Durability Test Bench Design for Electric Lock of Sliding Door

Abstract

With the rapid development of automobile industry, electric door locks have widely used in various vehicle doors, especially for sliding doors. Among all performances, durability performance for electric locks is virtual for safety, so miniaturized durability test bench has been designed in the research according to the national standard of electric lock. Firstly, four-bar linkage mechanism has been adopted as the main actuator for the motion track achievement, the real motion track of sliding door can be guaranteed through the verification of ADAMS simulation. Secondly, the compression test has been carried out to calculate the reaction force of door sealing strips, thus the resistance device of test bench for simulating reliable locking process of electric lock has been designed. The miniaturized durability test bench can replace the existing durability test method which only performed by the whole vehicle testing, thus providing a low-cost and reliable test device for relevant manufacturers.