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Vehicle wheel alignment system

CA 1059751 A · Owner: Royal Industries · Inventors: Thiele, Carl L.; Shapiro, Haskell

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Abstract From the Canadian patent

An electro-optical wheel alignment system for vehicles includes a coaxially disposed radiant energy source and dectector in which the source and detector are axially spaced apart and the source is physicially small and provides a modulated output. The source and detector are adjustably disposed on the component of an automobile to be positioned in a predetermined attitude with respect to a reference device that is, in turn, positioned in a predetermined attitude with respect to the vehicle, such device comprising a radiant energy reflecting planar surface.

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  • Granted August 7, 1979. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended August 7, 1996.
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GrantedAugust 7, 1979
Term endedAugust 7, 1996
Patent numberCA 1059751 A
Classification (IPC)G01B11/27

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198019821984198619881990199219941996Patent grantedAug 7, 1979Term endedAug 7, 1996

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