A diagnostic connector module (40) for a vehicle (20), the module comprising: an electronic communication module (68) mounted on a printed circuit board (136); and a housing (64) enclosing the electronic communication module (68), the housing (64) having integrated connectors (72, 108) electrically connected to the electronic communication module (68), the integrated connectors (72, 108) including a diagnostic service connector (72) integrally molded as a single piece with a first housing member (64A) and forming an on-board diagnostic port of the vehicle (20), for connection with an external diagnostic scan tool via OBD-II protocol, the diagnostic service connector (72) having a plurality of female pin-receptors electrically connected to the electronic communication module (68), and a vehicle bus connector (108) integrally molded as a single piece with a second housing member (64B), the vehicle bus connector (108) being connectable to a vehicle bus (36) and having a plurality of terminals electrically connected to the electronic communication module (68), wherein the plurality of female pin-receptors for the diagnostic service connector (72) includes a plurality of female-female box terminals (80) coupled to the printed circuit board (136) via male terminals (72A) extending from a first side of the printed circuit board (136), and the plurality of terminals for the vehicle bus connector (108) includes a plurality of male terminals (108A) extending from a side of the printed circuit board opposite the first side, and wherein each of the first and second housing members (64A, 64B) includes a hood (92, 112) and a pair of adjacent channels (98, 124) configured to direct water away from the corresponding one of the diagnostic service connector (72) and the vehicle bus connector (108).
ON-BOARD DIAGNOSTIC CONNECTOR MODULE
FAHRZEUGINTERNES DIAGNOSTISCHES VERBINDERMODUL
MODULE DE CONNECTEUR DE DIAGNOSTIC EMBARQUÉ
2017-11-15
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
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