Appeal 2006-3393
Application 10/270,862
Claim 1
Consider the Appellants’ hub to be the entire portion in Allport’s
figure 1 including peripheral ring 17, concentric annular member 11, disc
13, central hub 15, and the comparable structure on the other side of rotary
drive shaft S. Consider the Appellants’ guide to be the portion of that
structure from concentric annular member 11 to central hub 15 and the
comparable structure on the other side of rotary drive shaft S. That portion
has a plurality of mounting holes 30 (for bolts 31) formed in a fixed pattern
(fig. 3) and adapted to engage shaft S (fig. 1).
Consider the Appellants’ damping element on an outer perimeter of
the hub to be Allport’s intermediate elastomer member 19 (fig. 1).
Consider the Appellants’ inertia ring disposed on an outer perimeter
of the damping element to be Allport’s annular inertia member 18 (fig. 1).
Consider the Appellants’ reinforcing plate on the hub to be Allport’s
support ring 28 (fig. 1). Threaded fasteners (bolts 31) secure, through holes
(30) in the ring and the guide (fig. 1), that ring and the above-discussed
portion that corresponds to the Appellant’s guide.
Claim 11
Consider the Appellants’ pilot to be the portion of the above-discussed
hub structure from concentric annular member 11 to central hub 15, and the
corresponding structure on the other side of shaft S. That portion includes a
platform (concentric annular member 11, disc 13 and central hub 15)
disposed on a cylindrical wall (peripheral ring 17),1 has a plurality of
1 The Appellants’ platform likewise is integral with the cylindrical wall (fig.
4).
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