Bus isolation/diagnostic tool
US6037779A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 10, 1997 |
| Grant date | Mar 14, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 10, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01R31/58
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A communication bus test tool for motor vehicles having a plurality of electronic modules connected to a common communication bus in a body controller by a wiring harness. The wiring harness has an individual bus signal wire for the bus signal for each electronic module and at least one connector for connecting to a corresponding connector of the body controller. The wiring harness's connector has an individual terminal connected to each individual bus signal wire and the body controller's connector has terminals corresponding to the wiring harness' connector terminals. The bus test tool has a first connector for connecting to the wiring harness's connector with individual terminals corresponding to the individual terminals in the wiring harness connector including individual bus terminals corresponding to the terminals in the wiring harness connector connected to the bus signal wires. The bus test tool has a second connector for connecting to the body controller's connector with individual terminals corresponding to the individual terminals in the bus test tool's first connector including individual bus terminals corresponding to the individual bus terminals in the first connector…
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