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AssigneeHunter Engineering Company
InventorsDavid A. Voeller, Nicholas J. Colarelli, III, Timothy A. Strege
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A system for measuring vehicle alignment angles has a plurality of sensor elements for mounting to wheels of a vehicle to be aligned. The system uses the sensor elements to measure various angles such as steer ahead angle and toe, and the system also has a display for displaying information to a user and a memory for storing operating instructions for the system. Operating instructions are stored in the memory for determining from compensation measurements taken at a minimum of first and second longitudinally displaced positions whether the toe parameter of two wheels falls outside a predetermined toe range, and whether the steer ahead angle of the vehicle falls within a predetermined range. The operating instructions stored in the memory further include instructions responsive to the toe parameter falling outside the toe range to control the system to display to the user information indicative of the need to adjust the toe parameter before taking additional compensation measurements. The operating instructions stored in the memory further include instructions responsive to the toe parameter not falling outside the toe range and to the steer ahead angle falling outside the predetermined range to control the system to display to the user information indicative of the need to adjust steer ahead angle before taking additional compensation measurements.
In a system for measuring vehicle alignment angles, said system having a plurality of sensor elements for mounting to wheels of a vehicle to be aligned, said system using said sensor elements to measure various angles such as steer ahead angle and toe, said system also having a display for displaying information to a user and having a memory for storing operating instructions for the system, the improvement comprising operating instructions stored in the memory for determining from compensation measurements taken at a minimum of first and second longitudinally displaced positions whether a toe parameter of two wheels falls outside a predetermined toe range, said operating instructions stored in the memory further including instructions responsive to said toe parameter falling outside the toe range to control the system to display to the user information indicative of the need to adjust the toe parameter before taking additional compensation measurements.
In a system for measuring vehicle alignment angles, said system having a plurality of sensor elements for mounting to wheels of a vehicle to be aligned, said system using said sensor elements to measure various angles such as steer ahead angle and toe, said system also having a display for displaying information to a user and having a memory for storing operating instructions for the system, the improvement comprising:
In a system for measuring vehicle alignment angles, said system having a plurality of sensor elements for mounting to wheels of a vehicle to be aligned, said system using said sensor elements to measure various angles such as steer ahead angle and toe, said system also having a display for displaying information to a user and having a memory for storing operating instructions for the system, the improvement comprising:
In apparatus for measuring vehicle alignment angles, said apparatus having a plurality of sensor elements for mounting to wheels of a vehicle to be aligned, said apparatus using said sensor elements to measure various angles such as toe angles, said apparatus also having a display for displaying information to a user and having a memory for storing operating instructions for the apparatus, the method of compensating the sensor elements comprising:
In apparatus for measuring vehicle alignment angles, said apparatus having a plurality of sensor elements for mounting to wheels of a vehicle to be aligned, said apparatus using said sensor elements to measure various angles such as steer ahead angle, said apparatus also having a display for displaying information to a user and having a memory for storing operating instructions for the apparatus, the method of compensating the sensor elements comprising:
In a vehicle alignment system having sensor elements to be compensated, the compensation method comprising:
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