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Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160129739 | TYRE MOUNTING/DEMOUNTING TOOL - A mounting/demounting tool for mounting/demounting a tire with respect to the rim of a vehicle wheel, comprising a tool body defining a first end of the tool, an extension from the tool body defining a second end of the tool, and a hook arranged at the extension in the vicinity of the second end. The hook has an inner surface section for gripping and guiding a tire bead during tire demounting, and a first outer surface section for guiding a tire bead during tire mounting. A protrusion extends from between the first outer surface section and a second outer surface section of the hook to the second end. | 05-12-2016 |
20150343864 | TYRE MOUNTING TOOL ASSEMBLY - A tyre mounting/demounting tool assembly for a tyre mounting/demounting machine comprises a carrier unit having a first as well as a second end and being provided with first support means for receiving a bead breaker tool and second support means for receiving a mounting support tool, a bead breaker tool for loosening the tyre bead from the rim edge of a wheel, having a first as well as a second end, the first end is provided with at least one bead breaker tool element and the second end is adapted to be mounted to the carrier unit via the first support means, and a mounting support tool for supporting the mounting of at least one tyre bead of a tyre to be mounted on a rim, the mounting support tool having a first as well as a second end, the first end is provided with a mounting support tool element and the second end is adapted to be mounted to the carrier unit via the second support means. The shape of the bead breaker tool element and the shape of the mounting support tool are at least partially congruent to each other. | 12-03-2015 |
20150343863 | MOUNTING/DEMOUNTING TOOL UNIT WITH PRELOADED TOOL - The present invention relates to a mounting/demounting tool unit for mounting a tyre to or demounting a tyre from a rim of a vehicle wheel and for being adapted to be attached to a tyre mounting/demounting machine, including: a longitudinally extending tool carrier arm having a center line and a first as well as a second end, a mounting/demounting tool having a first as well as a second end and a hook arranged in the region of the second end, and being pivotally mounted to the tool carrier arm in the region of its first end, wherein means for reversibly urging the mounting/demounting tool in a resting/operating position and for positioning the mounting/demounting tool in said resting/operating position are provided. | 12-03-2015 |
20140311231 | AUTOMOTIVE SHOP SERVICE APPARATUS HAVING A MEANS FOR DETERMINING THE ROLLING RESISTANCE COEFFICIENT OF A TYRE - A vehicle wheel service apparatus, in particular a wheel balancer or a tyre changer, comprising a load means for applying a predetermined load onto a peripheral surface of a wheel/tyre assembly, a sensor device arranged to determine forces acting between the peripheral surface of the wheel/tyre assembly and the load means, wherein the forces comprise at least a first force acting in a radial direction of the wheel/tyre assembly and a second force acting in a circumferential direction of the wheel/tyre assembly, and an evaluation device arranged to determine a rolling resistance coefficient of the tyre on the basis of the first and second forces. | 10-23-2014 |
20140283590 | TYRE MOUNTING AND DEMOUNTING APPARATUS WITH LOAD BELT APPARATUS - A tyre changer, comprising: a mounting device for receiving at least a wheel rim of a wheel/tyre assembly, the mounting device having an axis (S), a load belt apparatus being able to contact a peripheral surface of the wheel/tyre assembly and to apply a predetermined force to the peripheral surface of the wheel/tyre assembly, a control device for controlling the predetermined force applied by the load belt apparatus during a rotation of the wheel/tyre assembly about the axis (S) of the mounting device and a sensor device for measuring force variations acting between the peripheral surface of the wheel/tyre assembly and the load belt apparatus, wherein supports of the load belt apparatus and of the mounting device are designed for a relative movement of the load belt apparatus and of the mounting device towards each other to apply the predetermined force to the peripheral surface of the wheel/tyre assembly. | 09-25-2014 |
20140157895 | METHOD OF DETERMINING ROTARY ANGLE RELATED DATA OF A VEHICLE WHEEL - A method and an apparatus for determining rotary angle related measurement data of a body mounted rotatable about an axis of rotation, the body being a vehicle wheel or a part of a vehicle wheel, in particular a tyre or a rim, the method comprising the steps of obtaining measurement data comprising a plurality of measurement data elements of the rotating body together with respective measuring times, determining at least one rotational speed or revolution period of the body for at least one point in time, and associating the obtained measurement data elements to respective rotary angles of the body based on the respective measuring times and the at least one rotational speed or revolution period of the body. | 06-12-2014 |
20140083625 | APPARATUS FOR SERVICING VEHICLE WHEELS - Apparatus including a wheel balancing device and a tire changing device, comprising a spindle shaft for rotatably supporting a vehicle wheel or rim, unbalance measuring means operatively connected to the spindle shaft and having a spatial unbalance measuring area in which unbalance forces of the wheel or rim are detected, tire changer tools for assembling a tire onto a rim, spindle supporting means supporting the spindle shaft in a force acting range in which forces are created between the tire changer tools and the tire during the assembling or disassembling of the tire, tool supporting means supporting the tire changer tools within the force acting range which is arranged outside of the spatial unbalance measuring area, and drive means driving the spindle shaft with a rotational speed and torque adapted for assembling and disassembling the tire or for measuring unbalance forces of the wheel or rim. | 03-27-2014 |
20130233495 | WHEEL-CLAMPING DEVICE FOR A WHEEL-SERVICE-MACHINE AND METHOD FOR REVERSIBLY CLAMPING A WHEEL ON A WHEEL-CLAMPING DEVICE FOR A WHEEL-SERVICE-MACHINE - The present invention concerns a wheel-clamping device for wheels on wheel-service-machines with only one drive unit and further a method for clamping wheels on a wheel-clamping device of wheel-service-machines with only one drive unit. The innovative wheel-clamping device for a wheel-service-machine according to the present invention comprises a frame | 09-12-2013 |
20130192355 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING AND IMPROVING RUNNING CHARACTERISTICS OF A PNEUMATIC TYRE OR A VEHICLE WHEEL - A method for determining or improving running characteristics of a vehicle wheel (tyre/rim assembly), comprising supporting the wheel axis of the vehicle wheel with at least a single degree of freedom of vibration perpendicular to the wheel axis. In the interior of the tyre at least one amount of a compensating substance which initiates in its flowing state a compensating effect on the rotating vehicle wheel can be disposed, and the vehicle wheel can be rotated while the compensating substance is brought into the flowing state such that the compensating substance is distributed inside the tyre during the rotation of the vehicle wheel to improve the running characteristics of the vehicle wheel, wherein the running speed of the rotating vehicle wheel is kept in a range different to the natural frequency of the rotating vehicle wheel and its suspension or supporting means. | 08-01-2013 |
20120222476 | PLASTIC ROLLER FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE BRAKE TEST BENCH AND SUCH A BRAKE TEST BENCH - The invention concerns a roller for a motor vehicle brake test bench comprising a roller body ( | 09-06-2012 |
20090177353 | NETWORK SYSTEM FOR AUTOMOTIVE SHOPS - The invention relates to a network system for automotive shops including at least one computer-aided automotive shop machine and a respective computer network, wherein the computer-aided machine is connected to the computer network by communicating by transmitting information signals on a power supply line. Further, the invention relates to a machine for an automotive shop with a computer and communication means configured to communicate by transmission of information signals on a power supply line to at least one peripheral functionality over a communication line. | 07-09-2009 |