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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2023
Filed:
May. 28, 2021
Rei, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Daniel J. Brunner, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Randy Richardson, South Jordan, UT (US);
Robert Koontz, Herriman, UT (US);
Alex Schumacher, Bountiful, UT (US);
Jeffrey J. Schwoebel, Park City, UT (US);
Randall Johnson, Murray, UT (US);
REI, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Abstract
In an embodiment, a system for wear monitoring, includes a wear surface, a metallic reflector embedded in the wear surface, a radio-wave transmitter, and a radio-wave receiver. The metallic reflector reflects radio waves transmitted by the radio-wave transmitter for detection by the radio wave receiver. Attenuation of the radio waves between transmission by the radio-wave transmitter and detection by the radio-wave receiver indicates a degree of wear of the wear surface.