Patent ID: 6480107
Filing Date: 2002-11-12
Classification: B60T,F16D

Abstract:
An Apparatus for assembling a brake monitor on a brake actuator, said brake actuator including a housing having an end wall, an opening through said end wall and a reciprocating piston within said housing having a push rod extending through said opening in said housing for actuation of a vehicle brake, said brake monitor including an annular push rod sleeve slideably received around said push rod having a first sensor element and a second sensor element fixed relative to said housing, said apparatus including an adjustment sleeve clamp member releasably supporting said push rod sleeve and movable by a servomotor relative to said brake actuator housing, a programmable logic controller operably connected to said second sensor element including a power supply having a predetermined voltage, and said programmable logic controller controlling said servomotor to adjust the axial position of said sleeve on said push rod relative to said second sensor element until said second sensor element senses a predetermined voltage.