US 12,332,050 B2
Universal wheel-fixation frame for electronic alignment sensor
John Huang, Azusa, CA (US)
Assigned to Jackco Transnational Inc., Azusa, CA (US)
Filed by Jackco Transnational Inc., Azusa, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/890,729.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/235,363, filed on Aug. 20, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0055181 A1, Feb. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. G01B 5/255 (2006.01); G01B 21/26 (2006.01); G01D 11/30 (2006.01); G01B 7/315 (2006.01)
CPC G01B 5/255 (2013.01) [G01B 21/26 (2013.01); G01D 11/30 (2013.01); G01B 7/315 (2013.01); G01B 2210/58 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of measuring a camber or a caster angle defined by a wheel of a vehicle, wherein measuring the camber or the caster angle includes:
affixing an alignment frame including a sensor to the wheel to locate vertical and horizontal axes of the alignment frame parallel to vertical and horizontal axes of the wheel, wherein affixing the alignment frame includes positioning a pair of arms adjustably coupled to the alignment frame on a tire of the wheel such that the pair of arms contacts and extends substantially along a section width of the tire and positioning a spacer of a first, second, and a third bar of the alignment frame on a rim of the wheel;
activating circuitry of a computer system operably coupled to the sensor to cause the sensor to generate data associated with a geospatial position of the wheel; and
operating a steering system of the vehicle to cause the wheel to move throughout a range of motion defined by the steering system;
wherein the computer system is configured to analyze the data generated by the sensor to determine and display the camber or the caster angle to a user on a display screen of the computer system.