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Method and apparatus for positioning a vehicle service device relative to a vehicle thrust line

  • US 9,170,101 B2
  • Filed: 10/24/2012
  • Issued: 10/27/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/28/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for disposing a vehicle service apparatus or alignment fixture relative to a line of a vehicle and to a vehicle supporting surface, comprising:

  • determining a line of the vehicle associated with the relative positioning of the vehicle service apparatus or alignment fixture;

    disposing a laser assembly in proximity to one lateral side of said vehicle;

    aligning a projection axis of said laser assembly parallel to the surface supporting said vehicle and relative to said determined line of said vehicle;

    projecting, from said laser assembly, a laser beam reference line along said projection axis, such that said laser beam reference line is aligned relative to said determined line of said vehicle; and

    placing said vehicle service apparatus or alignment fixture in spaced-apart proximity to said vehicle at a predetermined orientation relative to a point of intersection with said laser beam reference line such that said vehicle service apparatus or alignment fixtures is disposed at a predetermined orientation relative to said determined line of said vehicle and to said vehicle supporting surface.

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