Appeal 2007-2452
Application 10/421,761
1 respective operating portions of an electronic control automatic transmission for
2 motor vehicles” (Spec. 1). Claim 1 is illustrative:
3 1. An electromagnetic valve comprising:
4 a solenoid coil;
5 a rod arranged on an axis of said solenoid coil for movement in an
6 axial direction thereof;
7 a plunger fixedly attached to an intermediate portion of said rod;
8 a core arranged at one side of said rod so as to surround it and
9 operable to attract said plunger upon energization of said solenoid coil;
10 a yoke arranged at the other side of said plunger so as to surround it;
11 and
12 a pair of bearings formed of a non-magnetic substance and arranged at
13 opposite sides of said plunger, respectively, for movably supporting said rod
14 at an outer peripheral surface thereof by clearance fit, at least one of said
15 pair of bearings being configured to permit tilting with respect to an axis of
16 said rod;
17 wherein at least one of said pair of bearings is clearance fitted to an
18 inner peripheral surface of said core or to an inner peripheral surface of said
19 yoke.
20
21 THE REFERENCES
22 Ichiryu US 4,919,390 Apr. 24, 1990
22 Bircann ‘519
23 US 5,685,519 Nov. 11, 1997
23 Bircann ‘226
24 US 6,497,226 B2 Dec. 24, 2002
24 Modien
25 US 6,644,622 B2 Nov. 11, 2003
26 (filed Nov. 14, 2001)
26 Bircann ‘875
27 US 6,670,875 B2 Dec. 30, 2003
28 (filed Feb. 12, 2001)
29
30 THE REJECTIONS
31 The claims stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as follows: claims 1, 4, 5
32 and 7-9 over Ichiryu in view of Bircann ‘875 and Modien; claims 2 and 3 over
33 Ichiryu in view of Bircann ‘875, Modien and Bircann ‘519; and claim 6 over
34 Ichiryu in view of Bircann ‘875, Modien and Bircann ‘226.
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