Patents by Inventor Keith Andrew Hayton

Keith Andrew Hayton 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).

  • Audio device security system
    Patent number: 6140935
    Abstract: An audio device 1 is installed in a motor vehicle with a vehicle security system 2, 3, 4. The radio 1 has circuitry 21 to detect a connection to the vehicle power supply, a microprocessor 11 to inhibit the operation of the radio after an interruption of the connection, an interface 6 and a connection to a bus 9, 10 for communicating data between the radio 1 and the vehicle security system 2, 3, 4, and a data verification unit 15 with a non-volatile memory 13 for verifying data communicated to the radio. Following an interruption of the connection the radio is automatically reset to operational if the data are communicated and verified, and if the data are not communicated or not verified the radio may only be reset manually.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2000
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith Andrew Hayton, Robert John Burnham, Guenter Dorner, Thomas Lee Kopicki, Alan Peter Norton, Douglas Ralph Sendelbach, Paul Vinzenz Felten, Werner Loebach