Patents by Inventor B. Neal Rhodes

B. Neal Rhodes has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Vehicle entertainment system having ground noise reduction and method of operating the same
    Patent number: 8259952
    Abstract: A vehicle entertainment system and method that alternately configures an input of the entertainment system as a differential input that is decoupled from a ground point, or as ground referenced input that is coupled to a ground point. A noise detector determines a noise signal value for a ground switch module that alternately changes a switch state between a coupled state that couples the common connection to the ground point, and a decoupled state that decouples the common connection from the ground point, based upon the noise signal value being greater than a threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Thomas Augustyn, Dennis L. Kinkead, B. Neal Rhodes
  • VEHICLE ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM HAVING GROUND NOISE REDUCTION AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20110206208
    Abstract: A vehicle entertainment system and method that alternately configures an input of the entertainment system as a differential input that is decoupled from a ground point, or as ground referenced input that is coupled to a ground point. A noise detector determines a noise signal value for a ground switch module that alternately changes a switch state between a coupled state that couples the common channel connection to the ground point, and a decoupled state that decouples the common channel connection from the ground point, based upon the noise signal value being greater than a threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2010
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Applicant: DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: MICHAEL THOMAS AUGUSTYN, DENNIS L. KINKEAD, B. NEAL RHODES