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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2000
Paul Daniel Parker, Kirkwood, MO (US);
Nicholas J. Colarelli, III, Creve Coeur, MO (US);
Michael W. Douglas, St. Peters, MO (US);
Hunter Engineering Company, Bridgeton, MO (US);
Abstract
A wheel balancer is provided that includes a shaft adapted for receiving a wheel/tire assembly and rotating a wheel/tire assembly removably mounted thereon, a motor operation connected to the shaft for rotating the shaft about its longitudinal axis, thereby rotating the wheel/tire assembly, a load roller for applying a generally radial force to the wheel/tire assembly during rotation so that loaded wheel/tire assembly measurements may be determined while the force is applied thereto and a control circuit. The control circuit is responsive the loaded wheel/tire assembly measurements and to a tire stiffness value to make a determination of a predetermined uniformity parameter.