Position aligning apparatus of vehicle and inspection method using the same

A position aligning apparatus of a vehicle, comprising:

• a base frame installed at a bottom surface of a vehicle inspection line;
• a slide unit installed to be moveable in a right/left direction of the vehicle on the base frame and moving the position of the vehicle in the right/left direction while selectively pressing an outside and an inside of a vehicle wheel of the vehicle;
• a plurality of sliding members installed along a moving direction of the slide unit on the base frame and sliding-contacted with the vehicle wheel of the vehicle having entered the slide unit;
• and
• an actuator installed on the base frame to move the slide unit in the right/left direction,
• wherein the position aligning apparatus is installed to correspond to the vehicle wheel of the vehicle having entered at the bottom surface of the vehicle inspection line to target-position the vehicle at an inspection position, and
• the slide unit includes:
• a slider installed to be movable on the base frame, formed with an opening entered by the front wheel of the vehicle, and moving the outside and the inside of the front wheel according to the operation of the first actuator while selectively pressing one side and the other side of the opening;
• and
• a guide rail provided at the front/rear lower side of the slider and guided along a guide groove formed along the moving direction of the slider at the base frame.

An inspection method of a vehicle, comprising:

• (a) entering an inspection vehicle into a vehicle inspection line;
• (b) connecting a vehicle information device to the vehicle and receiving vehicle information;
• (c) selecting an inspection program according to the information obtained from the information receiving process;
• (d) target-positioning the vehicle to an inspection position to perform the inspection according to the selected program;
• (e) inspecting the vehicle through the inspection program if the vehicle is positioned at the target position;
• (f) separating the vehicle information device if the inspection process is completed and relieving the operation of the position aligning apparatus of the vehicle;
• and
• (g) discharging the vehicle outside the vehicle inspection line,
• wherein in the process (d):
• a position aligning apparatus of the vehicle includes:
• a front aligning unit regulating a front movement of the vehicle having entered into the vehicle inspection line and aligning a front right/left position of the vehicle to a predetermined position while pressing a front wheel of the vehicle in a right/left direction according to operation of a first actuator, wherein a slider of the front aligning unit aligns the right and left position of the vehicle while selectively pressing an outside or an inside of the front wheel of the vehicle;
• a rear aligning unit aligning a rear right/left position of the vehicle to a predetermined position while pressing a rear wheel of the vehicle in the right/left direction according to operation of a second actuator, wherein a second slider of the rear aligning unit aligns the right and left position of the vehicle while selectively pressing the outside or the inside of the rear wheel of the vehicle;
• and
• a controller controlling the operation of the first and second actuators.