Patent ID: 9267860
Filing Date: 2016-02-23
CPC Classification: G01M

Claim Text:
1. A tire balance measuring device, comprising: a rim rotation supporting shaft vertically and rotatably supported via a bearing by a housing; a lower rim mounted on the rim rotation supporting shaft; a locking shaft inserted into a fitting hole in the rim rotation supporting shaft; an upper rim mounted on the locking shaft and arranged above the lower rim; a locking component for causing the locking shaft to be engaged at a desired height with the rim rotation supporting shaft and fixed thereto; at least two sensors for measuring an inclination of the locking shaft, and a correction computing unit for computing an amount of change in an unbalance of a tire based on an output value received from the sensors after the tire is supplied with gas, and correcting a result of measuring a balance of the tire using the computed amount of change in the unbalance.