Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Bicycle apparatuses for use in automotive testing
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Application No.: US15044464Application Date: 2016-02-16
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Publication No.: US10013894B2Publication Date: 2018-07-03
- Inventor: Stanley Yung-Ping Chien , Rini Sherony , Hiroyuki Takahashi , Jason Brink , Qiang Yi
- Applicant: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. , Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha , Indiana University Research and Technology Corporation
- Applicant Address: US TX Plano JP Toyota-shi US IN Indianapolis
- Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.,Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha,Indiana University Research and Technology Corporation
- Current Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.,Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha,Indiana University Research and Technology Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Plano JP Toyota-shi US IN Indianapolis
- Agency: Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
- Main IPC: G09B23/10
- IPC: G09B23/10 ; B25J11/00 ; G01M17/007

Abstract:
An apparatus for repetitive use in automotive testing includes a body. The body includes a torso and a pair of legs. Each leg includes an upper portion and a lower portion pivotably connected to each other. An upper drive pivotably drives the upper portion of each of the pair of legs about a first pivot point disposed on a bottom portion of the torso. A lower drive pivotably drives the upper portion with respect to a corresponding lower portion of the leg. The upper drive and lower drive working in concert to articulate the upper and lower portions of the leg to replicate a pedaling motion.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160357180A1 BICYCLE APPARATUSES FOR USE IN AUTOMOTIVE TESTING Public/Granted day:2016-12-08
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