Patents by Inventor Bryan Frederick Butler

Bryan Frederick Butler 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).

  • Automotive control panel
    Patent number: 6529125
    Abstract: The invention relates to a vehicle control panel for an automotive vehicle having at least one multifunctional setting switch and a mode selector for setting the control panel to operate in any one of at least two modes, wherein in a first mode of operation of the control panel the multifunctional setting switch controls a parameter of an audio system of the vehicle, and, in a second mode of operation of the control panel the multifunctional setting switch controls a parameter of a climate control of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2003
    Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Bryan Frederick Butler, Stephen Anthony Nolan