Patents by Inventor Enrique J. Alfaro

Enrique J. Alfaro has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Automotive diagnostic communications interface
    Patent number: 5491418
    Abstract: A diagnostic tool having a communications interface adapter for flexible diagnostic communications with automotive vehicle electronic devices automatically identifies, when connected to the adapter, the vehicle type associated with the adapter, and automatically establishes from stored communications information, the diagnostic communications format under which the electronic devices associated with the identified vehicle type communicate. Diagnostic tool communications hardware is then automatically initialized to prepare for diagnostic communications with minimum operator intervention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 13, 1996
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Enrique J. Alfaro, Erwin Frank