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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2021
Zf Friedrichshafen Ag, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Jens Eisenbeiss, Fuerstenzell, DE;
Roland Bösl, Neuburg am Inn, DE;
ZF Friedrichshafen AG, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Abstract
A tire test stand includes a frame, a tire holder, and a hexapod assembly having six linear drive elements, each of the six linear drive elements being attached at a first end to the frame and at a second end to the tire holder. A tire can be attached to the tire holder so as to be rotatable about its axis of rotation. The test stand also has two rotatably mounted deflection pulleys that are partially looped around by a belt such that the belt forms a flat belt portion between the deflection pulleys. When the tire is rotatably attached to the tire holder, the tire can be brought into a contact position in which the tread of the tire contacts the flat belt portion. When in the contact position and the belt is moved in relation to the tire, the tire rolls on the flat belt portion.