Patent ID: 6313911
Filing Date: 2001-11-06
Classification: G01B

Abstract:
A vehicle wheel alignment sensor comprising:a housing configured for attachment to a vehicle wheel clamp, said housing having an axis of rotation;a pair of radiation emitters mounted in a known, fixed relationship to said housing, said pair of radiation emitters disposed along an axis parallel to said axis of rotation of said housing;a third radiation emitter mounted in a known, fixed relationship to said housing, said third radiation emitter displaced perpendicular to said axis of said pair of radiation emitters, said third radiation emitter and said pair of radiation emitters defining a substantially horizontal plane;a fourth radiation emitter mounted in a known, fixed relationship to said housing, said fourth radiation emitter displaced from said substantially horizontal plane defined by said pair of radiation emitters and said third radiation emitter, said fourth radiation emitter and said pair of radiation emitters defining a substantially vertical plane.