Appeal 2007-1420
Application 10/992,431
As best representative of the disclosed and claimed invention,
independent claim 1 is reproduced below:
1. A motor comprising:
a housing including separate motor and bearing cooling inlets
respectively providing cooling air to motor and bearing cooling paths
arranged parallel and separate to one another;
a motor arranged within the housing and including a stator and a rotor
assembly supported on air bearings, the motor cooling inlet in fluid
communication with the stator which is arranged in the motor cooling path,
and the bearing cooling inlet in fluid communication with the air bearings
which is arranged in the bearing cooling path; and
a vent in the housing through which the cooling air from both the
motor and bearing cooling path exit.
The following references are relied on by the Examiner:
Jesinger US 4,764,085 Aug. 16, 1988
Sishtla US 6,099,168 Aug. 8, 2000
Nims US 6,455,964 B1 Sept. 24, 2002
Claims 1, 2, and 17 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being
anticipated by Jesinger. Claims 3 and 10 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103. As evidence of obviousness as to claim 3, the Examiner relies upon
Jesinger in view of Sishtla. As to claims 10, the Examiner relies upon
Jesinger in view of Nims.
Rather than repeat the positions of the Appellants and the Examiner,
reference is made to the Brief and Reply Brief for Appellants’ positions and
to the Answer for the Examiner’s positions.
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