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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2004
Brian N. Poindexter, Gardner, KS (US);
Scott J. Brunk, Overland Park, KS (US);
Seth A. Forshee, Olathe, KS (US);
Brian N. Poindexter, Gardner, KS (US);
Scott J. Brunk, Overland Park, KS (US);
Seth A. Forshee, Olathe, KS (US);
Garmin Ltd., , KY;
Abstract
A navigation system () comprising a portable navigational device () and a remote control for remotely controlling the navigational device () is provided in a first preferred embodiment. The navigational device () is sized and configured to mount on a dashboard or in an overhead console of a vehicle. A second preferred embodiment provides a navigational device () substantially similar to the navigational device () of the first preferred embodiment and further including an internal hard drive () and a heating element () associated with the hard drive () and operable to warm the hard drive () for facilitating operating performance of the hard drive () in cold temperatures. A third preferred embodiment provides a navigation system () including a navigational device () substantially similar to the navigational device () of the second preferred embodiment and a remote control () substantially similar to the remote control () of the first preferred embodiment.