Appeal No. 2006-0554
Application 10/065,541
hand, appellants urge that there is no teaching that cogging
torque is reduced after electrical power ceases to be applied.
Our earlier remarks directly address the additional remarks with
regard to a different purpose or use of a device anyway, notwith-
standing appellants’ admission at the top of page 4 of the Brief
that the same structure as claimed is taught in Nishikawa. In
this respect, note the showings in figures 3 and 4 as to the
first embodiment of this reference, the showing in figure 9 in
the third embodiment relied upon by the examiner, and a
corresponding showing in figure 11 in the fourth embodiment. The
artisan would well appreciate that the decrease in cogging torque
taught in Nishikawa applies whether the power is applied or not
to the respective motor since cogging problems exist by
definition because of variations in magnetic flux as the rotor
poles move past stator poles as discussed earlier.
Turning next to the rejection of the claims depending
from independent claim 1 under 35 U.S.C. § 103, the end of
independent claim 1 requires reduced vibration after discontinua-
tion of the applied electrical power is achieved “by at least one
of reducing the cogging torque of the starter motor and
rigidifying the outer housing of the starter motor.”
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