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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 1986
Filed:
Apr. 09, 1984
Applicant:
Inventor:
William R Kissel, Milford, MI (US);
Assignee:
Chrysler Corporation, Highland Park, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ; G01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
371 15 ; 324 / ; 371 20 ;
Abstract
A circuit and method, for use with an electronically controlled load network for diagnosing short-circuit and open-circuit conditions and for protecting loads affected by those conditions by using positive feedback in cooperation with a microprocessor controlled tri-state input/output port pin.