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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 7165310 | Method for connecting two members A connecting structure includes a first member including a hole which has a narrower width at an opening portion than a width at a bottom portion and a projecting portion projected toward the opening portion at the bottom portion of the hole, and a second member wit... | 01/23/2007 |
| 6855428 | Boron carbide based ceramic matrix composites The present invention is a composite material and process to produce same. That material comprises a fibrous structure which is initially predominantly coated with elemental carbon; that fibrous structure is then subsequently predominantly coated with at least one c... | 02/15/2005 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 5275263 | Brake block shoe and method for its manufacture The back and the braking body of the brake shoe are both formed as cast iron elements. The brake shoe, mainly consisting of molded parts, allows a particularly rational manufacture by casting operations or as a composite casting in one and the same castin... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5266395 | Friction material for making brake pads A friction material for making brake pads or brake disks is formed by mixing metallic fiber and/or aramid fibers as a main component, a filler material and a binder agent for binding the main component and the filler. The metallic fiber includes at least ... | 11/30/1993 |
| 4902473 | Rotary brake disc A brake disc material which does not crack under a great braking action, such as in a large-sized truck, consisting of 0.03 percent to 1 percent of carbon, 1.2 percent to 20 percent of chromium, and 0.1 percent to 1 percent of molybdenum, the balance bein... | 02/20/1990 |
| 4807728 | Brake member and method of manufacturing same A brake member integrally cast from a single melt and composed of a sliding portion and a hub portion, the sliding portion having a flaky graphite cast iron microstructure with a good damping capacity and the hub portion having a high-strength cast iron m... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4605105 | Brake system A brake system of a semi-metallic friction material and a braking component is characterized in that the friction material contains a metallic fiber and/or a metallic powder, a part or all of which has a lower hardness than that of the braking component.... | 08/12/1986 |
