Device and method for interfacing a vehicle-external testing device to a battery removed from a vehicle
First Claim
1. A device for testing a vehicle battery in a state removed from a vehicle, using a vehicle-external testing device, the vehicle-external testing device being fashioned for testing the vehicle battery installed in the vehicle using an on-board diagnostic (OBD) interface of the vehicle, the OBD interface of the vehicle being a female OBD connection port in the vehicle for interfacing with an OBD system of the vehicle, the device comprising:
- an interface to which a plug of the vehicle-external testing device is connectable, the interface being a female connector having a design which is the same as the female OBD connection port in the vehicle, the plug being fashioned for connection to the on-board diagnostic OBD interface of the vehicle, the plug being a male OBD connection port;
an electrical connecting device by which at least one electrical vehicle battery terminal of the vehicle battery is connectable to the device; and
an adapter device by which signals, received from the at least one electrical vehicle battery terminal of the vehicle battery via the electrical connecting device, are conducted to the interface in such a way that signals present at the interface for the vehicle-external testing device;
(i) is testable by the vehicle-external testing device via the plug when the plug is connected to the interface and without use of the OBD system of the vehicle, and (ii) correspond to a configuration of the on-board diagnostic OBD interface of the vehicle;
wherein the device, including the interface, the electrical connecting device, and the adapter device, is vehicle-external.
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Abstract
Testing of a vehicle battery in a state removed from a vehicle, using a testing device that is fashioned for testing the vehicle battery installed in the vehicle using an on-board diagnostic interface of the vehicle. The device has: an interface to which a plug of the testing device can be connected, the plug being for connection to the on-board diagnostic interface of the vehicle; an electrical connecting device via which at least one electrical vehicle battery terminal of the vehicle battery is connectable to the device; and an adapter device by which signals receivable from the electrical vehicle battery terminal of the vehicle battery via the connecting device are conductible to the interface in such a way that the signals at the interface for the testing device are capable of being tested via the plug corresponding to a configuration of the on-board diagnostic interface of the vehicle.
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1. A device for testing a vehicle battery in a state removed from a vehicle, using a vehicle-external testing device, the vehicle-external testing device being fashioned for testing the vehicle battery installed in the vehicle using an on-board diagnostic (OBD) interface of the vehicle, the OBD interface of the vehicle being a female OBD connection port in the vehicle for interfacing with an OBD system of the vehicle, the device comprising:
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an interface to which a plug of the vehicle-external testing device is connectable, the interface being a female connector having a design which is the same as the female OBD connection port in the vehicle, the plug being fashioned for connection to the on-board diagnostic OBD interface of the vehicle, the plug being a male OBD connection port; an electrical connecting device by which at least one electrical vehicle battery terminal of the vehicle battery is connectable to the device; and an adapter device by which signals, received from the at least one electrical vehicle battery terminal of the vehicle battery via the electrical connecting device, are conducted to the interface in such a way that signals present at the interface for the vehicle-external testing device;
(i) is testable by the vehicle-external testing device via the plug when the plug is connected to the interface and without use of the OBD system of the vehicle, and (ii) correspond to a configuration of the on-board diagnostic OBD interface of the vehicle;wherein the device, including the interface, the electrical connecting device, and the adapter device, is vehicle-external. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for testing a vehicle battery in a state removed from a vehicle using a vehicle-external testing device that is fashioned for testing the vehicle battery installed in the vehicle using an on-board diagnostic (OBD) interface of the vehicle, the OBD interface of the vehicle being a female OBD connection port in the vehicle for interfacing with an OBD system of the vehicle, the method comprising:
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providing a first device including an interface to which a plug of the vehicle-external testing device is connectable, the interface being a female connector having a design which is the same as the female OBD connection port in the vehicle, the plug being fashioned for connection to the OBD interface of the vehicle, the plug being a male OBD connection port, the first device further including an electrical connecting device by which at least one electrical vehicle battery terminal of the vehicle battery is connectable to the device, and the first device further including an adapter device by which signals, received from the at least one electrical vehicle battery terminal of the vehicle battery via the electrical connecting device, are conducted to the interface in such a way that signals present at the interface for the vehicle-external testing device;
(i) is tested by the vehicle-external testing device via the plug when the plug is connected to the interface and without use of the OBD system of the vehicle, and (ii) correspond to a configuration of the OBD interface of the vehicle, the first device, including the interface, the electrical connecting device, and the adapter device, being vehicle-external;connecting the at least one electrical vehicle battery terminal of the vehicle battery to an the electrical connecting device; connecting, to the interface, the plug of the vehicle-external testing device to the on-board diagnostic interface of the vehicle; and conducting signals that go out from the at least one electrical vehicle battery terminal of the vehicle battery to the interface in such a way that the signals present at the interface for the vehicle-external testing device;
(i) is tested by the vehicle-external testing device via the plug and without use of the OBD system of the vehicle, and (ii) correspond to a configuration of the on-board diagnostic OBD interface of the vehicle.
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