Appeal No. 2006-2752
Application No. 10/309,007
taught to one of ordinary skill in the art? To answer this
question, we find the following facts:
1. At page 2, paragraph 44, Buening states the following:
[0027] The stator assembly 26 as shown in FIG. 2
includes a ring 40 formed with sixty equally spaced
slots 42 disposed around the ring between a
corresponding number of stator teeth 44. The stator
assembly 26 includes a five-phase winding with each
phase being offset 72 electrical degrees, distributed
through and among the stator slots 42 so that a five-
phase alternating current is obtained by twelve
magnetic poles of the rotor assembly 28 as hereinafter
more fully described.
2. At page 2, paragraph 30, Buening states the following:
[0030] As illustrated in FIG. 4, the winding
pattern is reverse progressive wind and any number of
turns can be selected for winding around the groups of
5 stator slots 42. The windings for each phase need
only maintain the appropriate relative spacing, or
offset, and for practicality, the ends of the copper
wires 48 are kept close together for tying which can be
in a star connection configuration 50 as illustrated in
FIG. 5 or in a pentagon connection configuration 52 as
illustrated in FIG. 6. With this winding arrangement
twelve coils per phase are created, 60 teeth/5 slots.
(Emphasis added).
3. At page 2, paragraph 33, Buening states the following:
[0033] As illustrated in FIG. 7, the winding
pattern is reverse progressive wind resulting in the
connection configurations as illustrated in FIG. 8, the
star connection configuration 54, or in the pentagon
connection configuration 55, illustrated in FIG. 9.
4. At page 3, paragraph 45, Buening states the following:
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