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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2001
Benteler AG, Paderborn, DE;
Abstract
An arrangement for simulating force effects of a vehicle wheel has a multi-part housing and a frame-shaped wheel adapter mounted on the housing and arranged in a vertical plane. The wheel adapter defines a wheel center and a ground contact point of the wheel in the vertical plane. A first push rod is articulated on the wheel adapter and extends in a horizontal plane intercepting the vertical plane at the wheel center. It simulates a first longitudinal force. The wheel adapter has a U-shaped cutout near the ground contact point which is penetrated by a vertical bolt extending in the vertical plane through the wheel center and the ground contact point and connected by a first joint to the housing. A second push rod is connected to the housing transversely to the vertical plane. The axis of the second push rod intercepts the ground contact point and simulates a lateral force. A third push rod is rotated 90° to the second push rod and has an axis extending in the vertical plane through the ground contact point. It simulates a second longitudinal force and is connected by a second joint to the housing. The first and second joints have center points coinciding with the ground contact point. A force introduction member is articulated coaxially on the vertical bolt below the U-shaped cutout on the wheel adapter.