Vehicle performance evaluation test method and apparatus
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsShigeru Sakamoto, Junichi Takeda, Norihiko Okochi, Tetsuya Ogawa, Osamu Takenaka
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for conducting a vehicle performance evaluation test by automatically depressing a control member of the vehicle to be depressed by a vehicle operator uses an actuator of a vehicle performance evaluation test apparatus. The actuator depresses the control member, the actuator having a first end and a second end. The first end of the actuator is fixed to a seat of the vehicle. The second end of the actuator is engaged with the control member of the vehicle. The actuator is caused to exert a depressing force to depress the control member relative to the seat so as to automatically depress the control member.
Claims32
A method for conducting a vehicle performance evaluation test by automatically depressing a control member of the vehicle to be depressed by a vehicle operator using an actuator of a vehicle performance evaluation test apparatus, comprising:
- providing an actuator for depressing the control member, the actuator having a first end and a second end;
- fixing the first end of the actuator to a seat of the vehicle;
- engaging the second end of the actuator with the control member of the vehicle;
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- causing the actuator to exert a depressing force to depress the control member relative to the seat so as to automatically depress the control member.
A vehicle performance evaluation test apparatus, comprising:
- an actuator that automatically presses a control member of the vehicle to be depressed by an operator of the vehicle, the actuator including a first end to be fixed to a seat of the vehicle and a second end engageable with the control member, the actuator being operable to generate a force to depress the control member relative to the seat of the vehicle;
- wherein the actuator comprises a rod member movable in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle so as to depress the control member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.