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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
In the event the determination of the status of the application as subject to AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103 (or as subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103) is incorrect, any correction of the statutory basis (i.e., changing from AIA to pre-AIA ) for the rejection will not be considered a new ground of rejection if the prior art relied upon, and the rationale supporting the rejection, would be the same under either status.
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) 1-10 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by Deng et al. (CN 113602941 A). Deng et al. discloses:
Re claim 1, An elevator hoisting machine, comprising:
a housing (Fig. 5, #1, the entirety of the assembly housing the internal parts);
a rotary body including a driving sheave (Fig.5, #3 And Fig. 14), the rotary body being rotatable with respect to the housing (Pg. 6, Par. 1) ; and
a hoisting machine motor including:
a motor stator (Fig. 5, #5) configured to be mounted to the housing; and
a motor rotor (Fig. 5, #2) configured to be mounted to the rotary body,
wherein the housing includes:
a main shaft portion (Fig. 5, #4);
a connecting portion connected to the main shaft portion (Fig. 5, #11);
a bottom plate portion (Fig. 5, #21) having a flat plate shape, which is connected to the connecting portion (#11); and
a stator mounting portion (#23) having a tubular shape, which is connected to the bottom plate portion,
wherein the rotary body is configured to be mounted to the main shaft portion (Fig. 5, rotary body driving sheave #3 is mounted on the main shaft #4) so as to be rotatable about an axial center of the main shaft portion (Pg. 6, Par. 1),
wherein the connecting portion (Fig. 5, #11) has a tubular shape (Fig. 7 shows the connecting portion in an isometric view unmated to the bottom plate portion),
wherein a diameter of the connecting portion gradually increases from the main shaft portion toward the bottom plate portion (Fig. 5 #11 increases in diameter as it approaches area around #21),
wherein the bottom plate portion has an opening (Fig. 11 shows unmated bottom plate portion with opening above 22 for the shaft), and
wherein the connecting portion is connected to an edge portion of the opening (Fig. 7 shows opening on connecting portion that connects to the opening at 12 in Fig. 5).
Re claim 2, the elevator hoisting machine according to claim 1, wherein a wall thickness of the connecting portion is smaller than a wall thickness of the bottom plate portion in a horizontal section of the housing that includes the axial center (Fig. 5 wherein the area around #14 is thinner than the area around #23).
Re claim 3, the elevator hoisting machine according to claim 1, wherein a wall thickness of the connecting portion gradually increases toward the bottom plate portion in a vertical section of the housing that includes the axial center (Fig. 5, #11 moving towards #12 direction increases in thickness).
Re claim 4, the elevator hoisting machine according to claim 1,wherein a wall thickness of the bottom plate portion in a horizontal section of the housing that includes the axial center is smaller than a wall thickness of the bottom plate portion in a vertical section of the housing that includes the axial center of the main shaft portion (Fig. 5 thickness around #21 compared to #22).
Re claim 5, the elevator hoisting machine according to claim 1,wherein the connecting portion is curved so as to be convex inward of the connecting portion (Fig. 5, #11 is curved and convex as shown in Fig. 7).
Re claim 6, an elevator apparatus, comprising the elevator hoisting machine of claim 1 (Abstract, mentions an elevator system).
Re claim 7, the elevator hoisting machine according to claim 2, wherein a wall thickness of the connecting portion gradually increases toward the bottom plate portion in a vertical section of the housing that includes the axial center (Fig. 5, #11 moving towards #12 direction increases in thickness).
Re claim 8, the elevator hoisting machine according to claim 2, wherein a wall thickness of the bottom plate portion in a horizontal section of the housing that includes the axial center is smaller than a wall thickness of the bottom plate portion in a vertical section of the housing that includes the axial center of the main shaft portion (Fig. 5, thickness near #22 is thicker than the thickness near #21 and #2).
Re claim 9, The elevator hoisting machine according to claim 3, wherein a wall thickness of the bottom plate portion in a horizontal section of the housing that includes the axial center is smaller than a wall thickness of the bottom plate portion in a vertical section of the housing that includes the axial center of the main shaft portion (Fig. 5, thickness near #22 is thicker than the thickness near #21 and #2).
Re claim 10, the elevator hoisting machine according to claim 7, wherein a wall thickness of the bottom plate portion in a horizontal section of the housing that includes the axial center is smaller than a wall thickness of the bottom plate portion in a vertical section of the housing that includes the axial center of the main shaft portion (Fig. 5, thickness near #22 is thicker than the thickness near #21 and #2).
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure:
Hatanaka (CN 1984833 A)
Kawaguchi et al. (WO 2010016573 A1)
Zeng (CN 104843566 A)
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/A.Z.X./Examiner, Art Unit 3654
/ROBERT W HODGE/Supervisory Patent Examiner, Art Unit 3654
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