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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7712840 | Uniformity and stabilizing system for a tire/wheel assembly A uniformity and stabilizing system comprising a stabilizing ring used in conjunction with a balanced tire wheel assembly wherein the stabilizing ring destroys, absorbs, and dampens vibrations including those caused by non-uniformities in the tire. The stabilizing r... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7360846 | Ceramic balance beads and method of tire balancing A container 10 is filled with ceramic balancing beads 20. The container is held closed by a removable clip 15, 16 or a mild adhesive 14. The beads are high density and therefore low in volume with regular surfaces, spherical or ellipsoid,... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7328614 | Vehicle wheel balancer system A method for providing a centering check for a rotating body mounted on a wheel balancer which is based on measuring at least one imbalance parameter or tire runout of the rotating body. The rotating body is mounted on a spindle of the wheel balancer and an imbalanc... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7320248 | Method and apparatus for determining imbalance correction weights for a rotating body A method for measuring the imbalance characteristics of a rotating body, and for determining if an application of imbalance correction weights is required to reduce the measured imbalance characteristics to an acceptable residual imbalance level. ... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7192096 | Balance weight cartridge with enclosed balance media A weight comprising a cartridge having at least one interior chamber, the interior chamber at least partially filled with a flowable balance media, and wherein the cartridge is longitudinally arcuate, at least when attached to a wheel, about an angle of up to 180 de... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7159952 | Automatic balancing device An automatic balancing device for a rotatable system includes a track (18) arranged about a rotational axis (H) of the rotatable system and having two surfaces (22a, 22b) inclined toward each other in a direction of a centrifugal force acting (F) actin... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7134731 | Balance weight cartridge with enclosed balance media A weight comprising a cartridge having at least one interior chamber, the interior chamber at least partially filled with a flowable balance media, and wherein the cartridge is attached to the wheel in a position oblique to the radial centerline of a tire/wheel asse... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7055379 | Method and apparatus for checking the uniformity of a pneumatic tire In a method and apparatus for checking the uniformity of a pneumatic tire of a vehicle wheel, first and second unbalance measuring operations are performed to determine unbalance vectors of the vehicle wheel, which are ascertained at differing wheel speeds and/or wi... | 06/06/2006 |
| 6979060 | Balance weight cartridge with enclosed balance media A balance weight comprising a cartridge having at least one interior chamber, the interior chamber at least partially filled with a flowable balance media, and wherein the cartridge is longitudinally arcuate, at least when attached to a wheel, about an angle of up t... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6948781 | Balance weight assembly The present invention relates to a balance weight assembly for a vehicle wheel, including a portion designed to attach and fix the balance weight to the flange edge of a wheel rim and a portion designed to retain a weight made from a high-density material, such as t... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6890038 | Balancing weight for vehicle tire A balancing weight for a vehicle tire consisting of a bar (1) comprising several balance weights (2, 3) which may be separated from one another. The bar (1) is made of a lead and tin alloy having 55 to 70% of lead and 30 to 45% of tin. Each bala... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6889549 | Assembling method of tire and wheel rim A phase θc of a correction unbalance found by the following formula (1) is determined by using a Radial Runout (RRO) value Wr1 in a primary component of the RRO of the wheel rim, a phase θr1 (unit: °) of a peak position thereof, an unbalance level W... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6755483 | Tire noise reducing system A tire noise reducing system includes a pneumatic tire, a wheel rim and a noise damper disposed in a cavity formed between the rim and tire the noise damper is made of a porous material having a specific gravity of from 0.005 to 0.06 and secured on a surface facing ... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6726289 | Tire noise reducing system A tire noise reducing system comprises a pneumatic tire, a wheel rim and a noise damper disposed in a cavity formed between the rim and tire when mounted as being surrounded by the tire and rim, the noise damper is made of a porous material having a specific gravity... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6719374 | Wheel balancing device for vehicular wheels A wheel balancing device including at least two ballast chambers, each of which defines an interior cavity therein. A movable medium or ballast is contained within each of the interior cavities and is freely movable within the respective ballast chamber. An annular ... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6267450 | Load balancing system A load balancing system for rotating members such as vehicle wheels and engine flywheels. An annular groove or recess in the wheel or flywheel receives a length of flexible tubing joined to form a continuous annular ring. The ends of the tube are secured ... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6238006 | Vehicle wheel having a balance weight retention shoulder A circumferential retention shoulder formed in a surface of a vehicle wheel rim cooperates with a wheel balance weight barb to retain the wheel balance weight upon the vehicle wheel.... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6128952 | Tire balancing using glass beads A tire balancing material made of glass beads and methods to balance tire using the same are disclosed. The glass bead material either in a loose format or a sealed pressurized package is introduced into an imbalanced tire. The motion of the imbalanced ti... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6129797 | Tire balancing A method and composition of matter for balancing tire and rim assemblies of vehicles is disclosed wherein the composition of matter has rounded balancing elements of different size to line the interior of a tire casing and to move over the lining to offse... | 10/10/2000 |
| 5959204 | Method and apparatus for holding in position a motor vehicle wheel clamped on a balancing machine measuring spindle A motor vehicle wheel balancing machine holds a motor vehicle wheel by clamping it on a balancing machine measuring spindle. After an operation to measure the unbalance of the the wheel has been preformed, a balancing weight is attached to the wheel using... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5526686 | Balancing machine having an apparatus for sensing geometrical data of a rotary member to be balanced and a method of balancing a rotary member In a balancing machine having an apparatus for sensing geometrical data of a rotary member to be balanced such as a motor vehicle wheel which can be clamped on a main shaft of the balancing machine, the apparatus has a measuring sensor arranged on a suppo... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5503464 | Self-balancing wheel for motorized vehicles The invention relates to a motor vehicle wheel capable of improved dynamic self-balancing against imbalancing forces in the X, Y and Z planes. The wheel comprises a hub portion and an annular rim portion integral with the hub and extending circumferential... | 04/02/1996 |
| 5466049 | Balancing ring A balancing ring automatically balances an unbalanced rotating object without adding or removing weight to the object. The balancing ring comprises an airtight annular chamber that is partially filled with a high viscosity balancing material. The annular ... | 11/14/1995 |
| 5460017 | Weight compensating apparatus A counterbalancing apparatus for dynamically balancing an out of balance rotating member. A first series of weights having identical size and weight are mounted to freely move within a first groove or race when the apparatus is rotating after being mounte... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5454627 | Method of correcting weight unbalance of rim-fitted tire The magnitude of an amount of correction of unbalance at each axially opposite end face of the rim-fitted tire and the position on a circumference of each of the rim end faces are measured by an unbalance measuring machine for simultaneously measuring an ... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5271664 | Rim-fitted tire and method of correcting weight unbalance thereof In a rim-fitted tire, a plurality of static unbalance correction weights are fixed in such a manner as to be distributed on both sides of a reference plane substantially perpendicular to the axial direction of a rim, and a plurality of dynamic unbalance c... | 12/21/1993 |
| 5271663 | Wheel and method for correcting rotational imbalance of tires An automotive roadwheel of preselected rotational imbalance, the amount of imbalance being selected to coincide with the average amount of imbalance inherent in the tires to be mounted to the wheel and the orientation of the imbalance being readily discer... | 12/21/1993 |
| 5253928 | Attachment of kinetic wheel balancers A method of mounting a kinetic wheel balancer on a vehicle wheel involves a wheel cover having a interior annular recess near the periphery. The wheel balancer is merely placed in the recess and the wheel cover is installed. The balancer is locked firmly ... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5237505 | Method and apparatus utilizing static imbalance to reduce vibration caused by tire/wheel assemblies and tire/wheel assembly made using same The mass of a tire/wheel assembly is altered to apply a static imbalance to the assembly in a manner which reduces the overall tendency of the assembly to cause vibration in the plane perpendicular to its axis of rotation when in use. The applied imbalanc... | 08/17/1993 |
| 5171067 | Method of correcting weight unbalance of rim-fitted tire The magnitude of an amount of correction of unbalance at each axially opposite end face of the rim-fitted tire and the position on a circumference of each of the rim end faces are measured by means of an unbalance measuring machine for simultaneously meas... | 12/15/1992 |
| 5142936 | Apparatus for dynamical balancing of rotating objects and method for making same This invention relates to an apparatus for dynamically and constantly balancing rotating objects while they are in motion. Such an apparatus can be applied to balancing wheels of automobiles or trucks or can be applied to balancing the shafts of rotating ... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5120113 | Rim-fitted tire and method of correctin31eight imbalance A rim-fitted tire witth a weight unbalance corrected in which a plurality of balance weights for correcting static unbalance are attached on an outer peripheral surface of the rim thereof at a substantially central position with respect to the widthwise d... | 06/09/1992 |
| 5073217 | Method of balancing a vehicle wheel assembly A method of balancing a wheel assembly is achieved by providing a wheel assembly which includes a tire in a range substantially between 13" and 24.5" size, providing pulverulent polymeric/copolymeric synthetic plastic material in a range substantially bet... | 12/17/1991 |
| 5048367 | Automatic balance apparatus An apparatus including continuous rigid or semi-rigid annular conduit includes a mercury balance fluid therein contained within the conduit within a predetermined arc. The conduit may include baffle members to maintain orientation of the fluid within the ... | 09/17/1991 |
| 4755006 | Dynamic wheel balancing device A dynamic balancing device for the wheel of a motor vehicle, the device comprising flexibly mounted weighting members which are driven outward by the increased centrifugal forces diametrically opposite the nonconcentric mass center to produce the desired ... | 07/05/1988 |
| 4674356 | Dynamic rotational counterbalance structure A dynamic rotational counterbalance structure includes a discoid balance body having a groove or race formed in an outer circumferential surface of the body. A plurality of movable weights such as spherical weights are positioned in the groove along with ... | 06/23/1987 |
| 4591210 | Wheel balancing wheel cover A wheel cover which automatically maintains a balancing force applied to the wheel as the wheel rolls along a surface includes a rim for mounting the wheel cover to the wheel and a number of radially inwardly extending spokes. A plurality of weights, each... | 05/27/1986 |
| 4554734 | Apparatus for automatic insertion of balance weights for use in automobile-wheel balancing equipment Delivery apparatus for carrying a plurality of balance weights for automobile wheels and delivering a suitable weight to an insertion device to fit the weight on the rim of a wheel in a predetermined circumferential position. The balance weights have para... | 11/26/1985 |
| 4400037 | Wheel stabilizing device A wheel-stabilizing device in combination with a vehicle wheel, wherein the stabilizing device provides a dynamic spring-loaded elastic mass, the mass being attached to the wheel. This device produces an elastic gyroscopic force that is increased as the r... | 08/23/1983 |
| 4388841 | Load balancing device A load balancing device for rotating apparatus such as washing machines and vehicle tires. In one embodiment the present invention consists of an inner conduit defining an interior raceway which contains a high density fluid mass which shifts to oppose lo... | 06/21/1983 |
