ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,827, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to ZF Friedrichshafen AG (Friedrichshafen, Germany).
"Test stand for the powertrain of a motor vehicle" was invented by Christian Hell (Untergriesbach, Germany) and Thomas Dollinger (Passau, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A test stand for a powertrain of a motor vehicle includes at least one loading motor with a motor housing and a motor shaft, at least one load sensor, and at least one positioning module. The motor shaft is configured to be drivingly connected to a hub of the motor vehicle and the load sensor is configured to detect a load transmitted from the motor shaft to the hub. An a...