Engine test device
AssigneeMeidensha Corporation
InventorYoshihiro Yamao
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Abstract
In an engine test apparatus of a type to stop a carriage carrying an engine, by pressing a wheel of the carriage to a rail, the wheel and rail may be damaged if the wheel is pressed strongly. An engine test apparatus 1 is arranged to perform an engine performance test by moving a carriage 2 carrying an engine, along a rail 3, to the position of a dynamometer. Carriage 2 comprises a base 11 supporting the engine, casters 12˜45 attached to base 11, and a fixing portion 17 to position and fix base 11 on the rail. Casters 12˜15 include a spring 19 to be compressed when the base is fixed by the fixing portion.
Claims9
1-7. (canceled)
An engine test apparatus for performing an engine performance test by moving a carriage on which an engine is mounted, along a pair of rails, to a position of a dynamometer,
- the carriage comprising:
- a base supporting the engine as a test object to be tested so that the engine is mounted on the base, a caster attached to the base, and a fixing portion to position the base on the rails and fixing the base to the rails, and
- the caster including an elastic member to be compressed when the base is fixed by the fixing portion;
- wherein the caster includes a wheel which is a spherical wheel in a form of a sphere, and which is attached rotatably through a wheel holder to the base.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.