Jumper connector
AssigneeSPX Corporation
InventorsAdam GENTNER, Ray de Schepper
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for jumping a pin connections in an electrical device are provided. The electrical device can be a vehicle having a data link connector that once mated with the apparatus, such a jumping connector that will jump at least two pin connections in the data link connector. The jumping connector can also have dip switches that be in the active or inactive state. In the active state, the dip switch will cause a connection to one of the pin connectors on the electrical device while the inactive state, the dip switch will not cause a connection to one of the pin connectors on the electrical device.
Claims20
A jumper connector, comprising:
- a handle at a first end of the jumper connector;
- an interface at a second end of the jumper connector;
- a body positioned between the interface and the handle;
- and
- a plurality of dip switches located partially in the interface and the handle, the plurality of dip switches are configured to jump at least two pin connections in a vehicle data link connector.
A method of jumping pins in a vehicle data connector, comprising the steps of:
- determining a functionality of a vehicle to activate;
- determining which dip switches to adjust in order to activate the functionality;
- adjusting determined dip switches;
- and
- activating the functionality in the vehicle.
A jumper connector, comprising:
- means for gripping at a first end of the jumper connector;
- means for interfacing at a second end of the jumper connector;
- means for housing positioned between the means for interfacing and the means for gripping;
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- means for adjustably connecting located partially in the means for interfacing and configured to jump at least two pin connections in a vehicle data link connector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.