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Dynamic wheel balancing system

  • US 4,179,162 A
  • Filed: 11/25/1977
  • Issued: 12/18/1979
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/25/1977
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a system for balancing a wheel-tire assembly wherein the assembly includes a wheel upon which a tire is mounted, the improvement comprising a plurality of separate independently movable mass means positioned within said tire, said mass means having a generally cylindrical configuration defining a cylindrical wall, with the ends of the cylinder lying in planes which are oblique to the longitudinal axis of the cylinder such that the mass means can roll along their cylindrical wall until a balanced condition of the assembly is attained and will then seat on one of said ends to inhibit further movement of the mass means upon a change in rotational speed of the assembly.

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