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Method and apparatus for analyzing a drivetrain assembly

US6530270B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateNov 1, 2001
Grant dateMar 11, 2003
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Expiry dateNov 1, 2021

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01M17/007
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method and an apparatus 10 for discerning the torsional mode response of a portion of a vehicle 12, such as but not limited to a drivetrain assembly, comprising a driveshaft 52, transmission assembly 50, and shaft 14, by the use of signals generated from a dynamometer 72 and pseudo-randomly varying signals which are specified by a pseudorandom waveform generator 94 and which are modified by a previously calculated error signal.

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