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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:
Oct. 08, 1991

Filed:

Oct. 18, 1989
Applicant:
Inventor:

Kunihiro Abe, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M / ; G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
36442403 ; 36443101 ; 731173 ; 340439 ;
Abstract

There is disclosed a diagnosis system for a motor vehicle, and comprising a plurality of and various electronic control units mounted on the vehicle, and a diagnosis unit connected to the control units and for diagnosing troubles occurring in the several control units. The system further comprises a plurality of communication circuits provided in the diagnosis unit corresponding to every communication systems of the control units, a communication bus provided to connect the control units in parallel to the diagnosis unit, and one external connector for connecting the bus to the diagnosis unit. Accordingly, it is possible for the system to respond to every trouble of the control unit despite different communication systems, without changing connectors, and providing a plurality of communication buses.


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