Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Wheel balancer with wireless handle
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Application No.: US16012587Application Date: 2018-06-19
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Publication No.: US10746623B2Publication Date: 2020-08-18
- Inventor: Paolo Sotgiu , Pietro Azzari , Lillo Gucciardino , Marco Tralli
- Applicant: Snap-on Equipment Srl a unico socio
- Applicant Address: IT Correggio (RE)
- Assignee: SNAP-ON EQUIPMENT SRL A UNICO SOCIO
- Current Assignee: SNAP-ON EQUIPMENT SRL A UNICO SOCIO
- Current Assignee Address: IT Correggio (RE)
- Agency: Miles & Stockbridge, P.C.
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@7ce386de
- Main IPC: G01M1/04
- IPC: G01M1/04 ; B60C25/05 ; F16F15/36 ; G01M1/22

Abstract:
A wheel clamping system, for reversibly clamping a motor vehicle wheel with a rim onto a wheel servicing machine, includes a handle for acting on a rim of the wheel mounted on a rotatable spindle. The handle has a coupling surface for engaging with clamping jaws of a pull rod when the clamping jaws are open. The handle includes a force detecting device for determining an amount of force exerted by the handle on the rim of the wheel, and a signal emitter operatively connected to the force detecting device. The signal emitter is configured to wirelessly transmit a control signal to a signal receiver of the wheel balancer operatively connected to an actuator causing axial movement of the pull rod when the determined amount of force reaches a predefined threshold, such that the actuator is actuated and the wheel clamping system performs a reversible clamping operation.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180372576A1 WHEEL BALANCER WITH WIRELESS HANDLE Public/Granted day:2018-12-27
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