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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2023
Volvo Construction Equipment Ab, Eskilstuna, SE;
Marc Kappel, Eskilstuna, SE;
Bernd Lemke, Moringen, DE;
VOLVO CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT AB, Eskilstuna, SE;
Abstract
A system for monitoring the wear of a solid plate having a surface exposed to abrasive wear and comprising: a through boring in the solid plate having a boring longitudinal axis (LA), a substantially cylindrical part, and an end part adjacent said surface, the end part having an end part surface being at least partly conical in cross-section along the boring LA, and a counter-sunk head screw having a screw LA, a shaft fitting into the cylindrical part, and a head with an underside at least partly conical in cross-section along the screw LA, a first angle between the underside and the screw LA bigger than a second angle between the end part surface and the boring LA, and a sensor at a fixed position on a side of the solid plate opposite said surface and adapted to measure a change in distance between a screw tip and the sensor.