Data acquisition device for a vehicle

• US 9,026,306 B2
• Filed: 10/06/2014
• Issued: 05/05/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Wistron NeWeb Corporation (Wistron Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Wistron NeWeb Corporation (Wistron Corporation)
• Inventors: Wu, Yi-Cheng, Kuo, San-Yi, Lin, Chao-Chun, Yang, Chih-Fen
• Primary Examiner(s): Zanelli, Michael J
• Application Number:
  US14/506,701
• Publication Number:
  US 20150025736A1
• Time in Patent Office: 211 Days
• US Class Current: 701/33.2
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/08 Registering or indicating performance data other than driving, working, idle, or waiting time, with or without registering driving, working, idle or waiting time
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0841 Registering performance data recording measured values G01D; information storage G11B
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/085 using electronic data carriers
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0858 wherein the data carrier is removable
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 7/00 Details or accessories common to the registering or indicating apparatus of groups G07C3/00 and G07C5/00

Abstract

A data acquisition device for a vehicle includes a first body and a second body. A first body includes a first casing, an antenna member, and two cushion pads. A terminal of the first casing forms a recession and two lateral walls of the recession have two pivot members. The antenna member is disposed in the first casing. The two cushion pads are respectively located on the two lateral walls of the recession and circumferentially disposed around the two pivot members. Each of the cushion pads has a core hole and the pivot members are respectively passing through the core holes. The second body includes a second casing and a process device. A terminal of the second casing has a plug part, and the second casing respectively have two pivot holes pivoted on the two pivot members. The processing device is disposed in the second casing.

Claims

1. A data acquisition device for a vehicle, comprising:

a first body comprising;

a first casing, and a terminal of the first casing forming a recession, and two lateral walls of the recession having two pivot members, wherein one of the pivot members is hollow and has a passage;

an antenna member disposed in the first casing for processing a wireless signal; and

two cushion pads respectively located on the two lateral walls of the recession and circumferentially disposed around the two pivot members, and each of the cushion pads having a core hole, and the pivot members respectively passing through the core holes; and

a second body comprising;

a second casing, and a terminal of the second casing having a plug part for being connected to an vehicle body and two lateral walls of the second casing respectively having two pivot holes for being pivoted on the two pivot members such that the second casing is capable of rotating along an axis, wherein the passage is communicated with the inner space of the second casing via the corresponding pivot hole; and

a processing device disposed in the second casing for being electrically connected to the antenna member and the vehicle body.

2. The data acquisition device of claim 1, wherein the second casing has a locating hole circumferentially disposed around the two pivot holes, and the first casing has a locating member circumferentially disposed around the two pivot members for being rotatably connected with the pivot holes.

3. The data acquisition device of claim 2, wherein each of the cushion pads has a plurality of through holes circumferentially disposed around the core hole such that the locating members pass through the through holes.

4. The data acquisition device of claim 1, wherein the cushion pads have a plurality of cushion-locating members circumferentially disposed around the core holes for being connected with the locating holes.

5. The data acquisition device of claim 1, wherein each of the cushion pads is a rubber cushion pad or a silicon rubber cushion pad.

6. The data acquisition device of claim 1, wherein each of the cushion pads is combined with the second casing in a manner of dual injection molding.

7. The data acquisition device of claim 1, wherein the first casing is a plastic casing.

8. The data acquisition device of claim 1, wherein the second casing is a plastic casing.

9. The data acquisition device of claim 1, wherein the plug part is adapted for an on-board diagnostics (OBD) system or an on-board diagnostics 2 (OBD 2) system.

10. The data acquisition device of claim 1, wherein the antenna member is a laser direct structure (LDS) antenna member.