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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:
Jun. 07, 1988
Filed:
Oct. 23, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Peter Schafer, Monsheim, DE;
Dieter Marx, Kernen, DE;
Roland Ehniss, Karlsruhe, DE;
Roland Ebner, Villingen-Schwenningen, DE;
Assignee:
Dr. Ing. h.c.f. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft, Stuttgart, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
731173 ;
Abstract
A diagnostic system including a display system in a combination instrument of the motor vehicle and a testing unit connected by a stimulating line (L) and a communication line (K) serial bus system to control systems for selectively reading defect reports from the defined storage areas of the control systems and displaying them on the display system. A diagnostic system is started by plugging a diagnostic plug or an external testing unit into a plug device connected with the testing unit or the bus system.