DETAILED ACTION
Notice of Pre-AIA or AIA Status
The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA .
Drawings
The drawings are objected to under 37 CFR 1.83(a). The drawings must show every feature of the invention specified in the claims. Therefore, “a second magnet connected to the rotor” recited in claim 2, “the second magnet is disposed 180 degrees of rotation of the rotor from the magnet” recited in claim 3, “a second coil wherein the second coil is connected to the frame in a location opposite the coil relative to the rotor” recited in claim 4, “one or more pairs of coils wherein each coil in a pair of coils is connected to the frame in a location opposite the other coil in the pair of coils relative to the rotor” recited in claim 5, and “the pairs of coils are disposed around the rotor uniformly” recited in claim 6 must be shown or the feature(s) canceled from the claim(s). No new matter should be entered.
Corrected drawing sheets in compliance with 37 CFR 1.121(d) are required in reply to the Office action to avoid abandonment of the application. Any amended replacement drawing sheet should include all of the figures appearing on the immediate prior version of the sheet, even if only one figure is being amended. The figure or figure number of an amended drawing should not be labeled as “amended.” If a drawing figure is to be canceled, the appropriate figure must be removed from the replacement sheet, and where necessary, the remaining figures must be renumbered and appropriate changes made to the brief description of the several views of the drawings for consistency. Additional replacement sheets may be necessary to show the renumbering of the remaining figures. Each drawing sheet submitted after the filing date of an application must be labeled in the top margin as either “Replacement Sheet” or “New Sheet” pursuant to 37 CFR 1.121(d). If the changes are not accepted by the examiner, the applicant will be notified and informed of any required corrective action in the next Office action. The objection to the drawings will not be held in abeyance.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
The following is a quotation of the appropriate paragraphs of 35 U.S.C. 102 that form the basis for the rejections under this section made in this Office action:
A person shall be entitled to a patent unless –
(a)(1) the claimed invention was patented, described in a printed publication, or in public use, on sale, or otherwise available to the public before the effective filing date of the claimed invention.
Claim(s) 1, 7-8 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by Maehara er al. (US 6,043,632 A).
Regarding claim 1, Maehara teaches a electromechanical kinetic motor comprising:
a frame (housing, col 7 ln 40-42);
a stator (200) connected to the frame, the stator (200) including a coil (6, fig 1);
a rotor (201) rotatably connected to the frame, the rotor (201) including a magnet (8, fig 2); and
a power source (2, fig 3) electrically connected to the coil (6);
an electric load (5) connected to the coil (6), the electric load (5) configured to extract power from the coil (6); wherein:
the coil (6) generates an electromagnetic field in response to electricity provided by the power source (2);
the rotor (201) is configured to rotate the magnet (8) through the magnetic field generated by the coil (6); and
an electric current is induced in the coil (6) by the rotation of the magnet (8) through the electromagnetic field generated by the coil (6).
Regarding claim 7, Maehara teaches an alternator (1) connected to the rotor (201) wherein the alternator generates electric current in response to rotation of the rotor (fig 3).
Regarding claim 8, Maehara teaches a method of manufacturing an electromechanical kinetic motor, the method comprising:
providing a frame (housing);
connecting a stator (200) with a coil (6) to the frame (fig 1);
rotatably connecting a rotor (201) with a magnet (8) to the frame (fig 2);
providing a control circuit (2) configured to control the electricity provided to the coil (6) from a power source; and
electrically connecting a power circuit (2) to the coil (6).
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 103 which forms the basis for all obviousness rejections set forth in this Office action:
A patent for a claimed invention may not be obtained, notwithstanding that the claimed invention is not identically disclosed as set forth in section 102, if the differences between the claimed invention and the prior art are such that the claimed invention as a whole would have been obvious before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to a person having ordinary skill in the art to which the claimed invention pertains. Patentability shall not be negated by the manner in which the invention was made.
The factual inquiries for establishing a background for determining obviousness under 35 U.S.C. 103 are summarized as follows:
1. Determining the scope and contents of the prior art.
2. Ascertaining the differences between the prior art and the claims at issue.
3. Resolving the level of ordinary skill in the pertinent art.
4. Considering objective evidence present in the application indicating obviousness or nonobviousness.
Claim(s) 2-6 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Maehara in view of Choi et al. (US 2012/0299409 A1).
Regarding claim 2, Maehara teaches the claim invention as set forth in claim 1, except for the added limitation of a second magnet connected to the rotor.
Choi teaches an electric motor having a second magnet (175) connected to the rotor (171, fig 4) to enhance power density (para [0008]).
Thus, it would have been obvious to one having ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to modify Maehara’s motor with a second magnet connected to the rotor as taught by Choi. Doing so would enhance power density (para [0008]).
Regarding claim 3, Maehara in view of Choi teaches the claim invention as set forth in claim 2, except for the added limitation of the second magnet is disposed 180 degrees of rotation of the rotor from the magnet.
Choi further teaches an electric motor having the second magnet (175) is disposed 180 degrees of rotation of the rotor from the magnet (185, fig 5) to enhance power density (para [0008]).
Thus, it would have been obvious to one having ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to modify Maehara in view of Choi’s motor with the second magnet is disposed 180 degrees of rotation of the rotor from the magnet as further taught by Choi. Doing so would enhance power density (para [0008]).
Regarding claim 4, Maehara teaches the claim invention as set forth in claim 1, except for the added limitation of a second coil wherein the second coil is connected to the frame in a location opposite the coil relative to the rotor.
Choi teaches an electric motor having a second coil (162) wherein the second coil (162) is connected to the frame (151) in a location opposite the coil (163) relative to the rotor (170, fig 5) to enhance power density (para [0008]).
Thus, it would have been obvious to one having ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to modify Maehara’s motor with a second coil wherein the second coil is connected to the frame in a location opposite the coil relative to the rotor as taught by Choi. Doing so would enhance power density (para [0008]).
Regarding claim 5, Maehara teaches the claim invention as set forth in claim 1, except for the added limitation of one or more pairs of coils wherein each coil in a pair of coils is connected to the frame in a location opposite the other coil in the pair of coils relative to the rotor.
Choi teaches an electric motor having one or more pairs of coils (162) wherein each coil in a pair of coils is connected to the frame (151) in a location opposite the other coil (162) in the pair of coils relative to the rotor (fig 5) to enhance power density (para [0008]).
Thus, it would have been obvious to one having ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to modify Maehara’s motor with one or more pairs of coils wherein each coil in a pair of coils is connected to the frame in a location opposite the other coil in the pair of coils relative to the rotor as taught by Choi. Doing so would enhance power density (para [0008]).
Regarding claim 6, Maehara in view of Choi teaches the claim invention as set forth in claim 5, except for the added limitation of the pairs of coils are disposed around the rotor uniformly.
Choi further teaches an electric motor having the pairs of coils (163) are disposed around the rotor uniformly (fig 5) to enhance power density (para [0008]).
Thus, it would have been obvious to one having ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to modify Maehara in view of Choi’s motor with the pairs of coils are disposed around the rotor uniformly as further taught by Choi. Doing so would enhance power density (para [0008]).
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure.
Mitsuda et al. (US 12,531,450 B2) teaches rotating electric machine according to the present disclosure is a rotating electric machine including a stator and a rotor, in which the rotor includes a plurality of permanent magnets arranged in a circumferential direction of a rotation axis and a plurality of protrusions arranged in the circumferential direction, the stator includes a plurality of teeth, an armature winding wound around the plurality of teeth, and a field winding wound around the plurality of teeth, a field pole is formed in the plurality of protrusions by energization to the field winding and the plurality of permanent magnets, the plurality of permanent magnets and the plurality of teeth are alternately arranged at intervals in the circumferential direction to form the field pole, all the permanent magnets have the same polarity.
Reddy et al. (US 9,966,897 B2) teaches a permanent magnet machine includes a stator assembly and a rotor assembly, with a plurality of ferrite permanent magnets disposed within the stator assembly or the rotor assembly to generate a magnetic field that interacts with a stator magnetic field to produce a torque. A controller of the electrical machine is programmed to cause a primary field current to be applied to the stator windings to generate the stator magnetic field, so as to cause the rotor assembly to rotate relative to the stator assembly. The controller is further programmed to cause a secondary current to be applied to the stator windings to selectively generate a secondary magnetic field, the secondary magnetic field inducing eddy currents in at least one of the stator assembly and the rotor assembly to heat the ferrite permanent magnets.
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/LEDA T PHAM/ Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2834
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