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US 2006/0219487 A1Published application
Wear sensor for brake shoe
AssigneeHirschmann Automotive GmbH
InventorsManuel Wille, Gunter Jager, Oliver Gachter
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Abstract
A brake-shoe wear sensor has a sensor element capable of being worn away for generating different electrical outputs in accordance with wear and at least one electrical wire connected to and extending outwardly away from the sensor element so that a controller can be connected to the sensor element via the wire. A one-piece housing has an inner end molded unitarily around and encapsulating the sensor element and an outer end spaced therefrom and molded unitarily around and encapsulating an outer end portion of the wire.
Claims8
A brake-shoe wear sensor comprising:
- means including a sensor element capable of being worn away for generating different electrical outputs in accordance with wear;
- at least one electrical wire connected to and extending outwardly away from the sensor element, whereby a controller can be connected to the sensor element via the wire;
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- a one-piece housing having an inner end molded unitarily around and encapsulating the sensor element and an outer end spaced therefrom and molded unitarily around and encapsulating an outer end portion of the wire.
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A brake-shoe wear sensor comprising:
- a conductive trace capable of being worn away for generating different electrical outputs in accordance with wear;
- a pair of electrical wires connected to ends of the trace and extending outwardly away from the trace, whereby a controller can be connected to the sensor element via the wires;
- and
- a one-piece housing having an inner end molded unitarily around and encapsulating the sensor element and an outer end spaced therefrom and molded unitarily around and encapsulating outer end portions of the wire.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.