Vehicle diagnosing apparatus

• US 6,237,400 B1
• Filed: 01/29/1998
• Issued: 05/29/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 02/03/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Honda Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Honda Motor Company)
• Inventors: Takakura, Keiji, Aiba, Hiroyuki
• Primary Examiner(s): MCCALL, ERIC SCOTT
• Application Number:
  US09/020,576
• Time in Patent Office: 1,216 Days
• Field of Search: 73/116, 73/117.1, 73/117.2, 73/117.3, 73/602, 73/423 A, 73/118.1, 73/865.9
• US Class Current: 73/114.61
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 1/06788 Hand-held or hand-manipulated probes, e.g. for oscilloscopes or for portable test instruments end pieces terminating in a probe H01R11/18
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/006 on road vehicles, e.g. automobiles or trucks testing of ignition installations peculiar to internal combustion engines F02P17/00

Abstract

A probe unit 4 which contains therein an A/D converter 41 is arranged to be connected to, and disconnected from, that connector 23 of a vehicle diagnosing unit 2 which is provided in order to connect the vehicle diagnosing unit 2 to an electronic control unit (ECU) of the vehicle. In this manner, it is so arranged that the diagnosing of electrical components of the vehicle can be performed by a probe 42.

Claims

1. A vehicle diagnosing apparatus comprising:

a diagnosing unit;

a connector connecting said diagnosing unit to an electronic control unit mounted on a vehicle;

a probe unit having a probe and an analog to digital converter, said probe generating an analog signal upon contact of an electrical component of the vehicle, and said analog to digital converter converting said analog signal to a digital signal; and

said connector connecting said diagnosing unit to said probe unit for supplying said converted digital signal to said diagnosing unit, when said connector is not connected to said electronic control unit.

2. A vehicle diagnosing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said probe having a grip portion is connected to a cable which extends from said probe unit.

3. A vehicle diagnosing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said probe unit is constituted by containing said analog to digital converter inside a grip having attached thereto said probe, and wherein said grip is connected to, and disconnected from, said connector by way of a cable.