Appeal No. 2006-1280
Application No. 10/645,025
limitation is that the chassis is not complete until the
battery module is inserted into the chassis. We consider the
scope of this limitation to require the battery module,
which upon being inserted into the chassis of the electric
vehicle, to provide the chassis with the structure necessary
to support the vehicle during travel, i.e. the battery
module and the chassis provide the structure which supports
the vehicle. The examiner has not shown that the chassis of
Weaver’s feed cart is requires the battery module to support
the feed cart during vehicle travel. The center or gravity
of the feed cart relates to the distribution of mass of the
feed cart, preventing the vehicle from tipping relates to
the dynamics of the vehicle during travel. We do not find
that these concepts relate to whether the structure of the
feed cart can support the feed cart during vehicle travel.
The examiner has not asserted nor do we find that Chase
teaches or suggests modifying Weaver to include such a
feature. Accordingly, we will not sustain
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