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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2004
Matthew Jordison, Blooming Prairie, MN (US);
Manokar Chinnadurai, Owatonna, MN (US);
Durval Ribeiro, Owatonna, MN (US);
Matthew Jordison, Blooming Prairie, MN (US);
Manokar Chinnadurai, Owatonna, MN (US);
Durval Ribeiro, Owatonna, MN (US);
SPX Corporation, Charlotte, NC (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for accommodating and retaining a communications cable of a vehicle diagnostic recorder device is provided. The apparatus is designed to house internal components of the vehicle diagnostic recorder device which communicate with an onboard control computer of a vehicle comprising. The apparatus may include an access hole for receiving a communications cable from an interior of the apparatus into a recessed cable channel which leads to a recessed channel portion. The communications cable may be further wrapped along an outer periphery of the recessed channel portion and retained via a clamp mechanism along an exterior thereof.