Abstract: A balance weight for a wheel of a two-wheel vehicle includes a weight body made from metal other than lead and a clip made from spring steel. The weight body includes a U-shaped transverse cross-section and a groove for mounting the clip therein. The weight body further includes a groove bottom wall and a pair of groove side walls connected to opposite width ends of the groove bottom wall. The clip includes a bottom portion and a pair of arms connected to opposite width ends of the bottom portion of the clip. The clip is mounted to the groove bottom wall of the weight body with the bottom portion of the clip contacting closely to the groove bottom wall of the weight body. The clip and the weight body are coupled to each other by a mechanical coupling. The coupling may be replaced by a local welding.

Abstract: A balance weight for a two-wheeled vehicle includes a weight made from iron and a clip made from spring steel. The weight includes a first axial end, a second, opposite axial end, a transversely extending intermediate surface, and a first laterally extending groove for holding the clip therein having a groove bottom portion and a groove inlet portion which is smaller in width than the groove bottom portion. The clip includes a pair of arms, a connecting portion, an engaging portion formed in the connecting portion, a bent portion bent from the connected portion toward a space between the pair of arms, and an obliquely extending portion extending obliquely in a direction away from the transversely extending intermediate surface of the weight.

Abstract: A balancer for a wheel rim/tire assembly, including a rotation sensor assembly for measuring rotation, and a motor operatively connected for rotating the wheel rim/tire assembly. A control circuit controls the motor to actively hold the wheel rim/tire assembly at a desired rotational position. A rim measuring apparatus is configured to scan the inner surface of the wheel rim/tire assembly. The optimum plane locations, amounts of correction weights, and the number of correction weights, are calculated by the control circuit to result in a minimized residual static and dynamic imbalance. The control circuit utilizes the motor drive to automatically index and hold the wheel rim/tire assembly at the proper rotational position for placement of an imbalance correction weight, and a laser pointer illuminates the surface of the wheel rim/tire assembly at the axial position of the weight imbalance correction plane at which the imbalance correction weight is to be applied.

Abstract: A tire/wheel assembly (4) assembling method, comprised of a balance weight determination step (S7), in which the weight and attachment position of a balance weight (3) to be attached to a wheel (1) are determined on the assumption that the minimum point of the RRO of the wheel (1) will be phase matched with the maximum point of the RFV of a tire (2) and based on the weight and position of the heavy point of the static unbalance of the wheel (1) and the weight and position of the light point of the static unbalance of the tire (2), a balance weight attachment step (S8), in which the balance weight (3) is attached to the wheel (1) based on the determined weight and attachment position, and an assembling step (S9), in which the wheel (1) and the tire (2) are assembled together upon phase matching the minimum point of the RRO of the wheel (1) with the maximum point of the RFV of the tire (2).

Abstract: A wheel balance weight includes a plurality of weights, an adhesive sealing member and a regulatory member. The adhesive sealing member fastens the plurality of weights onto an inner peripheral surface of a rim in a wheel, and has an adhesive surface to be bonded to the inner peripheral surface. The regulatory member inhibits at least two of the plurality of weights, being disposed to neighbor with each other, from moving by a predetermined magnitude or more. Hence, the wheel balance weight deal can be dealt with readily before it is installed to the wheel, is likely to conform to the inner surface, and can have a desired mass with ease.

Abstract: A weight for correcting imbalance in a rotary element includes a number of discrete weights. The number of discrete weights is selected to substantially correct the imbalance. A piece of double sided tape has sufficient length for the number of discrete weights to be adhered to the length of double sided tape. A removable film protects the side of the tape opposite the side to which the discrete weights are adhered. The film reduces the likelihood of contamination until the film is removed to expose the side of the tape opposite the side to which the discrete weights are adhered, permitting the weight to be applied to the rotary element.

Abstract: A balance weight for a two-wheeled vehicle includes a weight made from iron and a clip made from spring steel. The weight includes a first axial end, a second, opposite axial end, a transversely extending intermediate surface, and a first laterally extending groove for holding the clip therein having a groove bottom portion and a groove inlet portion which is smaller in width than the groove bottom portion. The clip includes a pair of arms, a connecting portion, an engaging portion formed in the connecting portion, a bent portion bent from the connected portion toward a space between the pair of arms, and an obliquely extending portion extending obliquely in a direction away from the transversely extending intermediate surface of the weight.

Abstract: Easily removable, pressure-sensitive adhesive tape/wheel weight articles are provided. The articles of the invention comprise (a) a stretchable tape, wherein the tape has a first major surface and a second opposing major surface; and (b) a weight attached to the first major surface of the tape; wherein said tape is capable of being firmly bonded to a wheel via the second major surface of the tape and further being capable of being removed from the wheel and the weight after being stretched at an angle no greater than about 35 degrees from the surface of the wheel.

Abstract: A wheel balancing device is provided having a plurality of wheel balancing weights attached to a top surface of an elongate tape and a backing strip removably attached to and protecting an adhesive layer on the bottom surface of the tape with the backing strip having a width greater than that of the tape to facilitate removing the backing strip from the tape prior to installation of the wheel weights onto a rim of a wheel. The greater width of the backing strip as compared to the tape facilitates removal of the backing strip from the tape by a user who may simply grab a portion of the backing strip which extends beyond the tape to peel away the backing strip. Preferably, the plurality of wheel balancing weights are connected in end-to-end relationship on the tape and are preformed of a generally uniform size and weight.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a balance weight 10 for a vehicle wheel, including: (1) a metal clip 14 with a hook portion 11 having a cross-sectional shape corresponding to a flange edge portion of a wheel, and a leg portion 13 for retaining a weight made of a resin composition having high specific gravity, which is capable of independently close-contacting and fixing to the flange edge portion, and (2) a weight 12 made of a thermoplastic resin in including 2.5 to 8.0% by weight of a thermoplastic elastomer and 97.5 to 92% by weight of tungsten powder, which is attached to the leg portion 13.

Abstract: A mounting assistance device with which a vibrating device can be efficiently mounted to a tire and wheel assembly. In the mounting assistance device, abutting portions are made to abut against sidewall portions of a tire and then an eccentric disc is pressed against a sliding portion so as to be united therewith by lowering a lever of a handle member in a first direction. In this state, when the lever is rotated 180° about a pin member in a second direction, due to an effect of the eccentric disc, clamping members move in a mutually approaching direction. Accordingly, clamping and fixing to the tire is accomplished by the mounting assistance device. Thus, the mounting assistance device (and vibrating device) can be mounted without using tools, simply by rotating the lever in the two directions.

Abstract: A balance weight for providing a balance has 1) a central portion, 2) first and second side portions interposing therebetween the central portion such that the first side portion, the central portion and the second side portion are continuously arranged in a direction, 3) a first weight block contained in the first side portion, which first weight block is adjacent to the central portion and has a first width, 4) a second weight block contained in the second side portion, which second weight block is adjacent to the central portion and has a second width, 5) at least one index weight block for indicating a center of the balance weight in the direction, which at least one index weight block is contained in the central portion and has a third width that is shorter than each of the first and second widths, and 6) a base member for uniting together the first and second weight blocks and the at least one index weight block, which base member is made of a flexible material.

Abstract: A wheel balance weight including a plurality of weight bodies of at least one kind and an adhesive double-coated tape. Each of the plurality of weight bodies is made from a metal other than lead and the side surfaces of adjacent weight body are tapered. The balance weight may include one or more weight bodies each having a predetermined weight of W and W/n. The balance weight may include one or more weight bodies each having a predetermined weight of W and a summation of W/n and W. A method of manufacturing a balance weight includes: producing a bar material having tapered surfaces at opposite sides, cutting the bar material into a plurality of weight bodies, and attaching the plurality of weight bodies to an adhesive double-coated tape.

Abstract: A wheel balance weight is made from ductile cast iron and is formed by casting. The wheel balance weight includes a weight body accurately extending along a flange of a wheel and a clip coupled to the weight body. The weight body includes a groove at a longitudinally central portion of the weight body. The clip is fit into the groove and is fixed to the weight body by caulking the width sides of the groove. The weight body may have a pillar at a bottom surface of the groove and a clip may have an aperture for accommodating the pillar pass through. By caulking a head of the pillar after letting the pillar pass through the aperture of the clip, coupling of the weight body with the clip is strengthened.

Abstract: A wheel balancer (1) for balancing an alloy wheel (2) comprises a support housing (30) and a main shaft (36) onto which the wheel (2) is mounted. A sub-housing (35) rotatably carries the main shaft (36), imbalance forces in the main shaft (36) and their respective directions are monitored for determining the magnitude and angular positions of balance weights required for correcting imbalances in the wheel (2) in selected balancing planes (17) and (18). A telescoping extendible sensor arm (54) is pivotally mounted about a vertical pivot axis on the support housing (30) for detecting balance weight receiving locations on the inner surface (10) of a wheel hub (4) of the wheel (2) at the selected desired balancing planes (17) and (18).

Abstract: A wheel balance weight attached to a wheel of an automobile. The weight body has an engaging groove with which one end portion of the engaging member engages. Opened end portions of the weight body defining the engaging groove are caulked over the one end portion to form pawl portions. Thus, the one end of the engaging member is fixed to the engaging groove of the weight body.

Abstract: A circumferential retention shoulder formed in a surface of a vehicle wheel rim cooperates with a wheel balance weight barb to retain the wheel balance weight upon the vehicle wheel.