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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2000
Anton Knestel, Hopferbach, DE;
Abstract
The subject matter of the invention is a rolldynamometer for motor vehicles comprising at least one running roll or drum ( ) for one wheel ( ) of one axis of the vehicle ( ) to be examined, respectively, at least one electric motor ( ) for directly driving and slowing down the running rolls ( ), the stator housing ( ) of said electric motor ( ) being borne in a support frame ( ) in a pendulum fashion and supported on said support frame via force meters ( ), and a control unit to which a running simulator for adjusting specific vehicle data and for simulating selected running conditions is allocated. For increasing the accuracy of the measurements, according to the invention, the stator housing ( ) of the driving motor ( ) is borne in a lubrication oil free bearing arrangement in the support frame ( ).