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US 5,488,861 AGranted
Wheel balancer apparatus and method
AssigneeFMC Corporation
InventorsAllen D. McConnell, Hanford D. Monroe, Jean O. W. deBellefeuille, Jr.
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Abstract
The invention provides a wheel balancer with a filtering system that reduces signal noise using a phase shift and subtraction circuit. In addition the inventive wheel balancer utilizes an automated parameter entry device, and a fast data refresh system which reduces the burden on the central processing unit CPU.
Claims3
A wheel balancer device for balancing a wheel assembly of a tire and rim with an outer edge, comprising:
- a balancer main body;
- a rotating shaft with a center, mechanically connected to the balancer main body;
- means for mounting the wheel assembly on the shaft;
- a cord with a first end;
- a fixed point through which the cord passes;
- means for calculating the distance from the fixed point to the outer edge of the rim when the first end of the cord is placed adjacent to the outer edge of the rim
- means for measuring an angle of rotation of the shaft as the rim is rotated with the card placed adjacent to the outer edge of the rim;
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- means for recording the distance from the fixed point to the outer edge of the rim and the angle of rotation of the rotating shaft as the rim is rotated with the cord placed adjacent to the outer edge of the rim.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.