# US 2017/0287326 A1 · Vehicle key testing device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2017/0287326 A1 - Document ID: US20170287326A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/083,430 - Filed: 2016-03-29 - Published: 2017-10-05 - Earliest claimed: 2016-03-29 - Assignees: Nissan North America, Inc. - Applicants: Nissan North America, Inc. - Inventors: Philip T MAJTAN - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20170287326A1 ## CPC - G08C 25/00: Arrangements for preventing or correcting errors; Monitoring arrangements - B60R 25/245: {where the antenna reception area plays a role} - G01R 29/0878: {Sensors; antennas; probes; detectors (wave guide measuring sections G01R1/24)} - G07C 9/20: involving the use of a pass - G08C: TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS FOR MEASURED VALUES, CONTROL OR SIMILAR SIGNALS (fluid pressure transmitting systems F15B; mechanical means for transferring the output of a sensing member into a different variable G01D5/00; mechanical control systems G05G) - B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - G01R: MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES (indicating correct tuning of resonant circuits H03J3/12) - G07C: TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE ## Abstract A vehicle key testing device includes a housing, an antenna, and an electrical input. The housing defines an interior space and is configured to have a vehicle key positioned into the interior space. The antenna is mounted in the interior space. The electrical input is configured to activate at least one wireless aspect of the vehicle key. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A vehicle key testing device comprising: a housing defining an interior space and configured to have a vehicle key positioned into the interior space; an antenna mounted in the interior space; and an electrical input configured to activate at least one wireless aspect of the vehicle key. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The vehicle key testing device according to claim 1, wherein the antenna is configured to simulate a corresponding antenna on a vehicle. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The vehicle key testing device according to claim 1, further comprising a low frequency switch connected to the antenna. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The vehicle key testing device according to claim 1, wherein the electrical input is a control circuit connected to the low frequency switch and configured to connect to the vehicle key. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The vehicle key testing device according to claim 4, wherein the control circuit is configured to connect to a control system to control the vehicle key. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The vehicle key testing device according to claim 4, wherein the control circuit is configured to simulate a voltage of a battery of the vehicle key. ### Claim 7 (depends on 4) The vehicle key testing device according to claim 4, wherein the control circuit is configured to control the at least one wireless aspect of the vehicle key. ### Claim 8 (depends on 4) The vehicle key testing device according to claim 4, wherein the antenna is a first antenna of a plurality of antennas and the control circuit is configured to selectively activate one of the first antenna and a second antenna of the plurality of antennas. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The vehicle key testing device according to claim 1, wherein the housing is configured to prevent signals from the vehicle key from passing through walls thereof. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The vehicle key testing device according to claim 1, wherein the housing is aluminum. ### Claim 11 A method of testing a vehicle key, comprising: placing a vehicle key inside a housing of a key testing device; coupling the vehicle key to a control circuit; instructing the control circuit to activate at least one wireless aspect of the vehicle key; receiving a signal from the vehicle with an antenna disposed inside the housing; and transmitting the signal to a control module. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method according to claim 11, wherein the antenna simulates a corresponding antenna on a vehicle. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The method according to claim 11, wherein the transmitting the signal to a control module including transmitting the signal through a low frequency switch connected to the antenna. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The method according to claim 11, further comprising connecting the control circuit to a control system, and controlling the vehicle key via the control system. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The method according to claim 14, further comprising simulating a voltage of a battery of the vehicle key. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The method according to claim 14, wherein the antenna is a first antenna of a plurality of antennas, and selectively activating, via the control circuit, one of the first antenna and a second antenna of the plurality of antennas. ### Claim 17 (depends on 11) The method according to claim 11, further comprising preventing signals from the vehicle key from passing through walls of the housing. ### Claim 18 (depends on 11) The method according to claim 11, wherein the housing is aluminum.