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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:
Apr. 17, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2004
Applicants:
Niall Davidson, Little Rock, AR (US);
James L. Dale, Jr., Conway, AR (US);
Eric Bryan, Conway, AR (US);
Inventors:
Niall Davidson, Little Rock, AR (US);
James L. Dale, Jr., Conway, AR (US);
Eric Bryan, Conway, AR (US);
Assignee:
Snap-On Incorporated, Pleasant Prairie, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 9/00 (2006.01); G01C 17/00 (2006.01); G01C 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods and systems for measuring and calculating wheel alignment angles are disclosed. The measuring methods include mitigating alignment error by compensating for wheel runout, and further include measuring wheel runout while the wheel maintains contact with an alignment surface.