IP Library Granted Patent US 9,719,817
Granted Patent B2
US 9,719,817 · App. 14/639,422 · Granted Aug 1, 2017

Wheel fixing unit for car sensor calibration and calibration device using the same

Inventors: Hyung Suk Ham (Yongin-si, KR); Ji Hoon Cho (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: MANDO CORPORATION
G01D18/00G01S7/4026G01S13/931G01S2013/9364
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Patent No.
US 9,719,817
App. No.
14/639,422
Granted
Aug 1, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wheel fixing unit includes: a body; a plurality of wheel connectors protruding forward from the body and connected to a tool connection hole in a wheel of a vehicle; and a cable connector protruding rearward from the body and including a connection terminal formed on a protruding end side such that a cable is connectable thereto. A calibration device using the wheel fixing unit includes: wheel fixing units respectively coupled to left and right wheels of a vehicle; a target board installed spaced apart in a direction corresponding to a vehicle body and configured such that a transmission signal of a sensor mounted on a front or rear surface of the vehicle body is reflected by a reflector and is incident on the sensor; and an interval maintaining cable connected to one end of the wheel fixing unit and one of the both sides of the target board.

Claims (28)

1. A wheel fixing unit for a vehicle sensor calibration, the unit comprising:

a body;

a plurality of wheel connectors protruding forward from the body and connected in a state of being inserted into a tool connection hole formed in a wheel of a vehicle; and

a cable connector protruding rearward from the body and including a connection terminal formed on a protruding end side such that a cable is connectable thereto,

wherein each of the wheel connectors has a cylindrical shape having a hollow portion opened forward, and

wherein the cylindrical shape comprises:

a plurality of ring-shaped grooves formed along a circumference on outer peripheries of the cylindrical shape; and

a plurality of ring-shaped packings having an elastic force to contact an inner periphery of the tool connection hole, and coupled to the groove.

2. The wheel fixing unit of claim 1 , wherein the cylindrical shape comprises a plurality of concave slits having a length along a longitudinal direction, and formed on outer peripheries of the cylindrical shape.

3. The wheel fixing unit of claim 1 , wherein a front end of the cable connector is inserted in male-female correspondence with respect to a rear surface of the body and is locked rotatably around a horizontal center of rotation.

4. A calibration device using a wheel fixing unit for a vehicle sensor calibration, the calibration device comprising:

wheel fixing units respectively coupled to left and right wheels of a vehicle;

a target board installed spaced apart in a direction corresponding to a vehicle body and configured such that a transmission signal of a sensor mounted on a front or rear surface of the vehicle body is reflected by a reflector and is incident on the sensor; and

an interval maintaining cable connected to one end of the wheel fixing unit and one of the both sides of the target board and maintaining a distance between the vehicle body and the target board to a set interval,

wherein the vehicle fixing unit comprises:

a body;

a plurality of wheel connectors protruding forward from the body and connected in a state of being inserted into a tool connection hole formed in a wheel of a vehicle; and

a cable connector protruding rearward from the body and including a connection terminal formed on a protruding end side such that a cable is connectable thereto,

wherein each of the wheel connectors has a cylindrical shape having a hollow portion opened forward, and

wherein the cylindrical shape comprises:

a plurality of ring-shaped grooves formed along a circumference on outer peripheries of the cylindrical shape; and

a plurality of ring-shaped packings having an elastic force to contact an inner periphery of the tool connection hole, and coupled to the groove.

5. The calibration device of claim 4 , wherein the cylindrical shape comprises a plurality of concave slits having a length along a longitudinal direction, and formed on outer peripheries of the cylindrical shape.

6. The calibration device of claim 4 , wherein a front end of the cable connector is inserted in male-female correspondence with respect to a rear surface of the body and is locked rotatably around a horizontal center of rotation.

7. The wheel fixing unit of claim 1 , wherein the body has a disc-shape.

8. The wheel fixing unit of claim 7 , wherein the wheel connectors are circularly disposed on the disc-shape body.

9. The wheel fixing unit of claim 4 , wherein the body has a disc-shape.

10. The wheel fixing unit of claim 9 , wherein the wheel connectors are circularly disposed on the disc-shape body.

Assignments (3)
MERGER Recorded Aug 16, 2022
From: MANDO MOBILITY SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
To: HL KLEMOVE CORP.
Reel/Frame 060821/0493 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 12, 2021
From: MANDO CORPORATION
To: MANDO MOBILITY SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 058093/0448 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 5, 2015
From: HAM, HYUNG SUK; CHO, JI HOON
To: MANDO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 035094/0262 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2014-0025824 · Mar 5, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
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