Upper body coupler mounting assembly
AssigneeHein-Werner Corporation
InventorsReinald D. Liegel, James C. Graham
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Abstract
A mounting assembly is provided for use with a vehicle measuring system where the point to be measured is transferred, within the measurement system, to an accessible location measurable by the system. The mounting assembly couples a measurement device to a vehicle to be measured and maintains the precise alignment of a coupler at its attachment point to the vehicle during the measurement procedure.
Claims5
A mounting assembly for a coupler for coupling a measuring device to a vehicle measurement apparatus, with such coupler having one end for mounting at least one measuring device and a second end, for connection to the vehicle, having a surface with a center line, with the mounting assembly comprising, in combination:
- a mounting bracket having a a long portion and a short portion, with the long portion defining a plane perpendicular to the short portion and having a center bore with a frustoconical surface annular to a longitudinal center line of said center bore and said short portion has a surface co-planar with the surface of the second end of the coupler and has a top bore with said top bore having an axis perpendicular to a plane normal to the plane defined by the long portion,
- a locating cylinder having a through bore along a central longitudinal axis of said cylinder with said central longitudinal axis intersecting the center line of the top bore in the short portion of the mounting bracket at a right angle, thereby defining a point and with said cylinder having at least one frustoconical end corresponding to the center bore, and
- an adjustment screw adapted to engage the through bore in the locating cylinder and the center bore in the mounting bracket.
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