US Patent Issued to Snap-On on Nov. 11 for "Wheel aligner with improved accuracy and no-stop positioning using a drive direction calculation" (Arkansas, Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,747, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Snap-On Inc. (Kenosha, Wis.).

"Wheel aligner with improved accuracy and no-stop positioning using a drive direction calculation" was invented by Steven W. Rogers (Conway, Ark.), David A. Jackson (Point Roberts, Wash.), Eric R. Sellers (Conway, Ark.), Ronald D. Swayne (Sherwood, Ark.), James Rodney Harrell (Greenbrier, Ark.), Chance Robinson (North Little Rock, Ark.), Robert J. D'Agostino (Conway, Ark.) and Adam C. Brown (Maumelle, Ark.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Vehicle alignment systems and methods are disclosed which operate based on a calculation of "drive direction," or the direction in...