Patent ID: 7181971

Claim:
An apparatus for producing and locating unwanted rattles, squeaks, and noises in an automotive vehicle by the sequential contacting of a surface of a tire on said automotive vehicle via at least one roller carried on a roller assembly comprising: (a) a frame comprised of a front end, a rear end, and legs in spaced apart relationship; (b) a roller assembly comprised of at least one roller rotatably supported outwardly from a center roller drive shaft in radial and spaced apart relationship, said rollers supported substantially parallel to said center roller drive shaft and substantially equidistant therefrom; (c) a bearing support system affixed for supporting the center roller drive shaft between the legs of said frame; (d) a powered drive train capable of rotating said center roller drive shaft and thereby said roller assembly; and (e) a control system for said powered drive train for starting, stopping, and rotating said center roller drive shaft in both clockwise and counterclockwise directions; whereby when a tire of said automotive vehicle is placed in stationery relationship against said roller assembly and the roller assembly rotated causing a sequential and intermittent striking against said stationery tire, a vibration is created within said automotive vehicle allowing for a rattle, squeak, or noise to be generated.