
selectively maintain that brake load level during a parking phase. A copy of the claims
under appeal is set forth in the appendix to the appellants’ brief.
The Applied Prior Art
Nakamoto et al. (Nakamoto) 4,561,527 Dec. 31, 1985
Neuhaus et al. (Neuhaus) 5,255,962 Oct. 26, 1993
H anisko 5,637,794 Jun. 10, 1997
Halasy-Wimmer et al. (Halasy-Wimmer) DE 196 20 344 Aug. 14, 19971
(German patent application publication)
The Rejections
(1) Claims 11-15, 17, 19-24, 28 and 29 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as
being anticipated by Nakamoto.
(2) Claims 16, 25 and 30 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Nakamoto in view of Neuhaus.
(3) Claim 26 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Nakamoto in view of Neuhaus and Hanisko.
1 We derive our understanding of this reference from the English-language translation provided by the
examiner.
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