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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8418818 | Friction material composition and friction material therefrom The present invention is to provide a friction material composition comprising a fibrous material except for asbestos, an inorganic friction regulating agent, an organic friction regulating agent and a binder, wherein active alumina is contained as the inorganic fri... | 04/16/2013 |
| 8261891 | Method of siliciding thermostructural composite materials, and parts obtained by the method Within the pores of a porous thermostructural composite material, there is form an aerogel or xerogel made up of a precursor for a refractory material, the precursor is transformed by pyrolysis to obtain an aerogel or xerogel of refractory material, and then it is s... | 09/11/2012 |
| 8167097 | Friction material The present invention is predicated upon friction material and more particularly to chopped basalt reinforcement fibers within a friction material. ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8025134 | Friction lining The invention describes a friction lining (4) comprising a binding agent matrix (5) and friction particles (6), which binding agent matrix (5) forms a coating with a pre-definable coating thickness. A proportion of the friction particles ... | 09/27/2011 |
| 7832529 | Friction member for frictional engagement device and method for producing the same A friction member for a frictional engagement device is provided in which weight is reduced, impact resistance is enhanced and sliding resistance is improved; and also provided is a method for producing the same. As a friction member (10) for a frictional eng... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7784593 | Bicycle disk brake pad with a titanium backing plate A brake pad for a bicycle comprises a backing plate formed from titanium, and a friction member bonded to the backing plate through a diffusion layer. The diffusion layer is formed at least in part by thermal spraying copper onto the backing plate. A method of const... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7441636 | Bicycle disk brake pad with titanium fiber friction material A bicycle brake friction member comprises titanium fibers and a resin. ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7442443 | Chromium-nickel stainless steel alloy article having oxide coating formed from the base metal suitable for brake apparatus Disclosed is a chromium-nickel stainless steel alloy article having an adherent, wear resistant coating of metallic oxides and a method of forming an adherent, wear resistant coating of metallic oxides on a chromium-nickel stainless steel alloy article. The coating ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7441635 | Friction pairing for parking brakes in motor vehicles Frictional pairing in motor vehicles, including a carbon-ceramic brake disk or a grey cast iron brake disk and a brake pad for the brake caliper of the parking brake, characterised in that the brake pad comprises a fiber-reinforced ceramic composite material, which ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7416061 | Brake member and bonding method In a brake member having a brake lining bonded to a brake shoe, the brake shoe has a chemical conversion coating provided on the surface thereof and a ceramics coating layer provided on the chemical conversion coating which has been formed by dipping in a ceramics p... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7370738 | One-piece friction body with a support and a friction pad disposed thereon and method of its manufacture There is described a one-piece friction body having a support and at least one friction pad disposed thereon, based on friction materials containing reinforcing fibers, thermoset binders and customary additives, in which the at least one friction pad is joined to th... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7360409 | Device for detecting the amount of splash water to which a brake pad is subjected on a wet roadway A device for detecting the amount of splash water to which a brake pad is subjected on a wet roadway. The device includes a test brake pad. whose friction lining is hygroscopically designed so that it can absorb at least 5%. preferably at least 10% water. In a test ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7357228 | Disk brakes with noise suppression feature A disk brake has a support member, an inner pad, and an outer pad. The support member is mounted on a car body member at a side near a car body with respect to a disk rotor and straddles the disk rotor in a cantilever manner in a rotor axis direction. The inner pad ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7359159 | Actuator for hard disk drive having a reinforced structure An actuator of a hard disk drive moving a magnetic head to a predetermined position on a disk to record and read out data on and from the disk, including a suspension supporting a slider on which the magnetic head is mounted, an actuator arm having a pivot hole form... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7338987 | Friction material composition and friction material using the same There are disclosed a friction material composition which comprises a fibrous material except for asbestos, an inorganic friction regulator, an organic friction regulator and a binder, part of the inorganic friction regulator is α alumina and γ alumina in combinat... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7322448 | Brake component, disc brake, drum brake, and method for manufacturing a brake component Brake member where the occurrence of brake squeal when a fluctuating load is applied onto the brake member is reduced by way of a brake member or arrangement that includes a backing plate carrying a brake lining which exhibits at least one contact surface and side s... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7294388 | Friction material with nanoparticles of friction modifying layer A friction material which includes a base material, at least one type of resin material, and at least one type of nanoparticle-sized friction modifying particle is disclosed. ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7278519 | Bicycle disk brake pad with friction and wear indicating parts A bicycle disk brake pad comprises a backing plate and a friction member. The friction member comprises a friction brake part and a wear indicating part, wherein the friction part is adapted to contact a rotating brake member, and the wear indicating part is mounted... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7255822 | Process for manufacturing a composite sheet A method of manufacturing a composite sheet includes perforating a reinforcement panel. A mold surface onto which the composite sheet may be formed is provided. At least one outer coat of material is applied onto the mold surface. At least one coat of resin and rein... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7247361 | Wet friction material with pitch carbon fiber A friction material includes a fibrous base material having at least one type of petroleum pitch-based carbon fiber. ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7243563 | Friction applying apparatus and linear guide apparatus having the same A friction applying apparatus and a linear guide apparatus having the same, according to the present invention can uniformly contact allover contacting faces of sliding members to the contacted members so as to reduce abrasion in the sliding members and the contacte... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7237657 | Friction plate A friction plate is formed of a core plate and friction linings bonded on opposite surfaces of the friction plate, respectively. To permit cooling of each friction lining from a side of its associated surface of the core plate, the friction plate is provided, for ex... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7237659 | Disk brake for a vehicle A disk brake is disclosed that has a shim between a brake pad and a pressuring element for pressing the brake pad against a disk rotor. The disk brake includes a stopper portion for stopping movement of the shim 70 with respect to the brake pad 50, whe... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7234573 | Brake shoe and method for producing a brake shoe In a brake shoe (1) comprising a carrier plate (2) having arranged thereon first a dampening and noise-reducing intermediate layer (4) and then a friction lining (6), it is provided that the intermediate layer (4), on the side ther... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7229137 | Method and apparatus for locating an axle torque plate A trailer axle assembly includes a non-rotating axle tube that extends laterally between a pair of wheel ends. Each wheel end supports a disc brake assembly that selectively generates a braking force to slow or stop rotation of the wheel ends. The disc brake assembl... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7225904 | Reinforced brake lining and method of producing A method of producing a brake lining assembly having a wear surface with increased wear characteristics comprises the steps of winding a metal strip, placing the wound metal strip into a brake lining cup, filling the brake lining cup with a brake lining material of ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7216746 | Brake drum and process for manufacturing the same A brake drum has its strength elevated in its disk portion. The brake drum is formed from a composition having ceramics dispersed in a matrix. The disk portion has a high ceramic content and thereby a high strength. The brake drum has a disk portion and a cylindrica... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7208432 | Friction lining for braking system components The invention relates to friction linings for structural and functional elements used in braking systems, especially in systems for motor vehicles. Said friction linings consist of an inorganic composite material which in turn consists of a glass or glass ceramics m... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7207424 | Manufacture of carbon/carbon composites by hot pressing A mixture of carbon-containing fibers, such as mesophase or isotropic pitch fibers, a suitable matrix material, such as a milled pitch is compressed while resistively heating the mixture to form a carbonized composite material. Preferably, the carbonized material ha... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7195694 | Reinforcing and/or process fibres based on vegetable fibres and production thereof The present invention relates to reinforcing and/or process fibres based on vegetable fibres whose elementary fibres are fibrillated and to a process for their production. The reinforcing and/or process fibres are characterized in that the elementary fibres have a f... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7172723 | Method of producing a shaped composite material A shaped composite material for braking applications can be produced by a method comprising the steps of: a) providing a mixture comprising bundles of filaments constituted substantially by carbon and having lengths no greater than 30 mm and an organic binder in a m... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7168528 | Three run disk brake stack and method of assembly In the invention there is provided a disk brake stack having disks with available wear portions of a first thickness, a second thickness and a third thickness. The disk(s) having an initial available wear portion of a first thickness are of a thickness so that at th... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7168534 | Clutch or brake device formed of composite foam An improved clutch or brake device in which at least two members are mounted for relative rotation and engagement, the members having friction material rotatable therewith, and the friction material of the members having surfaces confronting each other, characterize... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7159698 | Disc brake rotor assembly with replaceable wear surfaces A disc brake rotor assembly has a central carrier with a first side and a second side. At least two wear surfaces are releasably secured to the first side and at least two wear surfaces are releasably secured to the second side. A locking mechanism disposed within t... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7137490 | Friction-lining segment, friction lining and process for its manufacture A segmented friction lining of a friction plate for a brake; or clutch having a lock mechanism on one end and a lock counter-mechanism complementary to the lock mechanism on the other end. To ensure that the stress on the respective junction points is relieved along... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7104377 | Clutch for transmission of power The present invention relates to a clutch for transmission power. The clutch for transmission power according to the present invention includes flywheel, clutch cover and clutch disk assembly positioning between the flywheel and the clutch cover; moreover, the clutc... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7097009 | Friction material configuration and method of manufacture for brake applications The present invention provides a brake pad or shoe and method to manufacture the same. The brake pad or shoe includes a first friction material such as a non-asbestos organic material and a second friction material such a semi-metallic material. The friction materia... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7090057 | Composite friction disc with structural core and refurbishable lining elements A friction disc assembly having an annular structural core (40) and at least one friction lining disc (30). The annular structural core (40) is made from a strength-optimized carbon carbon composite and the friction lining discs (30) from... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7067077 | Process for manufacturing friction material suitable for use as brake lining Carbon-silicon carbide brake preforms are manufactured by carbonizing a blend of carbon (e.g., polyacrylonitrile) fibers and thermosetting pitch resin, optionally along with a lubricant such as graphite,.to provide an intermediate product having open porosity and su... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7051848 | Temperature specific mechanism retaining brake pads in a caliper assembly during shipping A brake system includes a caliper and a brake element. The brake system further includes an adhesive that adheres the brake element to the caliper. The adhesive stops adhering the brake element to the caliper after the adhesive heats to an elevated temperature. The ... | 05/30/2006 |
