WO1993001483A1 - Procede et dispositif de controle d'amortisseurs - Google Patents

Procede et dispositif de controle d'amortisseurs Download PDF

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WO1993001483A1
WO1993001483A1 PCT/NL1992/000122 NL9200122W WO9301483A1 WO 1993001483 A1 WO1993001483 A1 WO 1993001483A1 NL 9200122 W NL9200122 W NL 9200122W WO 9301483 A1 WO9301483 A1 WO 9301483A1
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lifting
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shock absorber
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Halbe Wietse Scheper
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Koni B.V.
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01M—TESTING STATIC OR DYNAMIC BALANCE OF MACHINES OR STRUCTURES; TESTING OF STRUCTURES OR APPARATUS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • G01M17/00—Testing of vehicles
    • G01M17/007—Wheeled or endless-tracked vehicles
    • G01M17/04—Suspension or damping

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  • the present invention relates to a method for testing a shock absorber of a vehicle.
  • a shock absorber test is in fact known wherein the wheels of a vehicle are set into vibration on a test bench and the force with which they press on the test bench is measured, but this testing method is not very reliable and rather susceptible to fraud since the measured force also depends for instance on the load situation of the vehicle and its tyre pressure and tyre type.
  • the test bench required for this testing method is moreover very expensive.
  • the operation of the shock absorbers is therefore still tested by most garages by pressing a corner of the vehicle downward and observing the resulting spring movement after release.
  • the invention therefore has for its object to provide a method for testing a vehicle shock absorber with which reliable test results can be obtained in simple manner.
  • a plurality of wheels having a common axis are preferably lifted together from the ground and released substantially simultaneously.
  • the invention further relates to a device for testing a shock absorber of a vehicle.
  • the object of the invention is herein to provide a device with which the above described testing method can be performed simply and at little cost. This is achieved according to the invention by a device provided with means for lifting to a determined height above the ground at least one vehicle wheel to which the shock absorber is connected for damping, control means connected to the lifting means and means for recording a movement of the vehicle.
  • the device according to the invention further comprises means connected to the control means for holding fast the lifting means in a position raised from the ground, wherein the holding means may take the form of an electromagnet actuable by the control means.
  • the holding means may take the form of an electromagnet actuable by the control means.
  • the lifting means take the form of a lift, the main dimension of which is slightly greater than the width of the vehicle, and an electromagnet is arranged on either side of the lift, the shock absorbers of the front or rear train of the vehicle can be simultaneously tested.
  • the switch-off speed of the electromagnet can be increased by a spacer member arranged between the magnet and the lifting means which maintains an air gap between the magnet and the lifting means.
  • the switch-off speed of the magnet is still further increased when the control means comprise a capacitor connectable in series to the electromagnet.
  • the exciter coil of the magnet is preferably incorporated in a first electric circuit with a first power source and in a second electric circuit with a diode and a capacitor supplied by a second power source, and the control means comprise a switch for closing at choice the first or second electric circuit, this such that at switch-over the capacitor is discharged over the exciter coil.
  • fig. 1 shows a partly cut away perspective view of a testing device according to the invention
  • fig. 2 is a partly sectional side view of the lifting means in the rest position
  • fig. 3 is a view corresponding with fig. 2 with the lifting means in the position raised above the ground
  • fig. 4 is a view corresponding with fig. 2 and 3 in which the lifting means are held fast by the holding means
  • fig. 5 is a partly cut away perspective view of a detail of the device, wherein the lifting means are raised from the ground
  • fig. 6 shows a circuit diagram of the control means
  • fig. 7 shows a typical movement of the body of a tested vehicle.
  • a device 1 for testing a shock absorber of a vehicle (not shown here) comprises lifting means 2, control means 3 (not shown) and movement recording means 4.
  • the lifting means 2 have the form of a lift to be raised from the ground by air bellows 5.
  • the movement of the lift is guided by U-shaped guidings 6 arranged on both its outer ends and gripping round posts 7 of a portal 8.
  • Guide rollers 9 are mounted in the posts 7 to ensure a smooth movement of the lift.
  • Each portal 8 further has a girder 29 to which are fixed holding means 10 in the form of electromagnets.
  • the recording means .4 comprise in each case an arm 11 which is connected over a cable 12 to a rotatably mounted cable pulley 13.
  • the pulley 13 is connected to a potentiometer 14 and a biasing spring 15.
  • Drive-on plates 16 enable driving onto the lift 2 of front or rear wheels of a vehicle of which the dampers must be tested.
  • Receiving plates 17 arranged slidably on the ground receive the vehicle after it has been relinquished to free fall and enable a movement of the wheels of the vehicle in transverse direction during in- and outward spring movement.
  • the receiving plates 17 are mounted slidably on a ground block 19 by interposing pins 18 and are biased to their starting position by springs 20.
  • the air bellows 5 (fig. 3).
  • the electromagnet 10 is subsequently engaged by the control means 3 (not shown here) and attracts a plate 22 welded to the lift 2.
  • a spacer member which ensures that between magnet 10 and plate 22 an air gap of several tenths of a millimetre is maintained which enables abrupt release of the lift 2.
  • the control means 3 then switch off a pump (not shown) connected to the air bellows 5, whereafter the air bellows 5 are each retracted by a draw spring 28 (fig.
  • Both arms 11, which are each arranged on a carriage 26 by means of a swivel connection 23, are then moved downward counter to the spring tensioning of their associated cable pulley 13 and swivelled about their swivel connections 23, 24 such that a hook 25 on the free extremity of each arm 11 engages round the edge of the wheel casing belonging to the wheel 21 (fig. 5) .
  • the lift 2 is released and the wheels 21 relinquished to free fall.
  • the fall of the lift 2 is eventually arrested by a damper 27 attached thereto. Because in the rest position the lift 2 is located lower than the receiving plates 17 the free fall movement of wheels 21 is not affected by the descent of the lift 2.
  • the wheels 21 are received after free fall by the receiving plates 17 which, as indicated, enable a sideways movement of the wheels 21.
  • the body of the vehicle, which is resiliently connected to wheels 21, will for a time perform a resilient movement which is damped by the shock absorbers.
  • the arms 11 of the recording means 4 follow the resilient movement very precisely and convert this into a rotation movement of the pulley 13 and the potentiometer 14 connected thereto.
  • the potentiometer generates a variable signal which is received, stored and processed.
  • the exciter coils 30 of both magnets 10 are not only each incorporated in a first electric circuit with a first power source 31 but also in a second electric circuit with a diode 32 and a capacitor 34 fed by a second power source 33.
  • a first relay 36 is actuated by closing a control switch 35, which relay throws switches 37 connected thereto from their rest position to the operating position shown with dash-dot lines.
  • the first electric circuit is hereby closed and the electromagnets 10 energized.
  • a contact 38 of the first relay 36 is also closed whereby a second relay 39 is actuated and its contacts 40 closed.
  • the capacitors 34 charged by the second power source 33 via a resistor 43 limiting the charging current are thus each connected to a contact 37.
  • a measure ⁇ for the spring movement of the body of the vehicle is determined according to the relation:
  • ⁇ is the normalized spring-back
  • C, D and E show the amplitude of respectively the second, third and fourth spring movement of the vehicle body and a is the height of fall.
  • the amplitude of the first spring movement is not included in the evaluation of the damping since it is possible in the case of badly sprung and damped vehicles that in this first movement the limits of the spring path are reached, whereby no reliable picture results.
  • a damping indicator is finally determined from the normalized spring-back ⁇ . This indicator"-? provides an easily applicable criterion for evaluating the action of the tested shock absorber. A value for this indicator that is too low will then result in the damper not being approved.
  • the spring movement of the vehicle could also be recorded optically instead of with the electromechanical movement recording shown, it is further possible to record the force of the wheels on the receiving plates in addition to or instead of the spring movement.

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Abstract

Procédé de contrôle de l'amortisseur d'une véhicule, selon lequel on soulève, jusqu'à une hauteur prédéterminée au-dessus du sol, au moins une roue (21) à laquelle est relié ledit amortisseur. Ensuite, on laisse tomber librement la roue, et on enregistre le mouvement résilient du véhicule, une indication de l'amortissement étant élaborée à partir de ce mouvement résilient enregistré. Un dispositif de mise en ÷uvre de ce procédé est pourvu d'un organe de levage (2) d'au moins une roue (21) de véhicule, d'un dispositif de commande (3) relié à l'organe de levage (2), et d'un dispositif (4) servant à mesurer un mouvement du véhicule.
PCT/NL1992/000122 1991-07-08 1992-07-08 Procede et dispositif de controle d'amortisseurs WO1993001483A1 (fr)

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NL9101198A NL9101198A (nl) 1991-07-08 1991-07-08 Werkwijze en inrichting voor het beproeven van een schokdemper.

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EP0787512A1 (fr) 1996-01-30 1997-08-06 Fritschi AG - Swiss Bindings Fixation pour surf des neiges
US7401520B2 (en) 2005-08-26 2008-07-22 Bose Corporation Vehicle testing apparatus for applying vertical force to a wheel

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US3906779A (en) * 1973-01-17 1975-09-23 Robert Peter Samuel Graham Shock-absorber test method and apparatus
FR2304072A1 (fr) * 1975-03-12 1976-10-08 Darley Maurice Procede et dispositif destines a l'examen de l'efficacite des amortisseurs montes sur vehicule automobile

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DE2135127A1 (de) * 1970-07-10 1972-01-13 Hartridge Ltd Leslie Einrichtung zum Beurteilen des Dämpfungsverhaltens von Fahrzeugfedersystemen
US3906779A (en) * 1973-01-17 1975-09-23 Robert Peter Samuel Graham Shock-absorber test method and apparatus
FR2304072A1 (fr) * 1975-03-12 1976-10-08 Darley Maurice Procede et dispositif destines a l'examen de l'efficacite des amortisseurs montes sur vehicule automobile

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EP0787512A1 (fr) 1996-01-30 1997-08-06 Fritschi AG - Swiss Bindings Fixation pour surf des neiges
US7401520B2 (en) 2005-08-26 2008-07-22 Bose Corporation Vehicle testing apparatus for applying vertical force to a wheel

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