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Automobile Performance Testing Apparatus
Apparatus for testing and evaluating the performance of an automobile
| U.S. Patent |
6,044,696 |
| Filing Date |
April 10, 1997 |
| Issue Date |
April 4, 2000 |
| Inventor |
Michael Spencer-Smith |
Though Michael Clement does not appear as an inventor on this document, he designed and developed significant parts of this apparatus, making the patent possible.
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Abstract
Apparatus for testing and evaluating the performance of an automobile under simulated conditions includes torque applicators for connection to wheel shafts of an automobile and for applying torque forces to the wheel shafts, movable supports supporting the torque applicators and a force applicator for connection to the automobile to apply forces to the automobile.
A control associated with the torque applicators and the force applicator varies the torque forces applied by the torque applicators to the wheel shafts and varies the forces applies to the automobile by the force applicator.
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