Patent ID: 9482310
Filing Date: 2016-11-01
CPC Classification: F16F,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A method for correcting an unbalance on a vehicle wheel including a rim and a tire by adhesive-bonding at least one corrective element to an attachment surface on an inside of the rim, comprising the following steps: measuring the unbalance of the vehicle wheel in an unbalance measuring station and producing correction data indicative of an amount of weights; providing the correction data to a control device; controlling an applicator head of a balancing station, wherein the applicator head includes two mounts for receiving, respectively, a first corrective element; transferring the vehicle wheel from the unbalance measuring station to a balancing station; providing the first corrective element and the second corrective element each with one side coated with an adhesive upon the applicator head of the balancing station; arranging the first corrective element in a cavity of the rim such that the first corrective element reaches a first correction plane and a first attachment location on the attachment surface on the inside of the rim, and fastening the first corrective element to the first attachment location by pressing the adhesive-coated side of the first corrective element against the attachment surface on the inside of the rim; arranging a second corrective element in the cavity of the rim such that the second corrective element reaches a second correction plane and a second attachment location of the attachment surface on the inside of the rim, and fastening the second corrective element to the second attachment location by pressing the adhesive-coated side of the second corrective element against the attachment surface on the inside of the rim; and transferring the balanced vehicle wheel from the balancing station to an outgoing stage, wherein the two mounts of the applicator head are axially spaced from each other by a distance corresponding to the relative distance of the correction planes.