Method and apparatus for an OnBoard diagnostic interface tool

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9251628
APP PUB NO 20150073647A1
SERIAL NO

14021459

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An apparatus includes a processor and a plurality of on-board diagnostic (OBD) interfaces, in communication with the processor. The exemplary apparatus also includes a configurable housing, adapted to flexibly present an orientation of an OBD interface. The apparatus further includes persistent and non-persistent memory, in communication with the processor and a non-OBD I/O interface, in communication with the processor. The processor is configured to detect external device communication through a first OBD interface and function as a pass-through to a second OBD interface.

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  • FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Coughlin, William Jude Harrison Township, US 1 13
Sankaran, Vijay Ann Arbor, US 4 20
Shelcusky, Darren Peter Saline, US 7 169
Ubik, Henry Thomas Grosse Pointe Park, US 11 503

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