Measuring and testing – Vehicle chassis – Steering
Patent
1997-03-06
1999-09-21
Dougherty, Elizabeth L.
Measuring and testing
Vehicle chassis
Steering
G01L 326
Patent
active
059556625
ABSTRACT:
A dynamometer includes a pair of vehicle wheel-engaging rolls coupled through a clutch to a passive power absorption unit which includes a flywheel and an eddy current brake. A lift between the rolls can raise the vehicle wheels out of engagement with the rolls without braking the rolls The lift cooperates with a frame for partially covering and protecting the access one of the vehicle rolls so that, when the lift is raised the vehicle can be driven off the dynamometer substantially without contact of the vehicle wheels with the access roll. The dynamometer is calibrated by using the vehicle wheels to accelerate and decelerate the rolls, with deceleration activating the clutch to decouple the flywheel, which is then used for a coast-down test.
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Dougherty Elizabeth L.
Snap-on Technologies, Inc.
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