Appeal 2006-3169
Application 09/829,883
member frustoconical seat angled surface, said
single resilient member having a cross section, said
single resilient member bonded to said shroud
angled segment inner surface and said inner
member frustoconical seat angled surface, wherein
said single resilient member bonded to said shroud
angled segment inner surface and said inner
member frustoconical seat angled surface provides
for iso-elastic displacement of said inner member
in a radial direction and in an axial direction from
said outer member with said frustoconical seat
outer periphery diameter D’ providing an
interference with said shroud inner periphery
diameter D” to prevent a separation of the
vibration isolation member in the event of a failure
of said single resilient member, wherein said single
sole resilient member is the sole resilient member
providing for isolation between the suspended
body and the support structure with said iso-elastic
vibration isolation member providing a
substantially equal dynamic stiffness in the radial
direction and in the axial direction for an applied
load between the suspended body and the support
structure.
The Examiner relies upon the following as evidence of
unpatentability:
Saurer US 2,538,658 Jan. 16, 1951
Nowak US 5,116,030 May 26, 1992
Appellant seeks review of the Examiner’s rejection of claims 1, 2,
10-13, 17, 18, 20, and 21 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as unpatentable over
Saurer in view of Nowak. The Examiner has withdrawn the rejection based
on Nowak in view of Kubaugh set forth in the Final Rejection (Answer 3).
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