Wheel alignment system using smart MEMS
AssigneeSnap-on Incorporated
InventorSteven W. Rogers
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Abstract
A wheel alignment system may include a wheel alignment sensor configured to provide information relevant to the inclination of the wheel. The wheel alignment sensor may contain an encapsulated package. The encapsulated package may contain a micro electromechanical sensor configured to sense inclination of the micro electromechanical sensor and a digital signal processing system configured to compensate for a deficiency in the wheel alignment sensor. The wheel alignment system may also include a wheel alignment processing system associated with the wheel alignment sensor and configured to receive and process the information relevant to the inclination of the wheel from the wheel alignment sensor and to provide useful output relating to the information about the inclination of the wheel.
Claims22
A wheel alignment system comprising:
- a wheel alignment sensor configured to provide information relevant to the inclination of the wheel, the wheel alignment sensor containing an encapsulated package, the encapsulated package containing a micro electromechanical sensor configured to sense inclination of the micro electromechanical sensor and a digital signal processing system configured to compensate for a deficiency in the wheel alignment sensor;
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- a wheel alignment processing system associated with the wheel alignment sensor and configured to receive and process the information relevant to the inclination of the wheel from the wheel alignment sensor and to provide useful output relating to the information about the inclination of the wheel.
Vehicle service equipment comprising:
- a vehicle service sensor configured to provide information about a serviceable component in the vehicle, the vehicle sensor containing an encapsulated package, the encapsulated package containing a micro electromechanical sensor configured to sense a parameter relating to the serviceable component in the vehicle and a digital signal processing system configured to compensate for a deficiency in the vehicle service sensor;
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- a vehicle service processing system associated with the vehicle sensor and configured to receive and process the information about the serviceable component in the vehicle from the vehicle sensor and to provide useful output relating to the information about the serviceable component in the vehicle.
A wheel alignment sensor configured to provide information relevant to the inclination of the wheel of the vehicle, the wheel alignment sensor containing an encapsulated package, the encapsulated package containing a micro electromechanical sensor configured to sense inclination of the micro electromechanical sensor and a digital signal processing system configured to compensate for a deficiency in the wheel alignment sensor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.