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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.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 1990

Filed:

Dec. 22, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:

Kunihiro Abe, Tokyo, JP;

Tomoya Kobayashi, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M / ; G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
36442403 ; 36455101 ; 73116 ; 731181 ; 371-64 ;
Abstract

An electronic control system for controlling an automotive engine is mounted on a motor vehicle. A memory in a computer stores a plurality of programs for diagnosing the electronic control system, and identification code representing a communication system which is available to receive data signals from the electronic control system. A plurality of communication systems are provided in the computer. The identification code stored in the memory of the electronic control system is read out. In response to the read out identification code, a communication system corresponding to the code is selected. The system is arranged to diagnose the engine based on data received by the selected communication system.


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