Remote optical sensor with optical fiber for brake condition monitoring

An apparatus for monitoring condition of a braking system includes a brake pad with a friction material, a plurality of light transmission fibers, and a plurality of optical image fibers. A first end of each of the plurality of light transmission fibers coupled to one or more light emitting-diodes a...

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Hauptverfasser:	Bindas, Tadd, Kane, Michael, Newman, Tyler, Mulhern, Ryan
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	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 MEASURING MEASURING ANGLES MEASURING AREAS MEASURING IRREGULARITIES OF SURFACES OR CONTOURS MEASURING LENGTH, THICKNESS OR SIMILAR LINEARDIMENSIONS MECHANICAL ENGINEERING PERFORMING OPERATIONS PHYSICS PORTABLE DEVICES FOR PREVENTING UNWANTED MOVEMENT OFVEHICLES TESTING THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL TRANSPORTING VEHICLE BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEMS OR PARTS THEREOF VEHICLE MODIFICATIONS TO FACILITATE COOLING OF BRAKES VEHICLES IN GENERAL WEAPONS
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Zusammenfassung:	An apparatus for monitoring condition of a braking system includes a brake pad with a friction material, a plurality of light transmission fibers, and a plurality of optical image fibers. A first end of each of the plurality of light transmission fibers coupled to one or more light emitting-diodes and a second end of each of the plurality of light transmission fibers directed towards a contact surface of the brake rotor. A first end of each of the plurality of optical image fibers coupled to an image sensor and a second end of each of the plurality of optical image fibers directed towards the contact surface of the brake rotor, where the plurality of light transmission fibers and the plurality of optical image fibers are configured to capture an image of at least a section of the contact surface of the brake rotor.