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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 1980
Filed:
Jul. 18, 1977
Charles H Herr, Jr, Peoria, IL (US);
Caterpillar Tractor Co., Peoria, IL (US);
Abstract
A test stand including a dynamometer having a housing with two parts relatively rotatable about an axis, one of the parts defining an end of the dynamometer and serving as a rotary input adapted to be coupled to a rotary output of a mechanism to be tested, the other of the parts defining the other end of the dynamometer, a fixed base, a movable base mounted on the fixed base for movement generally parallel to the axis, a motor for moving the movable base on the fixed base, a self-aligning bearing on the axis and rotatably interconnecting the other end of the dynamometer and the movable base, a load cell adjacent the dynamometer other end and interconnecting the housing other part and the movable base, and a cradle mounted on the movable base intermediate the dynamometer ends for supporting the housing when the rotary input is not coupled to a mechanism to be tested.