Impact test apparatus

• US 7,516,646 B2
• Filed: 01/21/2008
• Issued: 04/14/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Inventors: Makimoto, Yoshiki, Kojima, Takashi
• Primary Examiner(s): NOORI, MASOUD H
• Application Number:
  US12/009,412
• Publication Number:
  US 20080178655A1
• Time in Patent Office: 449 Days
• Field of Search: 73/120.1, 73/120.9, 73/121.2, 73/121.4
• US Class Current: 73/12.14
• CPC Class Codes: G01M 7/08 Shock-testing

Abstract

An apparatus for performing an impact test of an object of test by use of a hammer is disclosed. The apparatus includes a pendulum arm swingable in an up-down direction in response to rotation of a rotary cam. The rotary cam is driven to rotate by a rotational drive unit, so that the hammer provided on a distal end portion of the pendulum arm successively applies impacts to the object of test.

Claims

1. An impact test apparatus comprising:

a support post disposed on a base plate;

rotational drive means supported by the support post;

a rotary cam adapted to be rotated by the rotational drive means;

a pendulum arm supported by the support post for swinging movement in an up-down direction; and

a hammer disposed on a distal end portion of the pendulum arm,

wherein the pendulum arm has a proximal end portion abutting against the rotary cam, and the rotary cam is rotated by the rotational drive means in one direction and a necessary number of times.

2. The impact test apparatus of claim 1 which further comprises number-of-hitting detection means for detecting a number of rotation of the rotary cam to thereby detect a number of times of hitting, by the hammer, of an object of test.

3. The impact test apparatus of claim 2 wherein the number-of-hitting detection means includes a plurality of projections provided on one side surface of the rotary cam, a projection detecting sensor for detecting the projections, and a number-of-rotation calculation section for calculating the number of rotation of the rotary cam on the basis of detection information acquired by the projection detecting sensor.

4. The impact test apparatus of claim 1 wherein the rotational drive means includes a brake.

5. The impact test apparatus of claim 1 wherein the rotary cam comprises a plurality of rotary cam members differing from each other in cam shape, the rotary cam members are mounted on a common shaft in parallel to each other, and the common shaft is moved compulsorily so that one of the plurality of rotary cam members is caused to abut against a proximal end portion of the pendulum arm.

6. The impact test apparatus of claim 1 wherein the rotary cam comprises a plurality of rotary cam members differing from each other in cam shape, a relay member is provided between the rotary cam members and a proximal end portion of the pendulum arm, and the relay member is moved compulsorily so that one of the plurality of rotary cam members is caused to abut against the proximal end portion of the pendulum arm.