Apparatus and method for assessing vehicle wheel alignment

    公开(公告)号:US10514323B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-12-24

    申请号:US15459115

    申请日:2017-03-15

    申请人: Corghi S.p.A.

    发明人: Giulio Corghi

    IPC分类号: G01M17/06 G01B5/255 G01B7/315

    摘要: A method for the diagnostic assessment of the wheel alignment of a vehicle (2) equipped with wheels (3) having tyres (301) coupled to respective rims (302), comprises the following steps: in a longitudinal movement of the vehicle (2) in a forward travel direction with one wheel (3) on a longitudinal track (4A), until the wheel (3) surmounts a measuring platform (5A) located along the track (4A), acquiring a forward travel measurement signal, representing a lateral force applied to the platform and directed transversely to both the longitudinal direction and the weight force at a forward travel instant at which the wheel surmounts the measuring platform (5A) as it moves along the track (4A) in the forward travel direction; in a longitudinal movement of the vehicle (2) in a return travel direction opposite to the forward travel direction with the wheel (3) on the track (4A), until the wheel (3) surmounts the measuring platform (5A), acquiring a return travel measurement signal, representing a lateral force applied to the platform (5A) and directed transversely at a return travel instant at which the wheel (3) surmounts the measuring platform (5A) as it moves along the track (4A) in the return travel direction; processing the forward and return measurement signals in order to determine, for the wheel (3), at least an angle of camber and/or toe.

    Wheel service machine and method for locking a wheel to a wheel-holder unit

    公开(公告)号:US10132720B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-11-20

    申请号:US15053424

    申请日:2016-02-25

    申请人: CORGHI S.p.A.

    发明人: Giulio Corghi

    摘要: Described is a wheel service machine (1) comprising: a shaft (3) rotating about a relative longitudinal axis (A), and a contact element (4), connected to the shaft (3) for rotating integrally with it and designed to make contact with the rim (2a) supported by the shaft (3); a locking device (5), which can be removably coupled to the shaft (3) and designed to slide relative to the shaft (3) along the longitudinal axis (A) and lock the rim (2a) interposed between the contact element (4) and the locking device (5); a fastening element (6) movably connected to the shaft (3) for moving parallel to the longitudinal axis (A) and designed for coupling with the locking device (5), for pulling it in movement; actuator (7) positioned on the machine and connected to the fastening element (6), wherein the locking device (5) comprises an emitter (8) designed for generating a wireless control signal, received by a wireless signal receiver (9) connected to the actuator (7), activates them for moving the locking device (5).

    TYRE CHANGING MACHINE
    3.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180104996A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-04-19

    申请号:US15730258

    申请日:2017-10-11

    申请人: Corghi S.p.A.

    发明人: Giulio Corghi

    IPC分类号: B60C25/138 B60C25/05

    摘要: A tyre changing machine (1), configured to remove a tyre from a respective rim of a vehicle wheel (2), comprises an operating arm (4) which includes: a supporting structure (401); a head (5) movable along a longitudinal axis (402) relative to the supporting structure (401); a removal tool (403) pivoted to the head (5) to rotate relative thereto about an axis of oscillation (405′) transverse to the longitudinal axis (402); a driving member (6) movable along an operating axis (402′) parallel to the longitudinal axis (402) relative to the supporting structure (401) and to the head (5), and articulated to the removal tool (403) at an operating point (P) which is spaced from the axis of oscillation (405′); an actuator (407) comprising a stationary member (407a), connected to the supporting structure (401), and a movable member (407b), adapted to drive the removal tool (403) in rotation and in translation; a coupling member (7) coupled to the supporting structure (401), to the head (5) and to the driving member (6). The movable member (407b) of the actuator (407) is connected to the driving member (6) to directly drive it along the operating axis (402′).

    Machine and method for fitting and removing a tyre

    公开(公告)号:US09902221B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-02-27

    申请号:US14789641

    申请日:2015-07-01

    申请人: CORGHI S.p.A.

    发明人: Giulio Corghi

    IPC分类号: B60C25/138 B60C25/05

    摘要: A machine (1) for fitting and removing a tire (2) from a corresponding rim (3) of a wheel (4) of a vehicle, comprises: a rotating wheel-holder unit (6); a column (8); an upper arm (15) and a lower arm (23) slidably coupled to the column (8); an upper operating head (16); a lower operating head (24), rotating about a third axis of rotation (C) and equipped with a lower fitting tool (33), elongate in a direction for being operatively inserted between a lower bead of the tire (2) and an upper edge of the rim (3) and angularly spaced from the lower bead breaker tool (32) by a predetermined angle, so that the tools are selectively and alternatively positionable in an operating configuration.

    APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ASSESSING VEHICLE WHEEL ALIGNMENT

    公开(公告)号:US20170284901A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-10-05

    申请号:US15459115

    申请日:2017-03-15

    申请人: Corghi S.p.A.

    发明人: Giulio Corghi

    IPC分类号: G01M17/06 G01B5/255

    摘要: A method for the diagnostic assessment of the wheel alignment of a vehicle (2) equipped with wheels (3) having tyres (301) coupled to respective rims (302), comprises the following steps: in a longitudinal movement of the vehicle (2) in a forward travel direction with one wheel (3) on a longitudinal track (4A), until the wheel (3) surmounts a measuring platform (5A) located along the track (4A), acquiring a forward travel measurement signal, representing a lateral force applied to the platform and directed transversely to both the longitudinal direction and the weight force at a forward travel instant at which the wheel surmounts the measuring platform (5A) as it moves along the track (4A) in the forward travel direction; in a longitudinal movement of the vehicle (2) in a return travel direction opposite to the forward travel direction with the wheel (3) on the track (4A), until the wheel (3) surmounts the measuring platform (5A), acquiring a return travel measurement signal, representing a lateral force applied to the platform (5A) and directed transversely at a return travel instant at which the wheel (3) surmounts the measuring platform (5A) as it moves along the track (4A) in the return travel direction; processing the forward and return measurement signals in order to determine, for the wheel (3), at least an angle of camber and/or toe.

    TYRE CHANGING MACHINE
    6.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180104997A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-04-19

    申请号:US15783014

    申请日:2017-10-13

    申请人: Corghi S.p.A.

    发明人: Giulio Corghi

    IPC分类号: B60C25/138 B60C25/05

    摘要: A machine (1) configured to remove and mount a tyre from and on a respective rim of a vehicle wheel (2), comprises: an operating arm (4) directed along a longitudinal orientation; a head (5) supported by the operating arm (4); a first tool and a second tool. The first tool is connected to the head (5) and projects in a first direction; the second tool is connected to the head (5) and, in a first operating configuration of the head (5), is disposed in a first position where it projects in a second direction, opposite to the first direction. The second tool is pivoted to the head (5) to rotate about an axis of tilt (406′) transverse to the longitudinal orientation (402) to move from the first position to a second position, corresponding to a second operating configuration of the head (5) and tilted upside down relative to the first position, to project in the first direction.

    WHEEL SERVICE MACHINE AND METHOD FOR LOCKING A WHEEL TO A WHEEL-HOLDER UNIT
    7.
    发明申请
    WHEEL SERVICE MACHINE AND METHOD FOR LOCKING A WHEEL TO A WHEEL-HOLDER UNIT 审中-公开
    轮子维修机和将车轮锁定到轮椅单元的方法

    公开(公告)号:US20160266010A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-09-15

    申请号:US15053424

    申请日:2016-02-25

    申请人: CORGHI S.p.A.

    发明人: Giulio CORGHI

    IPC分类号: G01M17/013 B60C25/05

    摘要: Described is a wheel service machine (1) comprising: a shaft (3) rotating about a relative longitudinal axis (A), and a contact element (4), connected to the shaft (3) for rotating integrally with it and designed to make contact with the rim (2a) supported by the shaft (3); a locking device (5), which can be removably coupled to the shaft (3) and designed to slide relative to the shaft (3) along the longitudinal axis (A) and lock the rim (2a) interposed between the contact element (4) and the locking device (5); a fastening element (6) movably connected to the shaft (3) for moving parallel to the longitudinal axis (A) and designed for coupling with the locking device (5), for pulling it in movement; actuator (7) positioned on the machine and connected to the fastening element (6), wherein the locking device (5) comprises an emitter (8) designed for generating a wireless control signal, received by a wireless signal receiver (9) connected to the actuator (7), activates them for moving the locking device (5).

    摘要翻译: 描述了一种轮式服务机器(1),包括:围绕相对纵向轴线(A)旋转的轴(3)和连接到所述轴(3)的接触元件(4),用于与其一体地旋转并设计成使 与由轴(3)支撑的轮辋(2a)接触; 锁定装置(5),其可拆卸地联接到所述轴(3)并设计成沿着所述纵向轴线(A)相对于所述轴(3)滑动,并且锁定所述接触元件(4)之间的所述边缘(2a) )和锁定装置(5); 可移动地连接到所述轴(3)的紧固元件(6),用于平行于所述纵向轴线(A)移动并设计成用于与所述锁定装置(5)联接,以便使其移动; 致动器(7),其定位在所述机器上并连接到所述紧固元件(6),其中所述锁定装置(5)包括被设计用于产生无线控制信号的发射器(8),所述发射器(8)被无线信号接收器(9)接收, 致动器(7)启动它们以移动锁定装置(5)。

    APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MOUNTING AND REMOVING TYRES ON AND FROM RESPECTIVE WHEEL RIMS
    8.
    发明申请
    APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MOUNTING AND REMOVING TYRES ON AND FROM RESPECTIVE WHEEL RIMS 审中-公开
    用于安装和移除相关车轮轮胎上的轮胎的装置和方法

    公开(公告)号:US20140223741A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-08-14

    申请号:US14258423

    申请日:2014-04-22

    申请人: CORGHI S.P.A.

    发明人: GIULIO CORGHI

    IPC分类号: B60C25/14

    摘要: An apparatus for mounting and removing a tire on and from a respective rim comprises: an element for moving a bead of the tire in order to insert/remove the bead into/from a respective groove in the rim, the element comprising a tool connected to a respective supporting arm for moving the bead; a rotatable support for the rim, in such manner as to turn the rim and the tire about a corresponding longitudinal axis of the rim; at least one sensor associated with the supporting arm for measuring the mechanical strain applied to the bead of the tire when the latter is mounted on, and removed from, the rim.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于在相应的轮辋上和从相应的轮辋上安装和拆卸轮胎的装置包括:用于移动轮胎的胎圈的元件,以便将胎圈插入/移出轮辋内的相应凹槽中,该元件包括连接到 用于移动珠的相应的支撑臂; 用于轮辋的可旋转支撑件,以使轮辋和轮胎围绕轮辋的对应的纵向轴线转动; 至少一个与所述支撑臂相关联的传感器,用于当所述传感器安装在所述轮辋上并从所述轮辋上移除时,测量施加到所述轮胎胎圈的机械应变。

    TYRE REMOVAL TOOL FOR A TYRE REMOVING MACHINE AND A TYRE REMOVING MACHINE
    9.
    发明申请
    TYRE REMOVAL TOOL FOR A TYRE REMOVING MACHINE AND A TYRE REMOVING MACHINE 有权
    轮胎拆卸机和轮胎拆卸机轮胎拆卸工具

    公开(公告)号:US20130269880A1

    公开(公告)日:2013-10-17

    申请号:US13772932

    申请日:2013-02-21

    申请人: CORGHI S.P.A.

    发明人: GIULIO CORGHI

    IPC分类号: B60C25/05

    摘要: A removal tool (10) for a tyre removing machine (1), for taking off a tyre (7) from a respective wheel rim (6), comprises an elongate body (12) having a first end (12a) which is connectable to a supporting arm (3) and a second, hook-shaped end (12b) for grasping a bead (14) of the tyre (7); the second end (12b) of the tool (10) has a fingernail shaped member (13) which is movable from a first operating configuration, where it projects in cantilever fashion from the body (12) to define the hooked shape, to a second operating configuration, where it is tucked in a lateral zone of the body (12), to give the tool (10) a hookless shape, and vice versa.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于轮胎拆卸机(1)的拆卸工具(10),用于从相应的轮辋(6)中取下轮胎(7),包括具有第一端(12a)的细长主体(12),该第一端(12a)可连接到 支撑臂(3)和用于抓握轮胎(7)的胎圈(14)的第二钩状端部(12b); 工具(10)的第二端(12b)具有指甲形构件(13),其可从第一操作构型移动,其中以悬臂方式从主体(12)突出以将钩形形状突出到第二操作构造 操作构造,其被折叠在主体(12)的横向区域中,以使工具(10)具有钩形形状,反之亦然。

    Device for measuring the characteristic attitude parameters of a vehicle
    10.
    发明申请
    Device for measuring the characteristic attitude parameters of a vehicle 失效
    用于测量车辆的特征姿态参数的装置

    公开(公告)号:US20030147068A1

    公开(公告)日:2003-08-07

    申请号:US10355192

    申请日:2003-01-31

    申请人: CORGHI S.P.A.

    发明人: Remo Corghi

    IPC分类号: G01C001/00 G01B011/26

    CPC分类号: G01B11/2755

    摘要: A system for measuring the characteristic attitude parameters of a vehicle, comprising at least one video camera arranged to monitor at least one image of a target rigid with at least one wheel of the vehicle, and means for processing the acquired image of the target to define the orientation of the target relative to a reference system, comprises a measurement site; a measurement unit fixed to each of the sides of said site and comprising at least one video camera orientated towards any one target fixed with any orientation to a wheel positioned on the same side; a third video camera associated with the unit fixed to one of the sides of the site and orientated towards the unit fixed on the other side of the site; any one target rigid with the unit fixed to the other side of the site and positioned within the field of vision of the third video camera; each video camera being arranged to acquire at least two images of the respective target from at least two different positions; processor means for the images acquired by the three video cameras to define the spatial position of the targets with respect to a single reference system; display means which display the data provided by said processor means.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于测量车辆的特征姿态参数的系统,包括布置成用至少一个车辆至少一个车轮的目标刚性图像进行监视的至少一个摄像机,以及用于处理所获取的目标图像以定义 目标相对于参考系统的方向包括测量位置; 测量单元固定到所述位置的每个侧面,并且包括至少一个摄像机,朝向任何一个目标定位,任何方向固定在位于同一侧的轮上; 第三摄像机与固定在站点的一侧的单元相关联,并朝向固定在场地另一侧的单元定向; 任何一个目标刚性与该单元固定在该场地的另一侧并且位于第三摄像机的视野内; 每个摄像机被布置成从至少两个不同的位置获取相应目标的至少两个图像; 用于由三个摄像机获取的图像的处理器装置来定义目标相对于单个参考系统的空间位置; 显示装置,显示由所述处理器装置提供的数据。