Caterpillar Tractor Co.

Alan L McLees

Charles H Herr, Jr

A coupling for use in test stands having dynamometers for coupling the dynamometer to a drive sprocket of a vehicle to be tested and including a housing adapted to be rotated about an axis and having elongated guides in a plane generally transverse to the axis, at least two slides movably received in the guides, a screw shaft journalled for rotation in the housing and connected to the slides, the screw shaft being fixed against substantial longitudinal movement within the housing and, when rotated, effecting simultaneous movement of the slides towards or away from the axis, detents carried by the housing and engaging the screw shaft for holding the screw shaft against rotation, and a plurality of teeth, one for each slide, each mounted on an associated slide and extending therefrom in a direction generally parallel to the axis for receipt between the teeth of a sprocket.

Coupling for a test stand

A test stand including a coupling for coupling a dynamometer to a drive sprocket of a vehicle to be tested and including a housing adapted to be rotated about an axis and having elongated guides in a plane generally transverse to the axis, at least two slides movably received in the guides, a screw shaft journalled for rotation in the housing and connected to the slides, the screw shaft being fixed against substantial longitudinal movement within the housing and, when rotated, effecting simultaneous movement of the slides towards or away from the axis, detents carried by the housing and engaging the screw shaft for holding the screw shaft against rotation, and a plurality of teeth, one for each slide, each mounted on an associated slide and extending therefrom in a direction generally parallel to the axis for receipt between the teeth of a sprocket.

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Washington, IL, United States of America

Alan L McLees