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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 1978
Filed:
Jul. 18, 1977
Harold H Bartlett, Peoria, IL (US);
Charles H Herr, Jr, Peoria, IL (US);
Ivan R Lamport, Peoria, IL (US);
Caterpillar Tractor Co., Peoria, IL (US);
Abstract
A disc brake dynamometer including a base, a shaft adapted to be coupled to a rotary motive source to be tested, a pair of axially spaced, fluid-cooled, disc brakes concentric about the shaft and each having two relatively rotatable members, one of the members of each brake being journalled on the shaft and being affixed to the base, thereby journalling the shaft on the base and the other of the two relatively rotatable members being connected to the shaft for rotation therewith, and a load measuring device connected to the members which are affixed to the base. Two embodiments are disclosed.