| US 7,516,646 B2 | ||
| Impact test apparatus | ||
| Yoshiki Makimoto, Tokyo (Japan); and Takashi Kojima, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Jan. 21, 2008, as Appl. No. 12/9,412. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2007-022368 (JP), filed on Jan. 31, 2007. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0178655 A1, Jul. 31, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. G01M 7/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 73—12.14 [73/12.12] | 6 Claims |
| 1. An impact test apparatus comprising:
a support post disposed on a base plate;
rotational drive means supported by the support post;
a rotary cam adapted to be rotated by the rotational drive means;
a pendulum arm supported by the support post for swinging movement in an up-down direction; and
a hammer disposed on a distal end portion of the pendulum arm,
wherein the pendulum arm has a proximal end portion abutting against the rotary cam, and the rotary cam is rotated by the
rotational drive means in one direction and a necessary number of times.
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