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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2015
Applicant:
Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Jeffrey Troester, Granger, IN (US);
Christian D. Brinkley, Plymouth, MN (US);
Stephen Handel, Gilbert, AZ (US);
Assignee:
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC., Morris Plains, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 66/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 66/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A brake monitoring system comprises a wear pin that is operatively connected to a brake to be monitored, wherein the wear pin can translate along a longitudinal axis of the wear pin and not rotate about the longitudinal axis; a wear gear rotationally affixed to the wear pin to enable the wear gear to rotate as the wear pin translates; and a counting device operatively adjacent the wear gear, wherein the counting device measures one of an amount of rotation of the wear gear and a rate of rotation of the wear gear.