Patent ID: 6343504
Filing Date: 2002-02-05
Classification: G01M

Abstract:
A transmission tester for testing vehicular transmissions, the transmission tester comprising:(a) a main frame; (b) a prime mover, for providing driving energy to a transmission to be tested; (c) a headstock plate adapted to receive thereon a transmission to be tested, said headstock plate being supported from said main frame by a support, said support being mounted for pivotation about a first axis, to thereby pivot said headstock plate about said first axis; and (d) loading and braking apparatus, supported from said main frame, said loading and braking apparatus including a shaft journalled for rotation about a second axis substantially perpendicular to said first axis, and extending generally toward said headstock plate, for engaging an output shaft of the transmission to be tested, and for thereby applying braking energy to the transmission.