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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8172051 | Friction material for brakes A non-asbestos friction material includes at least one binder, fiber, lubricant, abrasive and titanate in a range of volume fractions in combination with other materials such as fillers and is substantially free of copper and asbestos. ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8136642 | Brake disk with intermediate layer Carbon-ceramic brake disks that comprise several layers, whereby at least one layer is used as a bearing element and at least one layer acts as a friction layer, whereby the bearing element and at least one friction layer are separated by an intermediate layer, char... | 03/20/2012 |
| 7854303 | Friction lining A method for producing a friction lining. The friction lining is wound in three layers with different winding ratios. ... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7784594 | Brake pad assembly for a bicycle disc brake Disclosed herein is a brake pad assembly for a disc brake on a bicycle, the brake pad assembly comprising a brake friction pad and a back plate. The back plate includes a first layer deposited onto the brake friction pad and a second layer deposited onto the first l... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7513342 | Brake mechanism for a vehicle, in particular for a motor vehicle The invention relates to a brake mechanism for a vehicle, in particular for a motor vehicle, with a brake disk and a friction lining. As claimed in the invention, the friction lining forms a reservoir for a protective agent, preferably additives, which transfers the... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7445095 | Brake system having a composite-material brake disc A brake system includes a friction coupling having organically or inorganically bound metal-containing, sintered-metal-containing and/or CFC-containing brake linings and a brake disc of fiber-reinforced C/SiC ceramic composite material. A friction layer and/or a sur... | 11/04/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7318502 | Fluid passage layout for integrated motorcycle brake and suspension system An integrated motorcycle brake system has a brake line, and an inside brake assembly having an inside piston. The brake line connects to the inside brake assembly, and the inside brake assembly integrally forms a fork leg. The outside brake assembly has an outside p... | 01/15/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7261192 | Brake disk and method for the production thereof The invention relates to a brake disk having axial friction surfaces, preferably for land vehicles, in particular, an internally ventilated brake disk having two friction rings that are joined via connecting elements, whereby one of the axial outer surfaces of the b... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7261846 | Fiber-reinforced ceramic brake linings A ceramic brake lining which is reinforced with carbon fibers and has a matrix which consists essentially of silicon carbide together with silicon and/or carbon, wherein the reinforcing fibers used are long fibers having a mean length of at least 10 mm which are ali... | 08/28/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7228946 | Brake disc for a disc brake The invention relates to a brake disk for a disk brake, in particular for utility vehicles. Said brake disk comprises two spaced friction rings, which are linked to each other forming an air space and is linked to a wheel hub and/or axle in a rotationally fixed mann... | 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 |
| 7179532 | Composite ceramic body and method for producing the same A composite ceramic body includes a fiber-reinforced core region containing carbon, and a surface region containing SiC. In order to produce a composite ceramic body having good long-term behavior, the proportion of SiC contained in the body varies continuously, or ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6821447 | Friction member and a method for its surface treatment A method of surface treatment of friction members includes providing a friction member made of PMMC material. A transfer layer is formed on the active surface of the friction member of removing the top layer of the matrix material to expose a surface with the embedd... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6802403 | Disk-brake disk A disk brake disk comprises a braking band for cooperating with brake calipers in order to exert a braking effect on a vehicle. The braking band of one embodiment comprises a shaped body which extends about an axis of symmetry and is defined laterally by braking sur... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6723180 | Friction clutch comprising a friction element formed of flake graphite alloy A gray cast iron alloy for a friction element of a friction clutch, which may be brought into frictional contact with a clutch disk by a friction surface of the friction element, contains: 3.0-3.4 percent by weight C, 1.8-2.3 percent by weight Si, 0.4-0.8 percent by... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6672433 | Brake lining of brake device A brake lining of a vehicular brake device is produced by a friction material which has a characteristic that a friction coefficient of the friction material decreases according to an increase of a sliding speed between the brake lining and a rotational m... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6668985 | Safety braking device for elevator A friction element for use in a safety braking device for braking elevators co-operating with at least one elevator guide rail. The friction element has at least one friction surface that can be pressed against the guide rail to decelerate the elevator. T... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6635355 | Ferrous metal article having oxide coating formed from the base metal suitable for brake apparatus et al Disclosed is a ferrous metal article having a protective, adherent, wear resistant coating of metallic oxides and a method of forming a protective, adherent, wear resistant coating of metallic oxides on an iron-chrome article. The coating desirably has a ... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6585089 | Coated brake pad and method for smoothing rotor surface and method of manufacture A vehicle brake assembly is provided with a brake friction pad coated to produce a protective layer upon an associated rotor or like element (e.g., brake shoe). The inventive coating is applied as a surface treatment to the friction material of the brake ... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6561322 | Plated wear surface for alloy components and methods of manufacturing the same An aluminum alloy brake disc body for a disc brake device is provided with a metal layer of a high wear-resistance. The high wear-resistance metal layer is configured to reduce thermal stresses within the aluminum alloy brake disc body so as to inhibit wa... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6502674 | Friction engagement device A brake or a clutch for motor vehicles having a first component (10) and a second component (16, 18), that can be moved relative to each other. The first component (10) has a contact surface of a low cost aluminum or aluminum alloy. The second component c... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6494298 | High efficiency shoes for a jack arrester A brake apparatus engages and locks a piston of a hydraulic elevator drive carrying an elevator car or a cable pulley. The brake apparatus includes a pair of opposed pivotally mounted brake arms each having a curved support carrying a brake lining for eng... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6481555 | Friction lining, especially for brakes and clutches, and a method for producing a friction lining A friction lining, in particular for brakes and clutches, consisting of a friction material mixture of fibrous substances, organic binding agents, organic and/or inorganic fillers, lubricants, and metals or metal compounds, is characterized in that the fr... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6474452 | Polymer based backing plates for railway brake shoes and disc pads A lightweight backing plate for use with at least one of a railway brake shoe and a disc brake pad. Such lightweight backing plate being formed from a predetermined polymeric material selected from a group consisting of unsaturated polyester, polyphenylen... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6465110 | Metal felt laminate structures A laminate comprises first and second metal layers, and a metallic felt layer disposed between the metal layers and attached to each to provide vibrational damping and thermal insulation. In one embodiment, the layers are tubular in shape and form an auto... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6390251 | Back plate attached to the disk brake pad, and method of manufacturing the same A back metal plate comprising a plurality of substantially spheric surfaced dimples each having a portion adjoined to a portion of another dimple, the dimples being formed at least on either a front or a back surface of the back metal plate, flat portions... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6298957 | Process for producing a component and a component produced thereby having particular use in vehicle disc brakes A component is made, in regions, of a ceramic-metal composite material. A porous sacrificial body produced from ceramic precursors is filled with softened metal and/or a metallic alloy at a predeterminable filling temperature at or above the softening tem... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6290032 | Friction-wear aluminum part and associated method A friction-wear aluminum part which includes a metal substrate and an outer friction-wear, ceramic-free coating applied to at least a portion of the outer surface to said substrate. The coating is a mixture of both aluminum and stainless steel. On a prefe... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6271162 | Method for producing ceramic-metal composite bodies, ceramic-metal composite bodies and their use A process for producing a ceramic-metal composite, includes (1) mixing TiO2, and optionally Ti, with at least one of a boron-containing or carbon-containing material to give a green body mix; (2) heat treating the green body mix to a temperatur... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6267209 | Brake unit with a non-metallic brake disc made of ceramic and a hub made of another material A brake unit having a brake disc of ceramic and a hub of a different material, which radially overlap one another with their mutually facing rims and are mechanically joined by a wreath-type rim of mounting bolts that axially penetrate the overlapping rim... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6265071 | Brake unit including brake disc and brake lining A brake unit includes a brake disc of a ceramic material and a brake pad that cooperates with it in tribological fashion. The brake pad is made of a sintered metal material or of an inorganically bound material having a ceramic binding phase and metal par... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6241058 | Brake shoe with insert bonded to backing plate A composition brake shoe for use on a railway vehicle for reconditioning a wheel tread surface during a normal braking application on such railway vehicle is provided. The composition brake shoe includes a backing plate having a stirrup and a brake surfac... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6213260 | Brake pad and methods of braking and resurfacing a rotatable brake member A brake pad operates to both resurface the braking surface of a rotor, and then automatically continue functioning as a normal brake pad. The rotor resurfacing is accomplished on the vehicle, employing all the components of a vehicle brake assembly, creat... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6073735 | Brake disc A brake disc (10) has a cover (12) made of a cast aluminium alloy and a brake ring (14) made of cast steel or cast iron. The cover (12) is cast onto pockets (22) which have a radially inwardly facing pocket opening next to the pocket edge (26), formed on ... | 06/13/2000 |
