Splitter harness for vehicles with a proprietary interface port connector
AssigneeGeotab Inc.
InventorsThomas Arthur Walli, Jimmy Joe Pasquin
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Abstract
A splitter harness includes a main harness segment having a first multi-wire harness connector and a second multi-wire harness connector at both ends thereof, an On-Board Diagnostic (OBD) port harness segment having an OBD port connector at an end thereof, a signal splitter, and a power signal provider for providing power to the OBD port connector. A method of installing the splitter harness includes unplugging the vehicle connector cable connectors, connecting the harness connectors, and connecting the power signal provider to a power source.
Claims17
A splitter harness for use in a vehicle having a proprietary interface port and a vehicle module, the splitter harness comprising:
- a main harness segment having:
- a first multi-wire harness connector at a first end thereof, and
- a second multi-wire harness connector at a second end thereof;
- an On-Board Diagnostic (OBD) port harness segment having an OBD port connector at a first end thereof;
- a signal splitter comprising a passive pass-through T-splice, wherein each conductor of the main harness segment remains electrically continuous between the first and second multi-wire harness connectors while being tapped to the OBD port harness segment, such that each signal is replicated to the OBD port connector without interrupting continuity between the in-line connectors for splitting a group of signal lines of the main harness segment into a first group of signal lines routed on the main harness segment to the second multi-wire harness connector and a second group of signal lines routed to a second end of the OBD port harness segment;
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- a power signal provider for providing a power signal from a power source to the OBD port connector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.