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US 12,566,099 B2Granted
Autonomous tire and wheel balancer, method therefor and robotic automotive service system
AssigneeAutomated Tire, Inc.
InventorsAndy Chalofsky, Josh Chalofsky, Faron Schonfeld, Stephen Toebes, Nicholas Efthimiades, James Parker
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Abstract
A vehicle component balancing apparatus and system for on vehicle balancing of one or more of a tire, a wheel, bearings, brake components, and vehicle components that impart vibrations to the vehicle.
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A system for balancing a tire wheel assembly of a vehicle while the tire wheel assembly is mounted to a wheel hub of the vehicle, the tire wheel assembly having an axis of rotation and being rotatable about the axis of rotation, the system comprising:
- a tire wheel assembly spinner, the tire wheel assembly spinner being selectively engageable with at least a portion of the tire wheel assembly, the tire wheel assembly spinner being configured to selectively effect rotation of the tire wheel assembly about its axis of rotation;
- one or more sensors, at least one of the one or more sensors being configured to measure an imbalance condition of the vehicle while the tire wheel assembly is rotated about its axis of rotation by the tire wheel assembly spinner, the imbalance condition being indicative of a static imbalance and a dynamic imbalance of the tire wheel assembly, the one or more sensors generating an imbalance signal in response to the measured imbalance condition of the vehicle;
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- a controller, the controller being in communication with the tire wheel assembly spinner and the one or more sensors, the controller being configured to process the imbalance signal to determine a respective magnitude and direction of each of the static imbalance and the dynamic imbalance of the tire wheel assembly.
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