Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for multi-axle vehicle alignment with vehicle frame reference
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Application No.: US14200564Application Date: 2014-03-07
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Publication No.: US09778030B2Publication Date: 2017-10-03
- Inventor: James W. McClenahan , Michael T. Stieff , John M. Boncek , Timothy A. Strege , Nicholas J. Colarelli, III
- Applicant: Hunter Engineering Company
- Applicant Address: US MO St. Louis
- Assignee: Hunter Engineering Company
- Current Assignee: Hunter Engineering Company
- Current Assignee Address: US MO St. Louis
- Agency: Polster, Lieder, Woodruff & Lucchesi, LC
- Main IPC: G01B11/275
- IPC: G01B11/275

Abstract:
A vehicle wheel service system including a plurality of sensors positioned in proximity to a heavy-duty multi-axle vehicle, to measure angles associated with three or more axles of the vehicle without repositioning the mounting of the sensors after initiating a measurement procedure. Additional sensors, associated with a vehicle reference, such as the vehicle frame axis, are disposed to provide vehicle reference measurement data which is communicated to a processing system. The processing system is configured with software instructions to evaluate the measurement data and to determine various vehicle wheel alignment angle measurements and/or necessary vehicle adjustments for each axle relative to the vehicle reference or to a fixed axle having a determined relationship to the vehicle reference.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140253909A1 Method and Apparatus for Multi-Axle Vehicle Alignment with Vehicle Frame Reference Public/Granted day:2014-09-11
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