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Dynamic wheel balancing device

  • US 4,755,006 A
  • Filed: 09/25/1986
  • Issued: 07/05/1988
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/25/1986
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A dynamic wheel balancer for mounting on a motor vehicle wheel between fits hub opening and a tire mounted on a rim of the wheel comprising:

  • a dynamic ring-shaped balancing means carried by said wheel in concentric relationship to its hub opening,said means comprising a flat continuous band of flexible material stretched over the rim of the wheel,said band being provided with a plurality of identical appendages equally spaced around the length of said band, andeach of said appendages having an identical enlarged head portion at the end of the appendage,said head portion comprising a cylindrical body extending transversely across said band in a parallel arrangement with each head portion on the other of said appendages,the head portion upon rotation of the wheel displacing radially of the hub opening of the wheel toward the side of the wheel diametrically opposite the hub opening from the mass center of the wheel to offset the initial imbalance of the wheel.

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