POSITION ALIGNING APPARATUS OF VEHICLE AND INSPECTION METHOD USING THE SAME
First Claim
1. A position aligning apparatus of a vehicle installed at a bottom surface of a vehicle inspection line to respectively correspond to both sides of a front wheel and both sides of a rear wheel of the vehicle having entered into the vehicle inspection line to target-position the vehicle at an inspection position, comprising:
- a front aligning unit regulating a front movement of the vehicle having entered into the vehicle inspection line and aligning a front right/left position of the vehicle to a predetermined position while pressing the front wheel of the vehicle in a right/left direction according to operation of a first actuator;
a rear aligning unit aligning a rear right/left position of the vehicle to a predetermined position while pressing the rear wheel of the vehicle in the right/left direction according to operation of a second actuator; and
a controller controlling the operation of the first and second actuators.
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Abstract
A position aligning apparatus of a vehicle installed at a bottom surface of a vehicle inspection line to respectively correspond to both sides of a front wheel and both sides of a rear wheel of the vehicle so as to target-position the vehicle at an inspection position includes: a front aligning unit regulating a front movement of the vehicle having entered into the vehicle inspection line and aligning a front right/left position of the vehicle while pressing a front wheel of the vehicle in a right/left direction according to operation of a first actuator; a rear aligning unit aligning a rear right/left position of the vehicle while pressing a rear wheel of the vehicle in the right/left direction according to operation of a second actuator; and a controller controlling the operation of the first and second actuators.
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19 Claims
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1. A position aligning apparatus of a vehicle installed at a bottom surface of a vehicle inspection line to respectively correspond to both sides of a front wheel and both sides of a rear wheel of the vehicle having entered into the vehicle inspection line to target-position the vehicle at an inspection position, comprising:
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a front aligning unit regulating a front movement of the vehicle having entered into the vehicle inspection line and aligning a front right/left position of the vehicle to a predetermined position while pressing the front wheel of the vehicle in a right/left direction according to operation of a first actuator; a rear aligning unit aligning a rear right/left position of the vehicle to a predetermined position while pressing the rear wheel of the vehicle in the right/left direction according to operation of a second actuator; and a controller controlling the operation of the first and second actuators. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A position aligning apparatus of a vehicle, comprising:
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a base frame installed at a bottom surface of a vehicle inspection line; a slide unit installed to be moveable in a right/left direction of the vehicle on the base frame and moving the position of the vehicle in the right/left direction while selectively pressing an outside and an inside of a vehicle wheel of the vehicle; a plurality of sliding members installed along a moving direction of the slide unit on the base frame and sliding-contacted with the vehicle wheel of the vehicle having entered the slide unit; and an actuator installed on the base frame to move the slide unit in the right/left direction, wherein the position aligning apparatus is installed to correspond to the vehicle wheel of the vehicle having entered at the bottom surface of the vehicle inspection line to target-position the vehicle at an inspection position. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An inspection method of a vehicle, comprising:
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(a) entering an inspection vehicle into a vehicle inspection line; (b) connecting a vehicle information device to the vehicle and receiving vehicle information; (c) selecting an inspection program according to the information obtained from the information receiving process; (d) target-positioning the vehicle to an inspection position to perform the inspection according to the selected program; (e) inspecting the vehicle through the inspection program if the vehicle is positioned at the target position; (f) separating the vehicle information device if the inspection process is completed and relieving the operation of the position aligning apparatus of the vehicle; and (g) discharging the vehicle outside the vehicle inspection line. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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