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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 28, 1998
Christopher L Gorzelski, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Michael John Hudak, Garden City, MI (US);
Billy Franklin Norris, Jr, Dearborn, MI (US);
Ylldes Zeneli, Dearborn Heights, MI (US);
John Paul May, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Liviu Mihail Nicola, Lincoln Park, MI (US);
David S Wills, Dearborn, MI (US);
Visteon Global Technologies, Inc., Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A combined compact disc/radio system for an automobile includes a multiple compact disc player, a radio receiver, and a controller. The multiple compact disc player is provided with a magazine having n individual slots for storing n compact discs. The controller has a bezel provided with an eject button, a load button, n memory buttons each corresponding to a respective one of the slots, an information display area, and a single compact disc opening for inserting and removing compact discs from the multiple compact disc player. The memory buttons function as radio tuning preset station memory switches when the radio receiver is operating and function to identify slots to be loaded and unloaded when the multiple compact disc player is operating.