Electricity: measuring and testing – Fault detecting in electric circuits and of electric components – Of individual circuit component or element
Patent
1990-11-05
1991-09-17
Wieder, Kenneth A.
Electricity: measuring and testing
Fault detecting in electric circuits and of electric components
Of individual circuit component or element
324384, G01R 3100
Patent
active
RE0336920
ABSTRACT:
A fault diagnosis system is provided for vehicles having a pluarlity of automotive electronic devices which output fault diagnoses according to one of a plurality of output signal schemes disposed thereon. A vehicle-side connector includes pins for carrying signal lines for signals representing the results of the fault diagnoses output from the plurality of of electronic devices. The vehicle-side connector also includes at least one pin for carrying at least one control line for a signal designating a selected output signaling scheme to the electronic devices. One of a plurality of testers displays the results of the fault diagnoses on the basis of the signals transmitted from the respective electronic devices. Each tester has a tester-side connector which connects to the vehicle-side connector to connect the output signals from each of the electronic devices and the control signal for designating the selective signaling scheme.
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Hirano Shigeaki
Maekawa Hirotoshi
Harvey Jack B.
Mitsubishi Denki & Kabushiki Kaisha
Wieder Kenneth A.
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