METHOD OF DIAGNOSTICS OF TECHNICAL CONDITION OF VEHICLE SUSPENSION ELEMENTS Russian patent published in 2014 - IPC G01M17/04 

FIELD: measurement equipment.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to the field of technical diagnostics and control of the technical condition of vehicles and is designed, in particular, to monitor the condition of joints in elements of the vehicle suspension. The method consists in the fact that in the process of an impact of a play detector sites on a controlled joint it is video filmed so that contrast marks previously applied on the elements of this joint are on camera. As a result of the video sequence images processing, they determine the value of clearance Δ by the maximum difference of positions of the marks, and after comparison of the value of clearance with its normative value they make a conclusion on the technical condition of the controlled joint of the vehicle suspension elements based on the condition Δ≤Δ_N - good condition, Δ>Δ_N - faulty condition, where Δ_N - established limit norm of the clearance.

EFFECT: increased accuracy of measurement of the clearance value in the joint of the suspension elements.

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