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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2023
Automated Tire, Inc., Cleveland, OH (US);
Andy Chalofsky, Cleveland, OH (US);
Josh Chalofsky, Cleveland, OH (US);
Faron Schonfeld, Cleveland, OH (US);
Stephen Toebes, Sunderland, MA (US);
Nicholas Efthimiades, Farmingdale, NY (US);
James Parker, Mansfield, MA (US);
Michael Earle, Somerville, MA (US);
Automated Tire, Inc., Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
A vehicle component balancing robot apparatus, for on vehicle balancing of one or more of a tire, a wheel, bearings, brake components, and vehicle components that impart vibrations to the vehicle. The apparatus includes a frame arranged so as to connect with the vehicle. A robot of the apparatus moves relative to the frame, and is configured so that the move, relative to the frame, resolves a predetermined location of a tire-wheel assembly relative to a reference frame of the robot. The robot has at least one end effector arranged to interface the tire-wheel assembly and the robot moves the at least one end effector to other predetermined locations on a wheel rim of the tire-wheel assembly, determined based on resolution of the predetermined location of the tire-wheel assembly relative to the reference frame.