Patent ID: 6719102
Filing Date: 2004-04-13
Classification: F16D

Abstract:
A wear detection probe, comprising:a holder having a wear surface which is worn away in use and a wiring path within the holder; and a folded detection wire held in said wiring path, said folded detection wire having a folded first portion and two second portions each extending from said folded first portion in a direction substantially parallel to said wear surface, said folded first portion of said detection wire being located at a position nearer than said second portions to said wear surface, wherein said two second portions of said detection wire are so disposed that a distance from one said second portion to said wear surface of the holder is equal to a distance from the other said second portion to said wear surface of the holder; and wherein the holder has an opening, on a side adjacent to the folded first portion, leading from the wiring path to outside the holder.