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US 12,366,477 B2Granted
Test body system
AssigneeWipotec GmbH
InventorsJan Gottfriedsen, Tobias Stellwagen
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Abstract
The invention relates to a multi-element system for testing measuring systems, by means of which a train of several receiving elements and/or spacer elements lying one behind the other and/or side by side can be formed. The receiving elements have one or more pockets for receiving test weights.
Claims15
A test body system comprising:
- (a) at least two elements that are adapted to couple to one another for forming a train that is guidable over a surface of a measuring system and has at least one of a predeterminable total test load, a predeterminable length, and a predeterminable width;
- (b) wherein at least one first element of the at least two elements includes a receiving element which extends with a first length in a longitudinal direction, with a first width in a horizontal transverse direction, and with a first height in a vertical direction that extends orthogonally to the longitudinal direction and to the horizontal transverse direction, the receiving element defining a base surface for resting on the surface of the measuring system;
- (c) wherein at least one further element of the at least two elements includes one of:
- (i) a further receiving element with the first length, first width, and first height dimensions or differing therefrom in at least one dimension, or
- (ii) a spacer element that extends a second length in the longitudinal direction, a second width in the horizontal transverse direction, and a second height in the vertical direction;
- (d) wherein each receiving element and each spacer element includes coupling means adapted to detachably couple to an element that is arranged directly behind or next to the respective receiving element or respective spacer element in the longitudinal direction or the horizontal transverse direction;
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- (e) each receiving element includes a base body that defines one or more pockets, wherein at least one pocket is adapted to receive a test weight.
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A test body train comprising:
- (a) at least two elements of a test body system;
- (b) wherein at least one first element of the at least two elements includes a receiving element which extends with a first length in a longitudinal direction, with a first width in a horizontal transverse direction, and with a first height in a vertical direction that extends orthogonally to the longitudinal direction and to the horizontal transverse direction, the receiving element defining a base surface for resting on a surface of a measuring system;
- (c) wherein at least one further element of the at least two elements includes one of:
- (i) a further receiving element with the first length, first width, and first height dimensions or differing therefrom in at least one dimension, or
- (ii) a spacer element that extends a second length in the longitudinal direction, a second width in the horizontal transverse direction, and a second height in the vertical direction;
- (d) wherein each receiving element and each spacer element includes coupling means adapted to detachably couple to an element that is arranged directly behind or next to the respective receiving element or spacer element in the longitudinal direction or the horizontal transverse direction;
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- (e) wherein each receiving element includes a base body that defines one or more pockets, wherein at least one pocket is adapted to receive a test weight.
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A method of testing a measurement system using a test body system, the method including:
- (a) forming a train with at least two elements coupled to each other, the at least two elements lying one behind the other in an X-direction or lying next to each other in a Y-direction, the at least two elements including one or more receiving elements and each receiving element including a pocket;
- (b) placing one or more test weights in the respective pocket of one or more of the one or more receiving elements to form a total test load of the train;
- (c) moving the train through or along the measurement system in the X-direction;
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- (d) acquiring measured values from the measurement system as the train is moved through or along the measurement system, the measured values characterizing at least one physical variable of the train.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.