Patent ID: 9738264
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: B60T,F16D,G01K,G07C

Claim:
1. A system comprising: a processor, a tangible, non-transitory memory configured to communicate with the processor, the tangible, non-transitory memory having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising: receiving, by the processor, a first temperature of a brake assembly at a first time from a brake temperature monitoring system (BTMS); receiving, by the processor, a second temperature of the brake assembly at a second time from the BTMS, wherein the second time occurs a fixed period after the first time; determining, by the processor, a temperature decay coefficient (“α”) of the brake assembly based on the first temperature and the second temperature; and calculating, by the processor, an estimated total time to cool the brake assembly to a predetermined temperature based on the first temperature, the predetermined temperature and α, wherein α is greater than zero and satisfies an equation wherein T BTMS (t n ) is a temperature of the brake assembly at the second time (“t n ”), T BTMS (t n−1 ) is a temperature of the brake assembly at the first time (“t n−1 ”), and T ADJ is a tuning parameter.