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7469777 |
A wear indicating friction disc assembly includes at least two friction discs and may include a plurality of clamping assemblies positioned around a circumference of the friction discs to clamp at least two of the friction discs together...
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7424936 |
A brake pad includes a backing plate and a friction material layer attached to the backing plate. At least one inner layer is disposed within the friction material layer. The inner layer has a color different than the friction material l...
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7408474 |
A damage indicator for indicating potential damage to a sensor.
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7370733 |
A disc brake assembly wear indicator configured to be examined by physical contact, i.e. touch, as well as by eyesight to determine wear of the brake assembly friction couple. Physical markings are provided on the assembly carrier and ca...
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7278519 |
A bicycle disk brake pad comprises a backing plate and a friction member. The friction member comprises a friction brake part and a wear indicating part, wherein the friction part is adapted to contact a rotating brake member, and the we...
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7267204 |
In a disk brake of a vehicle, a caliper device which supports pads that can be pressed against a brake disk rotating with a wheel and which exerts a force to press the pads against the brake disk, is supported on a support member that su...
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7248154 |
The invention relates to a system and a method for the detection of the wear state of machine parts which are subject to mechanical wear, by means of an electronic transmitting/receiving device ( 38 ) and at least one transponder device ...
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7222699 |
A multicolored indicator part and cover part are attached to a truck brake slack adjuster and S cam shaft. Relative motion of the brake slack adjuster and the S cam shaft causes relative motion of the two parts to reveal the colors on th...
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7219776 |
A friction disc, in particular a brake or clutch disc, includes carbon fiber-reinforced ceramic composite material with at least one top surface formed as a friction surface. At least part of the friction surface is formed of a different...
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7175006 |
For an air-operated disc brake there is provided an internal brake actuator stroke indicator which provides an indication, readily ascertained from outside the brake caliper, of the amount of actuator stroke remaining in a disc brake app...
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7126063 |
An electronic package includes a circuit board and a capsule layer encasing the circuit board and forming an immersible electronic module. A housing receives the electronic module and forms a protective shell around the electronic module.
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7104365 |
An indicator device indicating the travel of an air bag-type brake actuator when brakes are applied includes a stationary indicator plate having a cut out extending alongside the path of travel of the actuator. The cut out includes side ...
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7066302 |
A wear gauge device ( 10 ) for use with disc brake systems having a boss ( 100 ) provided with a floating arm ( 101 ) and wear indicator pin ( 102 ) that track the thickness of brake lining material ( 104 ) wherein, the wear gauge device...
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7014016 |
A brake actuator assembly includes a sensor mounted to a push rod which is in communication with a transceiver antenna. The sensor provides positional information of the push rod relative to the antenna. A clearance between a friction el...
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7011187 |
A vibration damper including a damping element in a housing supports a component via a mounting bracket clamped between upper and lower plates after making horizontal adjustments. A hollow adjusting screw, a fixing screw and a counternut...
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6959788 |
The invention concerns a disk brake with a brake lining holding device for a brake lining that can be tensioned in the direction of a brake disk and comprising a lining support plate and a brake lining material applied thereon, wherein a...
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6904698 |
A piston travel measuring device for mounting to a non-pressure head is provided. The non-pressure head includes a cylinder and a piston connected thereto for reciprocal movement along a piston travel axis. The device comprises a mountin...
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6871728 |
A vehicle brake device having a hydraulic pressure generating source is proposed which can reliably prevent dragging and ensure the initial response of brakes during braking. In a brake fluid supply passage from the master cylinder to th...
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6760651 |
A method of monitoring the service life of a ceramic brake disk, in which the load of the brake disk is computed by way of the actual sensed braking and driving dynamic characteristics and is compared with a definable reference value for...
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6753771 |
A vehicle monitoring system for monitoring a condition of relatively moving vehicle components, particularly including the pushrod of a brake actuator, including a magnet on one of the components, a sensor on the other component within t...
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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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6691835 |
A disc brake assembly has a support member secured to a vehicle to position a caliper over a rotor. The caliper has a housing with a bore therein for retaining a piston and a first friction member attached thereto in alignment with a fir...
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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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6631791 |
A brake disc wear indicator comprising a brake disc rotor having two opposed braking surfaces for engaging opposed brake friction pads, and at least one hole provided in the rotor at a location behind a braking surface and at a predeterm...
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6501375 |
A brake monitoring system generally includes a plurality of brake monitors mounted on each of a plurality of brake actuators. Each brake monitor generally comprises a sleeve mounted to a push rod which moves relative to a stone shield on...
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6497315 |
Modified friction pad and friction-pad receptale assembly for a brake/clutch module permitting greater ease inserting pad into and withdrawing it from the brake/clutch module. The pad is held into the receptacle by clips at the distal en...
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6481542 |
A brake adjuster is provided for a vehicle brake such as for heavy duty vehicle. The brake adjuster includes a brake module that produces an electrical signal for adjusting the vehicle brake. The heavy duty vehicle brake typically includ...
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6480107 |
An apparatus for assembling a brake monitor upon a brake actuator, wherein the brake monitor includes an annular push rod sleeve having a first sensor element, preferably a magnet, and a second sensor element fixed relative to the brake ...
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6478119 |
A probe case attached to a back plate includes a first elastic locking piece for coupling with the back plate and a second elastic locking piece for fixedly positioning a probe. When the first elastic locking piece is attached to the bac...
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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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6460659 |
A machine operator or service person is alerted to the excessive wear condition of friction discs in friction couplings or brakes of construction machinery by being provided with a visual indication of wear of the friction discs in one e...
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6457566 |
A brake rotor for a vehicle is provided with one or more visual wear indicators on brake contact surfaces to allow easy visual inspection of brake rotor condition without the need for measurement tools. The inventive visual wear indicato...
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6417768 |
A vehicle brake monitor for a brake actuator including a housing, a reciprocal push rod extending through an opening in the housing and a stone shield mounted in the housing opening. An annular sleeve surrounds the push rod which is inte...
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6411206 |
A brake monitoring system generally includes a plurality of brake monitors mounted on each of a plurality of brake actuators. Each brake monitor generally comprises a sleeve mounted to a push rod which moves relative to a stone shield on...
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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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6390244 |
A brake wear indicator to provide visual and tactile indication of unacceptable brake wear. The brake wear indicator has a hub drive attached to a cam shaft, a brake wear disk attached to the hub drive and a body attached to a slack adju...
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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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6366201 |
A parallel resistor array for progressively detecting brake lining wear. A plurality of conductors are embedded within a brake lining or otherwise disposed between the brake surface and an actuator. Each of the conductors is connected to...
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6364068 |
A brake cylinder piston travel indicator for monitoring an amount of piston travel in a brake cylinder assembly in a railway braking system is provided. The railway braking system includes a brake beam and a brake cylinder piston within ...
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6349798 |
A brake assembly of the constant friction type has a rotary transmission shaft fitted with a constant friction brake device including a first set of friction plates carried on the shaft and a second set of friction plates interleaved wit...
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6311554 |
The invention provides a brake lining wear indicator for use with a brake pad/shoe having a friction lining secured to a plate. The indicator includes a flag positionable adjacent a thickness of the lining, and a base and a resilient mem...
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6308803 |
A brake disc is provided with a visual control means of its wear conditions on at least one of its opposite side faces in correspondence of the peripheral braking strip on which the braking pads act by friction. The visual control means ...
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6302241 |
A sensor is attached to a backing plate of a brake pad. The sensor comprises a metal arm extending to one side of the brake pad. The metal arm is electrically insulated from the backing plate. A tab made from a dielectric material projec...
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6293370 |
A vehicle braking system adapted to apply a brake lining to a brake rotor, and having a clearance control device for maintaining the free running clearance between the brake lining and the brake rotor during the non-braking phase, compri...
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6279698 |
A high braking efficiency and self-draining brake disc with wear visual control comprises a braking strip (2) having two opposite faces (2', 2") provided each with a swept braking surface, a bell (3) fixed to the axis of a wheel and a co...
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6276494 |
A vehicle brake assembly of the kind comprises actuating means (6) for applying the brake linings (4, 5) to a brake rotor (1), adjusting means (13) adapted to be driven by the actuating means (6) for the purpose of maintaining the brake ...
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6255941 |
A vehicle brake monitor for a brake actuator including a housing, a reciprocal push rod extending through an opening in the housing and a stone shield mounted in the housing opening. An annular sleeve surrounds the push rod which is inte...
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6237723 |
A visual brake wear indicator gauge for a vehicle's disc brake system. A mounting bracket is fixed to the existing brake's caliper with a hollow housing extending from the bracket. The visual gauge has an indicator bar with straight leng...
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6236310 |
A brake shoe assembly includes a brake lining and a housing. The brake lining has a predetermined thickness which gradually wears away and increases in temperature during a vehicle braking application. The housing is positioned to wear a...
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