A vehicle closure cycling device is provided. The device includes a fixture, a first actuator mounted to the fixture and displaceable to open the vehicle closure and a second actuator mounted to the fixture and displaceable to close the vehicle closure at a predetermined closing speed. The device also includes a controller configured to cycle the first actuator and the second actuator in sequence to repeatedly open and close the vehicle closure.

The invention relates to a method for simulation-based analysis and/or optimization of a motor vehicle, preferably having the following working steps: simulating (SIOI) a driving operation of the motor vehicle (I) on the basis of a model (M) with at least one manipulated variable for acquiring values of at least one simulated variable which is suitable for characterizing an overall vehicle behaviour, in particular a driving capability, of the motor vehicle (I), wherein the model has at least one partial model, in particular a torque model, and wherein the at least one partial model is based on a function and preferably characterizes the operation of at least one component, in particular of an internal combustion engine of the motor vehicle (I); andoutputting (S I03) the values of the at least one simulated variable.

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a drive train testing system whereby torque fluctuation in a real engine can be reproduced with good precision. A drive train testing system is provided with an input-side dynamometer connected to an input shaft WI of a test piece W which is a vehicle drive train, a torque command generation device for generating a torque command signal for causing a torque resembling that of a vehicle engine to be generated by the input-side dynamometer, and a rotation detector for detecting a motor machine angle corresponding to an absolute position from a reference position of a rotary shaft of the input-side dynamometer. Using the motor machine angle detected by the rotation detector, the torque command generation device generates a torque command signal fluctuating in synchrony with a signal having a period that is a predetermined degree multiple of the motor machine angle.

The invention relates to a test pendulum arrangement for carrying out a crash test dummy certifications, having a test probe which is arranged suspended on a cable arrangement, wherein test conditions are standardized and a cable standard length (l.sub.N) is provided, the cable arrangement having a suspension, wherein a first drive for accelerating the test probe and at least a second drive for displacing the suspension are provided. The invention also relates to a method for operating a corresponding test pendulum arrangement.

The present invention relates to health monitoring of an actuator in a flying device. The same comprises a processor unit for processing data and for operating a system model of the actuator 30, at least one sensor 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156 for detecting a correcting variable of the actuator 30 and a memory unit 54 on which characteristic data on the actuator 30 are deposited. The processor unit is designed to carry out health monitoring on the basis of the system model with reference to the correcting variable of the actuator 30 and the characteristic data of the memory unit 54. Advantageously, the processor unit is identical to the processor unit of an electronic control system 50 of the actuator 30.

The present disclosure is related to a battery management system which includes a location information obtainer configured to obtain location information of a battery, and an estimation model changer configured to change an estimation model to estimate an internal state of the battery according to a change in the location information.

A residual life determination system includes: a first estimated residual life recognition unit configured to recognize a first estimated residual life of the target component according to a cumulative fatigue degree of the target component based on the load measurement information; a second estimated residual life recognition unit configured to recognize a second estimated residual life of the target component according to a degradation degree of the physical property value of the target component based on the physical property value measurement information; and a residual life determination unit configured to determine the residual life of the target component based on the first estimated residual life in a first period before the second estimated residual life becomes longer than the first estimated residual life.

A residual life determination system includes: a first estimated residual life recognition unit configured to recognize a first estimated residual life of the target component according to a cumulative fatigue degree of the target component based on the load measurement information; a second estimated residual life recognition unit configured to recognize a second estimated residual life of the target component according to a degradation degree of the physical property value of the target component based on the physical property value measurement information; and a residual life determination unit configured to determine the residual life of the target component based on the first estimated residual life in a first period before the second estimated residual life becomes longer than the first estimated residual life.

The present invention relates to an on-vehicle emergency notification device for performing a notification to an external emergency call center, in the event of an emergency. The on-vehicle emergency notification device is configured to allow a vehicle body number (VIN) and an emergency notification phone number (CIM number) to be registered therein in the form of a set, so as to enable the notification to the emergency call center, wherein the on-vehicle emergency notification device is configured such that: during execution of a factory mode for performing the registration of the vehicle body number and the emergency notification phone number, rewriting of the vehicle body number is permitted; and, after the registration of the vehicle body number and the emergency notification phone number is completed and then the factory mode is shifted to a market mode, the rewriting of the vehicle body number is prohibited.

A controller architecture for monitoring an autonomic vehicle control system includes a first controller, a second controller, a telematics controller, a third controller, a plurality of subsystem controllers, a first and a second communication bus, and a first and a second communication link. The telematics controller in communication with the first controller. The second controller includes a second processor and a second memory device. Each subsystem controller is configured to effect operation of one of a subsystem, wherein each of the subsystem controllers includes a vehicle health monitor (VHM) agent. The third controller includes a third processor and a third memory device. A first instruction set includes a prognostic classification routine based upon inputs from the VHM agents of the plurality of subsystem controllers. The telematics controller is disposed to communicate an output from the prognostic classification routine to an off-board controller.