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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:
Jan. 30, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 05, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Hitoshi Takanashi, Yokkaichi, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 6/600 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 6/600 ;
Abstract
A wear detection probe for a braking element includes a holder with opposed front and rear ends. A portion of the holder near the front end is configured to retain a detection wire. Thus, after sufficient wear of the brake and the holder, the detection wire will be broken to produce a signal indicative of brake wear. The holder includes two arrangement grooves extending from the abradeable portion of the detection wire to the rear end of the holder. The wear detection probe further includes a rib. The extreme rear end of the rib may include a slot, and a heat shrinkable tube may surround the wires and engage partly in the slot.