Robert W Dexter

US Patent:

20130253762, Sep 26, 2013

Filed:

Mar 15, 2013

Appl. No.:

13/840771

Inventors:

Judith Clark - Tualatin OR, US
Bridget Taylor - Sheridan OR, US
Robert Dexter - Tualatin OR, US
Kent Larson - Vancouver WA, US

International Classification:

B60T 17/22

US Classification:

701 344

Abstract:

A brake monitoring system for use on a motor vehicle includes a sensor connected to each brake actuator on the motor vehicle for monitoring the position and travel of the brake actuator and for generating and transmitting a brake condition signal; a data processor carried in an axle box associated with each axle and connected to sensors associated with brakes for the axle for receiving, interpreting, storing, and upon request, transmitting the brake condition signal, wherein each data processor includes an auto-address mechanism to identify its position on the vehicle; and a master station, wherein said master station includes a display for identifying a particular vehicle brake, a quantitative indication of the travel on the brake actuator associated with the particular brake, and wherein said visual indicating devices which are indicative of said safety condition of a particular brake.

US Patent:

20160001759, Jan 7, 2016

Filed:

Sep 17, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/857314

Inventors:

- Tualatin OR, US
Bridget Taylor - Sheridan OR, US
Robert Dexter - Tualatin OR, US
Kent Larson - Vancouver WA, US

International Classification:

B60T 17/22

Abstract:

A brake monitoring system for use on a motor vehicle includes a sensor connected to each brake actuator shaft on the motor vehicle for monitoring the position and travel of the brake actuator and for generating and transmitting a brake condition signal; a data processor carried in an axle box associated with each axle and connected to sensors associated with brakes for the axle for receiving, interpreting, storing, and upon request, transmitting the brake condition signal, wherein each data processor includes an auto-address mechanism to identify its position on the vehicle; and a master station, wherein said master station includes a display for identifying a particular vehicle brake, a quantitative indication of the travel on the brake actuator shaft associated with the particular brake, and wherein said visual indicating devices which are indicative of said safety condition of a particular brake.