Brakes – With condition indicator – Electrical
Patent
1993-11-12
1995-12-26
Oberleitner, Robert J.
Brakes
With condition indicator
Electrical
188181T, 303112, 73129, F16D 6600
Patent
active
054779430
ABSTRACT:
A disk brake assembly includes a disk rotor, a mounting member secured to a vehicle body and having a pair of opposed arms positioned at opposite sides of the disk rotor, respectively, a pair of confronting pads arranged on the arms, respectively, a caliper slidably supported on the mounting member so as to be movable in an axial direction generally parallel to an axis of the disk rotor, the caliper having a piston portion and a reaction portion disposed on opposite sides of the disk rotor and arranged to press the pads against opposite surfaces of the disk rotor for generating a braking force therebetween, a plate secured to one of the arms so as to be deformed upon generation of the braking force along a direction thereof, and a detecting device serving for measuring a deformation of the plate as a braking force and converting the deformation into an electric signal.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4716994 (1988-01-01), Iwamoto
patent: 5279394 (1994-01-01), Wollenweber et al.
Enomoto Naoyasu
Kuromitsu Hiromu
Nakane Takeshi
Tsuruta Matsuhisa
Tsuzuki Takayoshi
Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
Oberleitner Robert J.
Schwartz Chris
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