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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2007
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2005
Brian L. Bickford, Kokomo, IN (US);
Dwight A. Howard, Carmel, IN (US);
David J. Clute, Cicero, IN (US);
Brian R. Newlon, Russiaville, IN (US);
Brian L. Bickford, Kokomo, IN (US);
Dwight A. Howard, Carmel, IN (US);
David J. Clute, Cicero, IN (US);
Brian R. Newlon, Russiaville, IN (US);
Delphi Technologies, Inc., Troy, MI (US);
Abstract
A player for a media unit. The player includes a front plate formed of metal and having an opening configured to receive a media unit. The player also includes a cover mounted over the opening and having a slit. The slit is aligned with the opening and configured to allow the media unit to pass through the cover and enter the opening. The cover includes an electrical conductor that contacts the front plate and is in electrostatic communication with the slit. The conductor conducts electrostatic charge from the media unit to the front plate as the media unit passes through the slit. The media unit may be a CD, DVD, memory stick, minidisc or the like.