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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2005
Kazutsugu Suita, Nagoya, JP;
Kazutsugu Suita, Nagoya, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle positioning apparatus capable of avoiding the elastic deformation of the tires or the development of histeresis in and around the legs allows a vehicle to be positioned with high accuracy. The apparatus includes two front wheel guide unitsand two rear wheel guide unitseach including a pair of guide members gand gwith a predetermined length that extend in parallel while an interval is maintained between the guide members in accordance with the tire widths Wand Wof front wheelsand the rear wheelsrespectively, of a vehicleto be positioned. A correct position of the vehicle can be ensured as the vehicle travels along the wheel guide units with each of the tires restrained by each pair of guide members gand gon either side of the tire. The apparatus also includes a mechanism for adjusting each of the wheel guide units in accordance with the wheel tracks Tand Tof the vehiclewhereby various types of vehicles can be handled with a single apparatus.