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Device and process for measuring the position of a first axis in relation to a second axis, in particular for measuring a steering axis

US5737073A · kind A · utility

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21Claims

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Assignee

Schiebner Messtechnik · DE

Inventors

Holger Wente · Braunschweig, DE
Bernd Scheibner · Lehre, DE
Ullrich Thiedig · Schöppenstedt, DE
Bernd Koester · Braunschweig, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 15, 1995
Grant date	Apr 7, 1998
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 15, 2015

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB62K21/00
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention relates to a device and a process for measuring the position of a first axis in relation to a second axis, in particular for measuring a bicycle frame having a steering axis which, in the desired state, lies in a main plane of symmetry and has a second axis which, in the desired state, runs at right angles to the main plane of symmetry, for example a swinging arm axis or a bottom bracket axis of a bicycle frame. The device or process includes measuring bodies being fitted to the first axis to be measured and two image recording devices, in particular CCD cameras, which are spaced apart from each other in a fixed spatial relationship to the second axis and aligned with the measuring bodies. The evaluation is carried out by means of known methods of photogrammetry and a computing unit.

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