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Wheel-balancing method and device

  • US 6,122,957 A
  • Filed: 03/10/1997
  • Issued: 09/26/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/08/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for balancing a wheel by means of balancing weights, comprising the steps of:

  • measuring a degree the wheel is unbalanced;

    scanning the dimensions of the wheel rim and computing the outline of the wheel rim from said scanning values;

    determining optimal balancing positions of the balancing weights on the wheel rim from the computed outline of the wheel rim; and

    computing the values of the balancing weights for balancing the wheel on the basis of said optimal balancing positions and the degree the wheel is unbalanced.

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