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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 1999
Filed:
Jan. 08, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ronald W Carter, Murfreesboro, TN (US);
Jerry M Hill, Brentwood, TN (US);
Assignee:
Wheel Service Equipment Corporation, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
73462 ; 73460 ;
Abstract
An electronic wheel balancer performs imbalance measurements at variable speeds for different size wheels. The inertia of a wheel mounted on the balancer is determined by measuring the acceleration time of the wheel from a first speed to a second higher speed and the operating speed is adjusted accordingly. An improved operator interface pod incorporates correction plane indicators/selection buttons adjacent the weight display. Auxilliary weight storage is also provided.