Ford Motor Company Limited

Visteon Global Technolgoies, Inc.

Terrence Dale Prestel

John Mecca

Robert J Burnham

George J DeHelian, Jr

Gregory Blaise Dahlin

Dana Thomas Sims

Adrian G Gheorghiu

Doo M Yee

A vehicle multimedia system having a safety interlock mechanism. The vehicle multimedia system comprising a portable multimedia unit having a support sensor for sensing support thereon and a docking station configured to interlock the portable multimedia unit therein. The docking station comprises a main frame having a receiving port to receive the portable multimedia unit. The main frame includes a locking assembly for securing the portable multimedia unit to the main frame and a microprocessor for communicating with the locking assembly and the support sensor.

Vehicle multimedia system having a safety interlock mechanism

A circuit board includes conductive pads formed in a predetermined arrangement to permit a standardized component package to be properly placed in either of two electrical arrangements, such as an input or output buffer circuit, without separate mounting footprints for each type of electrical component, such as a transistor to be mounted on the footprint. A footprint comprising pads corresponding to the arrangement of terminals on a standardized package is provided with an extension including at least one pad so that a standardized package could be mounted in a rotated position. A circuit board arrangement incorporating the minimum footprint can also include adjacent pairs of pads to be located about the minimum footprint. The footprint and adjacent pairs of pads permits interchanging surface mount NPN and PNP transistors, and selection of the proper operating values for the surface mount resistors mounted on the pads, but does not affect the assembly of surface mount resistors or their location on the circuit board.

Minimum footprint reconfigurable input/output circuit

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Livonia, MI, United States of America

Terrence Dale Prestel