| US 7,513,146 B2 | ||
| Vehicle wind tunnel balance | ||
| Donald G. Smith, Portland, Oreg. (US); Bruno Banceu, Vancouver, Wash. (US); and Matthew G. Markstaller, West Linn, Oreg. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Daimler Trucks North America LLC, Portland, Oreg. (US) | ||
| Filed on Apr. 18, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/788,361. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/796786, filed on May 01, 2006. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0295883 A1, Dec. 27, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. G01M 9/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 73—147 | 28 Claims |
| 1. A wind tunnel vehicle support comprising:
a bay;
a frame structure positioned in the bay;
a vehicle supporting deck carried by the frame structure;
a plurality of spaced-apart elongated supports, each support comprising respective upper and lower end portions and being
coupled at the lower end portion to a lower portion of the frame structure and supported at an upper end portion such that
the elongated supports hang the vehicle frame structure and vehicle supporting deck so as to permit movement of the deck in
plural directions in response to the application of wind to a vehicle on the deck.
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