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Method and device for determining an axle geometry of a vehicle

US9285216B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 6, 2011
Grant dateMar 15, 2016
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Expiry dateFeb 23, 2033

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01B2210/26
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method for determining characteristics of an axle geometry of a vehicle including the following: steering a wheel mounted on an axle of the vehicle to various steering positions having different steering angles; determining the spatial position of the wheel at the different steering positions; determining the particular axis of rotation of the wheel in the different steering positions from the results of the determination of the spatial position; modeling a parametric model of the steering axis; adapting the parametric model of the steering axis to the axes of rotation of the wheel determined from the measurement of the spatial position; and determining characteristics of the axle geometry from the adapted parametric model of the steering axis.

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