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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2008
Filed:
May. 16, 2005
Etsujiro Imanishi, Kobe, JP;
Koichi Honke, Kobe, JP;
Akira Tsutsui, Kobe, JP;
Naoki Sugano, Kobe, JP;
Takao Nanjo, Kobe, JP;
Yoshihiro Suda, Ota-ku, JP;
Etsujiro Imanishi, Kobe, JP;
Koichi Honke, Kobe, JP;
Akira Tsutsui, Kobe, JP;
Naoki Sugano, Kobe, JP;
Takao Nanjo, Kobe, JP;
Yoshihiro Suda, Ota-ku, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho, Hyogo, JP;
The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A tire HIL simulator is provided which is capable of, in a testing apparatus where a vehicle model is incorporated into a tire testing apparatus, reproducing the behavior of a tire which corresponds to the three-dimensional behavior of a vehicle, even if a three-dimensional vehicle model is used. As a device for resolving this, this tire HIL simulator includes a tire testing apparatusand a controllerconnected mutually. The tire testing apparatusconducts a running test on a tireusing a mimic road surface body, and includes a side force measuring devicefor measuring a tire side force and each actuator which gives a contact load, a side-slip angle and a camber angle, respectively. The controllersets a steering angle and a tire side force from the side force measuring deviceas an input value and calculates the three-dimensional motion of a vehicle using a vehicle model, and based on this calculation result, outputs each command value for the contact load, the side-slip angle and the camber angle to each actuator of the tire testing apparatus