Patent ID: 8294761

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a stand alone automated brake caliper inspecting apparatus for inspecting a brake caliper following the machining and cleaning of the brake caliper to remove machining chips or foreign objects and prior to the mounting the brake caliper on a vehicle in order to detect the presence of a machining chip or foreign object in an annular seal groove provided in a bore of the brake caliper and thereby detect a part defect in the brake caliper, said apparatus including a camera having a lens; a borescope having a first end and a second end, said first end operatively disposed adjacent said camera and said second end having a mirror disposed therein and adapted to be introduced into the bore of the brake caliper in the area of the seal groove thereof; and a light source for supplying light to said borescope whereby said mirror is operative to reflect an image of the seal groove in the bore of the brake caliper to be inspected to said camera; and a preprogrammed electronic controller device which analyzes the image to thereby detect the presence of the machining chip or foreign object in the seal groove of the bore of the brake caliper thereby detecting a part defect in the brake caliper.