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US 9,789,730 B2Granted
Steer axle high-temperature warning system
AssigneeEqualaire Systems, Inc.
InventorMark Kevin Hennig
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Abstract
A high temperature warning system for a vehicle steer axle an air pressure supply, a normally-closed valve in fluid communication with pressure supply, a heat sensitive control capable of opening the normally-closed valve upon a predetermined temperature, the heat sensitive control mounted adjacent to the wheel end assembly in a heat exchange relationship therewith, and a warning system connected to the air pressure supply for actuation upon opening of the normally-closed valve.
Claims34
A high temperature warning system for a steer-axle wheel end assembly, the system comprising:
- a steer-axle spindle having an inner face and a free end;
- a pressurized fluid supply;
- a first normally-closed valve in sealed fluid communication with the pressurized fluid supply;
- a first heat sensitive control mounted to or near the steer-axle wheel end assembly in a heat exchange relationship therewith, the first heat sensitive control being capable of opening the first normally-closed valve at a predetermined temperature;
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- a warning indicator connected to the pressurized fluid supply and actuatable upon opening of the first normally-closed valve.
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