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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 1990
Filed:
Apr. 04, 1988
Keith V Leigh-Monstevens, Troy, MI (US);
Brian D Mabee, Warren, MI (US);
Automotive Products plc, Warwickshire, GB;
Abstract
A brake failure warning system for a dual hydraulic master cylinder for use with a motor vehicle. The warning system employs a pair of Hall Effect magnetic sensors which are positioned on the exterior of a plastic cylinder in association with the two pistons mounted within the bore of the cylinder. The pistons have ferrous frustoconical portions which coact with the respective sensors to generate position signals that vary as the pistons move in the bore past the respective sensors. The two position signals are fed to a logic board which compares the signals and generates an error or warning signal in the event that the difference between the two signals exceeds a predetermined amount indicative of failure of one of the two braking systems of the vehicle.