Patent · US Expired

Wheel-balancing method and device

US6122957A · kind A · utility

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5References

19Claims

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Assignee

BEISSBARTH GmbH · DE

Inventors

Hermann Bux · Adelzhausen, DE
Peter Ross · Munich, DE
Stefan Schommer · Unterschleißheim, DE
Michael Worm · Hersbruck, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 10, 1997
Grant date	Sep 26, 2000
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 10, 2017

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01M1/02
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention concerns a device for balancing a wheel comprising a rim and a tire. This device comprises a unit for measuring the wheel imbalance and a unit for scanning the rim dimensions. The scanner unit and the imbalance-measuring unit are connected to a computer which determines a rim contour from the scanner unit output signals and then the optimum positions and dimensions for the balance weights from the contour determined in conjunction with values supplied by the imbalance-measuring unit.

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