Meidensha Corporation

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Nobuhiko Asakura

Takao Akiyama

Yoshimasa Sawada

Yasuaki Suzuki

Yoshiharu Kido

Shinya Nagao

Takuya Kusakabe

Ryo Kaneko

Masato Hayasaka

Yoshinao Sato

Sou Shimizu

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a control device for a dynamometer system, with which, by a simple method, an unloaded state can be reproduced highly accurately when a test piece is started. A dynamo control deviceis provided with: an integral control input computation unitfor computing the integral value of axle torque deviation, and multiplying the sum thereof and a correction value by an integral gain to compute an integral control input; a correction value computation unitfor multiplying an inertia compensation quantity Jcmp by the dynamo rotation frequency to compute a correction value; a non-integral control input computation unitfor designating, as a non-integral control input, the output of a prescribed transmission function Ge(s) having axle torque deviation as input; and a totaling unitfor totaling the integral control input and the non-integral control input in order to generate a torque current command signal to the dynamometer. The transmission function Ge(s) of the non-integral control input computation unitis derived by separating the integrator from a transmission function Ge(s) having an axle torque control function, in such a way as to satisfy the relational equation (Ge(s)=Ki/s+Ge(s)).

Control device for dynamometer system

An object of the present invention is to reproduce vehicle behavioral frequencies during a vehicle test that are close to those on a road. Vehicle restraining devicesrestrain a vehicleprovided on a chassis dynamometerand are each provided with a first attachment member, a support post unit, a second attachment memberand a buffer unit. The first attachment membersare attached to right and left front end portions and rear end portions of the vehicle. The second attachment membersare attached to the support post units. The buffer unitsare provided between the first attachment membersand the second attachment members. Further, the buffer unitsare filled with air and can be compressed freely.

Vehicle restraining device

To provide a dynamometer control device whereby excitation control can be performed so that a resonance phenomenon does not occur even when the moment of inertia of an engine is unknown. A dynamometer control deviceis provided with an excitation signal generating unitfor generating a randomly or periodically fluctuating excitation signal, a speed controllerfor generating an input signal to a dynamometer whereby a dynamo rotation speed matches a predetermined dynamo command rotation speed, a shaft torque compensatorfor generating an input signal to the dynamometer whereby vibration of a shaft for connecting an engine and the dynamometer is suppressed using the detection value of a shaft torque sensor, and an adderfor generating a torque electric current command signal by adding the input signals generated by the speed controllerand the shaft torque compensatorto the excitation signal.

Dynamometer control device and method for estimating moment of inertia using same

An engine testing apparatus is provided with a memory portion for storing a control command value obtained when the rotation speed of a dynamometer is changed by the control command value in accordance with the change of the engine rotation speed in a real vehicle in a period in which the engine behavior in a real vehicle is reproduced without connecting the dynamometer to an engine under test. The engine testing apparatus is provided with an output portion that supplies the control command value stored in the memory portion to the dynamometer with reference to an engine output signal showing the start of the reproducing period.

Engine testing apparatus, and engine testing method

Provided is a dynamometer system dynamo control device that can accurately reproduce a no-load state. The dynamo control device includes controllers that are designed, using a H-infinity control or a &#x3bc;-design method, such that, for a generalized plant that outputs observation output and a controlled variable from external input and from control input, the response from the input until the variable is shortened. The generalized plant includes a dynamic characteristics model wherein the characteristics of a dynamometer system are identified such that the angular acceleration is output from the external input and the control input. The controlled variable is the difference between the angular acceleration calculated for an engine alone on the basis of the external input and the angular acceleration calculated by the dynamic characteristics model.

Dynamometer system

Provided is an engine bench system capable of performing a racing test with good precision. A test body is separated into an engine main body and intermediate coupling body for connecting a crankshaft and an output shaft of the dynamometer. The engine bench system is provided with: a shaft torque sensor for detecting torsional torque; a shaft torque command generation apparatus for calculating a dynamo-side shaft torque command value by summing an engine-side shaft torque command value, and a torque value proportional to the moment of inertia of the intermediate coupling body; and a shaft torque controller for generating a torque control signal on the basis of the dynamo-side shaft torque command value and the output value of the shaft torque sensor.

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Tokyo, Japan

Nobuhiko Asakura