Inventors:
Marlin Turbett - New Hudson MI, US
Robert Senseney - Tecumseh MI, US
Steven Nash - Lyons MI, US
Michael Rosati - Pinckney MI, US
David Stark - Superior Township MI, US
Alfonso Hysko - Belleville MI, US
Robert Tator - Belleville MI, US
David Joseph - Southfield MI, US
Paul Piorkowski - Belleville MI, US
Gary Stecklein - San Antonio TX, US
Matthew Castiglione - Rio Medina TX, US
Joe Steiber - San Antonio TX, US
Benjamin Treichel - Waterford MI, US
Bapiraju Surampudi - San Antonio TX, US
International Classification:
G01M007/00
G06F019/00
Abstract:
The virtual vehicle transmission test cell includes an electric motor which simulates a fuel driven engine, an output motor which simulates the load a transmission experiences in a vehicle, and an environmental element which controls the ambient environment of the transmission and the temperature of the transmission oil within the transmission. The virtual vehicle transmission test cell reduces in-vehicle testing, reduces testing with fuel-driven test cells, and enables development of a transmission design before a corresponding engine is completed and built for testing.