Electronic wear pin-active measurement: threaded wear pin to ring gear
US9506516B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 17, 2015 |
| Grant date | Nov 29, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 17, 2035 |
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- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF16D66/023
- WIPO fieldMechanical elements
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
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.
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