Patent ID: 7658108
Filing Date: 2010-02-09
Classification: G01M

Abstract:
1. A method for balancing a vehicle wheel assembly, comprising: measuring an imbalance parameter associated with the vehicle wheel assembly, said imbalance parameter selected to be representative of one of either a static imbalance condition or a couple imbalance condition; calculating imbalance correction weight parameters for at least one imbalance correction weight which will reduce the measured imbalance parameter to a residual imbalance level which is within an acceptable imbalance for said selected imbalance condition; calculating a resulting residual imbalance parameter for said vehicle wheel assembly for the other of said static imbalance condition or said couple imbalance condition resulting from placement of said calculated at least one imbalance correction weight on said vehicle wheel assembly; comparing said calculated resulting residual imbalance condition with an associated imbalance threshold, said associated imbalance threshold corresponding to more than an amount of imbalance correctable by the placement of a smallest incremental imbalance correction weight; and responsive to said comparison indicating said calculated resulting residual imbalance condition being less than said associated imbalance threshold, displaying said parameters for placement of said at least one imbalance correction weight on the vehicle wheel assembly.