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Brake monitoring and warning system

  • US 5,433,296 A
  • Filed: 06/14/1994
  • Issued: 07/18/1995
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/14/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A brake monitoring and warning system for use on a motor vehicle (110), the vehicle includes plural, powered brakes, and wherein each brake include a brake arm (18) and a mechanism (16) for shifting the brake activation arm between a position and a brake-applied position, comprising:

  • (26) connected to each brake activation arm (18) on the motor vehicle for monitoring the of the brake activation arm and for generating and transmitting a brake condition signal representative of a safety condition of the brake associated with the brake activation arm, wherein said brake condition signal includes quantitative information about the length of travel of the activation arm;

    logic means connected to said sensor (26) for receiving and interpreting said brake condition signal; and

    a control panel (40), wherein said control panel (40) includes a display (46) for identifying a particular vehicle brake, a quantitative indication (42,

         44) of the travel on the activation arm (18) associated with the particular brake, and wherein said visual indicating devices include plural lights (162,

         54) which are indicative of said safety condition of a particular brake, including visual (160,

         162) and auditory (164) indicating devices connected to said logic means for warning a vehicle operator of said safety condition of the brakes on the vehicle, wherein said visual indicating devices provide both quantitative and qualitative output to the motor vehicle operator for every brake on the vehicle, wherein said logic means includes a function selector (152) located in said control panel (40) for selecting between an automatic-scan mode of operation and a brake-Selective mode of operation.

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