Vehicle inspection apparatus and vehicle inspection method
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsToshinori Inagawa, Susumu Akutsu
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Abstract
A vehicle inspection apparatus includes: an exciter roller (3) configured to apply vibration to a vehicle (6); a control device 5 configured to control the exciter roller (3); and a vibration setting unit (the control device (5)) configured to set a vibration that is input to a wheel (7) of the vehicle (6) when abnormal noise generated in the vehicle (6) is detected. The control device (5) provides a range of vibrations including the vibration set by the vibration setting unit and applies the range of vibrations to the vehicle (6).
Claims4
A vehicle inspection apparatus comprising:
- an excitation unit configured to apply vibration to a vehicle;
- a control device configured to control the vibration applied by the excitation unit;
- and
- a vibration setting unit configured to set a vibration that is input to a wheel of the vehicle when abnormal noise is detected by an abnormal-noise detection unit,
- wherein the control device provides a range of vibrations including the vibration set by the vibration setting unit and applies the range of vibrations to the vehicle.
A vehicle inspection method comprising:
- a vibration setting step of setting a vibration that is input to a wheel of a vehicle when abnormal noise generated in the vehicle is detected;
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- a sweep vibration step of providing a predetermined range of vibrations including the vibration set in the vibration setting step and applying the range of vibrations to the vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.