Patent ID: 6684688
Filing Date: 2004-02-03
Classification: G01M

Abstract:
In an arrangement for simulating force effects on a wheel of a motor vehicle resulting during vehicle operation, the arrangement including a wheel adaptor having a U-shaped cutout, the wheel adaptor being connected through a first joint to a second push rod configured to simulate a lateral force, and to a rod-shaped force introduction member configured to exert a vertical force, wherein the force introduction member extends essentially vertically underneath the cutout, a third push rod configured to simulate a first longitudinal force being coupled to a second joint, wherein the first and second joints have center points which coincide with each other, the improvement comprisingthe wheel adaptor being frame-shaped and extending in a vertical plane, and the wheel adaptor being articulated to a first push rod configured to simulate a second longitudinal force, wherein the first push rod extends in a horizontal plane which intersects a center point of the wheel; the cutout being located in an area of a wheel contact point which coincides with the center points of the first and second joints, wherein a vertical bolt extends through the cutout, wherein the vertical bolt extends with a longitudinal axis thereof in a vertical plane extending through the wheel contact point and the center point of the wheel; the vertical bolt being coupled through the first joint to a multi-part housing, the housing being rigidly connected to the second push rod, wherein the second push rod extends with a horizontal longitudinal axis thereof through the wheel contact point, and wherein the housing is coupled through the second joint to the third push rod, wherein the third push rod is rotated by 90Â° relative to the second push rod and extends with a longitudinal axis thereof in the vertical plane and through the wheel contact point; and a longitudinal axis of the force introduction member extends coaxially with the longitudinal axis of the vertical bolt.