Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Imparting motion to a test object such as a motor vehicle in a controlled fashion with improved accuracy
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Application No.: US14331696Application Date: 2014-07-15
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Publication No.: US09645035B1Publication Date: 2017-05-09
- Inventor: Stephen C. Southward , Chandler Reubush , Bryan Pittman , Kurt Roehrig , Doug Gerard
- Applicant: Roehrig Engineering, Inc. , Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US NC Lexington US VA Blackburg
- Assignee: Roehrig Engineering, Inc.,Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Roehrig Engineering, Inc.,Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US NC Lexington US VA Blackburg
- Agency: MacCord Mason PLLC
- Main IPC: G01M17/04
- IPC: G01M17/04 ; G01L25/00 ; G01L1/00
Abstract:
An apparatus imparts motion to a test object such as a motor vehicle in a controlled fashion. A base has mounted on it a linear electromagnetic motor having a first end and a second end, the first end being connected to the base. A pneumatic cylinder and piston combination have a first end and a second end, the first end connected to the base so that the pneumatic cylinder and piston combination is generally parallel with the linear electromagnetic motor. The second ends of the linear electromagnetic motor and pneumatic cylinder and piston combination being commonly linked to a mount for the test object. A control system for the linear electromagnetic motor and pneumatic cylinder and piston combination drives the pneumatic cylinder and piston combination to support a substantial static load of the test object and the linear electromagnetic motor to impart controlled motion to the test object.
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