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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 29, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
David Joe Sell, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Perry Edward Phelan, Harsens Island, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, Inc., Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/56 ; G01M 1/302 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/56 ; G01M 1/302 ;
Abstract
A surface durability roll tester includes a rotatable tapered center roller and a plurality of rotatable tapered pinion rollers engaging the tapered centered roller to simulate gear teeth geometry and kinematics when the tapered center roller and the tapered pinion rollers are rotated. Sliding and Pure rolling motion can be simulated.