Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electronic stroke sensor for air disc brake
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Application No.: US14289152Application Date: 2014-05-28
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Publication No.: US09855940B2Publication Date: 2018-01-02
- Inventor: Thomas Edward Wallace , Richard J. Rink , Glenn Singletary , Mark David Chandler , Andrew P. Schartner
- Applicant: Indian Head Industries, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US SC Charlotte
- Assignee: Indian Head Industries, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Indian Head Industries, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US SC Charlotte
- Agency: Warner Norcross & Judd LLP
- Main IPC: F16D66/02
- IPC: F16D66/02 ; B60T17/22 ; F16D65/28 ; F16D66/00 ; F16D121/02 ; F16D125/58

Abstract:
A vehicle brake monitor assembly for an air disk brake includes a brake actuator having a pushrod projecting from inside a chamber of said brake actuator. The pushrod releasably actuates a lever arm of a caliper thereby moving the disk brake into a braking position when the pushrod is in an extended position and releasing the disk brake from the braking position when the pushrod is in a retracted position. The pushrod includes a pushrod shaft and a contact member biased in a telescoping relationship relative to the pushrod shaft and the lever arm of the caliper abuts the contact member counteracting the bias of the contact member. A sensor is integrated with the assembly proximate the contact member and detects movement of the pushrod relative to the lever arm and to the pushrod shaft.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140277928A1 ELECTRONIC STROKE SENSOR FOR AIR DISC BRAKE Public/Granted day:2014-09-18
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