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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2008
Isamu Inoue, Kanagawa, JP;
Atsushi Shibata, Tokyo, JP;
Naoki Umeda, Tokyo, JP;
Shuichi Tsukatsune, Tokyo, JP;
Haruhiko Tateno, Tokyo, JP;
Takahiro Matsumoto, Tokyo, JP;
Isamu Inoue, Kanagawa, JP;
Atsushi Shibata, Tokyo, JP;
Naoki Umeda, Tokyo, JP;
Shuichi Tsukatsune, Tokyo, JP;
Haruhiko Tateno, Tokyo, JP;
Takahiro Matsumoto, Tokyo, JP;
Ono Sokki Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle locking device locking a vehicle on a chassis dynamometer, equipped with rollers allowing driving wheels of the vehicle placed thereon, while keeping the driving wheels thereof placed on the rollers, was configured so as to detect angles of traction, to determine traction forces optimum for hauling the vehicle based on the detected angles, and to control the vehicle locking device based on thus-determined traction forces so as to take up a belt, aiming at readily and stably locking a test vehicle under optimum traction forces.