Environmental enclosure for vehicle property testing

• Main Authors: WOMACK MARK D, GUNNELS DAVID J, GUSHMAN RICHARD W
• Format: Patent
• Language: Chinese; English
• Published: 16.06.2010
• Subjects: MEASURING; PHYSICS; TESTING; TESTING STATIC OR DYNAMIC BALANCE OF MACHINES ORSTRUCTURES; TESTING STRUCTURES OR APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

The present invention relates to an environmental enclosure for vehicle property testing, concretely relates to an environmental test enclosure for modifying the temperature of a vehicle test property. The enclosure includes a movable pallet assembly that is operable to deliver the test property to and from the property test site. The movable pallet assembly includes a base plate that is configured to attach to and support the test property thereon. A flexible cover is mounted to the overhead structure of the test site, and configured to transition between an open position, in which the cover is in a raised and generally folded state, to a closed position, in which the cover is in a lowered state and attachable to the pallet assembly. The flexible cover cooperates with the movable pallet assembly when attached thereto to define an enclosed and substantially thermally insulated space around the test property.