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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 1990
Filed:
Aug. 24, 1989
Applicant:
Inventor:
Phillip A Spainhour, Nashville, TN (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
3320318 ;
Abstract
A wheel alignment system includes a gauge head which is adapted to be pendulously mounted to a wheel to be aligned for free rotation about an axis which is coaxial with the axis of rotation of the wheel. The gauge head carries a plurality of level sensors, which are coupled to a microprocessor, and an encoder which is mounted between a shaft, that is mounted to the wheel for rotation therewith, and the gauge head to transmit to said microprocessor signals representative of the angular position of said wheel.