ROBERT L ROBERTS
Plumbers at Ludgate Rd, Cleveland, OH

6570385, May 27, 2003

Mar 19, 2001

09/813104

Robert A. Roberts - South Euclid OH
Matthew H. Koran - Strongsville OH
Hamid Namaky - South Russell OH

Actron Manufacturing Co. - Cleveland OH

F02P 1700

324378, 324380, 320104

An improved hand held starting/charging system tester. According to one aspect of the present invention, the portable handheld tester includes a connector to which various test cables can be removably connected to the tester. Detection circuitry within the tester determines which of several types of test cable is connected to the tester before testing. According to another aspect of the present invention, the portable handheld tester includes an improved user interface that permits a user to review test data from previously performed tests and further permits a user to either skip a previously performed test (thereby retaining the previously collected data for that test) or re-do the test (thereby collecting new data for that test). According to yet another aspect of the present invention, the portable handheld tester that performs a more complete set of tests of the starting/charging system.

2013019, Aug 1, 2013

Mar 12, 2013

13/797743

THOMAS J. BERTOSA - Mentor-On-The-Lake OH, US
ROBERT A. ROBERTS - South Euclid OH, US
MICHAEL GESSNER - Akron OH, US
HAMID NAMAKY - South Russell OH, US

Service Solutions U.S.LLC - Warren MI

G06F 17/00

701 332

Exemplary embodiments of off-board tools (OBTs) may be used in vehicle inspection maintenance programs are provided. The OBT may include a processor, vehicle communication circuitry for linking to a vehicle diagnostic system, host interface circuitry for communicating with a host computer, and voltage determination circuitry for measuring a voltage through the vehicle diagnostic system. The OBT may include logic for storing a communications protocol used to link with a vehicle diagnostic system that is preferably used for re-establishing dropped communications links. In addition, the OBT may contain logic for testing at least one component of a starting and/or charging system of a vehicle. Still other embodiments may include logic for sending unsolicited messages to a host computer. Additional embodiments may include logic for determining the minimum number of messages that must be received by an OBT.

6928349, Aug 9, 2005

Oct 1, 2003

10/676614

Hamid Namaky - South Russell OH, US
Robert Charles Sheppard - Westlake OH, US
Michael F. Gessner - Akron OH, US
Thomas J. Bertosa - Mentor-On-The-Lake OH, US
Robert A. Roberts - South Euclid OH, US
Donald J. Rodemann - Lakewood OH, US

SPX Corporation - Charlotte NC

G06F019/00

701 33

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.

8027763, Sep 27, 2011

Sep 18, 2006

11/522346

Thomas Webster - Kalamazoo MI, US
Daniel Sampson - Kalamazoo MI, US
Richard Mattox - Portage MI, US
Matthew Koran - Medina OH, US
Robert Roberts - South Euclid OH, US
Hamid Namaky - South Russell OH, US

SPX Corporation - Charlotte NC

G01M 17/00

701 29, 701 35, 702182

An OBDII device method and system includes an inexpensive, user friendly way to determine a vehicle's readiness for emissions testing and if repairs were successful. An audible and/or visual indicator is provided to alert the repair shop technician or driver that the vehicle has completed its drive cycle and may now be tested for compliance with state and federal emissions laws or indicate that the emissions related repairs were successful.

8165741, Apr 24, 2012

Dec 30, 2004

11/024454

Robert A. Roberts - South Euclid OH, US
Hamid Namaky - South Russell OH, US

SPX Corporation - Charlotte NC

G01M 17/00, G06F 7/00, G06F 11/00, G07C 5/00

701 291, 701 332, 702183, 340438

A single input having multiple functions is provided. The single input having multiple functions may be used on off-board tools. In accordance with one embodiment, an off-board tool having a read/scroll actuator is provided. The read/scroll actuator, upon being actuated, performs either a read function or a scroll function. Another embodiment of an off-board tool having a display and capable of receiving information is provided. The off-board tool includes a contextual actuator having a first and a second mode. Actuation of the actuator in the first mode effectuates retrieval of information. Actuation of the actuator in the second mode effectuates display of at least a portion of the retrieved information. In accordance with another embodiment, an off-board device is provided. The off-board tool includes a display, read logic, scroll logic and a read/scroll actuator.

D485503, Jan 20, 2004

Apr 11, 2002

29/158885

Hamid Namaky - South Russell OH
Robert A. Roberts - South Euclid OH
Matthew H. Koran - Strongsville OH

Actron Manufacturing - Cleveland OH

1004

D10 80

7124058, Oct 17, 2006

Dec 30, 2004

11/024453

Hamid Namaky - South Russell OH, US
Robert A. Roberts - South Euclid OH, US

SPX Corporation - Charlotte NC

G06F 11/30, G21C 17/00

702183, 34082572, 701 29

Exemplary embodiments of an improved OBT are provided. General concepts of the invention include an OBT combined with an optical scanner. In one embodiment, the OBT includes a housing that at least partially retains a processor; vehicle communication circuitry for linking to a vehicle diagnostic system, and an optical reader for optically obtaining additional information. Another exemplary embodiment includes an OBT used in conjunction with a bar code scanner and/or a camera. In addition, a method of obtaining diagnostic data from the vehicle diagnostic system and optically obtaining information using an off-board device is provided.

7069125, Jun 27, 2006

Jul 23, 2002

10/201538

Hamid Namaky - South Russell OH, US
Robert A. Roberts - South Euclid OH, US

SPX Corporation - Charlotte NC

G06F 19/00

701 29, 455 6711, 455457

An improved code reader for reading and displaying OBD II diagnostic codes. The code reader displays textual diagnosis descriptions corresponding to diagnostic codes. Although the code reader preferably has a display having fewer available display characters than the number of characters in the OBD II textual diagnosis descriptions, the code reader can display both an OBD II code and the textual diagnosis description corresponding to a selected OBD II code. This is accomplished using code giving the appearance that the textual diagnosis description corresponding to the selected OBD II code is either streaming on the display or scrolling on the display.

7073714, Jul 11, 2006

Apr 10, 2003

10/410899

Hamid Namaky - South Russell OH, US
Robert A. Roberts - South Euclid OH, US
Matthew H. Koran - Strongsville OH, US

SPX Corporation - Charlotte NC

G06K 7/10

23546215, 23546245, 23546246, 23547201, 23547202

An improved code reader for reading and displaying OBD II diagnostic codes. The code reader displays textual diagnosis descriptions corresponding to diagnostic codes. The code reader can display both an OBD II code and the textual diagnosis description corresponding to a selected OBD II code by using multiple display rows for the display. The improved code reader also uses an improved user interface.