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7464796 |
The system and method for monitoring wear of one or more aircraft parts, such as an aircraft brake, an aircraft tire, a standby system, and landing gear. One or more sensors are provided for sensing a parameter of usage, and an estimate ...
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7464795 |
A device and method for monitoring the application of a motor vehicle automatic parking brake by measuring a physical property (either resistivity or electrical conductivity) of a friction lining ( 3 ) of a brake pad ( 2 ) throgh a measu...
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7445091 |
An electrically operated brake device in which braking force differences between electrically operated brakes are reduced to prevent unstable vehicle traveling during braking. Motors 13 of electrically operated brakes are returned to ...
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7416059 |
The system and method for monitoring wear of one or more aircraft parts, such as an aircraft brake, an aircraft tire, a standby system, and landing gear. One or more sensors are provided for sensing a parameter of usage, and an estimate ...
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7413061 |
A method and a device for controlling an electrically actuated wear adjuster of a brake application device for vehicles, in particular rail vehicles. Said method comprises the following steps: a) determination of an actual application st...
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7408474 |
A damage indicator for indicating potential damage to a sensor.
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7374026 |
A parking brake assembly for an air actuated disc brake includes an operating shaft for amplifying a force supplied by an air actuator and transmitting the force to brake pads. The operating shaft is pivotable about an axis between a res...
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7328607 |
A method of monitoring the functionability of a brake lining ( 10, 12 ) comprising the following steps: measuring a value that characterizes the dielectric constant of the lining material; comparing the measured value with a reference va...
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7322447 |
A disc brake has a brake disc and a brake caliper spanning the brake disc. A brake applicator shaft is supported on the brake caliper and arranged transversely to an axis of rotation of the brake disc. The brake applicator shaft has a ro...
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7299899 |
The present invention concerns a digital sensor for monitoring the wear of lining material of a disc brake. The sensor is to be attached to the end of an adjusting shaft of an adjusting mechanism, which mechanism is used for adjusting th...
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7244003 |
The brake lining and wear estimation system operates using extant vehicle sensors such as those used to implement height and stability control systems or anti-lock brake systems. This minimizes, or eliminates, the need to modify the brak...
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7232013 |
A brake system including a brake pad shaped and located to apply pressure to a brake rotor and an actuator shaped and located to apply pressure to the brake pad to cause the brake pad to apply pressure to the rotor. The system further in...
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7219772 |
The invention relates to a disk brake, particularly for commercial vehicles, comprising a brake caliper covering a brake disk, a tensing device arranged in a brake caliper for tensing the brake pads on both sides of the brake disk in the...
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7182184 |
A disk brake apparatus with a readily- releasable wear adjuster, including a brake caliper which overlaps a brake disk, a tensioning device for tensioning brake pads and an adjusting system for compensating for brake pad wear, where the ...
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7165657 |
A modular electrical resistance sensor is positionable in gaps between brake linings for a drum brake. The modular sensor is worn with the brake linings resulting in steadily increasing electrical resistance of the modular sensor. A meas...
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7152716 |
A control system for a disc brake adjuster mechanism includes a controller and an electric adjuster motor for operable connection to an adjuster mechanism for driving a friction lining towards and away from a disc brake rotor to maintain...
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7108107 |
An electrically actuated aircraft brake system and method which provides for brake wear measurement, brake running clearance adjustment, ram position-based control and improved construction and operation. Brake wear and running clearance...
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7104364 |
An electrically driven vehicle brake comprises a brake piston, which acts on at least one friction lining and can be displaced out of an initial position into an actuation position, in which the brake piston abuts the friction lining aga...
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7086503 |
System and method for monitoring the applications of the brakes, e.g. of an aircraft to determine brake condition and operate a brake maintenance programme or charge a brake system user. It is desirable to have accurate information for d...
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7034673 |
Method for monitoring an electrohydraulic braking system. The volume uptake is determined by the elasticity within the wheel brake that is subjected to certain fluctuations, on the one hand, and to a much greater degree by the clearance ...
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7011186 |
In a method for determining the state of a motor vehicle brake, particularly the brake-lining state or the brake-lining thickness, a temperature sensor is arranged in the brake lining of the motor vehicle brake, and the temperature detec...
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7011185 |
A low cost brake sensor incorporates a sensor portion extending through one of the rivet holes in the backing plate of the brake pad. A locking sleeve snaps onto the sensor portion and secures the sensor to the backing plate. Preferably,...
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6959794 |
A parking brake monitor and adjustment control system controls parking brake operation of an electromechanically actuated brake system which applies a parking brake force to a wheel. The system includes a monitor circuit for producing an...
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6929333 |
The system and method for monitoring wear of one or more aircraft parts, such as an aircraft brake, an aircraft tire, a standby system, and landing gear. One or more sensors are provided for sensing a parameter of usage, and an estimate ...
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6776266 |
A brake stroke sensor is disclosed. In particular, a digital brake stroke sensor capable of indicating a position of pushrod linear displacement is disclosed. The brake stroke sensor includes a prism attached to the pushrod. The prism in...
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6725977 |
A probe ( 20 ) has a holder ( 21 ) with a small-diameter portion- ( 25 ) and a stepped surface ( 33 ) at a base end of the small diameter portion ( 25 ). The stepped surface ( 33 ) is recessed over the entire circumference of a base end ...
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6719102 |
A wear detection probe for detection of wear of a braking member is mounted in or adjacent to the braking member. The wear detection probe includes a holder having a detection wire in a wiring path. The detection wire has a folded portio...
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6696937 |
A solid-state brake condition monitoring system for a vehicle brake system having a rotor rotatable about an axis and a pad mounted on an extendable metal shoe that frictionally engages the pad with the rotor for creating braking force. ...
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6688436 |
A brake pad assembly includes an elastic pad body having a braking face, a mounting face formed with a battery-receiving recess to receive a battery, and a light emitting member mounted on an exterior of the pad body and having first and...
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6655502 |
A method for monitoring the thickness of at least one friction partner of a vehicle friction brake, especially the brake linings of a vehicle braking system; for each braking action, the actuating time, the applied braking pressure, the ...
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6634465 |
The invention relates to a spring-loaded brake with a first housing part ( 2 ) connected to a first brake calliper arm ( 26 ) and a second housing part ( 14 ) connected to a second brake calliper arm ( 28 ) and with an actuation device (...
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6619441 |
A brake assembly utilizes a conical brake drum and matching conical brake lining assembly to provide a more efficient braking system. An adjuster mechanism with a pair of conical adjuster members is controlled by an electric motor and wo...
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6564909 |
A vehicle braking member has a block of friction material cooperating in sliding manner with a respective member for braking, and supports a wear detector wherein a resistive element, consumed simultaneously with the block of friction ma...
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6494297 |
A low cost brake sensor incorporates a sensor portion extending through one of the rivet holes in the backing plate of the brake pad. A locking sleeve snaps onto the sensor portion and secures the sensor to the backing plate. Preferably,...
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6481539 |
A system and method for monitoring brake pad wear are provided. The system provides a vehicle disc brake caliper assembly including a boot assembly and least one friction pad. The system further provides at least one caliper bolt includi...
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6477893 |
A progressive brake lining wear having a triangular wedged shaped resistive member disposed between a pair of conductive plates to define a triangular shaped sensor. The sensor is disposed within an erodable molding and connected to a se...
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6471015 |
A lining wear measurement system which accepts signals from a plurality of movement/displacement sensors coupled to respective auto-adjusters of vehicle brakes and giving information about prevailing brake pad/lining thickness. The syste...
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6464308 |
A braking force control apparatus is provided that controls the motor displacement to obtain a braking force that corresponds to the pedal depressing force. The braking force control apparatus detects the initial contact point between th...
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6450300 |
A brake shoe assembly includes a backing plate and a brake lining. The brake lining has an interface surface abutting the backing plate and a wear surface for contacting a vehicle. A pair of temperature sensors are positioned adjacent to...
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6446764 |
In a monitoring apparatus, a conductive coupling member is embedded in a brake pad of a brake system and is spaced apart from a first brake member by a thickness of the brake pad when wearing of the brake pad has yet to reach a predeterm...
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6422659 |
A method and device for controlling an actuator in response to an input signal is provided. The device detects actuator position, calculates a force applied to the actuator as a function of the detected position using a predetermined for...
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6408989 |
A vehicle brake assembly includes a sensor that detects the amount of movement of certain components within the brake assembly. In the preferred embodiment, a rotary sensor is coupled directly with the generally S-shaped cam member and p...
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H002026 |
A brake service signaling system for use on a vehicle responsive to the angular relationship between an actuator lever arm and an actuator rod having an attachment clevis where a switch electrically connected to a processing unit is moun...
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6397977 |
A vehicle brake of the caliper type having electrically actuated active adjustment of the running clearance of a brake lining relative to a brake rotor, wherein, for brake operation, angular displacement of a rotatable component ( 14 ) o...
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6384721 |
A brake wear sensor in which a body of electrical insulating material mounts a pair of electrically conductive plates such that edges of the plates are spaced from each other at a surface of the body. The body has an external thread adap...
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6360850 |
A progressive brake lining wear and temperature sensor having a plurality of parallel arranged spaced apart resistors in connection with a sensing circuit. Each resistor is mounted onto a PC board which in turn is encapsulated within a s...
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6352137 |
A vehicle brake monitor for a brake actuator having a housing and a rod reciprocal through an opening in the housing. The brake monitor includes a magnet and a sensor located within the magnetic field of the magnet and fixed relative to ...
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6345700 |
A brake lining module ( 10 ) with electric warning device ( 12 ) for indicating excessive friction lining wear comprises a back plate ( 14 ), to which a friction lining ( 16 ) is fastened, wherein the back plate ( 14 ) has a radially sit...
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6345699 |
A brake actuator having a switch device mounted to an actuator housing with a C-shaped molded body and a C-shaped spring member partially surrounding an actuator rod and adapted to contact a large diameter section of the actuator rod whe...
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6341670 |
A brake wear managing system is disclosed herein. The brake wear managing system comprises a plurality of sensor assemblies, an on-board controller and, optionally, a remote controller. The sensor assembly includes a mounting assembly an...
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