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(11) EP 4 816 243 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
07.10.2026 Bulletin 2026/41

(21) Application number: 24898725.7

(22) Date of filing: 27.11.2024
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
B60T 17/22(2006.01)
G01B 11/06(2006.01)
G06V 10/12(2022.01)
F16D 66/02(2006.01)
G06T 7/50(2017.01)
(52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC):
G06Q 10/20; G06V 10/44; G06V 10/751; B60T 17/22; G06F 3/04845; G06F 3/0488
(86) International application number:
PCT/US2024/057673
(87) International publication number:
WO 2025/117684 (05.06.2025 Gazette 2025/23)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC ME MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated Extension States:
BA
Designated Validation States:
GE KH MA MD TN

(30) Priority: 27.11.2023 US 202363602955 P

(71) Applicant: Valvoline Licensing and Intellectual Property, LLC
Lexington, Kentucky 40509 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • SWORSKI, Adam
    Ashland, Kentucky 41102 (US)
  • JESSIE, Seth
    Lexington, Kentucky Lexington (US)
  • FORCHIELLI, Paolo
    Independence Township, Michigan 48348 (US)
  • WEDDING, Michael R.
    Nicholasville, Kentucky 40356 (US)

(74) Representative: AURODION PartmbB 
Breite Straße 3
40213 Düsseldorf
40213 Düsseldorf (DE)

   


(54) SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INSPECTING VEHICLE BRAKE PADS