Method of measuring unilateral flow rate of vehicles

• US 7,100,290 B2
• Filed: 03/15/2002
• Issued: 09/05/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Honda Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Honda Motor Company)
• Inventors: Noguchi, Sumio, Hara, Kiyonobu, Kurai, Kenichiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Gutierrez, Diego
• Assistant Examiner(s): JOHNSON, AMY COHEN
• Application Number:
  US10/469,708
• Publication Number:
  US 20040134080A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,635 Days
• Field of Search: 332/031.3, 332/031.2, 332/031.4, 731/17, 731/23, 731/24, 731/25, 731/26, 731/27, 736/70
• US Class Current: 33/203.13
• CPC Class Codes: G01L 5/20 for measuring wheel side-thrust
• CPC Class Codes: G01M 17/0072 the wheels of the vehicle co-operating with rotatable rolls G01M17/022, G01M17/045, G01M17/065 take precedence

Abstract

The invention makes it possible to measure a lateral displacement amount of a vehicle accurately in a short time on a bench testing machine without damaging a vehicle body and tires.

Respective rollers 1F, 1R on which respective wheels WF, WR of the vehicle A are placed respectively are made movable in a lateral direction. In a state in which the respective wheels WF, WR are rotating at a predetermined speed, lateral forces (cornering forces) acting on the respective rollers 1F, 1R are detected by respective detectors 3. Then, a yaw angle speed when the vehicle A is brought into a state of steady circular turning is calculated based on the lateral forces acting on the respective rollers 1F, 1R and the lateral displacement amount is calculated from the yaw angle speed.

Claims

1. A method of measuring a lateral displacement amount of a vehicle by using a bench testing machine including one pair of rollers for each front wheel and one pair of rollers for each rear wheel and rotating the front and rear wheels of the vehicle on the corresponding rollers, the method including the steps of:

making the respective rollers movable in a lateral direction and detecting lateral forces acting on the respective rollers in a state in which the respective wheels are rotating at a predetermined speed;

calculating a yaw angle speed of the vehicle when the vehicle is brought into a state of steady circular turning based on the detected lateral forces on the rollers; and

calculating the lateral displacement amount of the vehicle based on the calculated yaw angle speed.