Patent ID: 8818612

Claim:
A diagnostic connector module for a vehicle, the module comprising: an electronic communication module mounted on a printed circuit board; and a housing enclosing the electronic communication module, the housing having integrated connectors electrically connected to the electronic communication module, the integrated connectors including a diagnostic service connector integrally molded as a single piece with a first housing member and forming an on-board diagnostic port of the vehicle for connection with an external diagnostic scan tool via OBD-ll protocol, the diagnostic service connector having a plurality of female pin-receptors electrically connected to the electronic communication module, and a vehicle bus connector integrally molded as a single piece with a second housing member, the vehicle bus connector being connectable to a vehicle bus and having a plurality of terminals electrically connected to the electronic communication module, wherein the plurality of female pin-receptors for the diagnostic service connector includes a plurality of female-female box terminals coupled to the printed circuit board via male terminals extending from a first side of the printed circuit board, and the plurality of terminals for the vehicle bus connector includes a plurality of male terminals extending from a side of the printed circuit board opposite the first side, and wherein each of the first and second housing members includes a hood and a pair of adjacent channels configured to direct water away from the corresponding one of the diagnostic service connector and the vehicle bus connector.