US Patent Issued to Valvoline Licensing and Intellectual Property on June 23 for "System and method for inspecting vehicle brake pads" (Kentucky, Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,664,523, issued on June 23, was assigned to Valvoline Licensing and Intellectual Property LLC (Lexington, Ky.).

"System and method for inspecting vehicle brake pads" was invented by Adam Sworski (Ashland, Ky.), Seth Jessie (Lexington, Ky.), Paolo Forchielli (Independence Township, Mich.) and Michael R. Wedding (Nicholasville, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for inspecting a vehicle brake pad, without removal of a vehicle wheel, includes capturing a digital image a side of a brake pad with the wheel installed on the vehicle, and loading the digital image onto a display screen of an image analysis system. An on-screen thickness...