US 11,725,706 B2
Device for recognizing wear of a brake pad of a disc brake
Wieslaw Strzala, Byczyna (PL)
Assigned to ZF CV Systems Europe BV, Brussels (BE)
Filed by ZF CV Systems Europe BV, Brussels (BE)
Filed on Oct. 5, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/494,196.
Claims priority of application No. 20200267 (EP), filed on Oct. 6, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0106995 A1, Apr. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. F16D 66/02 (2006.01); F16D 66/00 (2006.01)
CPC F16D 66/024 (2013.01) [F16D 2066/001 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wear indication device (10) for a vehicle brake (1) for indicating a wear condition of a brake pad (20), the wear indication device comprising:
a fixing section (12) for fixing the wear indication device (10) to a brake pad back plate (30),
a sensor head (14) associated with the fixing section (12), and
a channel (16) defined within the sensor head (14) for receiving a signal cable (40),
wherein the channel (16) is sized and configured to receive two signal cables (40′, 40″);
wherein the channel extends fully through the sensor head in a direction parallel to the two signal cables;
wherein the channel (16) is a double channel having a first section (102) for the first cable (40′), and a second section (104) for the second cable (40″), wherein the first and second sections (102, 104) are positioned adjacent to each other radially with respect to center axes thereof; and
wherein the center axis of the first section for the first signal cable (40′) has a distance to the fixing section (12) that is greater than a distance between the center axis of the second section for the second signal cable (40″) and the fixing section (12).