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 .
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, 3-6, 8, and 13-18 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102a1 as being anticipated by Sakon et al. (US 10,584,465 B2).
With respect to claim 1, Sakon et al. discloses a vehicle cooling system including a vehicle body 32 with opening 35, a movable support frame 71 connected to said body, a cooling fan 80 defined by blades and a rotational axis, wherein said blades rotate within a blade reachable region 85, a first shroud 90 shaped to surround the fan blade region, a second shroud 60 shaped to surround a heat exchanger or radiator 50 and extend to the first shroud so both the first and second shrouds guide cooling air from the fan through the exchanger, as shown in figures 5, 6, and 10.
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With respect to claim 3, said first shroud contacts a proximal end of said second shroud, with a distal end of the second shroud contacting said exchanger, as shown in figure 6.
With respect to claim 4, said vehicle body includes a support wall 40 with a hinge 43, 72, for allowing the support frame to rotate bout the hinge relative to the support wall, as shown in figure 5.
With respect to claims 5, the first shroud has an arcuate or circular shape, as shown in figure 9.
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With respect to claim 6, said exchanger has a second surface opposite a first surface that is covered by said second shroud, wherein air from said fan flows through said shrouds through the exchanger and out the second surface, as shown in figure 4.
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With respect to claim 8, the shape of the second shroud does no enter the fan reaching region, as shown in figure 6.
With respect to claim 13, elastic body 94 is located between the first and second shrouds, as shown in figure 6.
With respect to claims 14-17, bonnet cover 46 with holes or grille, swings about hinge (not numbered), to cover the opening with the fan, exchanger, and shrouds, as shown in figure 10.
With respect to claims 18 and 19, said support frame can rotate 90 degrees to allow access to said exchanger and/or said fan, as shown in figure 10.
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 2, 7, 9-12, and 20 are objected to as being dependent upon a rejected base claim, but would be allowable if rewritten in independent form including all of the limitations of the base claim and any intervening claims.
Conclusion
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JEFFREY J. RESTIFO
Primary Examiner
Art Unit 3613
/JEFFREY J RESTIFO/ Primary Examiner, Art Unit 3613
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