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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2005
Michael D. Gerdes, St. Peters, MO (US);
Michael W. Douglas, St. Peters, MO (US);
David M. Scribner, St. Charles, MO (US);
Joel Clasquin, Edwardsville, IL (US);
William B. Feero, St. Louis, MO (US);
Michael D. Gerdes, St. Peters, MO (US);
Michael W. Douglas, St. Peters, MO (US);
David M. Scribner, St. Charles, MO (US);
Joel Clasquin, Edwardsville, IL (US);
William B. Feero, St. Louis, MO (US);
Hunter Engineering Company, Bridgeton, MO (US);
Abstract
A method for providing a centering check for a rotating body mounted on a wheel balancer which is based on measuring at least one imbalance parameter or tire runout of the rotating body. The rotating body is mounted on a spindle of the wheel balancer and an imbalance parameter or tire runout measurement taken. The mounting of the rotating body on the spindle is then altered, and a second measurement of the imbalance parameter or tire runout is taken. A processor in the wheel balancer utilizes the first and second measurements together with a threshold to provide an indication of off-center mounting of the rotating body one the spindle.