F16D 66/023
Directly sensing the position of braking members
Official title: {directly sensing the position of braking members}
F16D66/023 (Directly sensing the position of braking members) appears on 154 US grants and 110 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Brake lining system and sensor unit25 Aug 2026US 12,716,460 B2BECORIT GmbH
- Method and device for determining the wear of a brake5 May 2026US 12,618,445 B2ZF Active Safety GmbH
- Thermal harvesting for vehicle brakes27 Jan 2026US 12,535,113 B2Honeywell International Inc.
- Brake caliper, wear indication device, and vehicle brake13 Jan 2026US 12,523,270 B2Zf Cv Systems Europe BV
- System and method for monitoring wear of braking frictional pad of motor vehicle25 Nov 2025US 12,480,553 B2Volvo Car Corporation
- Brake pad assembly23 Jul 2026US 2026/0210417 A1ArvinMeritor Technology, LLC
- Brake system and method of control18 Jun 2026US 2026/0168549 A1ArvinMeritor Technology, LLC
- Detecting overadjustment of drum brake7 May 2026US 2026/0125041 A1Volvo Truck Corporation
- Heavy Vehicle Brake Assembly7 May 2026US 2026/0126091 A1Meritor Heavy Vehicle Braking Systems (UK) Limited
- Brake assembly having a sensor unit19 Feb 2026US 2026/0049643 A1ArvinMeritor Technology, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Resistive wear sensors52US 4,646,001 AMorganite Electrical Carbon Limited · 1987
- Brake wear indicator system48US 4,298,857 AFord Motor Company · 1981
- Progressive brake lining wear sensor47US 6,360,850 B1Dana Corporation · 2002
- Disk brake with return, guide, and pad-thickness sensor spring46US 4,491,204 AFag Kugelfischer Georg Schafer & Co. · 1985
- Motor vehicle brake detector44US 5,302,940 A1994