Method, apparatus and system for measuring brake force
First Claim
1. A vehicle braking mechanism comprising:
- a first braking member associated with a rotatable wheel;
a second braking member configured to move in and out of contact with said first braking member, said second braking member when in contact with said first braking member inhibiting the rotation of said rotatable wheel; and
at least one sensor configured to generate an output indicative of a force applied by said second braking member to said first braking member.
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Abstract
A brake force measurement system comprises at least one sensor configured to generate an output indicative of a force applied by to a first braking member associated with a rotatable wheel of a vehicle by a second braking member. The second braking member may be an actual brake pad or a substitute pad plate or member. In one embodiment, the sensor is a load cell configured to measure force applied by the pad or substitute pad member to a rotor of a brake mechanism associated with each wheel of the vehicle. In one embodiment, the sensor output is input to a processing unit configured to display brake force information in human-readable form, such as by an alpha-numeric display displaying brake force at each wheel in various units of measure or percentage of brake force at one or more wheels.
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14 Claims
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1. A vehicle braking mechanism comprising:
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a first braking member associated with a rotatable wheel;
a second braking member configured to move in and out of contact with said first braking member, said second braking member when in contact with said first braking member inhibiting the rotation of said rotatable wheel; and
at least one sensor configured to generate an output indicative of a force applied by said second braking member to said first braking member. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A braking force measurement system for a vehicle having one or more rotatable wheel comprising:
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a first braking member associated with at least one of said rotatable wheels;
a second braking member configured to move in and out of contact with said first braking member, said second braking member when in contact with said first braking member inhibiting the rotation of said at least one rotatable wheel;
at least one sensor configured to generate an output indicative of a force applied by said second braking member to said first braking member; and
a processing unit configured to accept said input from said at least one sensor and display brake force information in human readable form. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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