Dynamic wheel balancer

• US 3,346,303 A
• Filed: 08/19/1965
• Issued: 10/10/1967
• Est. Priority Date: 08/19/1965
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Richard H. Wesley
• Original Assignee: Richard H. Wesley
• Inventors: Wesley, Richard H.
• Application Number:
  US04/480,930
• Time in Patent Office: 782 Days
• US Class Current: 301/5.22
• CPC Class Codes: F16F 15/363 using rolling bodies, e.g. balls free to move in a circumferential direction

Claims

1. A WHEEL BALANCER WHICH COMPRISES:

(A) A DISK HAVING CENTRAL HUB PORT AND ANGULARLY SPACED ELONGATED LUG BOLT SLOTS THEREIN, (B) A WASHER WELDED TO SAID PLATE WITH ONE OF SAID PLATE AND SAID WASHER HAVING AN ANNULAR HOLLOW PERIPHERAL GROOVE THEREIN AND THE OTHER FORMING A CLOSURE FOR SAID GROOVE TO FORM A HOLLOW PERIPHERAL RING CHARACTERIZED BY AN APEX AT THE OUTER PERIMETER FORMED BY THE JUNCTURE OF SAID PLATE AND SAID WASHER, (C) A PLURALITY OF BALLS IN SAID RING HAVING A DIAMETER LESS THAN THE MAXIMUM BALL DIAMETER THAT MAY BE ACCOMMODATED IN SAID RING WHEREIN ROTATION OF SAID BALANCER CAUSES SAID BALLS TO BE DISPOSED ABOUT SAID RING IN WHEEL BALANCING POSITIONS, PORTIONS OF SAID BALLS ADAPTED TO BE GENERALLY DISPOSED IN THE APEX OF SAID RING DURING ROTATION OF SAID BALANCER TO SUBSTANTIALLY ELIMINATE TRANVERSE BALL MOVEMENT, AND (D) A DAMPING FLUID IN SAID RING OF QUANTITY TO FILL SAID RING TO A DEPTH AT LEAST TO MAINTAIN THE POINTS OF CONTACT BETWEEN ONE OF SAID WALLS AND SAID BALLS IMMERSED WHEN SAID BALANCER IS UNDER ROTATION.