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Drive simulator operating method

US4186593A · kind A · utility

15Cited by
2References
5Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 14, 1978
Grant dateFeb 5, 1980
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Expiry dateAug 14, 1998

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01M17/0072
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A drive simulator operating method for permitting a test vehicle to run on a dynamometer system under conditions equivalent to actual vehicle running conditions. The drive simulator is operated under road load control on the basis of the data stored in a memory while the test vehicle runs on the dynamometer system under road load control in accordance with road load command values stored in a data recorder during actual running of the test vehicle on a test course.

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