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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:
Aug. 20, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 15, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Dietrich Adolph, Albershausen, DE;
Assignee:
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 1/956 ; G01C 2/500 ; G01M 1/7007 ; G01M 1/7013 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 1/956 ; G01C 2/500 ; G01M 1/7007 ; G01M 1/7013 ;
Abstract
A device and a method for axle alignment, in which an angle between a wheel of a vehicle and a reference direction is determined, the angle being determined using a transducer, which contains at least one rotation speed sensor. The transducer is set so that it assumes a known position with respect to the reference direction. The angle obtained for the transducer arranged on the wheel of the vehicle is a measure of a trail angle or a camber angle of the wheel.