Apparatus for establishing condition for securing tire mounted on rim and condition for correcting optimal balance, providing apparatus, and method for securing tire mounted on rim to vehicle

An apparatus for providing conditions under which a rim-assembled tire is fixed to a vehicle and conditions under which balance is optimized, the apparatus comprising:

• storage means for storing information about a plurality of tires and wheels;
• display means for displaying the information about the plurality of tires and wheels stored in the storage means;
• input means for inputting information used for selecting a tire and a wheel from among the tires and wheels displayed on the display means and information about a customer's driving preference;
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• preparing means for preparing, for the selected tire and the wheel, conditions under which a tire and a rim is assembled, conditions under which unbalance is adjusted, conditions under which a rim-assembled tire is fixed to a vehicle and conditions under which alignment is adjusted, based on the information for selecting a tire and a wheel and information about a customer's driving preference input from the input means, and providing the obtained conditions.

A method of fixing a rim-assembled tire to a vehicle, comprising the steps of:

• displaying information about a plurality of tires and wheels on an information terminal to allow a customer to select a tire and a wheel, and obtaining the customer's driving preference;
• obtaining, for the selected tire and the wheel, conditions under which a tire and a rim is assembled, conditions under which unbalance is adjusted, conditions under which a rim-assembled tire is fixed to a vehicle and conditions under which alignment is adjusted based on the customer's driving preference;
• and
• assembling a tire and a rim in accordance with the conditions under which a tire and a rim is assembled, adjusting unbalance of the rim-assembled tire in accordance with the conditions under which the unbalance is adjusted, fixing the unbalance-corrected rim-assembled tire to the vehicle in accordance with the conditions under which the rim-assembled tire is fixed to the vehicle, and measuring a vehicle condition and then adjusting alignment of the vehicle in accordance with the conditions under which the alignment is adjusted.