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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electric brake lining wear sensor capable of being inexpensively and easily mounted. SOLUTION: This brake lining wear sensor 30 is fixed to a support plate 16 between adjacent brake lining blocks 18a, 18b, and the support plate 16 includes an opening formed within a gap between adjacent lining blocks. A thermoplastic body is received within the opening and includes a central bore that extends from a first body end to a second body end. A sensor wire is received within the bore and includes a single looped portion that extends outwardly from an end face of the second body end. The single looped portion is positioned at a predefined maximum lining wear limit. When the single looped portion is broken due to contact with a rotating brake component 14, a warning signal is communicated to an operator to indicate that the predefined maximum lining wear limit has been reached. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
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