Patent ID: 7353610
Filing Date: 2008-04-08
Classification: G01B,G01M

Abstract:
1. A system for mounting vehicle wheels, each having an axial pilot hole and a plurality of radially spaced lug holes disposed in one of a plurality of symmetric and axially centered configurations, about a spindle shaft of a vehicle wheel balancer, comprising: a single mounting flange assembly configured for placement on the spindle shaft, said single mounting flange assembly including a flange plate, a coaxially mounted adjusting plate coupled for coaxial rotational movement relative to said flange plate about a central axis, and a plurality of mounting pins, each of said plurality of mounting pins including a guide pin adapted for engagement with said flange plate and said adjusting plate, and a contact tip adapted for engagement with the plurality of radially spaced lug holes; wherein said single mounting flange assembly is configured to provide infinite radial adjustment of said contact tips about the spindle shaft between a minimum radial dimension and a maximum radial dimension to engage each of the plurality of radially spaced lug holes for a plurality of symmetric and axially centered vehicle wheel lug hole configurations, each lug hole configuration having a different number of lug holes; wherein said flange plate is configure to receive each of said plurality of guide pins in an associated slot in a first plurality of slots having a first common configuration selected from a set of configurations including radial, arcuate, and skewed; and wherein said adjusting plate is configured to concurrently receive each of said guide pins in an associated slot in a second plurality of slots having a second common figuration which differs from said first common configuration, and which is selected from said set of configurations.