Patents by Inventor Spyros Bournias

Spyros Bournias 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).

  • Interface system for a television receiver
    Patent number: 5621482
    Abstract: An interface system for a television receiver includes an interface connector having a plurality contacts connected to various component circuits in the television receiver. In order to provide various functions for the television receiver, the interface system includes various circuit boards each having a plug connectable with the interface connector. The plug includes a number of contacts equal to or less than the plurality of contacts in the interface connector. Depending on the desired function, the circuit board further includes circuits for providing the function, these circuits being interconnected and connected to the appropriate contacts in the plug for connecting with the appropriate component circuits in the television receiver. The interface system allows the television receiver functions to be modified and/or updated without the need for opening the television and modifying the circuits and/or the wiring to the circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 15, 1997
    Assignee: U.S. Philips Corporation
    Inventors: Timothy J. Gardner, Spyros Bournias, Larry Johnson
  • Interface system for a television receiver
    Patent number: 5592234
    Abstract: An interface system for a television receiver includes an interface connector having a plurality contacts connected to various component circuits in the television receiver. In order to provide various functions for the television receiver, the interface system includes various circuit boards each having a plug connectable with the interface connector. The plug includes a number of contacts equal to or less than the plurality of contacts in the interface connector. Depending on the desired function, the circuit board further includes circuits for providing the function, these circuits being interconnected and connected to the appropriate contacts in the plug for connecting with the appropriate component circuits in the television receiver. The interface system allows the television receiver functions to be modified and/or updated without the need for opening the television and modifying the circuits and/or the wiring to the circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 7, 1997
    Assignee: U.S. Philips Corporation
    Inventors: Timothy J. Gardner, Spyros Bournias, Larry Johnson
  • Interface system for a television receiver
    Patent number: RE35859
    Abstract: An interface system for a television receiver includes an interface connector having a plurality contacts connected to various component circuits in the television receiver. In order to provide various functions for the television receiver, the interface system includes various circuit boards each having a plug connectable with the interface connector. The plug includes a number of contacts equal to or less than the plurality of contacts in the interface connector. Depending on the desired function, the circuit board further includes circuits for providing the function, these circuits being interconnected and connected to the appropriate contacts in the plug for connecting with the appropriate component circuits in the television receiver. The interface system allows the television receiver functions to be modified and/or updated without the need for opening the television and modifying the circuits and/or the wiring to the circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 28, 1998
    Assignee: Philips Electronics North America Corporation
    Inventors: Timothy James Gardner, Spyros Bournias, Larry Johnson