Vehicle brake testing system

Patent · Tue Nov 19 00:00:00 EST 2002

OSTI ID:874880

Stevens, Samuel S ^[1]; Hodgson, Jeffrey W ^[2]

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1. Harriman, TN
2. Lenoir City, TN

This invention relates to a force measuring system capable of measuring forces associated with vehicle braking and of evaluating braking performance. The disclosure concerns an invention which comprises a first row of linearly aligned plates, a force bearing surface extending beneath and beside the plates, vertically oriented links and horizontally oriented links connecting each plate to a force bearing surface, a force measuring device in each link, a transducer coupled to each force measuring device, and a computing device coupled to receive an output signal from the transducer indicative of measured force in each force measuring device. The present invention may be used for testing vehicle brake systems.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-00OR22725
• Assignee: The University of Tennessee Research Corporation (Knoxville, TN); UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, TN)
• Patent Number(s): 6,481,298
• OSTI ID: 874880
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

vehicle
brake
testing
relates
force
measuring
capable
forces
associated
braking
evaluating
performance
disclosure
concerns
row
linearly
aligned
plates
bearing
surface
extending
beneath
beside
vertically
oriented
links
horizontally
connecting
plate
device
link
transducer
coupled
computing
receive
output
signal
indicative
measured
systems
output signal
bearing surface
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