The invention relates to a method and a drivetrain test bench for detecting an imbalance and/or a misalignment of at least one shaft assembly of a drivetrain during operation on a test bench, wherein a first piezoelectric force sensor is arranged in a flow of force generated by a transmission of power between a load unit of the test bench and a drive unit of the drivetrain or the test bench, and which is transmitted by means of the shaft assembly, wherein the first force sensor realizes a first force measurement in a first plane and/or perpendicular to the first plane as is intersected by a rotational axis of the shaft assembly and preferably at least substantially perpendicular to the rotational axis, and wherein at least one measured value progression of the first force measurement and a value progression associated with the measured value progression of a rotational angle determination for the shaft assembly are analyzed in order to detect an imbalance, and/or the measured value progression of the first force measurement is analyzed in order to detect a misalignment of the shaft assembly.

The invention relates to a method and a drivetrain test bench for detecting an imbalance and/or a misalignment of at least one shaft assembly of a drivetrain during operation on a test bench, wherein a first piezoelectric force sensor is arranged in a flow of force generated by a transmission of power between a load unit of the test bench and a drive unit of the drivetrain or the test bench, and which is transmitted by means of the shaft assembly, wherein the first force sensor realizes a first force measurement in a first plane and/or perpendicular to the first plane as is intersected by a rotational axis of the shaft assembly and preferably at least substantially perpendicular to the rotational axis, and wherein at least one measured value progression of the first force measurement and a value progression associated with the measured value progression of a rotational angle determination for the shaft assembly are analyzed in order to detect an imbalance, and/or the measured value progression of the first force measurement is analyzed in order to detect a misalignment of the shaft assembly.

Systems and methods for improved perturbation generation are provided. A perturbation generation system can include a first rotor and a second rotor. The first rotor can be configured to hold a first magnet and a second magnet. The second rotor can be configured to hold a third magnet and a fourth magnet. The first rotor can be rotatably and proximately arranged with the second rotor, where the first and second magnets can be configured to interact with the third and fourth magnets to create a force between the first rotor and the second rotor as the first rotor rotates relative to the second rotor.

An input-side control device includes a first input signal generation unit for generating a first input signal on the basis of the deviation between an engine torque command signal and an input-side shaft torque detection signal; a second input signal generation unit for generating a second input signal on the basis of an input-side speed detection signal weighted according to a prescribed weighting signal; and a torque command signal generation unit for generating a torque command signal on the basis of the first and second input signals. If the value of a filtered signal obtained from the input-side speed detection signal is less than a prescribed threshold, the second input signal generation unit makes the value of the weighting signal lower than if the value of the filtered signal were greater than or equal to the threshold.

The disclosure provides a driving force applied position estimation system that can accurately estimate an applied position of a driving force from an occupant. A measurement system includes a six-axis force sensor provided in a wheelchair, a rotation angle recognition part which recognizes a rotation angle of the six-axis force sensor, and a COP estimation part which estimates a COP that is the applied position of the driving force from the occupant to the wheelchair. The COP estimation part estimates the COP based on a translational force and a moment detected by the six-axis force sensor and based on the rotation angle recognized by the rotation angle recognition part to improve estimation accuracy of the COP estimation part and measurement accuracy of the measurement system.

A transmission testing device that can highly accurately reproduce behavior of an actual engine includes a drive dynamometer DM1 connected to an input shaft of a transmission, absorption dynamometers DM2 and DM3 that are connected to output shafts of the transmission, a shaft torque detection unit that detects a shaft torque value generated at the input shaft of the transmission, and a control unit that controls the drive dynamometer DM1. The control unit uses the shaft torque value detected by the shaft torque detection unit to generate a shaft torque correction value for the drive dynamometer DM1, receives an engine torque input value and uses the received engine torque input value to generate an engine torque correction value for the drive dynamometer DM1, and controls the drive dynamometer DM1 on the basis of a torque command value generated from the shaft torque correction value and the engine torque correction value.

In the present invention, an input-side control device generates an input-side torque command signal Tr using an engine torque command signal, an input-side velocity detection signal ω, and an input-side shaft torque detection signal Tsh, and is provided with: a shaft torque controller that generates a torque command signal on the basis of the engine torque command signal and an input shaft torque detection signal; and an inertia compensator that feeds back an inertia compensation signal generated by multiplying a set inertia value Jset by the input-side velocity detection signal. The shaft torque controller is provided with a first low-pass filter that, from the engine torque command signal, allows a high-frequency component to decay; and the inertia compensator is provided with a second low-pass filter that, from the input-side velocity detection signal, allows a high-frequency component to decay.

A gear positioning device according to an embodiment includes: a chuck configured to hold a gear; a rotation drive mechanism configured to rotationally drive the chuck so that the gear rotates around a predetermined rotation axis; a displacement meter configured to continuously or periodically acquire a measurement value representing a distance between a reference point located outside the gear and an outer peripheral surface of the gear while rotating the gear; and a control device configured to set a part of the outer peripheral surface of the gear as a measurement object on the basis of a rotation angle of the gear, the measurement value, and at least one predetermined reference value and control the rotation drive mechanism so that the measurement object is disposed at a reference position.

A gear positioning device according to an embodiment includes: a chuck configured to hold a gear; a rotation drive mechanism configured to rotationally drive the chuck so that the gear rotates around a predetermined rotation axis; a displacement meter configured to continuously or periodically acquire a measurement value representing a distance between a reference point located outside the gear and an outer peripheral surface of the gear while rotating the gear; and a control device configured to set a part of the outer peripheral surface of the gear as a measurement object on the basis of a rotation angle of the gear, the measurement value, and at least one predetermined reference value and control the rotation drive mechanism so that the measurement object is disposed at a reference position.

According to the present invention, an input-side dynamometer control device is provided with an inertia compensator, a resonance suppression controller 53, a set value acquisition unit 58 for acquiring set values J.sub.set, J.sub.tgt. The resonance suppression controller 53 is provided with: a plurality of resonance suppression control modules 541-546 that generate input-side torque current command signals T.sub.1 on the basis of an inertia compensation torque signal T.sub.ref and an input-side shaft torque detection signal T.sub.12 so as to suppress resonance; and a selector 55 that selects one of the control modules 541-546 on the basis of the set values J.sub.set, J.sub.tgt. The inertia compensation torque signal T.sub.ref and the input-side shaft torque detection signal T.sub.12 are inputted to one of the resonance suppression control modules selected by the selector 55, and the input-side torque current command signal generated by the selected resonance suppression control module is inputted to an inverter.