DETAILED ACTION
This is a first action on the merits, in response to the claims received 2/21/2024. Claims 1-2 are pending for prosecution below.
Priority
Receipt is acknowledged of certified copies of papers required by 37 CFR 1.55.
Information Disclosure Statement
The information disclosure statement (IDS) file on 10/24/2024 has been considered by the examiner. An initialed copy is attached herewith.
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 and 2 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by Sogabe et al, (Sogabe), (USNO.2009/0015197).
As for claim 1, Sogabe discloses and shows in Figs.1-2, and 4 a contactless electric power transmission system, comprising: a coil unit (ref’s primary coil) which comprises a housing having a surface that is exposed to an outside, a coil that is arranged within the housing and receives AC electric power transmitted in a contactless manner from an electric power transmission device, a magnetic member (via electromagnetically coupling) provided for the coil within the housing, and a substrate on which an electronic component is mounted within the housing; a first temperature sensor (via ref’s first thermistor) that detects a temperature of external air in contact with the surface of the housing; a second temperature sensor (via ref’s first thermistor) that detects a temperature of the substrate; and a control device that estimates at least a temperature of the coil based on a thermal model of the coil unit and a detection value (ref’s delta detection circuit) of the temperature output from each of the first temperature sensor and the second temperature sensor and controls a request frequency of electric power transmission by the electric power transmission device and electric power which the coil receives from the electric power transmission device in response to the temperature of the coil (via ref’s abnormality) (par.[0057,0086-0087,0112-0113]).
As for claim 2, Sogabe discloses in the thermal model, the control device connects the external air and the housing directly and via a heat release member (via ref’s heat sink), the electronic component, and the substrate sequentially and connects the housing and the coil via the magnetic member (par.[0145]).
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/ARUN C WILLIAMS/ Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2859
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