Patent ID: 6783188
Filing Date: 2004-08-31
Classification: G01M,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of fitting a tire-and-wheel to assembled body to an axle to form an assembled body so that an amount of eccentricity of the assembled body can be minimized, the method comprising the steps of:fitting a tire to a wheel to form the tire-and-wheel assembly body; measuring runout of the assembled body around a standard rotational axis of the wheel to establish a peak position of the runout; determining normal core positions of first fastening holes around the rotational axis of the wheel, the normal core positions being disposed at a predetermined radius from the rotational axis with sequential ones of the normal core positions being angularly disposed apart equidistantly from one another at a predetermined angle; forming second fastening holes with associated second core positions into the wheel, the second core positions being displaced relative to respective ones of the normal core positions in a same direction as the direction of the peak position runout; and mounting the tire-and-wheel assembly body to the axle.