US 12,259,294 B2
Device for applying vibrations to passenger cars
Yves Jeroom André Desmet, Assebroek (BE)
Assigned to BEP EUROPE N.V., Bruges (BE)
Appl. No. 17/791,281
Filed by BEP EUROPE N.V., Bruges (BE)
PCT Filed Jan. 7, 2021, PCT No. PCT/IB2021/050091
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 7, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/140458, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 15, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020/5017 (BE), filed on Jan. 10, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0031582 A1, Feb. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. G01M 17/007 (2006.01); G01M 7/02 (2006.01)
CPC G01M 17/0074 (2013.01) [G01M 7/02 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for applying vibrations to passenger cars with different track widths and different wheel widths, the device comprising:
a platform on which a passenger car can be placed, wherein the platform has at least one roller on which a front or rear pair of wheels of the passenger car can be positioned,
wherein the at least one roller has thereon at least two pairs of tracks with different relieves, such that in a first position the passenger car is placed with the pair of wheels on a first pair of the tracks and in a second position the passenger car is placed with the same pair of wheels on a second pair of the tracks and such that by rotating the at least one roller under the wheels, vibrations are applied to the passenger car by the relieves of the at least one roller,
wherein each track has a width which is greater than a greatest of different wheel widths of different passenger cars,
wherein an outer distance of each pair of tracks, which span between respective outer sides of each pair of tracks, is substantially equal to a greatest of different track widths of different passenger cars; and
wherein the device further comprises a tilting mechanism for tilting the at least one roller relative to the platform.