US 5,635,624 A · Apparatus for carrying out a crash test on a motor vehicle

Abstract

An apparatus for carrying out a crash test on a motor vehicle is described, in which the vehicle is accelerated on a track by means of a driving arrangement before it strikes an obstacle. A data recording unit associated with the vehicle and serving to record the measuring data of the crash test is not mounted on the vehicle itself, but on a follower vehicle guided behind the vehicle. This follower vehicle has associated with it a braking mechanism, which brings about braking of it before the vehicle crashes against the obstacle. A measuring cable connection is provided between the vehicle and the follower vehicle, which has a length at least great enough to cover the distance between the vehicle in the crashed condition and the follower vehicle in the braked condition. Preferably, a cable storage device for the measuring cable is provided on the follower vehicle, from which the measuring cable is hung in meander-like loops and is automatically released on braking of the follower vehicle.

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Dependent claims

An apparatus for carrying out a crash test on a motor vehicle, in which the vehicle is accelerated on a track by means of a driving arrangement to strike an obstacle, the apparatus comprising:

a data recording unit
a follower vehicle guided on the track behind the vehicle, driven by the driving device and having said data recording unit carried thereon, said follower vehicle having a braking mechanism operative to stop said follower vehicle before the motor vehicle strikes the obstacle;
and
wherein a measuring connecting cable is provided between the motor vehicle and the follower vehicle, said cable having a length at least great enough to open the distance between the vehicle in the crashed condition and the follower vehicle in the stopped condition.

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An apparatus for carrying out a crash test on a motor vehicle comprising:

at least one data sensor mounted on the motor vehicle;
a track having an obstacle positioned proximate an end thereof and adapted to permit longitudinal movement of the motor vehicle therealong;
a follower vehicle carried longitudinally rearward of the motor vehicle for movement along said track;
a data recording unit carried with said follower vehicle;
a driving arrangement drivingly engaging both the motor vehicle and said follower vehicle to effect accelerating movement of the motor vehicle and said follower vehicle toward said obstacle;
brake means operative to stop movement of said follower vehicle at a position longitudinally rearwardly spaced from the motor vehicle when the motor vehicle engages said obstacle;
and
at least one measuring connecting cable having one end connected to said at least one data sensor and another end operatively connected to said data recording unit.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Apparatus for carrying out a crash test on a motor vehicle

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Apparatus for carrying out a crash test on a motor vehicle

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