Measuring and testing – Inspecting
Patent
1996-01-05
1997-03-11
Raevis, Robert
Measuring and testing
Inspecting
33600, G01N 1902
Patent
active
056103450
ABSTRACT:
A device for determining the radial displacement of a motor vehicle relative to the overall direction-of-track of same, said device comprising a swing arm; a tire/wheel assembly which is operatively disposed upon one end of said swing arm and is provided to facilitate tractive rolling engagement of said swing arm with a road surface; a spring-loaded pivot assembly secured to substantially the end of said swing arm opposite of said tire/wheel assembly; and a rotatably free kingpin which is secured to said swing arm through said spring-loaded pivot in such manner as to provide a radial reference for said spring-loaded pivot to facilitate the forcing of said tire/wheel assembly onto said road surface for the purpose of tractively following any perturbations existant thereon. Said kingpin defines a rotational axis which extends essentially normally from said road surface, the relationship of the rotational axis of said kingpin to the rolling axis of said tire/wheel assembly creates a caster effect which allows said swing arm to track with the vector that said motor vehicle is travelling in. A suitable housing, which is also provided, rotatably secures said kingpin and secures and references a potentiometer therewithin and to the underportion of said motor vehicle. Said potentiometer is mechanically synchronized to the radial displacements of said rotatably free kingpin within said housing for the purpose of translating said displacements, and hence, the changing radial relationship of said vehicle to the vector in which the motor vehicle is travelling, into an electrical resistive value.
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