PASS-THROUGH CONNECTOR

• US 20080268662A1
• Filed: 04/26/2007
• Published: 10/30/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 04/26/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Appy Risk Technologies Limited (Trak Global Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Intelligent Mechatronic Systems Inc. (Trak Global Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: Basir, Otman A., Krivtsov, Sergey M., Makaranka, Nick
• Granted Patent: US 9,281,647 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 439/34
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 16/02 electric constitutive elements
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/26 specially adapted for navigation in a road network
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 27/02 for simultaneous co-operation with two or more dissimilar counterparts

Abstract

An exemplary pass-through connector includes a connector housing a first end and a second end. A first amount of terminals extends from said first end to said second end. A supply line connects to a second amount of terminals. The supply line is located apart from the first end and the second end. The second amount of terminals is less than said first amount of terminals.

Claims

1. A pass-through connector, comprising:

a connector housing having a first end and a second end;

a plurality of terminals extending from said first end to said second end; and

a supply line operative to communicate with a subset of the plurality of terminals, said supply line located apart from said first end and said second end.

2. The pass-through connector of claim 1, wherein at least one of said second amount of terminals is operative to communicate power from a vehicle.

3. The pass-through connector of claim 1, wherein said supply line communicates power from a vehicle when said first end is connected to an on-board diagnostic port of said vehicle.

4. The pass-through connector of claim 1, wherein at least one of said second amount of terminals is operative to communicate a ground from a vehicle.

5. The pass-through connector of claim 1, wherein said supply line includes an overcurrent protection portion.

6. The pass-through connector of claim 5, wherein said overcurrent protection portion is a polyswitch resettable device.

7. The pass-through connector of claim 5, wherein at least a portion of said polyswitch resettable device is disposed within said connector housing.

8. The pass-through connector of claim 1, wherein said supply line is operative to communicate with a vehicle monitoring device.

9. The pass-though connector of claim 1, wherein at least one of said first amount of terminals has a male portion and a female portion, said male portion partially disposed in either of said first end or said second end, said female portion partially disposed in other of said first end or said second end.

10. The pass-through connector of claim 9, wherein said male portion directly connects to said female portion.

11. The pass-through connector of claim 10, wherein solder joins said male portion and said female portion.

12. The pass-through connector of claim 1, wherein said supply line includes a supply line link.

13. The pass-through connector of claim 12, wherein at least a portion of said supply line link is disposed within said connector housing.

14. A pass-through connector, comprising:

a connector housing having a first end and a second end, said first end connectable to a vehicle and said second end connectable to a diagnostic device;

a plurality of terminals extending from said first end to said second end; and

a supply line located apart from said first end and said second end and operative to communicate with a subset of the plurality of terminals.

15. The pass-through connector of claim 14, wherein said supply line is operative to communicate power from said vehicle.

16. The pass-through connector of claim 14, wherein said supply line is operative to communicate diagnostic information from said vehicle.

17. The pass-through connector of claim 14, wherein at least one of said first amount of terminals is operative to communicate power from said vehicle.

18. The pass-through connector of claim 14, wherein at least one of said first amount of terminals is operative to communicate diagnostic information from said vehicle.

19. The pass-through connector of claim 14, wherein said second end provides a connection complementary to said first end.

20. The pass-through connector of claim 14, including a removable cover portion for engaging said housing in first position.

21. The pass-through connector of claim 20, wherein said supply line communicates with said subset of the plurality of terminals through said removable cover portion.

22. The pass-through connector of claim 21, wherein said removable cover portion engages said housing in a second position opposite said first position.

23. A method of providing power from a vehicle, comprising:

engaging a first port of a vehicle with a connector;

providing a second port within the connector for engaging a diagnostic device;

directing power from said connector through a supply line apart from the first port and the second port; and

providing greater diagnostic capability from the second port than from the supply line.

24. The method of claim 23, wherein the first port is an onboard diagnostic port.

25. The method of claim 23, including providing diagnostic capability through the supply line.