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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2013
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Henry Thomas Ubik, Grosse Pointe Park, MI (US);
Darren Peter Shelcusky, Saline, MI (US);
Vijay Sankaran, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
William Jude Coughlin, Harrison Township, MI (US);
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
An apparatus includes a processor and a plurality of on-board diagnostic (OBD) interfaces, in communication with the processor. The exemplary apparatus also includes a configurable housing, adapted to flexibly present an orientation of an OBD interface. The apparatus further includes persistent and non-persistent memory, in communication with the processor and a non-OBD I/O interface, in communication with the processor. The processor is configured to detect external device communication through a first OBD interface and function as a pass-through to a second OBD interface.