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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2008
Cully B. Dodd, McKinney, TX (US);
Cully B. Dodd, McKinney, TX (US);
Watson & Chalin Manufacturing, Inc., McKinney, TX (US);
Abstract
A vehicle suspension includes a hub and a hub temperature indicating device visible from an exterior of the hub and exposed to a temperature within an interior of the hub, and including a material which changes color in response to a predetermined change in the hub interior temperature. A hub temperature indicating device includes one of a hub cap plug and a hub cap window, including a material which changes color in response to a predetermined change in temperature in the hub interior. Another hub temperature indicating device includes a material which is operative to change color in response to a temperature change in a hub interior, the material comprising an irreversible temperature change indicating material; another material adjacent the first material, and which is operative to transfer heat between the hub interior and the first material; and the device being configured to attach to a hub cap.