Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Device for vehicle running test
- Patent Title (中): 车辆行驶试验装置
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Application No.: US12376578Application Date: 2007-08-10
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Publication No.: US08175838B2Publication Date: 2012-05-08
- Inventor: Takao Satonaka , Yasumasa Narumi
- Applicant: Takao Satonaka , Yasumasa Narumi
- Applicant Address: JP Toyota-shi JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha,Meidensha Corporation
- Current Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha,Meidensha Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Toyota-shi JP Tokyo
- Agency: Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2006-218623 20060810
- International Application: PCT/JP2007/065726 WO 20070810
- International Announcement: WO2008/018590 WO 20080214
- Main IPC: G01L25/00
- IPC: G01L25/00

Abstract:
In a running test, vehicle wheels are mounted on rollers. Each roller receives torque corresponding to the running resistance, which is a value corresponding to the running resistance applied to the vehicle on actual ground. The actual friction coefficient between the wheels and the rollers is calculated. The running resistance is corrected such that the actual friction coefficient becomes equal to the friction coefficient on actual ground that is calculated based on the slip ratio of the wheels with respect to the rollers. This approximates the running resistance applied to the vehicle by the rollers to the running resistance applied to the vehicle on actual ground as the torque is applied to the rollers in correspondence with the corrected running resistance. This prevents the drive force produced by the vehicle in the running test from becoming different than the drive force that is produced when running on actual ground.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090319200A1 DEVICE FOR VEHICLE RUNNING TEST Public/Granted day:2009-12-24
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