Appeal No. 2006-0542 Page 10
Application No. 10/054,083
Tondreault discloses "[a]n electrical connector . . . for receiving a daughtercard. .
. ." (Col. 2, ll. 16-17.) "The connector includes a socket formed to include an elongated
slot for receiving the daughtercard therein. . . ." (Id. at ll. 19-21.) "Both ends of
socket 10 are formed to include an opening 20 having an identical configuration for
receiving an ejector 22 therein. An ejector 22 is pivotably coupled to each end of socket
10 within opening 20." (Col. 3, ll. 19-22.)
Each "[e]jector 22 includes a body portion 24 and a head 26 formed integrally
with body portion 24 to facilitate pivotal movement of ejector 22." (Id. at ll. 27-29.) More
specifically, "[a] pair of axles 28 are formed on opposite sides of body portion 24. Axles
28 define a pivot axis 30 which is generally perpendicular to elongated slot 14 formed
along a longitudinal axis of socket 10." (Id. at ll. 31-34.) We find that a person of
ordinary skill in the art would have understood that holes must be formed in the
opposing walls of the connector to receive the axles 28 of each ejector 22 so that the
ejector can pivot thereabout. For similar reasons, we further find that a person of
ordinary skill in the art would have understood that holes must be formed in the
opposing walls of Suzuki's connector 31 to receive the axles (see Figs. 4A-4C), of each
lever 39 so that the ejector can pivot thereabout. Therefore, we affirm the rejection of
claim 14 and of claims 15-19, which fall therewith.
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