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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8069576 | Vehicle wheel alignment measuring method and apparatus A vehicle wheel alignment measuring method and apparatus capable of measuring wheel alignment of a vehicle body with high accuracy without wheels mounted in an assembly line. A dummy wheel (10) is mounted on a wheel mounting portion (6) on which a whee... | 12/06/2011 |
| 7661198 | Toe angle measuring instrument and toe angle measuring method A toe angle measuring instrument comprising a measurement unit having a seating table seating a hub of a vehicle on a seating stand and movable in the lateral direction of the vehicle and in a rotating direction in plan view relative to a second base member. The toe... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7278215 | Method and device for measuring wheel alignment of automobile There is provided a method and a device for measuring wheel alignment of an automobile that can quickly and precisely measure wheel alignment of the automobile without applying the same load to a wheel installation portion as that applied thereto in a finished vehic... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7185438 | Method and apparatus for determining vehicle wheel geometry The invention is a method of determining the geometry of a wheel of a vehicle and/or the geometry of the associated support or drive structure. In one embodiment, a gauge includes caster and camber vials or an electro-mechanical sensor for outputting caster and camb... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7174646 | Support bracket for sensors A support bracket (1) for sensors adapted to be fastened to the wheel cover of a wheel mounted on a vehicle, comprising a central body from which there derives on one side a support device (3) of the sensor, and on the opposite side at least three devi... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7117603 | Mounting system for mounting an alignment instrument on a vehicular wheel that uses any known lug bolt pattern A mounting system for mounting an alignment instrument onto a vehicular wheel which is to be used to align the wheel of the vehicle. The mounting system includes a mounting plate which has an engagement structure located directly adjacent the peripheral edge of the ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7076884 | Apparatus and method to determine pinion angle of drive train Apparatus for use in determining the pinion angle of the differential or transmission of a motor vehicle includes an attachment which is detachably mountable to the input shaft or the output shaft. A camber gauge having longitudinal levels is detachably mounted to t... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7065887 | Device for supporting the wheels of motor vehicles in general during their attitude check A device for supporting the wheels of vehicles in general during their attitude check, comprising a horizontal plate (8) which is supported in such a manner as to enable it to undergo rotation and translation within the plane in which it lies, about a positio... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7040026 | Wheel runout measuring method A method for measuring side run-out of a wheel by turning the wheel mounted on a roller supported rotatably. It is judged whether or not the difference between the side run-out of a wheel at the start point onf one turn and the end point of one turn falls within a s... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7042561 | Device and method for alignment The present invention refers to a system and a device (10) for alignment of at least one alignable plane with reference to at least one reference plane. The device includes a main part (11), a light source (18) and a number of contact points ( | 05/09/2006 |
| 6966122 | Gauge for measuring movement of a power tool and dust collector for work bench A gauge for measuring the extent of alteration in the level of carriage on which a power tool such as a router or saw is mounted. The carriage is mounted beneath a working surface on which a piece of work is placed. The cutting implement of the power tool such as a ... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6931736 | Method of and apparatus for the inspection of vehicle wheel alignment An apparatus and a method for inspecting wheel alignment employ an optical target mounted on a wheel of a motor vehicle, a support mounting a camera above ground for generating image information of the optical target that falls within the camera's field of view, and... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6836970 | Wheel alignment measuring method and apparatus A method and apparatus for measuring the wheel alignment of a vehicle on a production line. In the measuring method, a wheel hub (55) having a plurality of hub bolts (56) for mounting a wheel to is rotated while displacements of the hub bolts are measu... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6810593 | Method of improving RRO of wheel rim A method of reducing an n-order component of a radial run out (RRO) of a wheel rim is disclosed, wherein an average Y of RRO Y1 and RRO Y2 of the bead seats is obtained around the wheel rim; the peak-to-peak amplitude X of the n-order component of the ... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6564461 | Wheel alignment adjusting device A wheel alignment adjusting device is provided in which loading portions, on which wheels of a vehicle are loaded, can be positioned with high accuracy. Front and rear tire driving devices 118 at a vehicle transverse direction left side are fixed to a loa... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6490800 | Procedure for measuring the wheel angle on steerable vehicles The present invention relates to a procedure for measuring the wheel angle on steerable vehicles. When determining large course angles, such as maximum wheel deflection, the course angle itself, which is difficult to measure, is not measured directly. Ins... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6405445 | Tool and method for measuring the ride height of a vehicle A tool for indicating whether a measured ride height of a vehicle is within a tolerance range for a specified ride height is provided. The measured ride height is equal to a vertical distance between a reference surface of the vehicle, such as a vehicle f... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6374159 | Vehicle wheel alignment adjustment method A wheel angle of a wheel is adjusted in accordance with the characteristics of tire of the wheel such that a steering characteristics of the vehicle is substantially neutral steer. The wheel angle of a reference wheel of the vehicle (for example, a rear w... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6256894 | Vehicle wheel alignment adjustment method A method in which the alignment of a wheel can be easily adjusted in accordance with the characteristics of the tire, and in which a running stability appropriate for an actual road surface is obtained and a reduction in one-sided wear is achieved. A plur... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6170324 | Tire and rim assembly centering method A method for minimizing the radial runout of a tire and rim assembly 10 having the steps of locating the position of maximum radial runout and measuring the amount of maximum radial runout; loosening the threaded fasteners 24 attaching the rim 20 and disk... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6082011 | Laser plane vehicle alignment system An alignment system is comprised of a lower base plate coupled to an upper slide plate. The plates are coupled together by a sliding mechanism configured to allow the upper plate to slide in two dimensions parallel to the lower plate. A mounting surface i... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6064927 | Alignment component replacement system Wheel alignment adjustment system includes sensing apparatus for sensing alignment characteristics of a vehicle to be aligned, a memory for storing alignment specifications for a plurality of vehicles, at least one manually operable input device, operable... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6003232 | Installation for measuring the wheel offset of railway vehicles Installation for measuring the wheel offset of railway vehicles. It makes it possible to obtain three circumferential profiles of the zone of contact of the running tread of said wheels as the railway vehicles travel at low speed over the installation. On... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5930881 | Method of adjusting vehicle wheel alignment The present invention provides a method for adjusting vehicle wheel alignment in which a positional angle of a wheel corresponding to the characteristics of a tire can be set easily, running stability suited for an actual road surface can be obtained, and... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5919238 | Method for aligning a vehicle suspension A method for aligning a suspension of vehicle permits rapid alignment of the suspension. The method eliminates the need to adjust camber by incorporating into a caster adjustment a factor that accounts for minor deviations in the camber angles. Additional... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5815935 | Apparatus for examining wheel alignment Detection of angles associated with wheel alignment of a vehicle can be carried out properly at all times according to the present wheel alignment examining apparatus irrespective of the size of a wheel to be examined. The present apparatus includes a sen... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5811657 | Device for stationary inspection of vehicles A device for inspecting any looseness and wear in the steering joints and suspension parts of vehicles has a low profile for installation onto a workshop floor, so that a vehicle can be driven onto the unit. The device comprises two generally planar plate... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5797190 | Wheel alignment method and apparatus A wheel alignment system that uses the sidewall of the tire to define a measurement surface. The measurement surface is established by a wheel fixture that includes a pair of slide channels having flat faces that engage the sidewall of the tire and a base... | 08/25/1998 |
| 5640776 | Apparatus for checking pressure of a vehicle pneumatic tire Apparatus for visually indicating when the pressure of a pneumatic tire falls below a desired level includes a support and two arms independently slidably movable along the support. The arms are selectively locked against movement relative to the support ... | 06/24/1997 |
| 5619800 | Parallevel alignment system An alignment apparatus, comprising a set of tripods, having rollers on the base of each tripod, where the tripod replaces the wheel on a vehicle axle hub, and the vehicle is lowered so that the tripods support the weight of the vehicle. The tripods have a... | 04/15/1997 |
| 5519489 | Vehicle alignment system An improved vehicle alignment system includes automatic angle and distance range calibration whereby various vehicle distances such as track width and wheelbase may be measured electro-optically during the alignment process. The system also includes an im... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5489983 | Sensor for vehicle alignment system and apparatus using same A system for measuring angular relationships of wheels of a vehicle includes a radiation source mounted with respect to a first wheel for providing a radiation signal, an image detector having an active array of pixels mounted with respect to a second whe... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5489979 | System for measuring the characteristic attitude angles of the wheels of an automobile frame, and relative measurement means A system for measuring the characteristic attitude angles of the wheels of an automobile frame utilizing optical sensors positioned on the wheels of the automobile frame to feed data to a central processor arranged to convert them into angular values, and... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5488471 | Sensors for vehicle alignment system and apparatus using same A system for measuring angular relationships of wheels of a vehicle includes a radiation source mounted with respect to a first wheel for providing a radiation signal, an image detector having an active array of pixels mounted with respect to a second whe... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5421095 | Procedure for transmission of information in aligning equipment for motor vehicles, and aligning equipment for carrying out the procedure The invention refers to procedure and equipment wherein there is a bi-directional communication between a central processing unit (3) and peripheral processing units (6a, 6b, 6c, 6d) associated to measuring devices (1) applied on vehicle wheels by means o... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5384965 | Vehicle tire-to-body coverage checking fixture and method of using same A solid, non-adjustable checking fixture adaptable for use in checking distances at selected angles off vertical to each of the tires and fenders or other type guards over the tires of all vehicle models. The fixture serves to permit fast and efficient ma... | 01/31/1995 |
| 5339508 | Apparatus for wheel alignment Apparatus for vehicle wheel alignment comprising a wheel engaging member and a bearing surface rigidly mountable to the wheel engaging member. A lever with a movable fulcrum is mounted to the bearing surface for applying an appropriately directed force to... | 08/23/1994 |
| 5327655 | Method and apparatus for vehicle alignment A method and apparatus for aligning a vehicle having a frame, and a plurality of wheel hubs, and a suspension system operatively connecting the wheel hubs to the frame is provided. The method and apparatus provide sensors for sensing angular relationships... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5268731 | Wheel alignment measuring apparatus The present invention relates to a wheel alignment measuring apparatus which measures the toe-in length or angle and camber angle of each tire (17) of a car. The wheel alignment measuring apparatus can be used to measure the distances to various points on... | 12/07/1993 |
| 5140534 | Centerless runout and profile inspection system and method The runout or profile of parts is measured without the need for precision supports by rotating the part generally about an axis of rotation. The changes in position of one or more reference surfaces on the part along first and second tracking axes are mea... | 08/18/1992 |
