The present teachings generally provide for an overrunable test vehicle for use with a soft target. The overrunable test vehicle comprises a chassis defining a cavity and having an external mounting area for receiving the soft target, at least one non-driven wheel supported by the chassis, at least one drive mechanism supported by the chassis having an electric motor and a drive wheel operatively connected with the electric motor, and a control system disposed within the cavity and coupled to the electric motor for sending and receiving information. The non-driven wheel is deformable with the non-driven wheel having an initial state with a first height and a deformed state with a second height where the second height is less than the first height. The non-driven wheel is configured to enter the deformed state when a threshold force is applied, and transition towards the initial state when the force is lessened.
DEFORMABLE WHEEL FOR OVERRUNABLE TEST VEHICLE
13.06.2024
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
Deformable wheel, deformable wheel control system and vehicle
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