Measuring and testing – Vehicle chassis – Steering
Reexamination Certificate
2008-01-15
2008-01-15
McCall, Eric S. (Department: 2855)
Measuring and testing
Vehicle chassis
Steering
C073S123000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07318340
ABSTRACT:
A vehicle positioning apparatus capable of avoiding the elastic deformation of the tires or the development of histeresis in and around the legs allows a vehicle to be positioned with high accuracy. The apparatus includes two front wheel guide units10and two rear wheel guide units20,each including a pair of guide members g1and g2with a predetermined length that extend in parallel while an interval is maintained between the guide members in accordance with the tire widths W1and W2of front wheels51and the rear wheels52,respectively, of a vehicle50to be positioned. A correct position of the vehicle can be ensured as the vehicle travels along the wheel guide units with each of the tires restrained by each pair of guide members g1and g2on either side of the tire. The apparatus also includes a mechanism for adjusting each of the wheel guide units in accordance with the wheel tracks T1and T2of the vehicle50,whereby various types of vehicles can be handled with a single apparatus.
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European Search Report, Application No. 05256735.1, Aug. 2, 2007, 3 pages.
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner L.L.P.
McCall Eric S.
Toyota Jidosha & Kabushiki Kaisha
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