Patents by Inventor Robert Charles Sheppard

Robert Charles Sheppard 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).

  • Scan tool with dropped communications detection and recovery and improved protocol selection
    Patent number: 6928349
    Abstract: An improved scan tool, e.g., for OBD II, for use with vehicle computer networks. The improved scan tool determines the proper protocol to use to communicate with a vehicle computer network. The proper protocol is determined by requesting information from the vehicle computer network using a plurality of protocols and selecting the protocol that returns the most pieces of information. In addition, the improved scan tool determines a communications drop-out with one or more modules and automatically recovers from the communications drop-out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2005
    Assignee: SPX Corporation
    Inventors: Hamid Namaky, Robert Charles Sheppard, Michael F. Gessner, Thomas J. Bertosa, Robert A. Roberts, Donald J. Rodemann
  • Scan tool with dropped communications detection and recovery and improved protocol selection
    Patent number: 6701233
    Abstract: An improved scan tool, e.g., for OBD II, for use with vehicle computer networks. The improved scan tool determines the proper protocol to use to communicate with a vehicle computer network. The proper protocol is determined by requesting information from the vehicle computer network using a plurality of protocols and selecting the protocol that returns the most pieces of information. In addition, the improved scan tool determines a communications drop-out with one or more modules and automatically recovers from the communications drop-out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2004
    Assignee: Actron Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Hamid Namaky, Robert Charles Sheppard, Michael F. Gessner, Thomas J. Bertosa, Robert A. Roberts, Donald J. Rodemann
  • Scan tool with dropped communications detection and recovery and improved protocol selection
    Publication number: 20030004623
    Abstract: An improved scan tool, e.g., for OBD II. According to one aspect of the present invention, the improved scan tool uses a novel method of determining the proper protocol to use to communicate with a vehicle computer network. According to another aspect of the present invention, the improved scan tool determines and automatically recovers from a communications drop-out.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2002
    Publication date: January 2, 2003
    Inventors: Hamid Namaky, Robert Charles Sheppard, Michael F. Gessner, Thomas J. Bertosa, Robert A. Roberts, Donald J. Rodemann