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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7886881 | Disc brake comprising a lining support A disk brake, particularly a brake pad comprising a lining support and a friction lining. At least one pin is mounted on the lining support and serves top fix the friction lining. The pin should pass through the friction lining from approximately the middle while ex... | 02/15/2011 |
| 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 |
| 7441636 | Bicycle disk brake pad with titanium fiber friction material A bicycle brake friction member comprises titanium fibers and a resin. ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7234571 | Fiber reinforced composite parts A method and apparatus for combining raw fibrous and binding materials in a single mixing step (Step S3), followed by consolidation (Step S5) so as to greatly shorten the overall cycle time to a finished fiber-reinforced composite part. Chopped fibrous... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7223464 | Composite material and production method for composite material A composite material including a base material and composite portions is provided. The base material includes carbon fibers and carbon, and the composite portions include a plurality of protruding portions, which include at least silicon carbide, and which are forme... | 05/29/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7160627 | Boron containing ceramic-aluminum metal composite and method to form the composite A boron containing ceramic-aluminum metal composite is formed by mixing a boron containing ceramic with a metal powder comprised of aluminum or alloy thereof, shaping the mixture into a porous preform, contacting the preform with an infiltrating metal comprised of a... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7134476 | Process for the production of a braking band of a brake disk with ventilation ducts and a braking band produced by this process A process for the production of a braking band having ventilation ducts comprises the steps of a) moulding a core of metallic material, b) inserting the core in a mould, in a central position, c) filling the mould with at least two layers of material which are to fo... | 11/14/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7066997 | Coal tar and hydrocarbon mixture pitch and the preparation and use thereof A method of making the saturated aircraft brake preform using a coal tar pitch having a softening point in the range of about 160° C. to 240° C. Also, a product having natural rubber in the formulation and the method of making the product using a coal tar pitch ha... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7033663 | Functionally graded friction material A functionally graded friction material 18 having improved wear resistance and thermal conductivity with fibers 10 and heat conducting elements 12 disposed in an arrangement that conducts heat away from a first surface 20 to a second surf... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7017845 | Drag material and apparatus for fishing reels A drag mechanism in a fishing reel has a friction material impregnated with a phenolic resin before it is laminated to a drag plate. The material is 30% phenolic coated 99+% carbon fabric. ... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7011888 | Process for protecting fiber-reinforced carbon-containing composites against oxidation Process for protecting fiber-reinforced, carbon-containing composites whose matrix comprises, at least in the outer layer, silicon carbide (SiC) and also silicon (Si) and/or silicon alloys against oxidation, which comprises the steps a) impregnation of the composite... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6994198 | Coiled clutch friction member with dual-directional moduli of elasticity A clutch friction member for engagement in a torque-transmitting mechanism includes a friction surface for sliding contact with an opposing reaction member. The sliding contact is characterized by a coefficient of friction and acts to engage the friction member with... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6908660 | Shaped body made of fiber-reinforced composites having a segmented covering layer, its production and its use The present invention relates to shaped bodies made of fiber-reinforced ceramic composites and comprising a core zone and at least one covering layer which has a coefficient of thermal expansion which is higher than that of the core zone. The covering layer is an Si... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6776265 | Device for indicating the total load in the case of brake disks made of carbon-fiber-reinforced ceramic material A device can indicate the total load of a brake disk made of carbon-fiber-reinforced ceramic material. In order to create such a device, which can be used for brake disks and other friction elements made of carbon-fiber-reinforced ceramic material, an indicator elem... | 08/17/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6668984 | Oxidation protection for carbon/carbon composite and graphite friction materials The invention provides for oxidatively resistant surface coated carbon/carbon composites and other graphite-like material, a method for the preparation of these materials, and their use in high temperature applications, preferably in brake for airplanes. ... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6656240 | Non-asbestos friction material A non-asbestos friction material is made by molding and curing a composition which includes a fibrous base other than asbestos, a binder, an organic filler, an inorganic filler and an abrasive. The abrasive is composed of one or more inorganic substance s... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6524681 | Patterned surface friction materials, clutch plate members and methods of making and using same A friction material for a friction facing member useful for transmitting torque includes a backing having a front surface and a rear surface. A plurality of precisely shaped friction composites defining patterned friction coating are attached to the front... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6523651 | Brake disc with hat section having ribs that support a friction ring without bonding A brake assembly comprising a hat section having an annular portion with an outer edge, and radial ribs integral with the hat section and extending away from the outer edge, and a friction ring of predetermined thickness and positioned around said hat sec... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6514592 | Friction engaging device A friction engaging device, such as, for example a braking disc and a friction couple, brake disc/pad are disclosed. The friction engaging device is a carbon-ceramic composite comprising a carbon fibre network and a filler comprising silicon carbide. One ... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6455145 | Friction member This invention intends to provide a friction member which is high in an anti-fading character and low in mate attacking character. For such purpose, in a friction member composed of a fiber containing substrate, a bonding agent and a filling agent, an acc... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6401881 | Double action brake shoe A double action brake shoe comprising a shoe, a lining and an oscillator material as main components which function respectively as a reinforcing body of the brake shoe, a brake material and as a generator of certain vibration frequency when the shoe is a... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6378670 | Sliding member There is disclosed a sliding member which slidably contacts an counterpart member with friction and in which a friction force is varied without changing a contact pressure. A sliding member 11 is formed by covering a steel plate with sliding materials 13a... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6303236 | Method for manufacturing aluminum-based composite plate and composite back plate A method for manufacturing an aluminum-based composite plate is disclosed. The method comprises the step of producing an aluminum-based composite billet. The billet production step includes reducing, by magnesium nitride, an oxide-based ceramic as a porou... | 10/16/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6290031 | Rotary brake part To inhibit the excessive wearing of a friction contact surface forming portion of a brake drum and a friction member by the abrading action of a worn powder and the like, and to reinforce the friction contact surface forming portion, in a drum body of a b... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6283257 | Disc brake of two-wheeled vehicle A disc brake of a two-wheeled vehicle comprises two friction pads which press against either side of a disc rotating along with the wheel of the vehicle in motion. The friction pads are provided with a friction surface. The disc is provided in the surface... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6260674 | Friction material A friction material contains a fibrous reinforcement, a binder, and a fricton modifier. The binder content of the friction material on the back plate side is made to be larger than the binder content of the friction material on the friction surface side. ... | 07/17/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6162315 | Method for making a multiple density friction material pad A friction material pad comprises a lamination of stacked sheets, each of which has a top edge forming the friction face that is generally parallel to the direction of relative rotation between the friction pad and an opposing rotary member. Each sheet is... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6140388 | Thermosetting binder prepared with mono(hydroxyalkyl)urea and oxazolidone crosslinking agents Abrasive articles comprising a cured thermosetting binder and abrasive grains. The binder is prepared with a poly-functional molecule comprising at least two functional groups selected from the group consisting of carboxyl and anhydride, and a crosslinkin... | 10/31/2000 |
| 5957251 | Brake or clutch components having a ceramic-metal composite friction material A braking component such as a brake pad, brake rotor, brake drum or clutch disk is comprised of a metal substrate having a friction material laminated on at least a portion of at least one face of the metal substrate, the friction material being a ceramic... | 09/28/1999 |
