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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2012
Applicant:
Hunter Engineering Company, Bridgeton, MO (US);
Inventors:
Gregory F. Meyer, St. Louis, MO (US);
Patrick G. J. Callanan, St. Louis, MO (US);
Assignee:
Hunter Engineering Company, St. Louis, MO (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 19/00 (2011.01); G01L 1/00 (2006.01); G01M 1/04 (2006.01); G01M 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 1/045 (2013.01); G01M 1/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle wheel service system configured with a load roller assembly to apply a generally radial load to a vehicle wheel assembly during rotation, and which is configured with sensors to obtain one or more measurements of lateral forces associated with the vehicle wheel assembly during the loaded rotation, from which a quantified representation of lateral force for the tire of the vehicle wheel assembly is determined.