US 12,465,970 B2
Upgraded abutment bench
Lorenzo Federico Michael Manfredi, Massa (IT)
Assigned to Car Bench S.P.A., Massa (IT)
Appl. No. 18/698,376
Filed by Car Bench S.P.A., Massa (IT)
PCT Filed Oct. 5, 2022, PCT No. PCT/IB2022/059509
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 4, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/057924, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 13, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 102021000026537 (IT), filed on Oct. 6, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0399441 A1, Dec. 5, 2024
Int. Cl. B21D 53/26 (2006.01); G01B 11/275 (2006.01)
CPC B21D 53/26 (2013.01) [G01B 11/2755 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. Upgraded abutment bench, comprising:
at least one horizontal flatbed intended to support at least one crashed motor vehicle comprising a plurality of modular base platforms which are assembled together;
repair means for repairing a damaged chassis of said crashed motor vehicle comprising detecting means for detecting a plurality of reference points of said chassis;
lifting/lowering means associated with said horizontal flatbed and positioned resting on the ground, adapted to move said horizontal flatbed in a lifting/lowering direction;
at least one measuring system adapted to measure the wheel alignment of said crashed motor vehicle comprising a plurality of measuring plates which can be rotated locked together with at least one wheel of said crashed motor vehicle arranged thereon, each of said measuring plates being associated with a respective said base platform to define, with the latter, a wheel alignment platform;
wherein it comprises at least one stabilization assembly which is associated with each of said wheel alignment platforms and is adapted to stabilize said wheel alignment platforms resting on the ground;
wherein said stabilization assembly comprises at least a first stabilization body and at least a second stabilization body arranged on a first side and at least a third stabilization body and at least a fourth stabilization body arranged on a second side opposite the first one, the distance between said first stabilization body and said second stabilization body being greater than the distance between said third stabilization body and said fourth stabilization body.