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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2024
Valvoline Licensing and Intellectual Property Llc, Lexington, KY (US);
Adam Sworski, Ashland, KY (US);
Seth Jessie, Lexington, KY (US);
Paolo Forchielli, Independence Township, MI (US);
Michael R. Wedding, Nicholasville, KY (US);
Valvoline Licensing and Intellectual Property LLC, Lexington, KY (US);
Abstract
A method for inspecting a vehicle brake pad, without removal of a vehicle wheel, includes capturing a digital image a side of a brake pad with the wheel installed on the vehicle, and loading the digital image onto a display screen of an image analysis system. An on-screen thickness of each of the backing plate and brake lining is measured as a pixel count distance between a leading and trailing edge of each of the backing plate and brake lining. The image analysis system calculates a ratio between the measured pixel-count thicknesses of each of the backing plate and the brake lining, compares the ratio to a threshold value, and based on that comparison, generates a message indicative whether the brake lining needs to be replaced. The brake pad is replaced in response to a generated message in the image analysis system indicating the brake pad failed inspection.
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