DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING AN ESTIMATED REMAINING USE OF A BRAKE ASSEMBLY

• Main Authors: SHERIFF, Shajahan, RALLABANDI, Vedavyas, HUNCHA, Pradeep, MUNIRAJU, Raghavendra, SUNDARAPPAN, Kathiresan
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 25.03.2020
• Subjects: ARRANGEMENT OF BRAKING ELEMENTS ON VEHICLES IN GENERAL; BLASTING; BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEMS OR PARTS THEREOF, IN GENERAL; BRAKES; CLUTCHES; COUPLINGS FOR TRANSMITTING ROTATION; ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVEFUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; HEATING; LIGHTING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PORTABLE DEVICES FOR PREVENTING UNWANTED MOVEMENT OFVEHICLES; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLE BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEMS OR PARTS THEREOF; VEHICLE MODIFICATIONS TO FACILITATE COOLING OF BRAKES; VEHICLES IN GENERAL; WEAPONS

A device (100, 200, 300, 700) configured to determine an estimated remaining use of a brake assembly includes a magnet (120, 220, 320, 720) configured to move in response to movement of a wear pin indicator (130, 230, 330, 730) of the brake assembly, a sensor (102, 202, 302, 702) configured to generate an output signal based on a position of the magnet relative to the sensor, and processing circuitry (110, 210, 310) configured to determine the estimated remaining use of the brake assembly based on the output signal generated by the sensor.A method of determining an estimated remaining use of a brake assembly, the method comprising receiving (1000) an output signal generated by a sensor based on a position of a magnet relative to the sensor, wherein the magnet is configured to move in response to movement of a wear pin indicator of the brake assembly and determining (1002) an estimated remaining use of the brake assembly based on the output signal generated by the sensor.