ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,596,041, issued on April 7, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Vehicle performance test device" was invented by Yosuke Ichikawa (Tokyo), Sumio Noguchi (Tokyo) and Yoshito Otake (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure provides a vehicle performance test device, capable of facilitating the wear resistance of a rear roller and thereby reducing testing cost. A vehicle performance test device according to an embodiment includes: a test bed, configured to support a vehicle; and a front roller and a rear roller, disposed in pair on the test bed and spaced apart in a vehicle front-rear direction to support a wheel of the...