Patent ID: 6075589
Filing Date: 2000-06-13
Classification: G01B

Abstract:
An apparatus for geometric measurement and inspection of wheeled vehicles, comprising:plural measuring heads adapted to be fixed to wheels of the vehicle being inspected, for determining the physical parameters representative of an individual geometric position of a first wheel relative to a vertical plane or relative to a horizontal plane, and physical parameters representative of relative geometric positions of the first wheel relative to a second wheel of the vehicle being inspected;a first source of luminous emission fixed to the first wheel and adapted for emitting at least one first substantially horizontal light ray;a second source of luminous emission fixed to the second wheel and adapted for emitting at least one second substantially horizontal light ray; andat least one means for forming images of said first and second sources of luminous emission on a first optical linear detector fixed to a third wheel of the vehicle being inspected, said first optical linear detector being adapted for receiving the at least one first and second substantially horizontal light rays from said first and second sources of luminous emission respectively.