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US 7,610,685 B2Granted
Apparatus for identification and simulation of vehicle wheel and tire dimensions
OwnerJeffrey D. Percivalinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus that identifies and simulates vehicle wheel and tire dimensions can be removably attached to a vehicle wheel hub and adjusted in radial and axial directions to determine the dimension of a wheel and tire that would fit the vehicle.
Claims22
An apparatus that simulates characteristics of a vehicle wheel and tire, the apparatus comprising:
- a wheel hub member that is removably attachable to a vehicle wheel hub with the vehicle wheel hub having an axis of rotation that defines mutually perpendicular axial and radial directions relative to the wheel hub member when the wheel hub member is attached to the vehicle wheel hub;
- a wheel width member and a wheel backspacing member that are both operatively connected to the wheel hub member for movement together in radially opposite directions relative to the wheel hub member, the wheel width member and the wheel backspacing member both being movable radially to an adjusted position of the wheel width member and the wheel backspacing member relative to the wheel hub member that corresponds to a radial dimension of a wheel and tire that is mountable on the vehicle wheel hub, and the wheel width member and the wheel backspacing member being connected together for movement in axially opposite directions to an adjusted position of the wheel width member and wheel backspacing member that corresponds to an axial dimension of a wheel and tire that is mountable on the vehicle wheel hub;
- a wheel diameter member mounted on the wheel hub member for movement in radially opposite directions relative to the wheel hub member;
- the wheel width member and the wheel backspacing member both being mounted on the wheel diameter member and thereby the wheel width member and the wheel backspacing member being operatively connected to the wheel hub member;
- and,
- a tire profile member having a narrow, bendable and resilient length with opposite first and second ends, the length being bent in a general U-shape and the opposite first and second ends being attached over the wheel width member and the wheel backspacing member.
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An apparatus that simulates characteristics of a vehicle wheel and tire, the apparatus comprising:
- a wheel hub member that is removably attachable to a vehicle wheel hub with the vehicle wheel hub having an axis of rotation that defines mutually perpendicular axial and radial directions relative to the wheel hub member when the wheel hub member is attached to the vehicle wheel hub;
- a wheel diameter member mounted on the wheel hub member for adjustable movement of the wheel diameter member in opposite radial directions to an adjusted position of the wheel diameter member relative to the wheel hub member;
- a wheel width member mounted on the wheel diameter member for adjustable movement of the wheel width member in opposite axial directions to an adjusted position of the wheel width member relative to the wheel diameter member;
- a wheel backspacing member mounted on the wheel width member for adjustable movement of the wheel backspacing member in opposite axial directions relative to the wheel width member to an adjusted position of the wheel backspacing member relative to the wheel width member;
- and,
- a tire profile member having a narrow, bendable and resilient length with opposite first and second ends, the length being bent in a general U-shape and the opposite first and second ends being attached over the wheel width member and the wheel backspacing member.
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An apparatus that simulates characteristics of a vehicle wheel and tire, the apparatus comprising:
- a wheel hub member having a plate with a circular center opening with a center axis that defines mutually perpendicular axial and radial directions, the plate having a plurality of lug openings that are spacially arranged around the center opening:
- a wheel diameter member mounted on the wheel hub member for adjustable movement of the wheel diameter member in opposite radial directions to an adjusted position of the wheel diameter member relative to the wheel hub member;
- a wheel width member mounted on the wheel diameter member for adjustable movement of the wheel width member in opposite axial directions to an adjusted position of the wheel width member relative to the wheel diameter member;
- a wheel backspacing member mounted on the wheel width member for adjustable movement of the wheel backspacing member in opposite axial directions to an adjusted position of the wheel backspacing member relative to the wheel width member;
- and,
- a tire profile member having a narrow, bendable and resilient length with opposite first and second ends, the length being bent in a general U-shape and the opposite first and second ends being attached over the wheel width member and the wheel backspacing member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.