公开(公告)号：US20240017577A1

公开(公告)日：2024-01-18

申请号：US18214894

申请日：2023-06-27

Applicant: Hunter Engineering Company

Inventor： Michael Olsen ,  Joshua Dierking

IPC: B60C25/05 ,  B60C25/132

CPC classification number: B60C25/0542 ,  B60C25/132

Abstract: An axial clamping system for securing a wheel assembly onto a tire changer drive spindle. The clamping system consists of a shaft for engaging an axial bore of the drive spindle, configured with a set of ball bearings seated within radial bore arranged in a spiral configuration and which extend into a central bore of the shaft. Axial movement of a plunger within the central bore radially displaces the ball bearings to protrude outboard of the shaft outer surface, engaging a spiral channel within the drive spindle axial bore. Rotation of the clamping system within the drive spindle axial bore while the ball bearings engage the spiral channels, tightens a clamp nut against a wheel assembly seated on a flange of the drive spindle. Counter rotation and retraction of the plunger within the shaft releases the clamping forces, allowing for removal of the wheel assembly from the drive spindle.

公开(公告)号：US20180134529A1

公开(公告)日：2018-05-17

申请号：US15807273

申请日：2017-11-08

Applicant: Hunter Engineering Company

Inventor： Matthew John Zecher ,  Michael Olsen ,  Nicholas J. Colarelli, III

IPC: B66F7/28 ,  G01B11/275

CPC classification number: B66F7/28 ,  B66F2700/123 ,  G01B11/275 ,  G01B11/2755 ,  G01B2210/14

Abstract: A vehicle position detection and guidance system for use with an automotive service lift having a pair of runways onto which a vehicle is driven in order to be elevated. The system consists of a LiDAR sensor disposed to provide a field of view encompassing a volume of space extending upward from the upper surface of each lift runway, as well as the intervening region between the runways. The LiDAR sensor to observes at least the leading tread surfaces of two or more wheels on a vehicle approaching the service lift, and a volume of space below the vehicle. Output from the LiDAR sensor is conveyed to a processing system, which monitors the wheel positions relative to the runway surfaces, and provides output indicating steering corrections, obstructions, and a vehicle stopping point as the vehicle is driven onto the runways and/or the lift elevation changes.

公开(公告)号：US20180120188A1

公开(公告)日：2018-05-03

申请号：US15793821

申请日：2017-10-25

Applicant: Hunter Engineering Company

Inventor： Joel A. Clasquin ,  Michael Olsen ,  Charles Polster

IPC: G01M1/22 ,  G01M1/04 ,  G01M17/02

CPC classification number: G01M1/225 ,  G01M1/045 ,  G01M17/022

Abstract: A wheel balancer incorporates tire bead manipulating tools under control of a processing system to apply a clamping pressure to tire sidewall surfaces of a wheel assembly secured to a spindle shaft, facilitating the proper seating of tire beads to the wheel rim. The spindle shaft is operatively coupled to a drive motor and transmission system under control of the processing system, capable of operating in both a high speed, low torque regime and a low speed, high torque regime to rotate the wheel assembly during either an imbalance measurement procedure or a tire bead adjustment procedure. A load roller assembly, under control of the processing system, is disposed to selectively apply a radial force at a tire circumferential tread surface as the wheel assembly is rotated about the spindle axis, further facilitating the proper seating of the tire beads.

公开(公告)号：US10556780B2

公开(公告)日：2020-02-11

申请号：US15807273

申请日：2017-11-08

Applicant: Hunter Engineering Company

Inventor： Matthew John Zecher ,  Michael Olsen ,  Nicholas J. Colarelli, III

IPC: B66F7/28 ,  G01B11/275

Abstract: A vehicle position detection and guidance system for use with an automotive service lift having a pair of runways onto which a vehicle is driven in order to be elevated. The system consists of a LiDAR sensor disposed to provide a field of view encompassing a volume of space extending upward from the upper surface of each lift runway, as well as the intervening region between the runways. The LiDAR sensor to observes at least the leading tread surfaces of two or more wheels on a vehicle approaching the service lift, and a volume of space below the vehicle. Output from the LiDAR sensor is conveyed to a processing system, which monitors the wheel positions relative to the runway surfaces, and provides output indicating steering corrections, obstructions, and a vehicle stopping point as the vehicle is driven onto the runways and/or the lift elevation changes.

公开(公告)号：USD1069669S1

公开(公告)日：2025-04-08

申请号：US29837651

申请日：2022-05-06

Applicant: Hunter Engineering Company

Designer： Alexander R. Greenhill ,  Michael Olsen ,  James Hudson