Wheel centering device

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1992-03-04

1994-01-11

Raevis, Robert

Measuring and testing

Vehicle chassis

Steering

G01M 1700

Patent

active

052770605

ABSTRACT:
A wheel centering device for use in a motor vehicle test platform employs mechanically synchronized centering rolls to position the driven wheel of a vehicle to be tested at the top center of the dynamometer roll. The centering rolls may be pivotally supported on a pair of lift brackets which are provided with toothed gear sections at their pivot ends for mechanical synchronization. Alternatively, the centering rolls may be supported on carriages disposed on opposite sides of the vertical centerline and movable on carriage tracks extending in upwardly sloping inclined planes disposed on opposite sides of the vertical centerline of the dynamometer roll. Movement of the carriages may be synchronized by means of a drive shaft consisting of two oppositely threaded ball screw sections and ball nuts, each attached to one of the carriages. Rotation of the shaft in one direction causes the carriages and the centering rolls to approach the vehicle wheel while maintaining an equal distance between each of the centering rolls and the vertical centerline of the dynamometer. Furthermore, movement of the carriages may be synchronized by means of an interconnected chain and sprocket system in which a driven chain is connected to one of the carriages and engages a two-chain sprocket and another chain is connected to the other carriage and the same two-chain sprocket.

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Burke E. Porter Machinery Company brochure, "Roll/Brake Test Machines Model 360".

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