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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 1982
Filed:
Mar. 09, 1981
Applicant:
Inventor:
Gary L Barrett, Union Lake, MI (US);
Assignee:
GSE, Inc., Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
73121 ; 73132 ; 340 / ;
Abstract
Apparatus for sensing the force necessary to pull the lever arm of an automobile parking brake to a predetermined position. An elongated body includes a cavity for receiving the lever arm of the parking brake assembly. The body includes a switch arranged to come into contact with portions of the parking brake assembly when the lever arm is lifted to a predetermined position. A transducer is operative to measure the amount of force required to lift the lever arm to the position at which the switch contacts the parking brake assembly.