Apparatus for the alignment and balance of the wheels of a motor vehicle
IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
G01B-011/275
출원번호
US-0733603
(1985-05-13)
발명자
/ 주소
Butler Louis L. (12489 Lockhaven Ave. Baton Rouge LA 70815)
인용정보
피인용 횟수 :
10인용 특허 :
12
초록▼
A wheel alignment system for measuring the angular values of the steerable and non-steerable wheels of a vehicle, including caster, camber, toe, set back and track, as computed from references taken from the chassis of the vehicle. The wheel alignment system includes apparatus comprised of one or mo
A wheel alignment system for measuring the angular values of the steerable and non-steerable wheels of a vehicle, including caster, camber, toe, set back and track, as computed from references taken from the chassis of the vehicle. The wheel alignment system includes apparatus comprised of one or more pairs of wheel unit sensor assembly units, each of a pair of which can be mounted via a wheel clamp assembly upon the parallelly disposed wheels of the vehicle, to measure the wheel alignment angles of the steerable and non-steerable wheels of the vehicle. These measurements can be progressively fed, as the alignment proceeds, into a microprocessor, or central processing unit of a computer, the computations displayed as a readout, suitably upon a video screen associated therewith, and these values compared with the manufacturer\s specifications of the different wheel alignment settings of a given vehicle selected from the memory of the computer. The computer can provide wheel runout compensation for improved accuracy, and a permanent printout can be made of the alignment, as the alignment proceeds.
대표청구항▼
In a wheel unit sensor assembly, each of a pair of which can be mounted via a wheel clamp assembly upon parallelly disposed wheels of a motor vehicle for the alignment and balance of said wheels of the vehicle, a sensing unit for measuring front wheel set back and toe which comprises a housing forme
In a wheel unit sensor assembly, each of a pair of which can be mounted via a wheel clamp assembly upon parallelly disposed wheels of a motor vehicle for the alignment and balance of said wheels of the vehicle, a sensing unit for measuring front wheel set back and toe which comprises a housing formed by enclosing walls, a first frame rigidly mounted upon a wall of said housing, a light emitting diode mounted on said first frame, a light detector mounted opposite said light emitting diode, in-line therewith, and upon which light from the light emitting diode is directed, a second frame pivotally mounted upon said first frame, an apertured shield mounted upon an arm of said second frame and pivotable therewith, the apertured portion of the apertured shield extending between said light emitting diode and said light detector, through which aperture light can be transmitted from the light emitting diode to the detector, a tape reel affixed to said second frame, a slot located within a wall of said housing through which the tape from said reel can be extended and joined to an end of tape from the reel of a corresponding wheel unit sensor assembly mounted on the alternately disposed wheel, whereby front wheel set back, and toe can be detected and measured via differences in the intensity of light transmitted through the aperture of said apertured shield, and picked up by the light detector.
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