Patents by Inventor Stephen Lauth

Stephen Lauth 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).

  • Patent number: 6681104
    Abstract: A built-in appliance for a motor vehicle, wherein the appliance is designed as a radio telephone, comprising an introduction orifice for a storage card arranged on a front side of the built-in appliance. The introduction orifice is capable of being closed by a cover which serves at the same time as an operating element. As a result, the available space on the front side is not reduced, as compared with conventional built-in appliances. At the same time, it is easy for a user to extract the storage card which, moreover, is protected against environmental influences by the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2004
    Assignee: Mannesmann VDO AG
    Inventors: Wilfried Scheuer, Stephen Lauth
  • Patent number: 6407467
    Abstract: A built-in appliance for a motor vehicle car radio comprising an operating front that is connected releasably to the built-in appliance by a catch connection. The operating front is preferably designed as a switching rocker and thus, when an operating element of the operating front is actuated by pressing, makes it possible for the actuating force to be transmitted to a switching point arranged on the built-in appliance. There is therefore no need for electric contacting of the operating front, so that possible damage to the operating front is largely ruled out because electric contact points are dispensed with.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2002
    Assignee: Mannesmann VDO AG
    Inventors: Wilfried Scheuer, Stephen Lauth