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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:
Jun. 17, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard L. Delmoro, Tallmadge, OH (US);
David P. Krause, Hartville, OH (US);
Assignee:
Akron Special Machinery, Inc., Akron, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 1/702 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 1/702 ;
Abstract
The present invention generally provides an apparatus and method for accurately and rapidly imposing the required average force on a tire by using a drive mechanism, which initially drives the loadwheel carriage to a known average load position for tires of the type under test. This average can be computed based on a single previous test tire or based on an entire population of previously tested tires of the same or similar type.