JP2013040801A - Dynamic balance calibration and weight adjustment apparatus of wheel assembly of bicycle - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a dynamic balance calibration and weight adjustment apparatus of a wheel assembly of a bicycle.SOLUTION: The dynamic balance calibration and weight adjustment apparatus of the wheel assembly of the bicycle can use a state that a bicycle rider actually uses the wheel assembly, for dynamic balance calibration work of the wheel assembly, and includes a calibration table, a computer, and a display. The calibration table is connected to the computer through a transmission line. A sensor on the calibration table detects and acquires dynamic balance data and transmits the data to the computer for calculation. The computer performs the calculation and displays a weight addition requiring portion and weight on the display. The display of the weight addition portion can be changed to a weight reduction portion and weight. Reduction of weight can be achieved by lathing, drilling, front fraise, hub working, rim weight reduction, or the like. Calibration balance means is capable of more surely performing dynamic balance calibration of the wheel assembly by externally attaching a rim center measuring instrument, a rim roundness measuring instrument, and a spoke tension measuring instrument, or combining these instruments.

Description

  BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a dynamic balance calibration and weight adjustment device for a wheel set in which a wheel portion is assembled in a bicycle, and a bicycle rider uses a state in which the bicycle rider actually uses the wheel set to perform a dynamic balance calibration operation. This invention relates to a dynamic balance calibration and weight adjustment device for a wheel set in a bicycle.

  The wheel set, which is an assembled wheel of a general market sale bicycle, has a dynamic balance that is calibrated after its manufacture is completed, but is not limited to the wheel body. There are many parameters that affect the process, for example, the processing and manufacturing process of the wheel itself, the uniformity of the mass of the inner tire, the outer tire, and the tube tire, the length of the valve, the brake disc, the flywheel, the light reflecting sheet and the like.

Utility Model Registration No. 3130062 JP 2002-286097 A

  As described above, the dynamic balance of the wheel set assembled from the bicycle wheel is affected not only by the wheel body but also by many parameters. When the center of gravity of the rotation of the wheel set, which is an assembled wheel, cannot overlap the rolling axis, the wheel set generates vibration during rotation due to this dynamic imbalance, and the outer tire And the frictional force generated by contact with the ground is affected, causing resonance to the bicycle frame or its components, reducing the service life of the components, affecting the stability and operability of the riding of the bicycle, Cause discomfort to the person.

  The present invention has been made in view of these disadvantages, and can automatically detect the equilibrium state of the dynamics of a bicycle wheel set, and can easily adjust the weight by adding or decreasing the weight of the wheel set (weight). The present invention provides a dynamic balance calibration and weight adjustment device for a bicycle wheel set that can be used.

The inventor deeply understands the defects in its use, makes corrections and improvements, and at the same time, based on the spiritual philosophy sought, the experience of many years of expertise and various trial and error, finally succeeded the present invention after the test, We came up with a dynamic balance calibration and weight adjustment system for bicycle wheel sets.
The present invention enables the bicycle rider to carry out the calibration work of the dynamic balance of the wheel set in a state in which the wheel set is actually used, and the balance of the dynamic balance and the weight of the wheel set which is a wheel assembled by the bicycle. An adjustment device is provided.

  One of the features of the present invention is that parts such as spokes, nipples, rims, inner tires, outer tires, tube tires, valves, brake discs, flywheels, light reflecting sheets, etc. on the wheel assembly in which the wheel portions of the bicycle are assembled. Bicycle wheel set dynamic balance calibration and weight adjustment device used to calibrate the dynamic balance of the wheel set, using the measured dynamic balance to add or reduce the weight (weight) on the wheel set In order to adjust the weight, a calibration table, a computer, and a display are connected. The calibration table is connected to the computer via a transmission line, and support structures are provided on both sides of the calibration table. A movement fixing mechanism and a through-accommodating chamber are provided on the upper end outer side of the right support structure, and a sensor accommodating chamber connected to the through-accommodating chamber is provided on the upper end inner side of the right support structure. A rotary shaft fixing socket and a sensor storage chamber, a sensor C is provided in the sensor storage chamber, a spindle fixing head is provided at the center of the rotary shaft fixing socket, and a second drive shaft is placed outside the central location. Providing a through hole at the center of the second drive shaft, inserting and installing a second drive adapter on the outer diameter of the second drive shaft, and a second drive socket on the outer side of the outer diameter of the second drive shaft A head is provided, and a bearing is provided on the outer diameter of the second drive shaft on the inner side of the through-accommodating chamber. A sensor D is provided on the outer diameter portion of the second drive socket head. The through-hole accommodating chamber and the sensor accommodating chamber are provided in the left support structure corresponding to the above, the first drive shaft is provided in the central location of the through-accommodate chamber, the sensor A is provided in the sensor accommodating chamber, and the through hole is provided in the central location of the first drive shaft Install and install the first drive adapter, the inner side of the first drive shaft A bearing is provided, and a sensor B is provided at an outer diameter portion of the first drive head socket.

Furthermore, one of the features of the present invention is that in the dynamic balance calibration structure and weight adjustment apparatus for the bicycle wheel set described above, the calibration table includes an upright or horizontal calibration table, a computer and a display, and a sensor is mounted on the calibration table. And using the connection of the transmission line and the computer, the bicycle rider actually uses the wheel set for the calibration work of the wheel set dynamic balance. Step 9 is executed sequentially.
Step 1. First, the wheel set is stably installed in the center of the (upright) calibration table.
Step 2. (Thread adjustment type) Adjust the position of the spindle fixing head.
Step 3. Adjust the moving fixing mechanism (quick release wrench) and fix the hub axle of the wheel set to the (rotating shaft) fixing socket.
Step 4. The thread drive adjustable first drive head socket and the second drive head socket are adjusted, and the hub packing of the wheel set is fixed to the (screw thread adjustable) drive head.
Step 5. The motor is started, the first drive shaft and the second drive shaft are interlocked, and the rotation of the wheel set is interlocked.
Step 6. Sensors A, B, C, and D detect and acquire dynamic equilibrium data and transmit them to a computer.
Step 7. The computer performs calculation and displays the weight addition site and the weight on the display.
Step 8. Based on the weight addition site and the weight display, the weight seal is used to attach to the spokes, nipples, rim inner side, rim outer side, and rim bottom side of the wheel set to increase the weight.
Step 9. The dynamic balance verification of the wheel set is performed, and when the left and right are balanced, the work of the wheel set is finished.

  The calibration table in Step 1 can be an upright calibration table, a horizontal calibration table, and can be a thread-adjustable spindle fixing head or a cylinder type spindle fixing head in Step 2. The wrench-type fixed socket can be a thread-type adjustable socket, a cylinder-type fixed socket, and the screw-type adjustable drive head socket of Step 4 can be a cylinder-type drive head socket, and the drive shaft of Step 5 Can be driven using a single side or a double side, the sensor of Step 6 can be single side detection or double side detection, and the display of the weight addition site of Step 7 is the weight reduction site and The weight can be displayed.

According to the dynamic balance calibration and weight adjustment device of the bicycle wheel set of the present invention, the bicycle rider can perform the calibration work of the dynamic balance of the wheel set in a state where the wheel set is actually used. The equilibrium state of the dynamics of the bicycle wheel set can be automatically detected, and the weight can be easily adjusted by adding or decreasing the weight of the wheel set.
In particular, the calibration balance can be detected by detecting the extent of the rim center surveying instrument, rim roundness surveying instrument, and spoke tension measuring instrument. Based on the results, you can increase the weight on the spokes, nipples, rim inner surface, rim outer surface, rim bottom surface on wheelset, turning, drilling, face milling, hub machining, rim weight for weight reduction This can be realized by reduction or the like, and in this way, the dynamic balance calibration result can be made more reliable for the wheel set.

It is a three-dimensional explanatory drawing of the present invention. It is a section explanatory view of the present invention. It is explanatory drawing of the weight addition seal | sticker of the weight addition site | part of this invention. It is explanatory drawing of the horizontal type calibration stand of this invention. It is explanatory drawing of the socket type spindle fixed head of this invention. It is explanatory drawing of the cylinder type spindle fixed head of this invention. It is a screw thread adjustment type fixed socket of the present invention. It is a cylinder type fixed socket of the present invention. It is a cylinder type drive head socket of the present invention. It is a figure of the flowchart of the surveying step of this invention.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a dynamic balance calibration and weight adjustment device for a wheel set, which is an assembled wheel of a bicycle according to the present invention, will be described with reference to FIGS.
As shown in FIG. 1, the dynamic balance calibration and weight adjustment device for a wheel set, which is an assembled wheel of a bicycle according to an embodiment of the present invention, is in a state where a bicycle rider actually uses the wheel set 80, for example, FIG. 3, the dynamic balance of components such as the spoke 81, the nipple 82, the rim 83, the inner tire, the outer tire, the tube tire, the valve, the brake disk, the flywheel, and the light reflecting sheet on the wheel set 80 It is used to perform 80 dynamic balance calibration work, and the weight is adjusted on the wheel set 80 by adding or decreasing the weight.

As shown in FIG. 1, the overall structure of the apparatus for calibrating the dynamic balance of the wheel set 80 includes an upright calibration table 20, a computer 70, and a display 71. A computer is connected via a line 73, and as shown in FIG. 2, support structures are provided on the left and right sides of the both sides on the upright calibration table 20, respectively.
The right support structure 21 on the right side of the left and right support structures is provided with a quick release wrench 22 and a through-accommodating chamber 23 as a movement fixing mechanism on the outer side of the upper end, and the through-accommodating chamber 23 on the inner side of the upper end of the right support structure 21. A sensor storage chamber 24 to be connected is provided, a sensor C241 is provided in the sensor storage chamber 24, a rotary shaft fixing socket 25 is provided in the through storage chamber 23, and a screw thread adjustment type spindle fixing head 26 is provided at the center of the rotary shaft fixing socket 25. The second drive shaft 27 is placed outside the center of the rotary shaft fixing socket 25, the through hole 28 is provided at the center of the second drive shaft 27, and the second drive adapter 29 is inserted and installed.
A second drive socket head 30 is provided on one side of the outer diameter of the second drive shaft 27, and a sensor D242 is provided on the outer diameter portion of the second drive socket head 30 via a second drive adapter 29. 2 A bearing 251 is provided at a suitable position on the outer diameter of the drive shaft 27, and this bearing 251 is tightly combined with the inner wall surface of the accommodation chamber of the rotary shaft fixing socket 25.

  Among the left and right support structures, the left-side support structure 41 on the left side is provided with a through-accommodating chamber 43 and a sensor-accommodating chamber 44 on the inner side of the upper end so as to correspond to the right-side supporting structure 21, The first drive shaft 47 is provided at the central location of the through-accommodating chamber 43, the through hole 48 is provided at the central location of the first drive shaft 47, the first drive adapter 49 is inserted and installed, and the outer diameter of the first drive shaft 47 is the same. The first drive socket head 50 is provided on the side, the sensor B 442 is provided at the outer diameter portion of the first drive head socket 50, the bearing 471 is provided at a suitable position on the inner diameter of the first drive shaft 47, and the 472 is provided at a suitable position on the outer diameter. .

The outer diameter bearing 472 of the first drive shaft 47 is tightly combined with the inner wall surface of the through-accommodating chamber 43, and the sensors 241, 242, 441, 442 are provided in the sensor accommodating chamber 44. Although it is fixed non-rotatingly, the obtained data is transmitted to the computer 70 via the transmission line 73, and the calculation is performed to display the weight addition part and the weight on the display 71, or the weight reduction part and the weight. Thus, the dynamic balance calibration and weight adjustment device for the bicycle wheel set of the present invention is completed.
Since the first drive shaft and the second drive shaft are supported by the right and left right support structures 21 and left support structures 41 by bearings, if there is an imbalance in the dynamics of the bicycle wheel set, the right support structure 21 The sensor C: 241 and the sensor D: 242 that detect the load on the left side deviate, and similarly, the values of the sensor A .: 441 and the sensor B: 442 that detect the load on the left support structure 41 deviate. Is displayed on the display 71, the part where the weight is to be added (increased) is displayed, and the part where the weight is to be decreased is displayed. Based on this, the work of calibrating the imbalance of the wheel set is performed.
Actually, the dynamics of the components such as the spoke 81, the nipple 82, the rim 83, the inner tire, the outer tire, the tube tire, the valve, the brake disc, the flywheel, and the light reflecting sheet on the wheel set 80 in FIG. 3 are balanced. As described above, the weight adjustment is performed by adding or decreasing the weight on the wheel set 80, the dynamic balance of the wheel set 80 is calibrated, and the dynamics of the wheel set are balanced to finish.

This will be described with reference to the flowchart of the surveying step of the present invention in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 10, survey steps in the dynamic balance calibration structure and weight adjustment device for a bicycle wheel set are as follows, and the following steps 1 to 9 are sequentially executed.
Step 1. First, the wheel set 80 is stably installed at the center of the upright calibration table 20.
Step 2. The position of the thread adjustment spindle fixing head 26 is adjusted.
Step 3. The quick release wrench 22 is adjusted, and the hub axis of the wheel set 80 is fixed to the rotary shaft fixing socket 25.
Step 4. The screw drive adjusting first drive head socket 50 and the second drive head socket 30 are adjusted, and the hub packing of the wheel set 80 is fixed to the screw drive adjusting drive head.
Step 5. The motor is started, the first drive shaft 47 and the second drive shaft 27 are interlocked, and the rotation of the wheel set 80 is interlocked.
Step 6. The sensors A441, B442, C241, and D242 detect and acquire dynamic equilibrium data and transmit them to the computer 70.
Step 7. The computer 70 calculates and displays the weight addition site and the weight on the display 71.
Step 8. Based on the weight addition site and weight indication, the weight addition seal 87 is used to affix to the spoke 81, nipple 82, rim inner side 84, rim outer side 85, and rim bottom side 86 on the wheel set 80 to increase the weight. To do.
Step 9. The dynamic equilibrium verification of the wheel set 80 is performed. As a result, if the left and right are balanced, the operation is finished.

  The upright calibration table 20 in Step 1 can be a horizontal calibration table 201 as shown in FIG. 4, and the thread adjustment type spindle fixing head 26 in Step 2 is a socket as shown in FIG. Type spindle fixing head 261, which can be a cylinder type spindle fixing head 262 as shown in FIG. 6, and the quick release wrench 22 of step 3 as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 9, the screw-type adjustable first drive head socket 50 and the second drive head socket 30 in Step 4 may be a cylinder type drive head socket as shown in FIG. 9. 301, and the first drive shaft 47 and the second drive shaft 27 in Step 5 can be driven using a single side or a double side.

In addition, the sensors A441, B442, C241, and D242 in step 6 can be single-sided detection or a pair of double-sided detection, and the weight addition site display in step 7 displays the weight reduction site and weight. In order to increase (add) the weight, the weight added seal 87 is used to increase the weight on the spoke 81 on the wheel set 80, the nipple 82, the rim inner side surface 84, the rim outer side surface 85, and the rim bottom side surface 86, and reduce the weight. Can be realized by turning, drilling, face milling, hub machining, rim weight reduction, etc., and its calibration balance system includes rim center surveying instrument (not shown), rim roundness surveying instrument (not shown) ), A spoke tension surveying instrument (not shown) can be attached externally and combined with inspection, making the wheel set more reliable in dynamic balance calibration results.
Of course, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments as long as the features of the present invention are not impaired.

20 Upright calibration table 201 Horizontal calibration table 21 Right support structure 22 Quick release wrench 221 Thread adjustment type fixing socket 222 Cylinder type fixing socket 23 Penetration accommodation chamber 24 Sensor accommodation chamber 241 Sensor C
242 Sensor D
25 Rotating shaft fixing socket 251 Bearing 26 Thread adjustment type spindle fixing head 261 Socket type spindle fixing head 262 Cylinder type spindle fixing head 27 Second drive shaft 28 Through hole 29 Second drive adapter 30 Second drive socket head 301 Cylinder type drive Head socket 41 Left support structure 43 Penetration accommodation chamber 44 Sensor accommodation chamber 441 Sensor A
442 Sensor B
47 First drive shaft 471 Bearing 472 Bearing 48 Through hole 49 First drive adapter 50 First drive socket head 70 Computer 71 Display 73 Transmission line 80 Wheel set 81 Spoke 82 Nipple 83 Rim 84 Rim inner surface 85 Rim outer surface 86 Rim bottom Side 87 Weight-added seal

Claims (6)

Dynamic balance measurement of parts such as spokes, nipples, rims, inner tires, outer tires, tube tires, valves, brake discs, flywheels, light reflecting sheets, etc. on wheel sets is carried out to calibrate the dynamic balance of wheel sets. A device for dynamic balance calibration and weight adjustment of a bicycle wheel set used for,
In order to adjust the weight by adding or reducing the weight on the wheel set, it comprises a calibration table, a computer, and a display, and the calibration table connects the computer via a transmission line,
A support structure is provided on each of the left and right sides of the calibration table, a moving fixing mechanism and a through-accommodating chamber are provided on the upper outer side of the right support structure, and connected to the through-accommodating chamber on the upper inner side of the right support structure. A sensor storage chamber,
A rotary shaft fixing socket and a sensor storage chamber are provided in the penetrating storage chamber, a sensor C is provided in the sensor storage chamber, a spindle fixing head is provided at a central portion of the rotary shaft fixing socket, and a second outside the central location. Cover the drive shaft,
A through hole is provided at the center of the second drive shaft, a second drive adapter is inserted and installed on the outer diameter of the second drive shaft, and a second drive socket head is installed on the outer side of the outer diameter of the second drive shaft. Providing a bearing on the outer diameter of the second drive shaft on the inner side of the through-accommodating chamber, and providing a sensor D on the outer diameter portion of the second drive socket head,
The left support structure corresponding to the upper end inner side of the right support structure is provided with a through storage chamber and a sensor storage chamber, a first drive shaft is provided at the center of the through storage chamber, a sensor A is provided in the sensor storage chamber, and the first drive A bicycle characterized in that a through hole is provided in the center of the shaft, the first drive adapter is inserted and installed, a bearing is provided on the inner side of the first drive shaft, and a sensor B is provided in the outer diameter location of the first drive head socket. Dynamic balance calibration and weight adjustment device for wheel set.   2. The dynamics of a bicycle wheel set according to claim 1, wherein the sensor transmits the obtained data to a computer through a transmission line to perform calculation, and displays a weight addition site and a weight on a display. 3. Balance calibration and weight adjustment device.   The bicycle wheel set according to claim 1, wherein the sensor transmits the obtained data to a computer using a transmission line, performs calculation, and displays the weight reduction portion and the weight on the display. Dynamic balance calibration and weight adjustment device.   The weight adjustment uses weight-added seals to add weight to the spokes, nipples, rim inner side, rim outer side, and rim bottom side of the wheel set, and dynamic balance calibration and weight of the bicycle wheel set, Adjustment device.   2. The dynamic balance calibration and weight adjustment apparatus for a bicycle wheel set according to claim 1, wherein the weight reduction can reduce the weight of the rim by turning, drilling, face milling, hub machining or the like.   The calibration balancing means can be attached to a rim center surveying instrument, a rim roundness surveying instrument, or a spoke tension surveying instrument, or can be combined with these measuring instruments, so that balance calibration of dynamics can be more reliably performed on a wheel set. The dynamic balance calibration and weight adjustment apparatus for a bicycle wheel set according to claim 1, wherein:

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