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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2013
Timothy J. Frashure, Columbia Station, OH (US);
Thomas J. Weed, North Ridgeville, OH (US);
Craig S. Haehn, Avon Lake, OH (US);
Kirit A. Thakkar, Parma, OH (US);
Julie A. Miller, Lorain, OH (US);
Daniel P. Zula, North Ridgeville, OH (US);
Timothy J. Frashure, Columbia Station, OH (US);
Thomas J. Weed, North Ridgeville, OH (US);
Craig S. Haehn, Avon Lake, OH (US);
Kirit A. Thakkar, Parma, OH (US);
Julie A. Miller, Lorain, OH (US);
Daniel P. Zula, North Ridgeville, OH (US);
Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC, Elyria, OH (US);
Abstract
When detecting unacceptably large airgaps between wheel speed sensors and their exciter rings on wheel ends of a vehicle, wheel speed sensor output is filtered and monitored to detect signal amplitudes that correspond to the airgaps. When signal peak amplitude below a predetermined threshold is detected, the airgap is too large. Wheel ends having unacceptably large air gaps are indicated to the driver or technician via blink sequences (e.g., on an electronic stability program (ESP) indicator light or other suitable indicator), wherein each wheel end is associated with a unique blink sequence.