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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. 01, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2007
Applicant:
Timothy J. Frashure, Columbia Station, OH (US);
Inventor:
Timothy J. Frashure, Columbia Station, OH (US);
Assignee:
Bendix Commerical Vehicle Systems LLC, Elyria, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 19/00 (2006.01); G06F 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An enabling unit for activating a feature in an electronic control unit on a vehicle includes a port for communicating with an electronic control unit included on the vehicle. A processor, which communicates with the port, includes a message for enabling a dormant feature included on the electronic control unit.