Automotive service equipment expert system
CA 2085776 C · Owner: Snap-On Technologies, Inc. · Inventors: Rogers, Steven W.; Dale, James L. Jr.; De Bellefeuille, Jean O. W.
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
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An automotive service equipment system for measuring vehicle or vehicle component characteristics is disclosed which includes an expert system so that operators at at all skill levels may operate the system efficiently and relatively error free. Such systems as vehicle wheel aligners vehicle wheel balancers and, vehicle brake lathes are described in conjunction with a corresponding expert system.
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Why it's free to use
- Filed December 18, 1992 and granted February 19, 2002. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 18, 2012.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by December 18, 2014.
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