US 12,320,727 B2
Vehicle vibration method and vehicle vibration device
Susumu Akutsu, Tokyo (JP); and Shutaro Hiramoto, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Aug. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/820,567.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-135215 (JP), filed on Aug. 20, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0057022 A1, Feb. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. G01M 17/007 (2006.01); G01M 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC G01M 17/0078 (2013.01) [G01M 7/00 (2013.01); G01M 17/0072 (2013.01); G01M 17/0074 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
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1. A vehicle vibration method with a vibration device that causes at least one wheel of a test target vehicle to vibrate in a front-rear direction and an up-down direction by sandwiching the wheel by a front shaft and a rear shaft extending in a left-right direction and causing at least one selected from the front shaft and the rear shaft to move back and forth in a horizontal direction, the method comprising:
an initial height setting step including setting a distance in the front-rear direction between the front shaft and the rear shaft to a predetermined initial setting distance and setting the wheel at a predetermined initial setting height;
a vibration step including performing vibration such that a tilt angle of the test target vehicle changes to simulate driving on a rough road by at least one selected from a raising operation step including narrowing the distance in the front-rear direction between the front shaft and the rear shaft from the initial setting distance to raise the wheel from the initial setting height, and a lowering operation step including widening the distance in the front-rear direction between the front shaft and the rear shaft from the initial setting distance to lower the wheel from the initial setting height; and
a return step including setting back the distance in the front-rear direction between the front shaft and the rear shaft to the initial setting distance.