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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2022
Applicant:
Akebono Brake Industry Co., Ltd, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
George Douglas Ritter, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Gang Lou, Rochester, MI (US);
Eric J. Roszman, Ovid, MI (US);
Assignee:
AKEBONO BRAKE INDUSTRY CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T 17/22 (2006.01); B60T 13/74 (2006.01); F16D 66/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T 17/22 (2013.01); F16D 66/00 (2013.01); B60T 13/746 (2013.01); B60T 2210/30 (2013.01); B60T 2270/406 (2013.01); F16D 2066/001 (2013.01); F16D 2066/003 (2013.01); F16D 2066/005 (2013.01); F16D 2066/006 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of determining the cumulative damage of a brake system, the method comprising: (a) estimating or measuring one or more brake forces based upon one or more parameters; (b) determining a cycle for each of the brake forces and associating each brake force with the determined cycle; and (c) determining a cumulative damage of the brake system based upon the determined cycles and the associated brake forces.