Measuring and testing – Speed – velocity – or acceleration
Patent
1997-08-19
2000-05-16
Noland, Thomas P.
Measuring and testing
Speed, velocity, or acceleration
738659, G01M 1700, G01P 368
Patent
active
06062079&
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for verifying the installation and alignment of a moveable member of an object, such as, for example, the door of a vehicle. The final closing velocity of the moveable member is measured after the member is moved from an initial first position (e.g. opened) toward a second position (e.g. closed). The apparatus controllably engages and moves the movable member from its initial first position toward the second position by temporarily applying controlled force to the movable member. The apparatus determines the orientation of the object or of the moveable member and also includes a series of platforms that may be translated, rotated and raised so that moving the movable member of the object with the controlled force occurs when the moveable member is in a predetermined spatial position and orientation. The apparatus further determines the distance to the movable member so that the final closing velocity of the moveable member may be determined. The apparatus may be used to determine whether the moveable member closed properly when subjected to a closing force and also may be configured for use with a series of objects as the objects advance in sequence (such as down an assembly line) to be proximate the apparatus.
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BECS Technology, Inc.
Noland Thomas P.
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