公开(公告)号：US08401236B2

公开(公告)日：2013-03-19

申请号：US13418091

申请日：2012-03-12

申请人： Thomas L. Kassouf ,  Stephen L. Glickman ,  David A. Jackson

发明人： Thomas L. Kassouf ,  Stephen L. Glickman ,  David A. Jackson

IPC分类号： G06K9/00

CPC分类号： G01B11/275 ,  G01B11/2755 ,  G01B2210/143 ,  G01B2210/26 ,  G01B2210/30 ,  G01B2210/306

摘要： A vehicle wheel alignment method and system is provided. A three-dimensional target is attached to a vehicle wheel known to be in alignment. The three-dimensional target has multiple target elements thereon, each of which has known geometric characteristics and 3D spatial relationship with one another.

摘要翻译： 提供车轮定位方法和系统。 三维目标附着在已知对准的车辆车轮上。 三维目标在其上具有多个目标元素，每个目标元素具有彼此已知的几何特征和3D空间关系。

公开(公告)号：US20110185584A1

公开(公告)日：2011-08-04

申请号：US13083964

申请日：2011-04-11

申请人： Thomas L. KASSOUF ,  Stephen L. Glickman ,  David A. Jackson

发明人： Thomas L. KASSOUF ,  Stephen L. Glickman ,  David A. Jackson

IPC分类号： G01B5/255

CPC分类号： G01B11/275 ,  G01B11/2755 ,  G01B2210/143 ,  G01B2210/26 ,  G01B2210/30 ,  G01B2210/306

摘要： A vehicle wheel alignment method and system is provided. A three-dimensional target is attached to a vehicle wheel known to be in alignment. The three-dimensional target has multiple target elements thereon, each of which has known geometric characteristics and 3D spatial relationship with one another.

摘要翻译： 提供车轮定位方法和系统。 三维目标附着在已知对准的车辆车轮上。 三维目标在其上具有多个目标元素，每个目标元素具有彼此已知的几何特征和3D空间关系。

公开(公告)号：US20010009070A1

公开(公告)日：2001-07-26

申请号：US09769237

申请日：2001-01-24

申请人： Supertracker Limited

发明人： Robert Lovesy

IPC分类号： G01D021/00

CPC分类号： G01B11/275 ,  G01B2210/18 ,  G01B2210/30 ,  G01B2210/306

摘要： Apparatus for measuring vehicle wheel alignment comprising a yoke having a pair of aligned center pins engageable with a transverse axis in the vehicle; a collimated beam projector connectable to the yoke and adapted to project its beam at right angles to the axis of the center pins, and longitudinally of the vehicle with reference to the transverse axis and a target for the beam so attachable to a wheel of the vehicle that alignment of the wheel can be measured. In one embodiment the target is a mirror and the projector is provided with a transverse scale for measuring the reflected beam. In the other embodiment the target comprises a set of scales hung or clamped to the wheel.

摘要翻译： 用于测量车轮对准的装置，包括具有可与车辆中的横向轴线接合的一对对准的中心销的轭; 准直的射线投射器，其可连接到轭并且适于将其梁与中心销的轴线成直角地突出，并且相对于横向轴线和车辆的纵向方向投射，并且用于可附接到车辆的车轮的梁的目标 可以测量车轮的对准。 在一个实施例中，目标是反射镜，并且投影仪设置有用于测量反射光束的横向刻度。 在另一个实施例中，目标包括悬挂或夹紧到车轮的一组秤。

公开(公告)号：US4823470A

公开(公告)日：1989-04-25

申请号：US100244

申请日：1987-09-23

申请人： Torgny Horvallius

发明人： Torgny Horvallius

IPC分类号： G01B11/275

CPC分类号： G01B11/275 ,  G01B2210/283 ,  G01B2210/303 ,  G01B2210/306

摘要： Proposed in accordance with the invention is a method of measuring the camber, KPI and caster wheel alignment angles in the front axle and suspension assembly of a motor vehicle without the need for recourse to a levelled surface or to any gravitation-sensing instruments for the purpose of the measurements. One front wheel at a time is measured, for which purpose the wheel is fitted with a projecting pin parallel to the wheel axle intended to support a laser beam machine which emits a beam perpendicular to the wheel axle. A screen marked with reference lines is positioned at a certain distance away from the wheel, initially in front of, and then alongside the wheel, with the direction of the reference lines corresponding to the direction of the reference plane of the vehicle. By causing the laser to rotate about the pin, and by causing the wheel to execute steering movements with the laser fixed to the pin, the laser beam can be made to "draw" lines on the screen, which lines produce angles with the reference lines of the screen in accordance with the camber, KPI and caster angles of the wheel. In order to be able to carry out the measurements rapidly and accurately, and at the same time to have the results of measurement recorded, the use of a special design of the aforementioned screen is proposed, more specifically in the form of a measurement panel (60) equipped with a pointer (80), to which panel a sheet of paper bearing a scale (90) can be secured. The results of measurement are recorded on this automatically by the operator making a mark with a pen in an opening (81) in the pointer (82) after every measurement adjustment.

摘要翻译： 根据本发明提出的方法是测量机动车辆的前轴和悬架组件中的弯度，KPI和脚轮对准角度的方法，而不需要诉诸于平整表面或用于该目的的任何引力传感仪器 的测量。 测量一次一个前轮，为此，车轮装配有平行于车轮轴的突出销，该突出销旨在支撑发射垂直于车轮轴的梁的激光束机。 用参考线标记的屏幕位于与车轮一定距离处，最初位于车轮的前方，然后与车轮一起，其中参考线的方向与车辆的参考平面的方向相对应。 通过使激光围绕销旋转，并且通过使激光束固定在销上来执行转向运动，激光束可以在屏幕上“画”线，这些线与参考线产生角度 的屏幕，根据轮廓，KPI和脚轮角度。 为了能够快速准确地进行测量，并且同时具有记录测量结果，提出了使用上述屏幕的特殊设计，更具体地，以测量面板的形式（ 60），其具有指针（80），可以固定有一张带有刻度（90）的纸张。 在每次测量调整之后，由操作者用笔在指针（82）中的开口（81）中自动记录测量结果。

公开(公告)号：US4113393A

公开(公告)日：1978-09-12

申请号：US783407

申请日：1977-03-31

申请人： Udo Kiefer ,  Wolf VON Loeben ,  Friedrich Wilhelm Schulz

发明人： Udo Kiefer ,  Wolf VON Loeben ,  Friedrich Wilhelm Schulz

IPC分类号： G01M17/007 ,  G01B11/275

CPC分类号： G01B11/2755 ,  G01B2210/306

摘要： An apparatus for measuring caster and camber in a motor vehicle including a mirror which is mountable on the respective hubs of the vehicle wheels and the normal to which is directed parallel to the wheel axles of the vehicles. A projector is disposed opposite the mirror and a projection surface is provided including a plurality of light-sensitive detectors for detecting images of horizontally-vertically oriented shutters disposed in the ray path of the projector reflected by the mirror. The improvement of the invention comprises the shutters comprising measuring edges of rotatable arms disposed in an object plane of the projector. The angles or rotation of the arms between a reference position and a position of the arms at which an image of one of the measuring edges reflected by the mirror onto at least one detector are used to measure the caster and camber angles of the wheels of the vehicle.

公开(公告)号：US3963352A

公开(公告)日：1976-06-15

申请号：US409134

申请日：1973-10-24

申请人： Sigurd A. Rishovd ,  Richard P. Vizenor

发明人： Sigurd A. Rishovd ,  Richard P. Vizenor

IPC分类号： G01B11/275 ,  G01B11/26 ,  G01B19/80

CPC分类号： G01B11/2755 ,  G01B2210/28 ,  G01B2210/306

摘要： Wheel alignment apparatus for electrically indicating the alignment condition of a vehicle wheel in which there is sensing means, including an element adapted to be detachably secured to the wheel, for producing an electrical output dependent upon the extent of inclination of the wheel and an electrical display device having a movable member positioned in accordance with the electrical output of the sensing means. The sensing means is designed to selectively detect toe-in, camber, and caster.

摘要翻译： 用于电指示车轮的对准状态的轮对准装置，其中存在感测装置，其包括适于可拆卸地固定到车轮的元件，用于根据车轮的倾斜程度产生电输出;以及电显示器 装置，其具有根据感测装置的电输出定位的可动构件。 感测装置被设计成选择性地检测脚尖，弯度和脚轮。

公开(公告)号：US07062860B2

公开(公告)日：2006-06-20

申请号：US10512946

申请日：2003-06-03

申请人： Kiyonobu Hara ,  Katsuhiro Yamaguchi

发明人： Kiyonobu Hara ,  Katsuhiro Yamaguchi

IPC分类号： G01B21/26

CPC分类号： G01M17/013 ,  G01B11/275 ,  G01B21/26 ,  G01B2210/22 ,  G01B2210/26 ,  G01B2210/30 ,  G01B2210/306

摘要： An automobile body 2 with a wheel mount 5 vertically movably mounted thereon is supported, and the wheel mount 5 is lifted to an adjusting position which is set so as to be lower than the position that the wheel mount 5 takes when the automobile is running. The position of the wheel mount 5 as it is lifted and toe and camber angles thereof are measured, and estimated values of the toe and camber angles at the position that the wheel mount 5 takes when the automobile is running are calculated based on the measured values. Thereafter, adjustment quantities for the toe and camber angles at the adjusting position are calculated, and wheel alignment is adjusted at the adjusting position based on the adjustment quantities. Wheel alignment of the automobile can be measured and adjusted quickly and accurately for increased productivity without applying the same load to the automobile body as the load that is applied when the automobile is running.

摘要翻译： 支撑有可垂直移动地安装在其上的车轮安装件5的汽车车体2，并且将车轮安装件5提升到设定为比汽车行驶时车轮安装座5所处的位置低的调整位置。 测量车轮安装件5的位置，并且测量其脚趾和外倾角，并且基于测量值来计算当车辆安装件5在汽车行驶时所处的位置处的趾部和外倾角的估计值 。 此后，计算在调整位置处的脚趾和外倾角的调节量，并且基于调节量在调节位置调整车轮对准。 可以快速，准确地测量和调整汽车的车轮定位，以提高生产率，而不会在汽车行驶时施加与负载相同的载荷。

公开(公告)号：US5268731A

公开(公告)日：1993-12-07

申请号：US924776

申请日：1992-08-04

申请人： Motoaki Fuchiwaki ,  Toshiyuki Kaya

发明人： Motoaki Fuchiwaki ,  Toshiyuki Kaya

IPC分类号： G01B11/275 ,  G01C3/08 ,  G01B5/24 ,  G01B11/26

CPC分类号： G01B11/2755 ,  G01B2210/22 ,  G01B2210/30 ,  G01B2210/306 ,  Y10S33/21

摘要： The present invention relates to a wheel alignment measuring apparatus which measures the toe-in length or angle and camber angle of each tire (17) of a car.The wheel alignment measuring apparatus can be used to measure the distances to various points on the surface of the tire (17) by means of the light of a predetermined wavelength emitted from the light-emitting means (4) and to determine the toe-in angle or length and camber angle of the tire (17) based on the measured distances. In other words, such measurement can be done without any contact with the tire (17) under inspection, thus it is possible to prevent any trouble which would occur when such measurement is done in contact with the tire, such as error caused by the oscillation or the like of the tire (17).Also, with the wheel alignment measuring apparatus according to the present invention, it is possible to effectively correct any error of measurement caused by any irregularities on the tire (17), thereby attaining a higher accuracy of measurement since the calculating means (6) incorporated appropriately calculates the distances to various points on the tire surface from the data obtained based on the time taken for the light emitted toward various points on the entire circumference of each tire (17) at many short time intervals to return, as reflected, to the light-emitting means (photo-detecting means).

摘要翻译： 车轮定位测量装置技术领域本发明涉及一种测量汽车的每个轮胎（17）的脚趾长度或角度和外倾角的车轮对准测量装置。 轮对准测量装置可以用于通过从发光装置（4）发射的预定波长的光来测量到轮胎（17）的表面上的各个点的距离，并且确定脚趾 基于所测量的距离，轮胎（17）的角度或角度或角度和外倾角。 换句话说，可以在不与轮胎（17）的接触的情况下进行这种测量，因此可以防止在与轮胎接触进行这种测量时发生的任何故障，例如由振荡引起的误差 或类似物。 此外，根据本发明的车轮定位测量装置，可以有效地校正由轮胎（17）上的任何不规则性引起的测量误差，从而获得更高的测量精度，因为计算装置（6）包括 根据从多个短时间间隔向每个轮胎（17）的各个圆周方向的各个点发射的光所获得的数据，根据从多个时间间隔向轮胎表面上的各个点适当地计算距离，以返回到 发光装置（光检测装置）。

公开(公告)号：US4761749A

公开(公告)日：1988-08-02

申请号：US6031

申请日：1987-01-21

申请人： Raymond Titsworth ,  J. Tom Lipe ,  James L. Dale ,  Hanford D. Monroe ,  Jerry M. Hill

发明人： Raymond Titsworth ,  J. Tom Lipe ,  James L. Dale ,  Hanford D. Monroe ,  Jerry M. Hill

IPC分类号： G01B7/315 ,  G01B11/275

CPC分类号： G01B7/315 ,  G01B11/2755 ,  G01B2210/12 ,  G01B2210/26 ,  G01B2210/283 ,  G01B2210/306

摘要： A wheel alignment system includes either four wheel mountable alignment heads or two alignment heads and two retroreflectors or two alignment heads alone together with a control console and display. A main process unit is included in the console for performing calculations and for controlling systems function control components communications sequences. Each console function control component includes its own controller. The control console further includes a CRT display module and optional voice instruction and printer output modules. A bar code reader is available for quick specifications entry. Communications and decision making instructions are downloaded from the controller in each console function control component to the main processing unit at initialization. Communication between the heads and the console is accomplished either through the use of conducting cords or infrared transmission and reception. Each alignment head also includes a controller which controls collection of alignment data in parallel at each head as well as serial transmission from each head to the console during discrete transmission periods as required by the main processing unit.

摘要翻译： 车轮定位系统包括四个可轮式安装的对准头或两个对准头和两个后向反射器或两个对准头以及控制台和显示器。 控制台中包含一个主要的处理单元，用于执行计算和控制系统功能控制组件的通信顺序。 每个控制台功能控制组件都包含自己的控制器。 控制台还包括CRT显示模块和可选的语音指令和打印机输出模块。 条形码读取器可用于快速规格输入。 初始化时，将通信决策指示从控制器功能控制部件的控制器下载到主处理单元。 头部和控制台之间的通信通过使用导线或红外线传输和接收来实现。 每个对准头还包括控制器，其控制在每个头部处并行的对准数据的收集以及在主处理单元所要求的离散传输周期期间从每个头部到控制台的串行传输。

公开(公告)号：US4416065A

公开(公告)日：1983-11-22

申请号：US343825

申请日：1982-01-29

申请人： Lee Hunter

发明人： Lee Hunter

IPC分类号： G01B11/275 ,  G01B7/315

CPC分类号： G01B11/275 ,  G01B2210/283 ,  G01B2210/30 ,  G01B2210/303 ,  G01B2210/306

摘要： Apparatus for aligning vehicle front and rear wheels and a method of applying such apparatus in which projectors of light beams on the front wheels direct beams forwardly to a cooperating alignment stand and direct beams rearwardly to cooperate with devices on the rear wheels which include scales and reflective surfaces used in aligning the front wheels and determining the positions of the rear wheels relative to the vehicle longitudinal axis or geometric center line. The projectors on the front wheels support screens in positions to cooperate with the light beams when reflected back from the stand and from the rear wheels.

摘要翻译： 用于对准车辆前轮和后轮的装置以及应用这样的装置的方法，其中前轮上的光束投射器将光束向前引导到协作的对准支架，并且向后直接射束以与后轮上的装置配合，包括尺度和反射 用于对准前轮并确定后轮相对于车辆纵向轴线或几何中心线的位置的表面。 前轮上的投影机在从支架和后轮反射回时支撑着与光束配合的位置的屏幕。