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Decorative Jeweled Wheel Cover
An improved wheel is provided wherein decorative items such as gem stones are embedded in either the wheel surface, a special mounting section attached to the wheel surface, or to a spoke strap that wraps around each spoke and positions embedded gem stones on the outside surface of the spoke.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8171790 | Apparatus for measuring forces generated by an unbalance of a vehicle wheel An apparatus for measuring forces generated by an unbalance of a vehicle wheel, comprising a horizontally oriented measuring shaft (1) which is supported rotary about its shaft axis (2) in a rotary mounting (3) on a stationary machine frame (... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8171789 | Dynamic balancing apparatus and method using simple harmonic angular motion Provided is a dynamic balancing apparatus using a simple harmonic angular motion, including a rotational shaft on which a rotational body having an unbalanced mass is installed; a simple angular motion generator for periodically vibrating the rotational shaft; a sup... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8113048 | Dynamic imbalance detection apparatus and method using linear time-varying angular velocity model Provided is a dynamic balancing apparatus using a linear time-varying angular velocity model, which includes a rotational shaft on which a rotational body having a rotating unbalanced mass is installed; a linear time-varying angular velocity generator which allow th... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8113049 | Method and a machine for balancing vehicle wheels A method and a machine for balancing vehicle wheels with weights (18), the method comprising stages of: using a video camera (5, 6, 206) to frame a portion of a surface of a hub (101) of a wheel on which a weight (18) is to be applied, lo... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8100009 | Method and apparatus for balancing A balance assembly for a rotating assembly comprising: a first movable rotor and a second movable rotor which are selectively movable about the rotating assembly; and a controller with a microprocessor operating with stored control programs for controlling movement ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8056411 | Shaft balancing system and methods A shaft assembly has a shaft body, a first universal joint coupled to a first end of the shaft body, and a second universal joint coupled to a second end of the shaft body. A method for dynamically balancing the shaft assembly includes rotating the shaft assembly at... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8001837 | Balancing device A balancing device includes an active balancing mechanism. The active balancing mechanism maintains the balancing device in an actively balanced state within a range of the active balancing mechanism. An auxiliary balancing mechanism is configured to support the bal... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7856877 | Rotor balancing method and device therefore The present invention is based on imparting of oscillatory motion to a rotor and to a coaxial balanced body relative to a fixed point selected at the common axis of the rotor. To eliminate an interference of imbalance datum planes on the parameters to be measured, a... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7735367 | Vehicle wheel balancer system with projection display A wheel balancer includes a microprocessor configured to receive data associated with a vehicle wheel rim and tire assembly imbalance from at least one sensor, and to identify optimal correction weight plane locations, as well as to present the operator with the imb... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7685876 | Methods and systems for balancing a rotatable member Methods and systems of balancing a rotatable member are provided. A method includes separately balancing a first portion and a second portion of the rotatable member wherein the second portion mateable to said first portion, coupling the first and second portions to... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7644616 | Method and apparatus for tracking wheel balancer corrective weight usage A wheel balancing system determines a type of corrective weight for application to an edge of a rim of a wheel for correcting imbalance of the wheel. One or more corrective weights are identified from a varied inventory of corrective weights. An inventory database i... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7617726 | Method and apparatus for vehicle wheel balancer imbalance correction weight type selection A method of operation of a vehicle wheel balancer system for identifying an imbalance correction weight mode which an operator desires to utilize during an imbalance correction procedure without requiring the operator to manually input or select an imbalance correct... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7584659 | Wheel balancer with weight application error correction system A wheel balancing system may include a wheel imbalance measuring system, a memory system, a user interface, and a processing system. The processing system may be configured to cause initial imbalance information relating to an initial imbalance in a wheel assembly t... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7506545 | Balancing device A balancing device includes an active balancing mechanism. The active balancing mechanism maintains the balancing device in an actively balanced state within a range of the active balancing mechanism. An auxiliary balancing mechanism is configured to support the bal... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7454970 | Method and apparatus for balancing A balanced rotating assembly with a spindle automatically provides balancer limits, which achieves a balancing state while substantially minimizing short term vibration increases and which provides for multi-plane balancer dithering. ... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7448267 | Tire balancing apparatus A machine and method for performing balancing measurements on a tire or tire/wheel assembly that includes a structure defining spaced apart tire centering and tire testing positions. A first conveyor moves a tire to a centering position where a shuttle assembly is o... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7441456 | Drive shaft balancer and method utilizing weight transporting electrodes The invention is a machine for balancing drive shafts under computer control. Compensatory weights are formed in a weight-forming dye assembly which is coaxially repositionable in relation to the longitudinal axis of the drive shaft. Additionally, the weights formed... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7434454 | Method and apparatus for tire uniformity measurement There is provided a method and a apparatus for measuring tire uniformity. The apparatus comprises a spindle, a rotating drum, a sensor and a computing means. The method comprises the steps of mounting a tire on the spindle, pressing a circumferential surface of a ro... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7412884 | Unbalance measuring device and method for unbalance measurement In the case of an imbalance measuring device with a bearing device for static fluid bearing of the rotor (1), to improve the balance quality and to shorten the required time for balancing, it is proposed that the bearing device has at least two open, fluid-su... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7392701 | Balancing machine An improved and simplified balancing machine comprising upright supports devices to hold the workpiece to be balanced, a motor and mount to spin the workpiece, and a system to detect and measure imbalance in the workpiece when it is rotated at speed. Said machine co... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7377164 | Method of and apparatus for balancing a vehicle wheel In a method and apparatus for balancing a vehicle wheel, the wheel when fixed to a main shaft of a balancing machine, after the implementation of a wheel unbalance measuring run, is stopped at a given rotational angular position for a balancing operation to be carri... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7370524 | Adaptive vibration control using synchronous demodulation with machine tool controller motor commutation A control system and method for actively reducing vibration in a spindle housing caused by unbalance forces on a rotating spindle, by measuring the force-induced spindle-housing motion, determining control signals based on synchronous demodulation, and provide compe... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7367037 | Disk player, and turntable incorporating self-compensating dynamic balancer, clamper incorporating self-compensating dynamic balancer and spindle motor incorporating self-compensating dynamic balancer adopted for disk player A disk player having a self-compensating dynamic balancer which can limit internal vibrations generated by an eccentric center of gravity of a disk, and a turntable, a clamper and a spindle motor which incorporate a self-compensating dynamic balancer. The self-compe... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7343663 | Integral center plane balancing of a rotating electric device Certain exemplary embodiments provide a rotating machine assembly comprising a rotor machine assembly including a shaft, a plurality of laminations shrink fit around the circumference of the shaft, and weights affixed therebetween the laminations for balancing the r... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7337682 | Gauge restraint measuring system A direct measuring loaded gage axle assembly that measures track strength by directly measuring constant load on split axles as vertical loads are imposed by a hydraulic ram, and horizontal loads being supplied by horizontal rams through split axles and steel wheels... | 03/04/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7328118 | Method of determining the mass unbalance of an actuator The present invention is a method of determining mass unbalance of an actuator mechanism in a system. The method includes calculating a center of gravity in first x and y components with respect to a first coordinate system of the actuator mechanism. The method also... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7323843 | Method and device for treating signals for detection of stator and rotor errors in magnetic circuits in a synchronous machine It is possible to determine the types and values of stator and rotor errors in magnetic circuits in a synchronous machine by measuring the induced voltage (ui) for the terminals of measurement loops which can capture an image of the induction in the measu... | 01/29/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7318346 | Out-of-balance measuring device The unbalance measuring device comprises a spindle unit (7) with a spindle holder (29) and with a spindle (11) mounted on the spindle holder (29) rotatably about an axis of rotation (9) and carrying at one of its two ends a couplin... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7289902 | Three dimensional balance assembly A three-dimensional balance assembly is provided. The assembly includes a center shaft, two or more eccentric weighted shafts encompassing the center shaft and a first and a second locking mechanism that lock each weighted shaft into any rotational location. Each ec... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7275295 | True vehicle running center shaft assembly system A system for assembling a vehicle drive shaft is provided with the steps of installing yokes on respective ends of a drive shaft tube, each yoke having first and second bores therethrough for receiving respective distal ends of respective spider arrangements, and ro... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7272513 | Optimal shaft balance using integer programing to handle discrete adjustment Determining a shaft balance adjustment includes measuring an initial vibration of the shaft, determining if the initial vibration is greater than a predetermined value, and, if the initial vibration is greater than the predetermined value, determining an adjustment ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7271558 | Method for the generation of electrical pulses In rotating systems with angular references, angular- and/or time-based pulses must be generated which can be described in a generic manner to meet various requirements. The parameters for definition of the pulse are assigned as a value pair to permit more flexibili... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7270007 | Apparatus and method for reducing vibration A method of reducing vibration in equipment having first and second mechanically connected subassemblies is disclosed. A sensor is disposed on the first subassembly. A vibration from the sensor is recorded. The vibration is attributable to a composite mechanical ope... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7253600 | Constant slope ramp circuits for sample-data circuits A sample-data analog circuit includes a level-crossing detector. The level-crossing detector controls sampling switches to provide a precise sample of the output voltage when the level-crossing detector senses the predetermined level crossing of the input signal. A ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7252000 | Method and machine for rotor imbalance determination Correcting unbalance with regard to rotors (11, 101) and shafts is important in order to improve performance of those rotors (11, 101) or shafts within a practical machine or engine. Previously, result orientated iterative balancing of the rotor or sha... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7250935 | Force-feedback supply apparatus and image correcting method A force-feedback supply apparatus and an image correcting method are provided in which sites to which a force-feedback is supplied can be properly displayed in accordance with a virtual reality image by correcting the virtual reality image in consideration of a thic... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7237326 | Device for applying balancing weights to vehicle wheels in wheel balancing machines A device for applying balancing weights to vehicle wheels in wheel balancing machines, comprising: a detector for the position of an indicator that can slide on rectilinear guides with respect to a wheel supported rotatable on the frame of a balancing machine; remov... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7236855 | Method for compensating and out-of-balance condition of a rotating body In a method for compensation of an out-of-balance condition of an imaging data acquisition device, rotatable around a patient opening of a stationary unit of a tomography apparatus, such as an x-ray computed tomography apparatus or an ultrasound tomography apparatus... | 06/26/2007 |
