Method, apparatus and system for analysing a vehicle wheel
First Claim
1. A method of analyzing a vehicle wheel (130) comprising a tire (132) of a predetermined configuration and a thixotropic balancing substance, comprising:
- rotating the vehicle wheel (130) with a predetermined number of revolutions for a period of time, wherein a tread surface (133) of the tire (132) is pressed in a first contact area against a rotatable drum (143) with a predetermined force, and a first acceleration in the first contact area is measured with a measuring device (145);
rotating a second vehicle wheel comprising a second tire of the predetermined configuration with the predetermined number of revolutions for a second period of time, the second vehicle wheel being conventionally balanced and having a residual unbalance, wherein a second tread surface of the second tire is pressed in a second contact area against the rotatable drum (143) with the predetermined force, and a second acceleration in the second contact area is measured with the measuring device (145); and
if the first acceleration is less than or equal to the second acceleration, determining that the vehicle wheel (130) is balanced.
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Abstract
A method of analyzing a vehicle wheel comprising a tire of a predetermined configuration and a thixotropic balancing substance, comprising rotating the vehicle wheel with a predetermined number of revolutions for a period of time, wherein a tread surface of the tire is pressed in a first contact area against a rotatable drum with a predetermined force, and a first acceleration in the first contact area is measured with a measuring device; rotating another vehicle wheel comprising another tire of the predetermined configuration with the predetermined number of revolutions for another period of time, the other vehicle wheel being conventionally balanced and having another residual unbalance, wherein another tread surface of the other tire is pressed in a second contact area against the rotatable drum with the predetermined force, and a second acceleration in the second contact area is measured with the measuring device and if the first acceleration is less than or equal to the second acceleration, determining that the vehicle wheel is balanced. An apparatus, and a system, for analysing a vehicle wheel comprising a tire of a predetermined configuration and a thixotropic balancing substance according to the method.
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14 Claims
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1. A method of analyzing a vehicle wheel (130) comprising a tire (132) of a predetermined configuration and a thixotropic balancing substance, comprising:
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rotating the vehicle wheel (130) with a predetermined number of revolutions for a period of time, wherein a tread surface (133) of the tire (132) is pressed in a first contact area against a rotatable drum (143) with a predetermined force, and a first acceleration in the first contact area is measured with a measuring device (145); rotating a second vehicle wheel comprising a second tire of the predetermined configuration with the predetermined number of revolutions for a second period of time, the second vehicle wheel being conventionally balanced and having a residual unbalance, wherein a second tread surface of the second tire is pressed in a second contact area against the rotatable drum (143) with the predetermined force, and a second acceleration in the second contact area is measured with the measuring device (145); and if the first acceleration is less than or equal to the second acceleration, determining that the vehicle wheel (130) is balanced. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An apparatus (100) for analyzing a vehicle wheel (130) comprising a tire (132) of a predetermined configuration and a thixotropic balancing substance, the apparatus comprising:
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a. means (143) for rotating the vehicle wheel (130) with a predetermined number of revolutions for a period of time, wherein a tread surface (133) of the tire (132) is pressed in a first contact area against a rotatable drum (143) with a predetermined force, and a first acceleration in the first contact area is measured with a measuring device (145), b. means (143) for rotating a second vehicle wheel comprising a second tire of the predetermined configuration with the predetermined number of revolutions for a second period of time, the second vehicle wheel being conventionally balanced and having a residual unbalance, wherein a second tread surface of the second tire is pressed in a second contact area against the rotatable drum (143) with the predetermined force, and a second acceleration in the second contact area is measured with the measuring device (145); and c. means for determining, if the first acceleration is less than or equal to the second acceleration, that the vehicle wheel (130) is balanced.
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