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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7318340 | Vehicle positioning apparatus A vehicle positioning apparatus capable of avoiding the elastic deformation of the tires or the development of histeresis in and around the legs allows a vehicle to be positioned with high accuracy. The apparatus includes two front wheel guide units 10 and tw... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7279799 | Motor vehicle driven device for operating a portable electric generator An electric generator device powered by a driving wheel of a motor vehicle. The device includes a base for supporting an electric generator. An idler roller assembly includes at least one load bearing idler roller mounted rotatably to the base for circumferentially ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7071656 | Torque computation unit for vehicle generator A torque computation unit of a vehicle generator includes a rotor, an armature winding, a field coil and a field current switching element. The torque computation unit includes a field current detecting circuit, an output current detecting circuit and a rotation spe... | 07/04/2006 |
| 6955536 | Motor control system for endodontic handpiece providing dynamic torque limit tracking of specific file fatigue A system for establishing a cumulative history of stress factors encountered during use of an endodontic file and keeping track of such for a plurality of files so that the files can be re-used with confidence that a given file is as safe to use as a new file. Cost ... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6591698 | Surgical instrument with means to display torque and torsional angle A surgical instrument (12) includes a tool for screwing in a surgical implant or for cutting a thread in human bone tissue with thread tap. Also included is a unit (2) for supplying power and controlling the speed of an electric motor included in the tool... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6157878 | Chassis dynamometer control system A chassis dynamometer is arranged to test a vehicle operated thereon so as to follow up a target vehicle speed. A controlling system determines a load as a command torque from a detected actual vehicle speed of the vehicle on the chassis dynamometer and c... | 12/05/2000 |
| 5973274 | Vehicle weighing system for dynamometer A dynamometer, which includes a frictional drive assembly for engaging a pair of vehicle tires, and a lift assembly including two air bags for respectively lifting the vehicle tires and the associated portion of the vehicle to a raised position out of eng... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5844145 | Chassis dynamometer employing laterally moving roller assemblies during alignment of vehicle A chassis dynamometer for simulating the road load and inertia of a vehicle comprised of two axially-movable roller assemblies and a track to guide their axial movement is described. The two independent roller assemblies are free to slide right or left al... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5761958 | Dynamometer fault detection system In one embodiment of the present invention, a fault detection system for a dynamometer includes circuitry for measuring the armature voltage of the dynamometer. The voltage can used as an indicator of dynamometer speed to prevent reverse rotation of the d... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5635651 | Dynamometer fault detection system In one embodiment of the present invention, a fault detection system for a dynamometer includes circuitry for measuring the armature voltage of the dynamometer. The voltage can used as an indicator of dynamometer speed to prevent reverse rotation of the d... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5623104 | Apparatus for testing power performance of electric motor for electric vehicle A test motor 2 is controlled by a controller 7 in accordance with travelling pattern (i.e. vehicle speed) data of an electric vehicle. A load motor 3 is controlled by a controller 9 in accordance with a load pattern. A host controller 10 generates the loa... | 04/22/1997 |
| 5575359 | Braking device for measuring the torque of an engine An electric braking device for measuring the torque of an engine includes a rotor rotating with a shaft and a stator which is tiltably supported in a housing by a bearing at either of its front ends, each end being provided with a disk-shaped bearing shie... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5559294 | Torque measuring device The present invention relates to directly measuring the torque applied to a capstan attached to an output shaft of a motor. The output shaft of the motor is rotatably mounted within a support. The motor includes a lever arm projecting therefrom. The lever... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5385042 | Dynamometer and method for simulating vehicle road load and/or inertial forces while providing compensation for the parasitic losses of the dynamometer A dynamometer for testing engine powered vehicles including an induction motor coupled directly to the vehicle engine or the driven wheels thereof. A computer in response to the engine or wheel speed and the torque applied to or received from the engine o... | 01/31/1995 |
| 5119304 | Method and apparatus for controlling engine in engine characteristics test A method and an apparatus for controlling an engine system in an engine characteristic test capable of accurately performing controlling operations. In the apparatus rotational speed, axial torque, and operational energy of the engine as well as rotationa... | 06/02/1992 |
| 4825690 | Method of controlling a dynamometer A method for controlling a dynamometer used to simulate the on-road operation of a vehicle during testing on a dynamometer so as to achieve a more accurate matching of the on-road speed profile of the vehicle by the dynamometer. The dynamometer includes m... | 05/02/1989 |
| 4758967 | Computer simulated inertia for motor vehicle powertrain testing The large rotational inertia applied to a driveline component during normal driving conditions is simulated in a test stand that contains a component that driveably connects an input motor and an output motor. A computer repetitively executes an algorithm... | 07/19/1988 |
| 4583411 | Dynamic torque monitoring device A method and apparatus for dynamically testing a rotational torque producing device (22) during calibration under conditions simulating actual operating conditions. The torque produced by the torque producing device under controlled (28) load conditions s... | 04/22/1986 |
| 4538097 | Process and apparatus for recovering energy, in the form of electric energy, from a motor test bench A process and an apparatus for the recovery of energy, in the form of electricity, from a engine on a test bench. The apparatus includes, in particular, a brake coupled to the engine being tested, and an asynchronous motor/generator or dynamo connected to... | 08/27/1985 |
| 4457182 | Throttle controller for engines in dynamometer testing A throttle controller comprising circuit means for accomplishing numerous improvements including means to convert the reactive load cell torque value into a true torque value instantaneously using an extremely simple passive circuit; together with means t... | 07/03/1984 |
| 4442708 | Automatic driver system An automatic driving system for operating a vehicle on traction rollers of a chassis dynamometer includes an accelerator pedal actuator for moving the accelerator pedal. A sensing means senses vehicle speed, accelerator pedal position and accelerator peda... | 04/17/1984 |
| 4257261 | Method and apparatus for controlling load of dynamometer A method and apparatus for controlling the load of a dynamometer. While the dynamometer is driven or coasted with a plurality of armature currents properly selected between -100% and +100% of the rated armature current, each time value it takes the dynamo... | 03/24/1981 |
| 4203046 | Method and apparatus for regulating the brake torque of an eddy current brake The performance of an eddy current brake is controlled by controlling the magnetic flux in its housing by changing the energizing voltage of the energizing coil of the brake in accordance with a signal obtained by comparing a signal representative of the ... | 05/13/1980 |
| 4169372 | Method of testing and apparatus for testing engines Testing an engine having a rotary power output shaft by mechanically-coupling the output shaft of the engine to the rotor of a rotary electrical machine, operable alternatively in motor and generator modes, by connecting output/input conductors of the mac... | 10/02/1979 |
| 3955410 | Method for measuring a driving power by means of an induction motor A method for measuring a driving power by means of an induction motor is disclosed, in which a power drive apparatus to be measured is coupled to a rotary shaft of the induction motor, an electric current is fed to said induction motor while driving said ... | 05/11/1976 |
