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 .
Election/Restrictions
Applicant’s election without traverse of Group I and Species B in the reply filed on 2025 November 07 is acknowledged.
Claims 5-10 are withdrawn from further consideration pursuant to 37 CFR 1.142(b) as being drawn to the electromechanical cylinder of nonelected Species A, there being no allowable generic or linking claim.
Claim 11 is withdrawn from further consideration pursuant to 37 CFR 1.142(b) as being drawn to nonelected Group II, there being no allowable generic or linking claim.
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.
(a)(2) the claimed invention was described in a patent issued under section 151, or in an application for patent published or deemed published under section 122(b), in which the patent or application, as the case may be, names another inventor and was effectively filed before the effective filing date of the claimed invention.
Claims 1-4 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by US 2018/0172139 A1 (herein “Yamamoto”).
Regarding claim 1. Yamamoto disclose a cooling assembly (Fig. 1) capable of use with an electromechanical cylinder having a hollow screw shaft (Fig. 2; 2) defining a cavity therein, the cooling assembly comprising:
a rotary union unit (10) having a coolant interface and at least one mounting point (left side at 5a) capable of mounting said rotary union unit to an electromechanical cylinder, said coolant interface having a first port (at 6d through tube 7) and a second port (6e); and
a hollow tube (7) fastened to said rotary union unit in a torque-proof manner (at 6d), said hollow tube being in fluid communication with said first port of said coolant interface (see flow arrows), wherein said at least one mounting point is configured such that upon mounting said rotary union unit to an electromechanical cylinder, said hollow tube protrudes into the cavity of the hollow screw shaft and the cavity is in fluid communication with said second port of said coolant interface such that an inflow channel and a backflow channel are formed within the hollow screw shaft (shown in Figs. 1 and 2; inflow through 7 from right to left and outflow through cavity between 7 and 2 from left to right).
Regarding claim 2. Yamamoto discloses the cooling assembly according to claim 1, wherein said rotary union unit has a connecting channel (2d located therein) axially extending within said rotary union unit and being in fluid communication with said second port, said connecting channel connecting the cavity with said second port upon mounting said rotary union unit to the electromechanical cylinder (shown in Fig. 2).
Regarding claim 3. Yamamoto discloses the cooling assembly according to claim 2, wherein said hollow tube is coaxial with said connecting channel and the cavity (shown in Figs. 1 and 2), said hollow tube being disposed at least sectionally within said connecting channel or the cavity, respectively (shown in Figs. 1 and 2).
Regarding claim 4. Yamamoto discloses the cooling assembly according to claim 1, wherein said hollow tube protrudes from said rotary union unit (Fig. 2; tube 7 protrudes from the right and left sides of the rotary union unit 10).
Conclusion
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/JON T. SCHERMERHORN JR./ Primary Examiner, Art Unit 3763