Tire mounting apparatus
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsSaeko Komatsu, Yoshito Otake
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Abstract
A tire mounting apparatus is constructed from a first working mechanism and a second working mechanism that are separate from each other. The first working mechanism is provided with a tire holding device for holding a tire and with a temporary tightening device for temporarily tightening nuts onto hub bolts to which the tire is mounted. The second working mechanism is provided with a final tightening device means for finally tightening the temporarily tightened nuts. The final tightening device includes two nut runners and an interval adjuster for adjusting an interval between the two nut runners.
Claims4
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A tire mounting apparatus comprising:
- a first working mechanism having tire grippers and nut tighteners;
- and
- a second working mechanism for generating rotational drive power to tighten nuts, and transmitting the rotational drive power to the nut tighteners,
- wherein the rotational drive power is transmitted from the second working mechanism to the nut tighteners of the first working mechanism in order to tighten the nuts on hub bolts of a motor vehicle while a tire is gripped by the tire grippers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.