ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,701, issued on July 15, was assigned to ZF CV Systems Europe BV (Brussels).
"Mechanical wear gauge" was invented by Jannis Hecker (Heidelberg, Germany), Bernward Redemann (Hockenheim, Germany) and Vitalij Scherer (Leimen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mechanical wear gauge for detecting a brake liner wear and a brake disc wear of a disc brake for vehicles, in particular for utility vehicles, includes a brake liner wear detection mechanism and a brake disc wear detection mechanism. Brake liners and brake discs are subjected to a wear so that the brake liner thickness and the brake disc thickness decrease with an increasing ...