Electrical connectors – With unauthorized connection preventer – e.g. – key or...
Reexamination Certificate
2008-01-02
2009-06-30
Abrams, Neil (Department: 2839)
Electrical connectors
With unauthorized connection preventer, e.g., key or...
Reexamination Certificate
active
07553173
ABSTRACT:
According to the present invention, a vehicle connector lockout apparatus capable of being connected to the diagnostic port of a vehicle is provided. The preferred embodiment of the invention uses a raised protrusion, located in the common space below the two rows of pin spacing of the diagnostic port, as a locking point. The preferred embodiment provides a blocking mating connector with a pressure mechanism for clamping the mating connector to the protrusion. In the preferred embodiment the pressure mechanism is activated and released mechanically by operation of a key in a key lock which is an integral part of the mating connector, where rotation of the key to the locked position in the key lock applies pressure to the protrusion so as to clamp the blocking mating connector to the protrusion. A further embodiment of the invention provides a non-volatile microchip memory component to store information about the vehicle operator usable by medical personnel at the scene of a crash.
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Abrams Neil
Click, Inc.
Patel Harshad C
Whitham Curtis Christofferson & Cook, P.C.
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