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US 6,886,811 B2Granted
Portable dynamometer station with vehicle-mounted lifting assembly
OwnerDavid Roy Springett, Lee Paxtoninventors
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A portable dynamometer station with a vehicle mounted lifting assembly is disclosed. It comprises (a) a vehicle, such as a bus, for transporting the dynamometer, (b) a dynamometer with associated monitoring equipment, and (c) a lifting assembly mounted in the vehicle, for transporting the dynamometer from the vehicle to the ground. The lifting assembly includes (i) an upper support beam, (ii) a lower support beam, (iii) a moving trolley on the lower support beam, (iv) a first hydraulic cylinder for moving the lower support beam and the trolley relative to the upper support beam, (v) a second hydraulic cylinder for raising and lowering the dynamometer or other load from the moving trolley, and (vi) a series of pulleys and cables for movement of the lower support beam, the moving trolley, and the dynamometer or other load.
A portable dynamometer station, comprising:
A lifting assembly, comprising:
A method for unloading dynamometer from a vehicle, comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.