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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 14, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Karl Rothamel, Seeheim-Jugenheim, DE;
Lorenz Lenhardt, Griesheim, DE;
Assignee:
Hofmann Werkstatt-Technik GmbH, Pfungstadt, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M / ; B60B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
73462 ; 73468 ; 301-522 ;
Abstract
A motor vehicle wheel balancing machine holds a motor vehicle wheel by clamping it on a balancing machine measuring spindle. After an operation to measure the unbalance of the the wheel has been preformed, a balancing weight is attached to the wheel using a sensor, and the measuring spindle is stopped with a holding brake which is activated when the sensor is activated.