Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Toe angle measuring instrument and toe angle measuring method
- Patent Title (中): 脚趾角测量仪和脚趾角测量方法
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Application No.: US11813639Application Date: 2006-01-10
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Publication No.: US07661198B2Publication Date: 2010-02-16
- Inventor: Kiyonobu Hara
- Applicant: Kiyonobu Hara
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP
- Priority: JP2005-003445 20050111
- International Application: PCT/JP2006/300152 WO 20060110
- International Announcement: WO2006/075579 WO 20060720
- Main IPC: G01B5/24
- IPC: G01B5/24

Abstract:
A toe angle measuring instrument comprising a measurement unit having a seating table seating a hub of a vehicle on a seating stand and movable in the lateral direction of the vehicle and in a rotating direction in plan view relative to a second base member. The toe angle measuring instrument further comprising a measured member having a vertical measurement surface extending from the seating table to the outside and non-contact distance sensors installed oppositely to the measurement surface with reference to the second base member and measuring distances (x1) and (x2) up to the measurement surface from two positions apart a distance (y1) from each other. The measurement surface is set to face in a direction forming an acute angle relative to a lateral direction of the vehicle.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090000133A1 Toe Angle Measuring Instrument and Toe Angle Measuring Method Public/Granted day:2009-01-01
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