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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2000
Yutaka Naruse, Tokyo, JP;
Bridgestone Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A wheel alignment adjusting device is provided in which loading portions, on which wheels of a vehicle are loaded, can be positioned with high accuracy. Front and rear tire driving devices at a vehicle transverse direction left side are fixed to a loading stand . Front and rear tire driving devices at a vehicle transverse direction right side are mounted to a first sliding base R. The first sliding base R is movable in a vehicle transverse direction with respect to the loading stand . When a vehicle transverse direction distance between the tire driving devices is to be changed in accordance with a tread base of the vehicle, the first sliding base R is moved. Only the tire driving devices at one vehicle transverse direction side are moved, rather than the tire driving devices at both vehicle transverse direction sides. Thus, a structure of the wheel alignment adjusting device is simplified because a number of driving devices for moving the tire driving devices is reduced. Further, when the tire driving devices are moved, highly accurate positioning is possible.