Patent ID: 7254995

Claim:
A method for obtaining desired loading on a wheel rim, the method comprising: providing a wheel assembly in contact with a drum surface, the wheel assembly being rotatable about an axis defining a lateral axis, and wherein a vertical axis extends through a drum surface in contact with a tire of the wheel assembly and is orthogonal to the lateral axis, and a longitudinal axis is defined orthogonal to both the lateral and vertical axes; calculating an overturning moment applied to the wheel rim about the longitudinal axis; adjusting at least one of force loads applied to the wheel rim and a camber angle of the wheel rim relative to the drum surface to obtain desired loading on the wheel rim based on the calculated overturning moment; recording the force loads applied to the wheel rim and the camber angle of the wheel rim relative to the drum surface at the desired loading on the wheel rim; and using the recorded the force loads applied to the wheel rim and the camber angle of the wheel rim relative to the drum surface in a wheel testing machine to obtain the desired loading on another wheel rim.