Patent ID: 8161809
Filing Date: 2012-04-24
Classification: G01B

Abstract:
1. A brake wear measurement apparatus for use on a brake assembly equipped with a wear pin, comprising: a plunger sleeve having a plunger sleeve first end and a plunger sleeve second end, wherein said plunger sleeve first end is configured to fit over the wear pin; a plunger having a plunger first end and a plunger second end, wherein said plunger is slidably mounted in said plunger sleeve, and wherein said plunger first end is disposed such that, when the brake wear measurement apparatus is placed over the wear pin, the wear pin contacts said plunger first end, and moves said plunger within said plunger sleeve to a retracted position; a locking mechanism configured to lock said plunger in said retracted position; and a handle extending from said plunger sleeve.