Patent ID: 11879726
Assignee: MOBALIGN FRANCHISING INC.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  B | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. A vehicular axle alignment apparatus for aligning a first axle component with a second axle component, the alignment apparatus comprising:
an axle clamp assembly comprising:
an axle chuck body defining an axle opening for receiving the first axle component extending in a first axial direction therethough;
an axle clamping mechanism comprising an axle moveable element and three or more axle jaws,
the three or more axle jaws angularly spaced apart about an axle axis that extends through a center of the axle opening in the first axial direction;
the three or more axle jaws moveably coupled to the axle moveable element such that movement of the axle moveable element relative to the axle chuck body causes corresponding movement of the three or more axle jaws relative to the axle chuck body in corresponding directions toward or away from the axle axis;

a spindle clamp assembly comprising:
a spindle chuck body defining a spindle opening for receiving the second axle component extending in a second axial direction therethough;
a spindle clamping mechanism comprising a spindle moveable element and three or more spindle jaws,
the three or more spindle jaws angularly spaced apart about a spindle axis that extends through a center of the spindle opening in the second axial direction;
the three or more spindle jaws moveably coupled to the spindle moveable element such that movement of the spindle moveable element relative to the spindle chuck body causes corresponding movement of the three or more spindle jaws relative to the spindle chuck body in corresponding directions toward or away from the spindle axis;

a clamp for releasably attaching the axle clamp assembly to the spindle clamp assembly wherein when the axle clamp assembly is releasably attached to the spindle clamp assembly, the axle axis and the spindle axis are aligned to be coaxial along a common axis, the axle clamp assembly is fixed relative to the spindle clamp assembly and the axle clamp assembly is spaced apart from the spindle clamp assembly in the axial direction by a space.