| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 188251000 |
Composite
| 62 |
| 188250000 |
Shoe construction
| 26 |
| 188250000 |
Surfaces and fasteners
| 16 |
| 188250000 |
Slotted shoes and vibration dampers
| 11 |
| 188250000 |
Anchor and operator fittings | 5 |
| 20080230333 | Bicycle braking sheet assembly - A bicycle braking sheet assembly comprises a braking sheet being made of elastic material; the braking sheet being formed with a plurality of receiving holes; a plurality of braking blocks; the number of the braking blocks being equal to that of the receiving holes; the elastic coefficient of the braking blocks being different from that of the braking sheet; an outer shape of each braking block being corresponding to an inner shape of the receiving hole so that the braking block is exactly received in the receiving hole. An inner side of the braking sheet has a dirt remover. A projection extends from the dirt remover. An inner surface of the braking sheet is formed with a plurality of recesses and a plurality of first textures for increasing friction force. An inner surface of each braking block has a second texture. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20120067680 | FRICTION ELEMENT - The invention relates to a method of producing a friction element comprising a friction lining ( | 03-22-2012 |
| 20100219030 | BRAKE PAD FOR A PARTIALLY-LINED DISK BRAKE - A brake pad for a partially-lined disk brake and a method for making such a brake pad. The brake pad has a back plate, a friction lining arranged fixedly on a front side of the back plate and a damping plate provided on a rear side. At least one hook-shaped guide end adjoins a body region of the back plate in a circumferential direction. The guide end has an elevation with a material thickness D increased in relation to a material thickness d of the body region. At least one abutment face for tangential abutment in a circumferential direction is provided on the guide end and a support face is provided thereon for radial support in a radial direction. The damping plate has at least one bent-over bracket which rests against the radial support face in a bracket region of the back plate. The damping plate is offset axially to the rear relative to the bracket region in the body region of the back plate. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20140202804 | Brake shoe for a drum brake - The invention relates to a brake shoe for a drum brake and a drum brake that includes a supporting unit and a lining unit, wherein the supporting unit comprises a bearing portion for pivotable support and an actuation portion, and wherein the supporting unit has a bending stiffness, which has different values between the bearing portion and the actuation portion. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140311839 | Disc Brake Pad - A disc brake pad includes lugs, each of which is provided with a groove that receives the tongue of a coiled spring disposed in a housing in the brake yoke. The aforementioned groove has an essentially mixtilinear rectangular section, of which the base is formed in cross-section by a central portion in the form of a convex root face forming a support extending on each side into a fillet recessed from the supporting plane. The fillet joins the respective side of the groove behind the supporting plane. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20150122603 | Brake Assembly with Improved Brake Shoe Retention - A brake assembly having a brake shoe and an anchor pin. The brake shoe may have an anchor pin slot that may include first and second connecting surfaces that extend from an arcuate bearing surface. The anchor pin may have first and second flats and may be inserted into the anchor pin slot when the first and second flats are aligned with the first and second connecting surfaces. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20160146276 | SHIM ASSEMBLY FOR DISK BRAKE - A shim assembly for a disk brake includes inside shim locking pieces which are provided in an inside shim main body of the inside shim plate and bent toward the pressure plate so that displacement of the inside shim plate in radial and peripheral directions is restricted and outside shim locking pieces which are provided in an outside shim main body of the outside shim plate and bent toward the pressure plate so that displacement of the outside shim plate in the peripheral direction is allowed and displacement thereof in the radial direction is restricted. Engaging pawls are provided in the inside shim main body and projected from a peripheral edge of the pressure plate. The outside shim locking pieces are respectively engaged with the engaging pawls so as to cover the engaging pawls, to prevent the outside shim plate against separation from the inside shim plate. | 05-26-2016 |
| 20090229933 | Disc Brake Pad - A disc brake pad ( | 09-17-2009 |
| 20130341135 | BRAKE BACKING PLATE WITH STEP-CHAMFER - A brake plate is provided that has a substantially planar metallic body with a first friction facing surface, a second opposing caliper facing surface, a pair of relatively long edges, and a pair of relatively short edges. At least one of the long edges has a step-chamfer. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20080230332 | BICYCLE DISK BRAKE PAD - A bicycle disk brake pad basically comprises a backplate part and a friction part. The backplate part is made of a copper-based sintering alloy. The friction part is made of a copper-based sintering alloy that is integrally sintered with the backplate part. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080251330 | Brake Shoe - A brake shoe is proposed which includes a lining containing a rubber of the type which becomes ebonite when vulcanized. An elastic interlayer is disposed between the lining and an adhesive layer through which the lining is bonded to the shoe body. The interlayer serves as a stress relief layer, thereby preventing the lining from peeling off the shoe body when the brake shoe is subjected to thermal history. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080257664 | Pad Assembly For Use in a Disc Brake - A pad assembly includes a carrier plate, a backing plate to one side of which is secured at least one friction pad and which is mounted on its alternate side on the carrier plate, a spring acting between the carrier plate and the backing plate and allowing for limited rocking and/or linear movement of the backing plate relative to the carrier plate against the action of the spring. A plurality of transmitting members are secured to one or the other of the carrier plate or the backing plate and project to engage the other so as to enable the transmission of force between the two plates. The arrangement of the force transmitting members is such that at least two of the force transmitting members are generally equiangularly arranged about the geometric center of the carrier plate. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20090032343 | Brake Pad - The subject invention generally relates to a disc brake pad which has reduced brake squeal in response to a braking event by the incorporation of a relieved portion to the center section of a friction pad along an outer edge or inner edge thereof, or along both edges. The invention is a disc brake pad which includes a backing plate and friction pad attached to the backing plate. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090127037 | Railway Brake Shoe - A brake shoe without a metal backing has a metal insert comprising two spaced apart bodies, a connecting portion having a back face adjacent to the back surface of the brake shoe, and two generally parallel radially extending flanges integral with the connecting portion. The parallel extensions define a keyway, wherein when the brake shoe is emplaced on the brake head, the keyway extends through an opening provided in the brake head. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090139809 | Plateless Railway Brake Shoe - A brake shoe formed of friction material for use without a metal backing plate. The brake shoe is defined by a friction surface for bearing upon a wheel tread and an opposed back surface for being placed in contact with and secured to a brake head. The brake shoe has a reinforcing mesh defining a plurality of interstices positioned along the back surface of the brake shoe embedded in a molded friction material that is reinforced with a plurality of fibers. A keyway is at least partially formed of the molded fiber reinforced friction material extending away from the back surface of the brake shoe. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090211857 | Brake Pad for a Disc Brake - A brake pad for a disc brake, in particular for a utility or commercial vehicle, including a pad retaining spring which is designed as an arc-shaped leaf spring, can deflect radially and is fastened by way of a hood to a lining carrier plate which supports a friction lining material. The hood is formed as a separate component and has a section which is U-shaped in cross-section. A web of the hood connects its limbs which limbs are guided in parallel and at both sides of the lining carrier plate. The web bears against the pad retaining spring. The pad retaining spring is designed such that an opening is formed through which a limb of the hood is guided. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20090236191 | Sintered brake lining - The invention relates to a sintered brake lining ( | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090250300 | Method of securing a shim to a backing plate and subassembly formed thereby - A subassembly for use in a brake assembly, the subassembly comprising a shim, a backing plate and a friction pad formed of a friction pad material, wherein the friction pad material extends into at least one pass-through hole in the backing plate; and wherein one or more flanges perimetering at least one opening in the shim are encased in the friction material; whereby the shim is resisted from movement at least in part by the one or more flanges being encased in the friction pad material. A preferred methodology of forming the braking subassembly comprises the steps of forming the friction pad on the backing plate and at least partially filling the at least one pass-through hole with said friction pad material such that the one or more flanges perimetering the at least one opening in the shim is encased in the friction pad material. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20100163352 | SINTERED BRAKE PAD BACKING PLATE - A brake pad backing plate made using powder metallurgy has an inner surface to which a friction material mass is attached and which cooperates with the mass to resist shearing of the mass relative to the plate. Formations can be made on the inner surface that resist shearing of the friction material mass from the backing plate, the mass can have mating formations and the plate can be steam treated for additional benefits. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20110198170 | Brake Pad for Braking Systems, In Particular for Disc Brakes - Brake pad for braking systems, in particular for disc brakes, consisting of friction portion ( | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110220441 | DISC BRAKE BACKING PLATE AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A disc brake pad is composed of a backing plate and a friction material. The adhesion of the backing plate and the friction material is enhanced in the present invention by multiple recesses on the surface of the backing plate that is attached to the friction material. One of the advantages of the present invention is the ease of manufacturing. In one of the preferred methods of manufacturing, a matrix of recesses (2) is first impressed onto the steel sheet by a stamping press. The existing method of producing a traditional backing plate, i.e., stamping out the backing plate profile and the bores, may then be applied. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110259686 | DISC BRAKE PAD - To provide a disc brake pad for a disc brake equipped with a metal disc rotor, having a friction material that includes a fiber base material, a binder, an abrasive material, and a frictional wear modifier, which effectively minimizes a sticking problem of the friction material and the disc rotor and simultaneously provides effective fading resistance, wear resistance, and formability. The friction material includes the fiber base material, binder, abrasive material, and frictional wear modifier, and friction material has the binder of 4.5-7.0 weight % relative to the gross friction material amount, aralkyl modified phenolic resin of at least 50 weight % relative to the binder amount, inorganic particles of 1-3 weight % as the abrasive material with 6-8 of Moh's hardness and average particle diameter of 10-200 μm. Furthermore, the friction material includes alkali metal titanate and/or alkali earth metal titanate of 20-30 weight %. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20130175127 | Friction plate - The present invention is an improved disc brake plate wherein its two components, namely a steel backing plate and a friction plate or puck, are fabricated separately. The steel backing plate is stamped with a pattern of discrete protrusions rising from one face. The plates are cut from friction material extruded into any shape of rod or into a thick sheet after which they are impressed with a pattern of discrete recesses matching the backing plate's protuberances. The plates are then cured hard and finished as needed. An adhesive is used to bond the two components into a completed brake plate. In this way a wide range of vehicle brake plates can be assembled from separately prepared plates and backing plates. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130199880 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A BRAKE LINING CARRIER - The invention relates to a method for producing a brake lining carrier ( | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130277160 | BRAKE LINING HAVING A BACK PLATE HAVING INCREASED STIFFNESS - A brake pad having increased stiffness comprises a back plate and a friction lining attached to one side of the back plate. Embedded in the lining bed of the back plate facing the friction lining is at least one connecting element having at least one undercut for fastening the friction lining to the back plate, and at least one rib for increasing the stiffness is additionally provided. This arrangement will ensure attachment of the friction lining to the back plate and increased stiffness of the back plate. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20140216868 | FINE EDGE BRAKE BACKING PLATE - A brake plate is provided that has a substantially planar metallic body having a first friction facing surface and a second opposing caliper facing surface. The plate has a thickness between the first and second surfaces. The body is formed by stamping a metallic material such that edges of the body are shaved along at least 75% of the thickness. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140246283 | BRAKE PAD ASSEMBLY HAVING A FLANGE - A brake pad assembly having a table and a web. The web may extend from the table and include a flange that may be disposed opposite the table. | 09-04-2014 |
| 20140291081 | Steel Backing Two-Way Synchronous Drawloom and Use Method Thereof - The invention relates to a steel back two-way synchronous drawloom and a use method thereof. The drawloom comprises an upper die base, an upper die board, a lower die base and a lower die board, and further comprises a molded upper die and a working positioning lower die. With the adoption of a two-way synchronous broaching gear method, a gear of a product in the invention has the advantages of high density, high strength, as well as uniform and neat arrangement; furthermore, a brake pad of the product in the invention has the advantage of high shear strength. In addition, the drawloom has high production efficiency, stable whole production process, a firm gear root, and non easy falling, as well as is adaptable to be produced in mass. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140339028 | DISC BRAKE PAD ASSEMBLY - A disc brake pad assembly includes a pad and a shim plate. The shim plate includes locking pieces which are bent from a main body portion towards a pressure plate. The locking pieces are brought into abutment with circumferential edge portions of the pressure plate so as to be displaced in a rotating direction of a rotor. Projecting portions are formed at portions of the circumferential edge portion which are brought into abutment with one surface of each of the locking pieces. A circumferential central portion of a part of each of the projecting portions which faces the one surface projects further than both circumferential end portions thereof. The circumferential edge portion and the one surface of each of the locking pieces are spaced apart from each other at portions of the one surface which lie close to both circumferential end portions thereof. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20150075927 | FRICTION PAD ASSEMBLY FOR DISK BRAKE - A disk brake friction pad assembly includes lining assemblies which are oscillatably inserted into the guide hole portions of a guide plate to transmit a braking torque from plate engagement portions to the guide plate and are urged toward the guide plate by spring members, and a link plate for applying pressure from a torque receiving plate to the multiple lining assemblies and also for holding a clearance between the guide plate and torque receiving plate. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150107945 | METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF BRAKE PADS AND ASSOCIATED BRAKE PAD - Method for the production of braking elements for vehicles, in particular brake pads, including a die forming step by means of fine and/or traditional shearing of a metal support and a molding step upon the metal support of a block of friction material; the friction material is selected from the group of asbestos free materials, while the metal plate is made of an aluminum alloy selected from the group consisting of aluminum alloys subjected to precipitation hardening (age-hardening alloys) and is made from the fine and/or traditional shearing of a metal sheet when the alloy is in a solubilized state; the alloy, being aged during a friction material baking step, gains its mechanical properties needed for its operation. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20160003317 | DISC BRAKE PAD FOR A VEHICLE - A vehicle disc brake pad having a backing plate and a friction pad that includes a complex edge profile formed from a plurality of undulations on at least one side edge of the periphery. Each undulation includes a wave crest and a wave trough that extend toward and away from the periphery of the backing plate, respectively. The brake pad may provide improved thermal management and wear resistance, thereby improving the life span of the brake pad, particularly when used with heavier vehicles such as trucks, crossover vehicles, and sports utility vehicles. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160169306 | Reinforced Disc Brake Pad Backing Plate And Reinforced Brake Pad | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160195147 | EMBOSSED BRAKE PAD | 07-07-2016 |
| 20170234383 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A SENSORIZED BRAKING ELEMENT, IN PARTICULAR A BRAKE PAD AND A SENSORIZED BRAKE PAD OBTAINED THEREBY | 08-17-2017 |
| 20090145703 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF A BRAKE LINING AND BRAKE LINING IN PARTICULAR FOR A MOTOR-VEHICLE DISK BRAKE - A friction lining ( | 06-11-2009 |
| 20110056779 | HIGH PERFORMANCE ADHESIVES AND METHODS FOR THEIR USE - The present invention is directed to benzoxazine-containing adhesives having high adhesive strength at high temperature. These materials are especially useful in automotive applications, in particular, as adhesives for brake components. Methods of their use are also described. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20140291082 | Brake Lining Assembly for a Vehicle Brake - A brake pad arrangement for a vehicle brake, having a frictional pad, a pad back plate and a damping plate that is arranged on the pad back plate, the brake pad arrangement having a separate damping element which is provided in order to avoid frictional vibrations of the brake pad arrangement. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140305754 | Spring-Equipped Member for Guiding a Disc Brake Pad and Disc Brake provided with such Guiding Members - A brake calliper has two arms, each including a housing and a stub. A member for guiding a disc brake pad is disposed in the housing, and is secured by lugs to a front of the stub. The member includes a body having a U-shaped section formed by an inner radial surface, a base, an outer radial surface, and includes a tongue that extends beyond an edge of the body, and that is configured to be hooked in the housing and to fully lock the member in the arm. An inner side of the body is bordered by an inner front supporting surface disposed against an inner surface of the arm. An outer front supporting surface is disposed against the front of the stud, extends into a hairpin damper spring extending towards the front of the stud, and is bordered on each side by a tongue that form side end-stops. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140360822 | DISC BRAKE PAD ASSEMBLY - A disc brake pad assembly includes a pair of locking bent portions formed at circumferential end portions of an inner shim plate by being bent towards an opposite side to a pressure plate. Locking through holes are formed individually at base end portions of the locking bent portions. A pair of locking projecting pieces are individually formed so as to project circumferentially from an outer main body portion included in an outer shim plate. A distance between distal edges of the locking projecting pieces is larger than a space between the locking bent portions, and a circumferential length defined between radial side portions of the locking projecting pieces is shorter than the space. The inner main body portion and the outer main body portion are superposed on each other in a state that the locking projecting pieces are brought into engagement with the locking through holes. | 12-11-2014 |
| 20140374202 | Disc Brake Pad Guideway and Disc Brake equipped with such a Guideway - A guideway for a motor vehicle disc brake is configured to mount at least one brake pad in a slidable manner with respect to a brake disc along an axially oriented axis of sliding. The guideway includes at least one brake pad application element which is configured to act axially. The guideway is fixed to a fixed carrier, and includes an elastically deformable leg and a guide face that has a contact zone. The elastically deformable leg is configured to exert a constant elastic force. The guide face includes a damping element. The elastically deformable leg further includes a bent-over portion configured to contact the at least one brake pad such that the guide face is opposite a contact zone of the at least one brake pad. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20150107946 | CARRIER BODY FOR A BRAKE LINING OF A DISK BRAKE WITH A DAMPER MASS FOR MODIFYING THE VIBRATION - In order to improve a carrier body, having a friction lining carrier plate and at least one first damper mass which is connected rigidly to the friction lining carrier plate, in such a way that the rigid connection between the friction lining carrier plate and the first damper mass is more robust, it is proposed to insert a first pin-shaped projection of the first damper mass into the first hole of a friction lining carrier plate in such a way that the head of the first pin-shaped projection protrudes out of the first hole and bears against a first chamfer partially in the region of a first edge of the first hole. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150122602 | PAD SPRING FOR DISK BRAKE - A pad spring for a disk brake includes a mounting portion configured to be elastically mounted onto radial outside portions of pad support members of the disk brake; a pressure portion having a pair of pressure arms configured to elastically press outer circumferential edges of circumferential-direction one-end portions of back plates of pads of the disk brake inwardly in a radial direction of a rotor of the disk brake; and a held plate section formed between torque transmission surfaces of the back plates and torque receiving surfaces of the pad support members. The pad spring is formed by bending an elastic and corrosion-resistant metal plate so as to elastically press the pads in the radial direction. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150369308 | Disk-Brake Pad - A disk-brake pad includes a backing plate that has a lower edge which defines two locations configured to accommodate lower clips of an antirattle device. The antirattle device includes a fastener positioned at the top thereof that is configured to irreversibly clip via a tongue defined by a cut in the fastener so as to clip irreversibly into a notch defined by an upper edge of the backing plate. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20160010708 | BRAKE LINING WITH DEVICE FOR REDUCING NOISES | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160017943 | DRUM BRAKE SHOE - The invention relates to a drum brake shoe ( | 01-21-2016 |
| 20080257665 | Brake Lining with Damper Plate - The invention relates to a brake lining ( | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080277215 | Holding Device for the Brake Linings of a Disk Brake and Associated Brake Lining - A brake lining for a disc brake of a road vehicle has a blade-type retaining spring for the lining. At least two peripheral lining springs are situated on each brake lining, adjacent to the retaining spring, and exert a compressive force on at least some sections of the periphery of the lining carrier. The springs are configured in such a way that they respectively cover an edge region of the brake lining carrier, with the latter having at least two corner regions. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20090020380 | Brake Pad for a Disc Brake - A brake pad for a disc brake, in particular for a commercial vehicle, has a pad retaining spring which is configured as an arcuate leaf spring and is held in a manner which is secured captively and can be deflected radially on a lining carrier plate of a brake pad which carries a friction lining. The pad retaining spring is connected in a form-fitting manner to the pad carrier plate by a hood which is fastened to the pad retaining spring. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090152058 | BRAKE LINING CUP ATTACHMENT METHOD FOR REDUCED WEAR - A brake lining assembly is provided for improved useful life. A brake lining assembly may comprise a carrier disk, a brake lining cup secured to the carrier disk and filled with a brake lining material, wherein the segmented brake lining cup has a center, wherein the brake lining material is secured to the carrier disk with an attachment fastener through the lining material and the brake lining cup, and wherein the attachment fastener is offset from the center. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20100170758 | BRAKING DEVICE WITH TOOTHED BACKING PLATE - A braking device includes a backing plate, on one face thereof a plurality of projected teeth are formed by punching, and a friction material being attached to the toothed face of the backing plate with the projected teeth stabbed and embedded in the friction material. With the projected teeth formed on the face of the backing plate, the friction material can be tightly held to the backing plate without easily displaced from the backing plate due to frictional contact with a quickly rotating brake disc. Meanwhile, with the projected teeth formed on the face of the backing plate, the binding glue that applies between the backing plate and the friction material for binding each other can be reduced or canceled. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20130186720 | BRAKE SHOE FOR A DRUM BRAKE - A brake shoe for a drum brake ( | 07-25-2013 |
| 20140190777 | BRAKE LININGS AND PROCESS OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF - The present invention discloses brake lining and process of manufacture thereof using a recycled friction material to form a multilayered brake lining with varying densities. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140291083 | Lock-Equipped Member for Guiding a Disc Brake Pad and Disc Brake provided with such Guiding Members - A brake calliper has two arms, where each arm includes a housing and a stub. A member for guiding a disc brake pad is disposed in the housing, and is secured by lugs to a front of the stub. The member includes a body having a U-shaped section formed by an inner radial surface, a base, and an outer radial surface. An inner side of the body is bordered by an inner supporting surface located on an inner surface of the arms, and an outer supporting surface of the body is disposed against a front of the stud. The out supporting surface extends into a supporting surface toward the front of the stud. The body further includes a locking tongue that extends beyond an edge of the body, and is configured to be hooked in the housing. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140326552 | BRAKE SHOE AND BRAKE LINING BLOCKS WITH KEYED CONNECTION - A brake shoe assembly for a vehicle is provided. A brake shoe has at least one slot on its outer surface. A brake plate has a backing plate that includes at least one key. The brake plate is secured to the brake shoe via the key being received within the at least one slot in the brake shoe. is secured to the outer surface of the brake shoe. This provides a connection that resisting radial movement of the brake plate relative to the outer surface of the brake shoe. A plurality of additional fasteners is also provided for securing the brake plate to the brake shoe. A frictional brake lining is molded on the brake plate and includes cut out portions exposing corners of the brake plate. At least one of the corners of the brake plate defines a hole for receiving one of the fasteners. | 11-06-2014 |
| 20140360823 | RAILWAY VEHICLE DISK BRAKE PAD - A railway vehicle disk brake pad having a base plate; a number of supporting plates fitted to the base plate; and a number of friction members fixed to the supporting plates. The base plate has a number of perforated drawing portions, each of which has a projection on which a respective supporting plate rests directly, thus forming a gap between the base plate and the supporting plate. | 12-11-2014 |
| 20150090543 | BRAKE PAD ASSEMBLY WITH RELEASABLE HEAT SINK - A brake pad assembly for mounting on a caliper of a vehicle includes a backing plate, a brake lining disposed on a front side of the backing plate, and a heat sink. The heat sink includes a thermal conductive sheet and a set of cooling fins mounted on a rear side of the thermal conductive sheet. In particular, the thermal conductive sheet is overlapped and releasably fastened on the backing plate. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150114773 | FRICTION PAD ASSEMBLY FOR DISK BRAKE - A unit friction pad assembly constituting a disk brake friction pad assembly includes a lining assembly which is oscillatably inserted into the guide hole portion of a guide plate to transmit a braking torque from a plate engagement portion to the guide plate and is urged toward the guide plate by a spring member, and a clearance hold mechanism for holding a clearance between the guide plate and torque receiving plate. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150292582 | FRICTION BRAKE ASSEMBLY WITH AN ABRADABLE METAL FOAM BRAKE PAD - A brake assembly and a method for manufacturing a brake assembly are provided. The brake assembly includes a brake pad affixed to a substrate. The brake pad extends from the substrate to a brake pad friction surface, and includes abradable cellular metal foam with the hardened ceramic particles. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20160091041 | MATERIAL WITH VARIABLE HEIGHT BARBS - The present invention is a differentially textured material made from a workpiece made of a ductile material with a substantially flat face on which are raised rows of integral and generally pointed barbs. Each barb has a height above the substantially flat face of the ductile material from which the barbs are gouged out. The heights of the barbs vary substantially. The material may be steel and in the form of a sheet. The differentially textured material is particularly well suited for manufacturing disc brake backing plates where the barbs are used to bond the backing plate to friction material. The present invention also includes methods for making such differentially textured material. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160091043 | MATERIAL WITH VARIABLE HEIGHT BARBS - A workpiece includes a material with a face and a first plurality of barbs and a second plurality of barbs extending integrally from the face. Each barb has a height above the face. The barbs of the first plurality are at least 10% higher than the barbs of the second plurality. The first plurality of barbs includes at least 10% of the barbs on the face and the second plurality of the barbs includes at least 10% of the barbs on the face. The barbs of the second plurality of barbs are bent and pointed. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160129656 | MOLD FOR BRAKE PAD FRICTION MATERIAL, MANUFACTURING APPARATUS, MANUFACTURING METHOD, PREFORM, AND BRAKE PAD - A mold of a brake pad friction material, including a mold member fitted into a mold frame into which a powder material of the brake pad friction material is put, in which the mold member is configured such that a pressing surface in a surface of the mold member, which forms a region abutting the powder material put into a mold frame, has a concave shape that is formed by being gradually recessed from both end portion sides to a center portion side of the pressing surface. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20090114491 | DRUM BRAKE SHOE - Drum brake shoe, particularly for a motor vehicle, in which a brake cable ( | 05-07-2009 |
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Recessed | 3 |
| 20110000752 | DISC BRAKE WITH SYSTEM FOR CHECKING THE POSITION IN WHICH BRAKE PADS ARE INSTALLED, AND BRAKE PAD - Provided is a disc brake with a system for checking the position in which brake pads are installed, and brake pads having, in both halves, notches defining a point of correspondence for fitting with respective projections formed in the housings for holding the brake pads, such that the notches in the two halves of each brake pad define spaces of equivalent volume, said notches in the halves of the brake pad being positioned at different distances (S | 01-06-2011 |
| 20130213750 | BRAKE SYSTEM - A brake system of an elevator, an escalator or a moving walkway includes a brake device with at least one brake shoe. The brake shoe has an effective surface which during brake use is pressed against a friction surface, which is moving or movable relative to the effective surface, of a counter-member. The brake system also includes a feed device which is supplied by a fluid source. A fluid can be fed between the effective surface of the brake shoe and the friction surface, which faces it, by means of the feed device. The friction between the effective surface and the friction surface can be influenced by the feed of the fluid. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20140202806 | Brake shoe for a drum brake - The invention relates to a brake shoe for a drum brake and a drum brake that comprises a supporting unit and a lining unit, wherein the supporting unit comprises a bearing portion for pivotable support and an actuation portion, wherein the supporting unit comprises two supporting portions, wherein the center of the mean curvature of the first supporting portion is spaced apart from the center of the mean curvature of the second supporting portion. | 07-24-2014 |
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One-piece | 2 |
| 20080230333 | Bicycle braking sheet assembly - A bicycle braking sheet assembly comprises a braking sheet being made of elastic material; the braking sheet being formed with a plurality of receiving holes; a plurality of braking blocks; the number of the braking blocks being equal to that of the receiving holes; the elastic coefficient of the braking blocks being different from that of the braking sheet; an outer shape of each braking block being corresponding to an inner shape of the receiving hole so that the braking block is exactly received in the receiving hole. An inner side of the braking sheet has a dirt remover. A projection extends from the dirt remover. An inner surface of the braking sheet is formed with a plurality of recesses and a plurality of first textures for increasing friction force. An inner surface of each braking block has a second texture. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20120067680 | FRICTION ELEMENT - The invention relates to a method of producing a friction element comprising a friction lining ( | 03-22-2012 |
| 20100219030 | BRAKE PAD FOR A PARTIALLY-LINED DISK BRAKE - A brake pad for a partially-lined disk brake and a method for making such a brake pad. The brake pad has a back plate, a friction lining arranged fixedly on a front side of the back plate and a damping plate provided on a rear side. At least one hook-shaped guide end adjoins a body region of the back plate in a circumferential direction. The guide end has an elevation with a material thickness D increased in relation to a material thickness d of the body region. At least one abutment face for tangential abutment in a circumferential direction is provided on the guide end and a support face is provided thereon for radial support in a radial direction. The damping plate has at least one bent-over bracket which rests against the radial support face in a bracket region of the back plate. The damping plate is offset axially to the rear relative to the bracket region in the body region of the back plate. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20140202804 | Brake shoe for a drum brake - The invention relates to a brake shoe for a drum brake and a drum brake that includes a supporting unit and a lining unit, wherein the supporting unit comprises a bearing portion for pivotable support and an actuation portion, and wherein the supporting unit has a bending stiffness, which has different values between the bearing portion and the actuation portion. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140311839 | Disc Brake Pad - A disc brake pad includes lugs, each of which is provided with a groove that receives the tongue of a coiled spring disposed in a housing in the brake yoke. The aforementioned groove has an essentially mixtilinear rectangular section, of which the base is formed in cross-section by a central portion in the form of a convex root face forming a support extending on each side into a fillet recessed from the supporting plane. The fillet joins the respective side of the groove behind the supporting plane. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20150122603 | Brake Assembly with Improved Brake Shoe Retention - A brake assembly having a brake shoe and an anchor pin. The brake shoe may have an anchor pin slot that may include first and second connecting surfaces that extend from an arcuate bearing surface. The anchor pin may have first and second flats and may be inserted into the anchor pin slot when the first and second flats are aligned with the first and second connecting surfaces. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20160146276 | SHIM ASSEMBLY FOR DISK BRAKE - A shim assembly for a disk brake includes inside shim locking pieces which are provided in an inside shim main body of the inside shim plate and bent toward the pressure plate so that displacement of the inside shim plate in radial and peripheral directions is restricted and outside shim locking pieces which are provided in an outside shim main body of the outside shim plate and bent toward the pressure plate so that displacement of the outside shim plate in the peripheral direction is allowed and displacement thereof in the radial direction is restricted. Engaging pawls are provided in the inside shim main body and projected from a peripheral edge of the pressure plate. The outside shim locking pieces are respectively engaged with the engaging pawls so as to cover the engaging pawls, to prevent the outside shim plate against separation from the inside shim plate. | 05-26-2016 |
| 20090229933 | Disc Brake Pad - A disc brake pad ( | 09-17-2009 |
| 20130341135 | BRAKE BACKING PLATE WITH STEP-CHAMFER - A brake plate is provided that has a substantially planar metallic body with a first friction facing surface, a second opposing caliper facing surface, a pair of relatively long edges, and a pair of relatively short edges. At least one of the long edges has a step-chamfer. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20080230332 | BICYCLE DISK BRAKE PAD - A bicycle disk brake pad basically comprises a backplate part and a friction part. The backplate part is made of a copper-based sintering alloy. The friction part is made of a copper-based sintering alloy that is integrally sintered with the backplate part. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080251330 | Brake Shoe - A brake shoe is proposed which includes a lining containing a rubber of the type which becomes ebonite when vulcanized. An elastic interlayer is disposed between the lining and an adhesive layer through which the lining is bonded to the shoe body. The interlayer serves as a stress relief layer, thereby preventing the lining from peeling off the shoe body when the brake shoe is subjected to thermal history. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080257664 | Pad Assembly For Use in a Disc Brake - A pad assembly includes a carrier plate, a backing plate to one side of which is secured at least one friction pad and which is mounted on its alternate side on the carrier plate, a spring acting between the carrier plate and the backing plate and allowing for limited rocking and/or linear movement of the backing plate relative to the carrier plate against the action of the spring. A plurality of transmitting members are secured to one or the other of the carrier plate or the backing plate and project to engage the other so as to enable the transmission of force between the two plates. The arrangement of the force transmitting members is such that at least two of the force transmitting members are generally equiangularly arranged about the geometric center of the carrier plate. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20090032343 | Brake Pad - The subject invention generally relates to a disc brake pad which has reduced brake squeal in response to a braking event by the incorporation of a relieved portion to the center section of a friction pad along an outer edge or inner edge thereof, or along both edges. The invention is a disc brake pad which includes a backing plate and friction pad attached to the backing plate. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090127037 | Railway Brake Shoe - A brake shoe without a metal backing has a metal insert comprising two spaced apart bodies, a connecting portion having a back face adjacent to the back surface of the brake shoe, and two generally parallel radially extending flanges integral with the connecting portion. The parallel extensions define a keyway, wherein when the brake shoe is emplaced on the brake head, the keyway extends through an opening provided in the brake head. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090139809 | Plateless Railway Brake Shoe - A brake shoe formed of friction material for use without a metal backing plate. The brake shoe is defined by a friction surface for bearing upon a wheel tread and an opposed back surface for being placed in contact with and secured to a brake head. The brake shoe has a reinforcing mesh defining a plurality of interstices positioned along the back surface of the brake shoe embedded in a molded friction material that is reinforced with a plurality of fibers. A keyway is at least partially formed of the molded fiber reinforced friction material extending away from the back surface of the brake shoe. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090211857 | Brake Pad for a Disc Brake - A brake pad for a disc brake, in particular for a utility or commercial vehicle, including a pad retaining spring which is designed as an arc-shaped leaf spring, can deflect radially and is fastened by way of a hood to a lining carrier plate which supports a friction lining material. The hood is formed as a separate component and has a section which is U-shaped in cross-section. A web of the hood connects its limbs which limbs are guided in parallel and at both sides of the lining carrier plate. The web bears against the pad retaining spring. The pad retaining spring is designed such that an opening is formed through which a limb of the hood is guided. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20090236191 | Sintered brake lining - The invention relates to a sintered brake lining ( | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090250300 | Method of securing a shim to a backing plate and subassembly formed thereby - A subassembly for use in a brake assembly, the subassembly comprising a shim, a backing plate and a friction pad formed of a friction pad material, wherein the friction pad material extends into at least one pass-through hole in the backing plate; and wherein one or more flanges perimetering at least one opening in the shim are encased in the friction material; whereby the shim is resisted from movement at least in part by the one or more flanges being encased in the friction pad material. A preferred methodology of forming the braking subassembly comprises the steps of forming the friction pad on the backing plate and at least partially filling the at least one pass-through hole with said friction pad material such that the one or more flanges perimetering the at least one opening in the shim is encased in the friction pad material. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20100163352 | SINTERED BRAKE PAD BACKING PLATE - A brake pad backing plate made using powder metallurgy has an inner surface to which a friction material mass is attached and which cooperates with the mass to resist shearing of the mass relative to the plate. Formations can be made on the inner surface that resist shearing of the friction material mass from the backing plate, the mass can have mating formations and the plate can be steam treated for additional benefits. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20110198170 | Brake Pad for Braking Systems, In Particular for Disc Brakes - Brake pad for braking systems, in particular for disc brakes, consisting of friction portion ( | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110220441 | DISC BRAKE BACKING PLATE AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A disc brake pad is composed of a backing plate and a friction material. The adhesion of the backing plate and the friction material is enhanced in the present invention by multiple recesses on the surface of the backing plate that is attached to the friction material. One of the advantages of the present invention is the ease of manufacturing. In one of the preferred methods of manufacturing, a matrix of recesses (2) is first impressed onto the steel sheet by a stamping press. The existing method of producing a traditional backing plate, i.e., stamping out the backing plate profile and the bores, may then be applied. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110259686 | DISC BRAKE PAD - To provide a disc brake pad for a disc brake equipped with a metal disc rotor, having a friction material that includes a fiber base material, a binder, an abrasive material, and a frictional wear modifier, which effectively minimizes a sticking problem of the friction material and the disc rotor and simultaneously provides effective fading resistance, wear resistance, and formability. The friction material includes the fiber base material, binder, abrasive material, and frictional wear modifier, and friction material has the binder of 4.5-7.0 weight % relative to the gross friction material amount, aralkyl modified phenolic resin of at least 50 weight % relative to the binder amount, inorganic particles of 1-3 weight % as the abrasive material with 6-8 of Moh's hardness and average particle diameter of 10-200 μm. Furthermore, the friction material includes alkali metal titanate and/or alkali earth metal titanate of 20-30 weight %. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20130175127 | Friction plate - The present invention is an improved disc brake plate wherein its two components, namely a steel backing plate and a friction plate or puck, are fabricated separately. The steel backing plate is stamped with a pattern of discrete protrusions rising from one face. The plates are cut from friction material extruded into any shape of rod or into a thick sheet after which they are impressed with a pattern of discrete recesses matching the backing plate's protuberances. The plates are then cured hard and finished as needed. An adhesive is used to bond the two components into a completed brake plate. In this way a wide range of vehicle brake plates can be assembled from separately prepared plates and backing plates. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130199880 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A BRAKE LINING CARRIER - The invention relates to a method for producing a brake lining carrier ( | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130277160 | BRAKE LINING HAVING A BACK PLATE HAVING INCREASED STIFFNESS - A brake pad having increased stiffness comprises a back plate and a friction lining attached to one side of the back plate. Embedded in the lining bed of the back plate facing the friction lining is at least one connecting element having at least one undercut for fastening the friction lining to the back plate, and at least one rib for increasing the stiffness is additionally provided. This arrangement will ensure attachment of the friction lining to the back plate and increased stiffness of the back plate. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20140216868 | FINE EDGE BRAKE BACKING PLATE - A brake plate is provided that has a substantially planar metallic body having a first friction facing surface and a second opposing caliper facing surface. The plate has a thickness between the first and second surfaces. The body is formed by stamping a metallic material such that edges of the body are shaved along at least 75% of the thickness. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140246283 | BRAKE PAD ASSEMBLY HAVING A FLANGE - A brake pad assembly having a table and a web. The web may extend from the table and include a flange that may be disposed opposite the table. | 09-04-2014 |
| 20140291081 | Steel Backing Two-Way Synchronous Drawloom and Use Method Thereof - The invention relates to a steel back two-way synchronous drawloom and a use method thereof. The drawloom comprises an upper die base, an upper die board, a lower die base and a lower die board, and further comprises a molded upper die and a working positioning lower die. With the adoption of a two-way synchronous broaching gear method, a gear of a product in the invention has the advantages of high density, high strength, as well as uniform and neat arrangement; furthermore, a brake pad of the product in the invention has the advantage of high shear strength. In addition, the drawloom has high production efficiency, stable whole production process, a firm gear root, and non easy falling, as well as is adaptable to be produced in mass. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140339028 | DISC BRAKE PAD ASSEMBLY - A disc brake pad assembly includes a pad and a shim plate. The shim plate includes locking pieces which are bent from a main body portion towards a pressure plate. The locking pieces are brought into abutment with circumferential edge portions of the pressure plate so as to be displaced in a rotating direction of a rotor. Projecting portions are formed at portions of the circumferential edge portion which are brought into abutment with one surface of each of the locking pieces. A circumferential central portion of a part of each of the projecting portions which faces the one surface projects further than both circumferential end portions thereof. The circumferential edge portion and the one surface of each of the locking pieces are spaced apart from each other at portions of the one surface which lie close to both circumferential end portions thereof. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20150075927 | FRICTION PAD ASSEMBLY FOR DISK BRAKE - A disk brake friction pad assembly includes lining assemblies which are oscillatably inserted into the guide hole portions of a guide plate to transmit a braking torque from plate engagement portions to the guide plate and are urged toward the guide plate by spring members, and a link plate for applying pressure from a torque receiving plate to the multiple lining assemblies and also for holding a clearance between the guide plate and torque receiving plate. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150107945 | METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF BRAKE PADS AND ASSOCIATED BRAKE PAD - Method for the production of braking elements for vehicles, in particular brake pads, including a die forming step by means of fine and/or traditional shearing of a metal support and a molding step upon the metal support of a block of friction material; the friction material is selected from the group of asbestos free materials, while the metal plate is made of an aluminum alloy selected from the group consisting of aluminum alloys subjected to precipitation hardening (age-hardening alloys) and is made from the fine and/or traditional shearing of a metal sheet when the alloy is in a solubilized state; the alloy, being aged during a friction material baking step, gains its mechanical properties needed for its operation. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20160003317 | DISC BRAKE PAD FOR A VEHICLE - A vehicle disc brake pad having a backing plate and a friction pad that includes a complex edge profile formed from a plurality of undulations on at least one side edge of the periphery. Each undulation includes a wave crest and a wave trough that extend toward and away from the periphery of the backing plate, respectively. The brake pad may provide improved thermal management and wear resistance, thereby improving the life span of the brake pad, particularly when used with heavier vehicles such as trucks, crossover vehicles, and sports utility vehicles. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160169306 | Reinforced Disc Brake Pad Backing Plate And Reinforced Brake Pad | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160195147 | EMBOSSED BRAKE PAD | 07-07-2016 |
| 20170234383 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A SENSORIZED BRAKING ELEMENT, IN PARTICULAR A BRAKE PAD AND A SENSORIZED BRAKE PAD OBTAINED THEREBY | 08-17-2017 |
| 20090145703 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF A BRAKE LINING AND BRAKE LINING IN PARTICULAR FOR A MOTOR-VEHICLE DISK BRAKE - A friction lining ( | 06-11-2009 |
| 20110056779 | HIGH PERFORMANCE ADHESIVES AND METHODS FOR THEIR USE - The present invention is directed to benzoxazine-containing adhesives having high adhesive strength at high temperature. These materials are especially useful in automotive applications, in particular, as adhesives for brake components. Methods of their use are also described. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20140291082 | Brake Lining Assembly for a Vehicle Brake - A brake pad arrangement for a vehicle brake, having a frictional pad, a pad back plate and a damping plate that is arranged on the pad back plate, the brake pad arrangement having a separate damping element which is provided in order to avoid frictional vibrations of the brake pad arrangement. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140305754 | Spring-Equipped Member for Guiding a Disc Brake Pad and Disc Brake provided with such Guiding Members - A brake calliper has two arms, each including a housing and a stub. A member for guiding a disc brake pad is disposed in the housing, and is secured by lugs to a front of the stub. The member includes a body having a U-shaped section formed by an inner radial surface, a base, an outer radial surface, and includes a tongue that extends beyond an edge of the body, and that is configured to be hooked in the housing and to fully lock the member in the arm. An inner side of the body is bordered by an inner front supporting surface disposed against an inner surface of the arm. An outer front supporting surface is disposed against the front of the stud, extends into a hairpin damper spring extending towards the front of the stud, and is bordered on each side by a tongue that form side end-stops. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140360822 | DISC BRAKE PAD ASSEMBLY - A disc brake pad assembly includes a pair of locking bent portions formed at circumferential end portions of an inner shim plate by being bent towards an opposite side to a pressure plate. Locking through holes are formed individually at base end portions of the locking bent portions. A pair of locking projecting pieces are individually formed so as to project circumferentially from an outer main body portion included in an outer shim plate. A distance between distal edges of the locking projecting pieces is larger than a space between the locking bent portions, and a circumferential length defined between radial side portions of the locking projecting pieces is shorter than the space. The inner main body portion and the outer main body portion are superposed on each other in a state that the locking projecting pieces are brought into engagement with the locking through holes. | 12-11-2014 |
| 20140374202 | Disc Brake Pad Guideway and Disc Brake equipped with such a Guideway - A guideway for a motor vehicle disc brake is configured to mount at least one brake pad in a slidable manner with respect to a brake disc along an axially oriented axis of sliding. The guideway includes at least one brake pad application element which is configured to act axially. The guideway is fixed to a fixed carrier, and includes an elastically deformable leg and a guide face that has a contact zone. The elastically deformable leg is configured to exert a constant elastic force. The guide face includes a damping element. The elastically deformable leg further includes a bent-over portion configured to contact the at least one brake pad such that the guide face is opposite a contact zone of the at least one brake pad. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20150107946 | CARRIER BODY FOR A BRAKE LINING OF A DISK BRAKE WITH A DAMPER MASS FOR MODIFYING THE VIBRATION - In order to improve a carrier body, having a friction lining carrier plate and at least one first damper mass which is connected rigidly to the friction lining carrier plate, in such a way that the rigid connection between the friction lining carrier plate and the first damper mass is more robust, it is proposed to insert a first pin-shaped projection of the first damper mass into the first hole of a friction lining carrier plate in such a way that the head of the first pin-shaped projection protrudes out of the first hole and bears against a first chamfer partially in the region of a first edge of the first hole. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150122602 | PAD SPRING FOR DISK BRAKE - A pad spring for a disk brake includes a mounting portion configured to be elastically mounted onto radial outside portions of pad support members of the disk brake; a pressure portion having a pair of pressure arms configured to elastically press outer circumferential edges of circumferential-direction one-end portions of back plates of pads of the disk brake inwardly in a radial direction of a rotor of the disk brake; and a held plate section formed between torque transmission surfaces of the back plates and torque receiving surfaces of the pad support members. The pad spring is formed by bending an elastic and corrosion-resistant metal plate so as to elastically press the pads in the radial direction. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150369308 | Disk-Brake Pad - A disk-brake pad includes a backing plate that has a lower edge which defines two locations configured to accommodate lower clips of an antirattle device. The antirattle device includes a fastener positioned at the top thereof that is configured to irreversibly clip via a tongue defined by a cut in the fastener so as to clip irreversibly into a notch defined by an upper edge of the backing plate. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20160010708 | BRAKE LINING WITH DEVICE FOR REDUCING NOISES | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160017943 | DRUM BRAKE SHOE - The invention relates to a drum brake shoe ( | 01-21-2016 |
| 20080257665 | Brake Lining with Damper Plate - The invention relates to a brake lining ( | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080277215 | Holding Device for the Brake Linings of a Disk Brake and Associated Brake Lining - A brake lining for a disc brake of a road vehicle has a blade-type retaining spring for the lining. At least two peripheral lining springs are situated on each brake lining, adjacent to the retaining spring, and exert a compressive force on at least some sections of the periphery of the lining carrier. The springs are configured in such a way that they respectively cover an edge region of the brake lining carrier, with the latter having at least two corner regions. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20090020380 | Brake Pad for a Disc Brake - A brake pad for a disc brake, in particular for a commercial vehicle, has a pad retaining spring which is configured as an arcuate leaf spring and is held in a manner which is secured captively and can be deflected radially on a lining carrier plate of a brake pad which carries a friction lining. The pad retaining spring is connected in a form-fitting manner to the pad carrier plate by a hood which is fastened to the pad retaining spring. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090152058 | BRAKE LINING CUP ATTACHMENT METHOD FOR REDUCED WEAR - A brake lining assembly is provided for improved useful life. A brake lining assembly may comprise a carrier disk, a brake lining cup secured to the carrier disk and filled with a brake lining material, wherein the segmented brake lining cup has a center, wherein the brake lining material is secured to the carrier disk with an attachment fastener through the lining material and the brake lining cup, and wherein the attachment fastener is offset from the center. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20100170758 | BRAKING DEVICE WITH TOOTHED BACKING PLATE - A braking device includes a backing plate, on one face thereof a plurality of projected teeth are formed by punching, and a friction material being attached to the toothed face of the backing plate with the projected teeth stabbed and embedded in the friction material. With the projected teeth formed on the face of the backing plate, the friction material can be tightly held to the backing plate without easily displaced from the backing plate due to frictional contact with a quickly rotating brake disc. Meanwhile, with the projected teeth formed on the face of the backing plate, the binding glue that applies between the backing plate and the friction material for binding each other can be reduced or canceled. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20130186720 | BRAKE SHOE FOR A DRUM BRAKE - A brake shoe for a drum brake ( | 07-25-2013 |
| 20140190777 | BRAKE LININGS AND PROCESS OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF - The present invention discloses brake lining and process of manufacture thereof using a recycled friction material to form a multilayered brake lining with varying densities. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140291083 | Lock-Equipped Member for Guiding a Disc Brake Pad and Disc Brake provided with such Guiding Members - A brake calliper has two arms, where each arm includes a housing and a stub. A member for guiding a disc brake pad is disposed in the housing, and is secured by lugs to a front of the stub. The member includes a body having a U-shaped section formed by an inner radial surface, a base, and an outer radial surface. An inner side of the body is bordered by an inner supporting surface located on an inner surface of the arms, and an outer supporting surface of the body is disposed against a front of the stud. The out supporting surface extends into a supporting surface toward the front of the stud. The body further includes a locking tongue that extends beyond an edge of the body, and is configured to be hooked in the housing. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140326552 | BRAKE SHOE AND BRAKE LINING BLOCKS WITH KEYED CONNECTION - A brake shoe assembly for a vehicle is provided. A brake shoe has at least one slot on its outer surface. A brake plate has a backing plate that includes at least one key. The brake plate is secured to the brake shoe via the key being received within the at least one slot in the brake shoe. is secured to the outer surface of the brake shoe. This provides a connection that resisting radial movement of the brake plate relative to the outer surface of the brake shoe. A plurality of additional fasteners is also provided for securing the brake plate to the brake shoe. A frictional brake lining is molded on the brake plate and includes cut out portions exposing corners of the brake plate. At least one of the corners of the brake plate defines a hole for receiving one of the fasteners. | 11-06-2014 |
| 20140360823 | RAILWAY VEHICLE DISK BRAKE PAD - A railway vehicle disk brake pad having a base plate; a number of supporting plates fitted to the base plate; and a number of friction members fixed to the supporting plates. The base plate has a number of perforated drawing portions, each of which has a projection on which a respective supporting plate rests directly, thus forming a gap between the base plate and the supporting plate. | 12-11-2014 |
| 20150090543 | BRAKE PAD ASSEMBLY WITH RELEASABLE HEAT SINK - A brake pad assembly for mounting on a caliper of a vehicle includes a backing plate, a brake lining disposed on a front side of the backing plate, and a heat sink. The heat sink includes a thermal conductive sheet and a set of cooling fins mounted on a rear side of the thermal conductive sheet. In particular, the thermal conductive sheet is overlapped and releasably fastened on the backing plate. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150114773 | FRICTION PAD ASSEMBLY FOR DISK BRAKE - A unit friction pad assembly constituting a disk brake friction pad assembly includes a lining assembly which is oscillatably inserted into the guide hole portion of a guide plate to transmit a braking torque from a plate engagement portion to the guide plate and is urged toward the guide plate by a spring member, and a clearance hold mechanism for holding a clearance between the guide plate and torque receiving plate. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150292582 | FRICTION BRAKE ASSEMBLY WITH AN ABRADABLE METAL FOAM BRAKE PAD - A brake assembly and a method for manufacturing a brake assembly are provided. The brake assembly includes a brake pad affixed to a substrate. The brake pad extends from the substrate to a brake pad friction surface, and includes abradable cellular metal foam with the hardened ceramic particles. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20160091041 | MATERIAL WITH VARIABLE HEIGHT BARBS - The present invention is a differentially textured material made from a workpiece made of a ductile material with a substantially flat face on which are raised rows of integral and generally pointed barbs. Each barb has a height above the substantially flat face of the ductile material from which the barbs are gouged out. The heights of the barbs vary substantially. The material may be steel and in the form of a sheet. The differentially textured material is particularly well suited for manufacturing disc brake backing plates where the barbs are used to bond the backing plate to friction material. The present invention also includes methods for making such differentially textured material. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160091043 | MATERIAL WITH VARIABLE HEIGHT BARBS - A workpiece includes a material with a face and a first plurality of barbs and a second plurality of barbs extending integrally from the face. Each barb has a height above the face. The barbs of the first plurality are at least 10% higher than the barbs of the second plurality. The first plurality of barbs includes at least 10% of the barbs on the face and the second plurality of the barbs includes at least 10% of the barbs on the face. The barbs of the second plurality of barbs are bent and pointed. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160129656 | MOLD FOR BRAKE PAD FRICTION MATERIAL, MANUFACTURING APPARATUS, MANUFACTURING METHOD, PREFORM, AND BRAKE PAD - A mold of a brake pad friction material, including a mold member fitted into a mold frame into which a powder material of the brake pad friction material is put, in which the mold member is configured such that a pressing surface in a surface of the mold member, which forms a region abutting the powder material put into a mold frame, has a concave shape that is formed by being gradually recessed from both end portion sides to a center portion side of the pressing surface. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20090114491 | DRUM BRAKE SHOE - Drum brake shoe, particularly for a motor vehicle, in which a brake cable ( | 05-07-2009 |
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| 20080230333 | Bicycle braking sheet assembly - A bicycle braking sheet assembly comprises a braking sheet being made of elastic material; the braking sheet being formed with a plurality of receiving holes; a plurality of braking blocks; the number of the braking blocks being equal to that of the receiving holes; the elastic coefficient of the braking blocks being different from that of the braking sheet; an outer shape of each braking block being corresponding to an inner shape of the receiving hole so that the braking block is exactly received in the receiving hole. An inner side of the braking sheet has a dirt remover. A projection extends from the dirt remover. An inner surface of the braking sheet is formed with a plurality of recesses and a plurality of first textures for increasing friction force. An inner surface of each braking block has a second texture. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20120067680 | FRICTION ELEMENT - The invention relates to a method of producing a friction element comprising a friction lining ( | 03-22-2012 |
| 20100219030 | BRAKE PAD FOR A PARTIALLY-LINED DISK BRAKE - A brake pad for a partially-lined disk brake and a method for making such a brake pad. The brake pad has a back plate, a friction lining arranged fixedly on a front side of the back plate and a damping plate provided on a rear side. At least one hook-shaped guide end adjoins a body region of the back plate in a circumferential direction. The guide end has an elevation with a material thickness D increased in relation to a material thickness d of the body region. At least one abutment face for tangential abutment in a circumferential direction is provided on the guide end and a support face is provided thereon for radial support in a radial direction. The damping plate has at least one bent-over bracket which rests against the radial support face in a bracket region of the back plate. The damping plate is offset axially to the rear relative to the bracket region in the body region of the back plate. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20140202804 | Brake shoe for a drum brake - The invention relates to a brake shoe for a drum brake and a drum brake that includes a supporting unit and a lining unit, wherein the supporting unit comprises a bearing portion for pivotable support and an actuation portion, and wherein the supporting unit has a bending stiffness, which has different values between the bearing portion and the actuation portion. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140311839 | Disc Brake Pad - A disc brake pad includes lugs, each of which is provided with a groove that receives the tongue of a coiled spring disposed in a housing in the brake yoke. The aforementioned groove has an essentially mixtilinear rectangular section, of which the base is formed in cross-section by a central portion in the form of a convex root face forming a support extending on each side into a fillet recessed from the supporting plane. The fillet joins the respective side of the groove behind the supporting plane. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20150122603 | Brake Assembly with Improved Brake Shoe Retention - A brake assembly having a brake shoe and an anchor pin. The brake shoe may have an anchor pin slot that may include first and second connecting surfaces that extend from an arcuate bearing surface. The anchor pin may have first and second flats and may be inserted into the anchor pin slot when the first and second flats are aligned with the first and second connecting surfaces. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20160146276 | SHIM ASSEMBLY FOR DISK BRAKE - A shim assembly for a disk brake includes inside shim locking pieces which are provided in an inside shim main body of the inside shim plate and bent toward the pressure plate so that displacement of the inside shim plate in radial and peripheral directions is restricted and outside shim locking pieces which are provided in an outside shim main body of the outside shim plate and bent toward the pressure plate so that displacement of the outside shim plate in the peripheral direction is allowed and displacement thereof in the radial direction is restricted. Engaging pawls are provided in the inside shim main body and projected from a peripheral edge of the pressure plate. The outside shim locking pieces are respectively engaged with the engaging pawls so as to cover the engaging pawls, to prevent the outside shim plate against separation from the inside shim plate. | 05-26-2016 |
| 20090229933 | Disc Brake Pad - A disc brake pad ( | 09-17-2009 |
| 20130341135 | BRAKE BACKING PLATE WITH STEP-CHAMFER - A brake plate is provided that has a substantially planar metallic body with a first friction facing surface, a second opposing caliper facing surface, a pair of relatively long edges, and a pair of relatively short edges. At least one of the long edges has a step-chamfer. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20080230332 | BICYCLE DISK BRAKE PAD - A bicycle disk brake pad basically comprises a backplate part and a friction part. The backplate part is made of a copper-based sintering alloy. The friction part is made of a copper-based sintering alloy that is integrally sintered with the backplate part. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080251330 | Brake Shoe - A brake shoe is proposed which includes a lining containing a rubber of the type which becomes ebonite when vulcanized. An elastic interlayer is disposed between the lining and an adhesive layer through which the lining is bonded to the shoe body. The interlayer serves as a stress relief layer, thereby preventing the lining from peeling off the shoe body when the brake shoe is subjected to thermal history. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080257664 | Pad Assembly For Use in a Disc Brake - A pad assembly includes a carrier plate, a backing plate to one side of which is secured at least one friction pad and which is mounted on its alternate side on the carrier plate, a spring acting between the carrier plate and the backing plate and allowing for limited rocking and/or linear movement of the backing plate relative to the carrier plate against the action of the spring. A plurality of transmitting members are secured to one or the other of the carrier plate or the backing plate and project to engage the other so as to enable the transmission of force between the two plates. The arrangement of the force transmitting members is such that at least two of the force transmitting members are generally equiangularly arranged about the geometric center of the carrier plate. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20090032343 | Brake Pad - The subject invention generally relates to a disc brake pad which has reduced brake squeal in response to a braking event by the incorporation of a relieved portion to the center section of a friction pad along an outer edge or inner edge thereof, or along both edges. The invention is a disc brake pad which includes a backing plate and friction pad attached to the backing plate. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090127037 | Railway Brake Shoe - A brake shoe without a metal backing has a metal insert comprising two spaced apart bodies, a connecting portion having a back face adjacent to the back surface of the brake shoe, and two generally parallel radially extending flanges integral with the connecting portion. The parallel extensions define a keyway, wherein when the brake shoe is emplaced on the brake head, the keyway extends through an opening provided in the brake head. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090139809 | Plateless Railway Brake Shoe - A brake shoe formed of friction material for use without a metal backing plate. The brake shoe is defined by a friction surface for bearing upon a wheel tread and an opposed back surface for being placed in contact with and secured to a brake head. The brake shoe has a reinforcing mesh defining a plurality of interstices positioned along the back surface of the brake shoe embedded in a molded friction material that is reinforced with a plurality of fibers. A keyway is at least partially formed of the molded fiber reinforced friction material extending away from the back surface of the brake shoe. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090211857 | Brake Pad for a Disc Brake - A brake pad for a disc brake, in particular for a utility or commercial vehicle, including a pad retaining spring which is designed as an arc-shaped leaf spring, can deflect radially and is fastened by way of a hood to a lining carrier plate which supports a friction lining material. The hood is formed as a separate component and has a section which is U-shaped in cross-section. A web of the hood connects its limbs which limbs are guided in parallel and at both sides of the lining carrier plate. The web bears against the pad retaining spring. The pad retaining spring is designed such that an opening is formed through which a limb of the hood is guided. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20090236191 | Sintered brake lining - The invention relates to a sintered brake lining ( | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090250300 | Method of securing a shim to a backing plate and subassembly formed thereby - A subassembly for use in a brake assembly, the subassembly comprising a shim, a backing plate and a friction pad formed of a friction pad material, wherein the friction pad material extends into at least one pass-through hole in the backing plate; and wherein one or more flanges perimetering at least one opening in the shim are encased in the friction material; whereby the shim is resisted from movement at least in part by the one or more flanges being encased in the friction pad material. A preferred methodology of forming the braking subassembly comprises the steps of forming the friction pad on the backing plate and at least partially filling the at least one pass-through hole with said friction pad material such that the one or more flanges perimetering the at least one opening in the shim is encased in the friction pad material. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20100163352 | SINTERED BRAKE PAD BACKING PLATE - A brake pad backing plate made using powder metallurgy has an inner surface to which a friction material mass is attached and which cooperates with the mass to resist shearing of the mass relative to the plate. Formations can be made on the inner surface that resist shearing of the friction material mass from the backing plate, the mass can have mating formations and the plate can be steam treated for additional benefits. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20110198170 | Brake Pad for Braking Systems, In Particular for Disc Brakes - Brake pad for braking systems, in particular for disc brakes, consisting of friction portion ( | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110220441 | DISC BRAKE BACKING PLATE AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A disc brake pad is composed of a backing plate and a friction material. The adhesion of the backing plate and the friction material is enhanced in the present invention by multiple recesses on the surface of the backing plate that is attached to the friction material. One of the advantages of the present invention is the ease of manufacturing. In one of the preferred methods of manufacturing, a matrix of recesses (2) is first impressed onto the steel sheet by a stamping press. The existing method of producing a traditional backing plate, i.e., stamping out the backing plate profile and the bores, may then be applied. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110259686 | DISC BRAKE PAD - To provide a disc brake pad for a disc brake equipped with a metal disc rotor, having a friction material that includes a fiber base material, a binder, an abrasive material, and a frictional wear modifier, which effectively minimizes a sticking problem of the friction material and the disc rotor and simultaneously provides effective fading resistance, wear resistance, and formability. The friction material includes the fiber base material, binder, abrasive material, and frictional wear modifier, and friction material has the binder of 4.5-7.0 weight % relative to the gross friction material amount, aralkyl modified phenolic resin of at least 50 weight % relative to the binder amount, inorganic particles of 1-3 weight % as the abrasive material with 6-8 of Moh's hardness and average particle diameter of 10-200 μm. Furthermore, the friction material includes alkali metal titanate and/or alkali earth metal titanate of 20-30 weight %. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20130175127 | Friction plate - The present invention is an improved disc brake plate wherein its two components, namely a steel backing plate and a friction plate or puck, are fabricated separately. The steel backing plate is stamped with a pattern of discrete protrusions rising from one face. The plates are cut from friction material extruded into any shape of rod or into a thick sheet after which they are impressed with a pattern of discrete recesses matching the backing plate's protuberances. The plates are then cured hard and finished as needed. An adhesive is used to bond the two components into a completed brake plate. In this way a wide range of vehicle brake plates can be assembled from separately prepared plates and backing plates. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130199880 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A BRAKE LINING CARRIER - The invention relates to a method for producing a brake lining carrier ( | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130277160 | BRAKE LINING HAVING A BACK PLATE HAVING INCREASED STIFFNESS - A brake pad having increased stiffness comprises a back plate and a friction lining attached to one side of the back plate. Embedded in the lining bed of the back plate facing the friction lining is at least one connecting element having at least one undercut for fastening the friction lining to the back plate, and at least one rib for increasing the stiffness is additionally provided. This arrangement will ensure attachment of the friction lining to the back plate and increased stiffness of the back plate. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20140216868 | FINE EDGE BRAKE BACKING PLATE - A brake plate is provided that has a substantially planar metallic body having a first friction facing surface and a second opposing caliper facing surface. The plate has a thickness between the first and second surfaces. The body is formed by stamping a metallic material such that edges of the body are shaved along at least 75% of the thickness. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140246283 | BRAKE PAD ASSEMBLY HAVING A FLANGE - A brake pad assembly having a table and a web. The web may extend from the table and include a flange that may be disposed opposite the table. | 09-04-2014 |
| 20140291081 | Steel Backing Two-Way Synchronous Drawloom and Use Method Thereof - The invention relates to a steel back two-way synchronous drawloom and a use method thereof. The drawloom comprises an upper die base, an upper die board, a lower die base and a lower die board, and further comprises a molded upper die and a working positioning lower die. With the adoption of a two-way synchronous broaching gear method, a gear of a product in the invention has the advantages of high density, high strength, as well as uniform and neat arrangement; furthermore, a brake pad of the product in the invention has the advantage of high shear strength. In addition, the drawloom has high production efficiency, stable whole production process, a firm gear root, and non easy falling, as well as is adaptable to be produced in mass. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140339028 | DISC BRAKE PAD ASSEMBLY - A disc brake pad assembly includes a pad and a shim plate. The shim plate includes locking pieces which are bent from a main body portion towards a pressure plate. The locking pieces are brought into abutment with circumferential edge portions of the pressure plate so as to be displaced in a rotating direction of a rotor. Projecting portions are formed at portions of the circumferential edge portion which are brought into abutment with one surface of each of the locking pieces. A circumferential central portion of a part of each of the projecting portions which faces the one surface projects further than both circumferential end portions thereof. The circumferential edge portion and the one surface of each of the locking pieces are spaced apart from each other at portions of the one surface which lie close to both circumferential end portions thereof. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20150075927 | FRICTION PAD ASSEMBLY FOR DISK BRAKE - A disk brake friction pad assembly includes lining assemblies which are oscillatably inserted into the guide hole portions of a guide plate to transmit a braking torque from plate engagement portions to the guide plate and are urged toward the guide plate by spring members, and a link plate for applying pressure from a torque receiving plate to the multiple lining assemblies and also for holding a clearance between the guide plate and torque receiving plate. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150107945 | METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF BRAKE PADS AND ASSOCIATED BRAKE PAD - Method for the production of braking elements for vehicles, in particular brake pads, including a die forming step by means of fine and/or traditional shearing of a metal support and a molding step upon the metal support of a block of friction material; the friction material is selected from the group of asbestos free materials, while the metal plate is made of an aluminum alloy selected from the group consisting of aluminum alloys subjected to precipitation hardening (age-hardening alloys) and is made from the fine and/or traditional shearing of a metal sheet when the alloy is in a solubilized state; the alloy, being aged during a friction material baking step, gains its mechanical properties needed for its operation. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20160003317 | DISC BRAKE PAD FOR A VEHICLE - A vehicle disc brake pad having a backing plate and a friction pad that includes a complex edge profile formed from a plurality of undulations on at least one side edge of the periphery. Each undulation includes a wave crest and a wave trough that extend toward and away from the periphery of the backing plate, respectively. The brake pad may provide improved thermal management and wear resistance, thereby improving the life span of the brake pad, particularly when used with heavier vehicles such as trucks, crossover vehicles, and sports utility vehicles. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160169306 | Reinforced Disc Brake Pad Backing Plate And Reinforced Brake Pad | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160195147 | EMBOSSED BRAKE PAD | 07-07-2016 |
| 20170234383 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A SENSORIZED BRAKING ELEMENT, IN PARTICULAR A BRAKE PAD AND A SENSORIZED BRAKE PAD OBTAINED THEREBY | 08-17-2017 |
| 20090145703 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF A BRAKE LINING AND BRAKE LINING IN PARTICULAR FOR A MOTOR-VEHICLE DISK BRAKE - A friction lining ( | 06-11-2009 |
| 20110056779 | HIGH PERFORMANCE ADHESIVES AND METHODS FOR THEIR USE - The present invention is directed to benzoxazine-containing adhesives having high adhesive strength at high temperature. These materials are especially useful in automotive applications, in particular, as adhesives for brake components. Methods of their use are also described. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20140291082 | Brake Lining Assembly for a Vehicle Brake - A brake pad arrangement for a vehicle brake, having a frictional pad, a pad back plate and a damping plate that is arranged on the pad back plate, the brake pad arrangement having a separate damping element which is provided in order to avoid frictional vibrations of the brake pad arrangement. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140305754 | Spring-Equipped Member for Guiding a Disc Brake Pad and Disc Brake provided with such Guiding Members - A brake calliper has two arms, each including a housing and a stub. A member for guiding a disc brake pad is disposed in the housing, and is secured by lugs to a front of the stub. The member includes a body having a U-shaped section formed by an inner radial surface, a base, an outer radial surface, and includes a tongue that extends beyond an edge of the body, and that is configured to be hooked in the housing and to fully lock the member in the arm. An inner side of the body is bordered by an inner front supporting surface disposed against an inner surface of the arm. An outer front supporting surface is disposed against the front of the stud, extends into a hairpin damper spring extending towards the front of the stud, and is bordered on each side by a tongue that form side end-stops. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140360822 | DISC BRAKE PAD ASSEMBLY - A disc brake pad assembly includes a pair of locking bent portions formed at circumferential end portions of an inner shim plate by being bent towards an opposite side to a pressure plate. Locking through holes are formed individually at base end portions of the locking bent portions. A pair of locking projecting pieces are individually formed so as to project circumferentially from an outer main body portion included in an outer shim plate. A distance between distal edges of the locking projecting pieces is larger than a space between the locking bent portions, and a circumferential length defined between radial side portions of the locking projecting pieces is shorter than the space. The inner main body portion and the outer main body portion are superposed on each other in a state that the locking projecting pieces are brought into engagement with the locking through holes. | 12-11-2014 |
| 20140374202 | Disc Brake Pad Guideway and Disc Brake equipped with such a Guideway - A guideway for a motor vehicle disc brake is configured to mount at least one brake pad in a slidable manner with respect to a brake disc along an axially oriented axis of sliding. The guideway includes at least one brake pad application element which is configured to act axially. The guideway is fixed to a fixed carrier, and includes an elastically deformable leg and a guide face that has a contact zone. The elastically deformable leg is configured to exert a constant elastic force. The guide face includes a damping element. The elastically deformable leg further includes a bent-over portion configured to contact the at least one brake pad such that the guide face is opposite a contact zone of the at least one brake pad. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20150107946 | CARRIER BODY FOR A BRAKE LINING OF A DISK BRAKE WITH A DAMPER MASS FOR MODIFYING THE VIBRATION - In order to improve a carrier body, having a friction lining carrier plate and at least one first damper mass which is connected rigidly to the friction lining carrier plate, in such a way that the rigid connection between the friction lining carrier plate and the first damper mass is more robust, it is proposed to insert a first pin-shaped projection of the first damper mass into the first hole of a friction lining carrier plate in such a way that the head of the first pin-shaped projection protrudes out of the first hole and bears against a first chamfer partially in the region of a first edge of the first hole. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150122602 | PAD SPRING FOR DISK BRAKE - A pad spring for a disk brake includes a mounting portion configured to be elastically mounted onto radial outside portions of pad support members of the disk brake; a pressure portion having a pair of pressure arms configured to elastically press outer circumferential edges of circumferential-direction one-end portions of back plates of pads of the disk brake inwardly in a radial direction of a rotor of the disk brake; and a held plate section formed between torque transmission surfaces of the back plates and torque receiving surfaces of the pad support members. The pad spring is formed by bending an elastic and corrosion-resistant metal plate so as to elastically press the pads in the radial direction. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150369308 | Disk-Brake Pad - A disk-brake pad includes a backing plate that has a lower edge which defines two locations configured to accommodate lower clips of an antirattle device. The antirattle device includes a fastener positioned at the top thereof that is configured to irreversibly clip via a tongue defined by a cut in the fastener so as to clip irreversibly into a notch defined by an upper edge of the backing plate. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20160010708 | BRAKE LINING WITH DEVICE FOR REDUCING NOISES | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160017943 | DRUM BRAKE SHOE - The invention relates to a drum brake shoe ( | 01-21-2016 |
| 20080257665 | Brake Lining with Damper Plate - The invention relates to a brake lining ( | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080277215 | Holding Device for the Brake Linings of a Disk Brake and Associated Brake Lining - A brake lining for a disc brake of a road vehicle has a blade-type retaining spring for the lining. At least two peripheral lining springs are situated on each brake lining, adjacent to the retaining spring, and exert a compressive force on at least some sections of the periphery of the lining carrier. The springs are configured in such a way that they respectively cover an edge region of the brake lining carrier, with the latter having at least two corner regions. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20090020380 | Brake Pad for a Disc Brake - A brake pad for a disc brake, in particular for a commercial vehicle, has a pad retaining spring which is configured as an arcuate leaf spring and is held in a manner which is secured captively and can be deflected radially on a lining carrier plate of a brake pad which carries a friction lining. The pad retaining spring is connected in a form-fitting manner to the pad carrier plate by a hood which is fastened to the pad retaining spring. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090152058 | BRAKE LINING CUP ATTACHMENT METHOD FOR REDUCED WEAR - A brake lining assembly is provided for improved useful life. A brake lining assembly may comprise a carrier disk, a brake lining cup secured to the carrier disk and filled with a brake lining material, wherein the segmented brake lining cup has a center, wherein the brake lining material is secured to the carrier disk with an attachment fastener through the lining material and the brake lining cup, and wherein the attachment fastener is offset from the center. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20100170758 | BRAKING DEVICE WITH TOOTHED BACKING PLATE - A braking device includes a backing plate, on one face thereof a plurality of projected teeth are formed by punching, and a friction material being attached to the toothed face of the backing plate with the projected teeth stabbed and embedded in the friction material. With the projected teeth formed on the face of the backing plate, the friction material can be tightly held to the backing plate without easily displaced from the backing plate due to frictional contact with a quickly rotating brake disc. Meanwhile, with the projected teeth formed on the face of the backing plate, the binding glue that applies between the backing plate and the friction material for binding each other can be reduced or canceled. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20130186720 | BRAKE SHOE FOR A DRUM BRAKE - A brake shoe for a drum brake ( | 07-25-2013 |
| 20140190777 | BRAKE LININGS AND PROCESS OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF - The present invention discloses brake lining and process of manufacture thereof using a recycled friction material to form a multilayered brake lining with varying densities. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140291083 | Lock-Equipped Member for Guiding a Disc Brake Pad and Disc Brake provided with such Guiding Members - A brake calliper has two arms, where each arm includes a housing and a stub. A member for guiding a disc brake pad is disposed in the housing, and is secured by lugs to a front of the stub. The member includes a body having a U-shaped section formed by an inner radial surface, a base, and an outer radial surface. An inner side of the body is bordered by an inner supporting surface located on an inner surface of the arms, and an outer supporting surface of the body is disposed against a front of the stud. The out supporting surface extends into a supporting surface toward the front of the stud. The body further includes a locking tongue that extends beyond an edge of the body, and is configured to be hooked in the housing. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140326552 | BRAKE SHOE AND BRAKE LINING BLOCKS WITH KEYED CONNECTION - A brake shoe assembly for a vehicle is provided. A brake shoe has at least one slot on its outer surface. A brake plate has a backing plate that includes at least one key. The brake plate is secured to the brake shoe via the key being received within the at least one slot in the brake shoe. is secured to the outer surface of the brake shoe. This provides a connection that resisting radial movement of the brake plate relative to the outer surface of the brake shoe. A plurality of additional fasteners is also provided for securing the brake plate to the brake shoe. A frictional brake lining is molded on the brake plate and includes cut out portions exposing corners of the brake plate. At least one of the corners of the brake plate defines a hole for receiving one of the fasteners. | 11-06-2014 |
| 20140360823 | RAILWAY VEHICLE DISK BRAKE PAD - A railway vehicle disk brake pad having a base plate; a number of supporting plates fitted to the base plate; and a number of friction members fixed to the supporting plates. The base plate has a number of perforated drawing portions, each of which has a projection on which a respective supporting plate rests directly, thus forming a gap between the base plate and the supporting plate. | 12-11-2014 |
| 20150090543 | BRAKE PAD ASSEMBLY WITH RELEASABLE HEAT SINK - A brake pad assembly for mounting on a caliper of a vehicle includes a backing plate, a brake lining disposed on a front side of the backing plate, and a heat sink. The heat sink includes a thermal conductive sheet and a set of cooling fins mounted on a rear side of the thermal conductive sheet. In particular, the thermal conductive sheet is overlapped and releasably fastened on the backing plate. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150114773 | FRICTION PAD ASSEMBLY FOR DISK BRAKE - A unit friction pad assembly constituting a disk brake friction pad assembly includes a lining assembly which is oscillatably inserted into the guide hole portion of a guide plate to transmit a braking torque from a plate engagement portion to the guide plate and is urged toward the guide plate by a spring member, and a clearance hold mechanism for holding a clearance between the guide plate and torque receiving plate. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150292582 | FRICTION BRAKE ASSEMBLY WITH AN ABRADABLE METAL FOAM BRAKE PAD - A brake assembly and a method for manufacturing a brake assembly are provided. The brake assembly includes a brake pad affixed to a substrate. The brake pad extends from the substrate to a brake pad friction surface, and includes abradable cellular metal foam with the hardened ceramic particles. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20160091041 | MATERIAL WITH VARIABLE HEIGHT BARBS - The present invention is a differentially textured material made from a workpiece made of a ductile material with a substantially flat face on which are raised rows of integral and generally pointed barbs. Each barb has a height above the substantially flat face of the ductile material from which the barbs are gouged out. The heights of the barbs vary substantially. The material may be steel and in the form of a sheet. The differentially textured material is particularly well suited for manufacturing disc brake backing plates where the barbs are used to bond the backing plate to friction material. The present invention also includes methods for making such differentially textured material. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160091043 | MATERIAL WITH VARIABLE HEIGHT BARBS - A workpiece includes a material with a face and a first plurality of barbs and a second plurality of barbs extending integrally from the face. Each barb has a height above the face. The barbs of the first plurality are at least 10% higher than the barbs of the second plurality. The first plurality of barbs includes at least 10% of the barbs on the face and the second plurality of the barbs includes at least 10% of the barbs on the face. The barbs of the second plurality of barbs are bent and pointed. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160129656 | MOLD FOR BRAKE PAD FRICTION MATERIAL, MANUFACTURING APPARATUS, MANUFACTURING METHOD, PREFORM, AND BRAKE PAD - A mold of a brake pad friction material, including a mold member fitted into a mold frame into which a powder material of the brake pad friction material is put, in which the mold member is configured such that a pressing surface in a surface of the mold member, which forms a region abutting the powder material put into a mold frame, has a concave shape that is formed by being gradually recessed from both end portion sides to a center portion side of the pressing surface. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20090114491 | DRUM BRAKE SHOE - Drum brake shoe, particularly for a motor vehicle, in which a brake cable ( | 05-07-2009 |
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| 20110214951 | Brake Device For Braking and Depositing Blanks Extending Laminarly - A braking device for braking and depositing two-dimensionally extending workpieces, particularly cardboard packaging, which are fed so as to be spaced apart from one another, the workpieces are fed to a braking roller whose circumferential speed is slower than the feed speed of the workpieces, and at least one cam presses a workpiece passing the braking roller against the braking roller at the end of the workpiece in the feed direction and reduces the speed of the workpiece. | 09-08-2011 |
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| 20080230333 | Bicycle braking sheet assembly - A bicycle braking sheet assembly comprises a braking sheet being made of elastic material; the braking sheet being formed with a plurality of receiving holes; a plurality of braking blocks; the number of the braking blocks being equal to that of the receiving holes; the elastic coefficient of the braking blocks being different from that of the braking sheet; an outer shape of each braking block being corresponding to an inner shape of the receiving hole so that the braking block is exactly received in the receiving hole. An inner side of the braking sheet has a dirt remover. A projection extends from the dirt remover. An inner surface of the braking sheet is formed with a plurality of recesses and a plurality of first textures for increasing friction force. An inner surface of each braking block has a second texture. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20120067680 | FRICTION ELEMENT - The invention relates to a method of producing a friction element comprising a friction lining ( | 03-22-2012 |
| 20100219030 | BRAKE PAD FOR A PARTIALLY-LINED DISK BRAKE - A brake pad for a partially-lined disk brake and a method for making such a brake pad. The brake pad has a back plate, a friction lining arranged fixedly on a front side of the back plate and a damping plate provided on a rear side. At least one hook-shaped guide end adjoins a body region of the back plate in a circumferential direction. The guide end has an elevation with a material thickness D increased in relation to a material thickness d of the body region. At least one abutment face for tangential abutment in a circumferential direction is provided on the guide end and a support face is provided thereon for radial support in a radial direction. The damping plate has at least one bent-over bracket which rests against the radial support face in a bracket region of the back plate. The damping plate is offset axially to the rear relative to the bracket region in the body region of the back plate. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20140202804 | Brake shoe for a drum brake - The invention relates to a brake shoe for a drum brake and a drum brake that includes a supporting unit and a lining unit, wherein the supporting unit comprises a bearing portion for pivotable support and an actuation portion, and wherein the supporting unit has a bending stiffness, which has different values between the bearing portion and the actuation portion. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140311839 | Disc Brake Pad - A disc brake pad includes lugs, each of which is provided with a groove that receives the tongue of a coiled spring disposed in a housing in the brake yoke. The aforementioned groove has an essentially mixtilinear rectangular section, of which the base is formed in cross-section by a central portion in the form of a convex root face forming a support extending on each side into a fillet recessed from the supporting plane. The fillet joins the respective side of the groove behind the supporting plane. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20150122603 | Brake Assembly with Improved Brake Shoe Retention - A brake assembly having a brake shoe and an anchor pin. The brake shoe may have an anchor pin slot that may include first and second connecting surfaces that extend from an arcuate bearing surface. The anchor pin may have first and second flats and may be inserted into the anchor pin slot when the first and second flats are aligned with the first and second connecting surfaces. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20160146276 | SHIM ASSEMBLY FOR DISK BRAKE - A shim assembly for a disk brake includes inside shim locking pieces which are provided in an inside shim main body of the inside shim plate and bent toward the pressure plate so that displacement of the inside shim plate in radial and peripheral directions is restricted and outside shim locking pieces which are provided in an outside shim main body of the outside shim plate and bent toward the pressure plate so that displacement of the outside shim plate in the peripheral direction is allowed and displacement thereof in the radial direction is restricted. Engaging pawls are provided in the inside shim main body and projected from a peripheral edge of the pressure plate. The outside shim locking pieces are respectively engaged with the engaging pawls so as to cover the engaging pawls, to prevent the outside shim plate against separation from the inside shim plate. | 05-26-2016 |
| 20090229933 | Disc Brake Pad - A disc brake pad ( | 09-17-2009 |
| 20130341135 | BRAKE BACKING PLATE WITH STEP-CHAMFER - A brake plate is provided that has a substantially planar metallic body with a first friction facing surface, a second opposing caliper facing surface, a pair of relatively long edges, and a pair of relatively short edges. At least one of the long edges has a step-chamfer. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20080230332 | BICYCLE DISK BRAKE PAD - A bicycle disk brake pad basically comprises a backplate part and a friction part. The backplate part is made of a copper-based sintering alloy. The friction part is made of a copper-based sintering alloy that is integrally sintered with the backplate part. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080251330 | Brake Shoe - A brake shoe is proposed which includes a lining containing a rubber of the type which becomes ebonite when vulcanized. An elastic interlayer is disposed between the lining and an adhesive layer through which the lining is bonded to the shoe body. The interlayer serves as a stress relief layer, thereby preventing the lining from peeling off the shoe body when the brake shoe is subjected to thermal history. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080257664 | Pad Assembly For Use in a Disc Brake - A pad assembly includes a carrier plate, a backing plate to one side of which is secured at least one friction pad and which is mounted on its alternate side on the carrier plate, a spring acting between the carrier plate and the backing plate and allowing for limited rocking and/or linear movement of the backing plate relative to the carrier plate against the action of the spring. A plurality of transmitting members are secured to one or the other of the carrier plate or the backing plate and project to engage the other so as to enable the transmission of force between the two plates. The arrangement of the force transmitting members is such that at least two of the force transmitting members are generally equiangularly arranged about the geometric center of the carrier plate. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20090032343 | Brake Pad - The subject invention generally relates to a disc brake pad which has reduced brake squeal in response to a braking event by the incorporation of a relieved portion to the center section of a friction pad along an outer edge or inner edge thereof, or along both edges. The invention is a disc brake pad which includes a backing plate and friction pad attached to the backing plate. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090127037 | Railway Brake Shoe - A brake shoe without a metal backing has a metal insert comprising two spaced apart bodies, a connecting portion having a back face adjacent to the back surface of the brake shoe, and two generally parallel radially extending flanges integral with the connecting portion. The parallel extensions define a keyway, wherein when the brake shoe is emplaced on the brake head, the keyway extends through an opening provided in the brake head. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090139809 | Plateless Railway Brake Shoe - A brake shoe formed of friction material for use without a metal backing plate. The brake shoe is defined by a friction surface for bearing upon a wheel tread and an opposed back surface for being placed in contact with and secured to a brake head. The brake shoe has a reinforcing mesh defining a plurality of interstices positioned along the back surface of the brake shoe embedded in a molded friction material that is reinforced with a plurality of fibers. A keyway is at least partially formed of the molded fiber reinforced friction material extending away from the back surface of the brake shoe. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090211857 | Brake Pad for a Disc Brake - A brake pad for a disc brake, in particular for a utility or commercial vehicle, including a pad retaining spring which is designed as an arc-shaped leaf spring, can deflect radially and is fastened by way of a hood to a lining carrier plate which supports a friction lining material. The hood is formed as a separate component and has a section which is U-shaped in cross-section. A web of the hood connects its limbs which limbs are guided in parallel and at both sides of the lining carrier plate. The web bears against the pad retaining spring. The pad retaining spring is designed such that an opening is formed through which a limb of the hood is guided. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20090236191 | Sintered brake lining - The invention relates to a sintered brake lining ( | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090250300 | Method of securing a shim to a backing plate and subassembly formed thereby - A subassembly for use in a brake assembly, the subassembly comprising a shim, a backing plate and a friction pad formed of a friction pad material, wherein the friction pad material extends into at least one pass-through hole in the backing plate; and wherein one or more flanges perimetering at least one opening in the shim are encased in the friction material; whereby the shim is resisted from movement at least in part by the one or more flanges being encased in the friction pad material. A preferred methodology of forming the braking subassembly comprises the steps of forming the friction pad on the backing plate and at least partially filling the at least one pass-through hole with said friction pad material such that the one or more flanges perimetering the at least one opening in the shim is encased in the friction pad material. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20100163352 | SINTERED BRAKE PAD BACKING PLATE - A brake pad backing plate made using powder metallurgy has an inner surface to which a friction material mass is attached and which cooperates with the mass to resist shearing of the mass relative to the plate. Formations can be made on the inner surface that resist shearing of the friction material mass from the backing plate, the mass can have mating formations and the plate can be steam treated for additional benefits. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20110198170 | Brake Pad for Braking Systems, In Particular for Disc Brakes - Brake pad for braking systems, in particular for disc brakes, consisting of friction portion ( | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110220441 | DISC BRAKE BACKING PLATE AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A disc brake pad is composed of a backing plate and a friction material. The adhesion of the backing plate and the friction material is enhanced in the present invention by multiple recesses on the surface of the backing plate that is attached to the friction material. One of the advantages of the present invention is the ease of manufacturing. In one of the preferred methods of manufacturing, a matrix of recesses (2) is first impressed onto the steel sheet by a stamping press. The existing method of producing a traditional backing plate, i.e., stamping out the backing plate profile and the bores, may then be applied. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110259686 | DISC BRAKE PAD - To provide a disc brake pad for a disc brake equipped with a metal disc rotor, having a friction material that includes a fiber base material, a binder, an abrasive material, and a frictional wear modifier, which effectively minimizes a sticking problem of the friction material and the disc rotor and simultaneously provides effective fading resistance, wear resistance, and formability. The friction material includes the fiber base material, binder, abrasive material, and frictional wear modifier, and friction material has the binder of 4.5-7.0 weight % relative to the gross friction material amount, aralkyl modified phenolic resin of at least 50 weight % relative to the binder amount, inorganic particles of 1-3 weight % as the abrasive material with 6-8 of Moh's hardness and average particle diameter of 10-200 μm. Furthermore, the friction material includes alkali metal titanate and/or alkali earth metal titanate of 20-30 weight %. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20130175127 | Friction plate - The present invention is an improved disc brake plate wherein its two components, namely a steel backing plate and a friction plate or puck, are fabricated separately. The steel backing plate is stamped with a pattern of discrete protrusions rising from one face. The plates are cut from friction material extruded into any shape of rod or into a thick sheet after which they are impressed with a pattern of discrete recesses matching the backing plate's protuberances. The plates are then cured hard and finished as needed. An adhesive is used to bond the two components into a completed brake plate. In this way a wide range of vehicle brake plates can be assembled from separately prepared plates and backing plates. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130199880 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A BRAKE LINING CARRIER - The invention relates to a method for producing a brake lining carrier ( | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130277160 | BRAKE LINING HAVING A BACK PLATE HAVING INCREASED STIFFNESS - A brake pad having increased stiffness comprises a back plate and a friction lining attached to one side of the back plate. Embedded in the lining bed of the back plate facing the friction lining is at least one connecting element having at least one undercut for fastening the friction lining to the back plate, and at least one rib for increasing the stiffness is additionally provided. This arrangement will ensure attachment of the friction lining to the back plate and increased stiffness of the back plate. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20140216868 | FINE EDGE BRAKE BACKING PLATE - A brake plate is provided that has a substantially planar metallic body having a first friction facing surface and a second opposing caliper facing surface. The plate has a thickness between the first and second surfaces. The body is formed by stamping a metallic material such that edges of the body are shaved along at least 75% of the thickness. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140246283 | BRAKE PAD ASSEMBLY HAVING A FLANGE - A brake pad assembly having a table and a web. The web may extend from the table and include a flange that may be disposed opposite the table. | 09-04-2014 |
| 20140291081 | Steel Backing Two-Way Synchronous Drawloom and Use Method Thereof - The invention relates to a steel back two-way synchronous drawloom and a use method thereof. The drawloom comprises an upper die base, an upper die board, a lower die base and a lower die board, and further comprises a molded upper die and a working positioning lower die. With the adoption of a two-way synchronous broaching gear method, a gear of a product in the invention has the advantages of high density, high strength, as well as uniform and neat arrangement; furthermore, a brake pad of the product in the invention has the advantage of high shear strength. In addition, the drawloom has high production efficiency, stable whole production process, a firm gear root, and non easy falling, as well as is adaptable to be produced in mass. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140339028 | DISC BRAKE PAD ASSEMBLY - A disc brake pad assembly includes a pad and a shim plate. The shim plate includes locking pieces which are bent from a main body portion towards a pressure plate. The locking pieces are brought into abutment with circumferential edge portions of the pressure plate so as to be displaced in a rotating direction of a rotor. Projecting portions are formed at portions of the circumferential edge portion which are brought into abutment with one surface of each of the locking pieces. A circumferential central portion of a part of each of the projecting portions which faces the one surface projects further than both circumferential end portions thereof. The circumferential edge portion and the one surface of each of the locking pieces are spaced apart from each other at portions of the one surface which lie close to both circumferential end portions thereof. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20150075927 | FRICTION PAD ASSEMBLY FOR DISK BRAKE - A disk brake friction pad assembly includes lining assemblies which are oscillatably inserted into the guide hole portions of a guide plate to transmit a braking torque from plate engagement portions to the guide plate and are urged toward the guide plate by spring members, and a link plate for applying pressure from a torque receiving plate to the multiple lining assemblies and also for holding a clearance between the guide plate and torque receiving plate. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150107945 | METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF BRAKE PADS AND ASSOCIATED BRAKE PAD - Method for the production of braking elements for vehicles, in particular brake pads, including a die forming step by means of fine and/or traditional shearing of a metal support and a molding step upon the metal support of a block of friction material; the friction material is selected from the group of asbestos free materials, while the metal plate is made of an aluminum alloy selected from the group consisting of aluminum alloys subjected to precipitation hardening (age-hardening alloys) and is made from the fine and/or traditional shearing of a metal sheet when the alloy is in a solubilized state; the alloy, being aged during a friction material baking step, gains its mechanical properties needed for its operation. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20160003317 | DISC BRAKE PAD FOR A VEHICLE - A vehicle disc brake pad having a backing plate and a friction pad that includes a complex edge profile formed from a plurality of undulations on at least one side edge of the periphery. Each undulation includes a wave crest and a wave trough that extend toward and away from the periphery of the backing plate, respectively. The brake pad may provide improved thermal management and wear resistance, thereby improving the life span of the brake pad, particularly when used with heavier vehicles such as trucks, crossover vehicles, and sports utility vehicles. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160169306 | Reinforced Disc Brake Pad Backing Plate And Reinforced Brake Pad | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160195147 | EMBOSSED BRAKE PAD | 07-07-2016 |
| 20170234383 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A SENSORIZED BRAKING ELEMENT, IN PARTICULAR A BRAKE PAD AND A SENSORIZED BRAKE PAD OBTAINED THEREBY | 08-17-2017 |
| 20090145703 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF A BRAKE LINING AND BRAKE LINING IN PARTICULAR FOR A MOTOR-VEHICLE DISK BRAKE - A friction lining ( | 06-11-2009 |
| 20110056779 | HIGH PERFORMANCE ADHESIVES AND METHODS FOR THEIR USE - The present invention is directed to benzoxazine-containing adhesives having high adhesive strength at high temperature. These materials are especially useful in automotive applications, in particular, as adhesives for brake components. Methods of their use are also described. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20140291082 | Brake Lining Assembly for a Vehicle Brake - A brake pad arrangement for a vehicle brake, having a frictional pad, a pad back plate and a damping plate that is arranged on the pad back plate, the brake pad arrangement having a separate damping element which is provided in order to avoid frictional vibrations of the brake pad arrangement. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140305754 | Spring-Equipped Member for Guiding a Disc Brake Pad and Disc Brake provided with such Guiding Members - A brake calliper has two arms, each including a housing and a stub. A member for guiding a disc brake pad is disposed in the housing, and is secured by lugs to a front of the stub. The member includes a body having a U-shaped section formed by an inner radial surface, a base, an outer radial surface, and includes a tongue that extends beyond an edge of the body, and that is configured to be hooked in the housing and to fully lock the member in the arm. An inner side of the body is bordered by an inner front supporting surface disposed against an inner surface of the arm. An outer front supporting surface is disposed against the front of the stud, extends into a hairpin damper spring extending towards the front of the stud, and is bordered on each side by a tongue that form side end-stops. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140360822 | DISC BRAKE PAD ASSEMBLY - A disc brake pad assembly includes a pair of locking bent portions formed at circumferential end portions of an inner shim plate by being bent towards an opposite side to a pressure plate. Locking through holes are formed individually at base end portions of the locking bent portions. A pair of locking projecting pieces are individually formed so as to project circumferentially from an outer main body portion included in an outer shim plate. A distance between distal edges of the locking projecting pieces is larger than a space between the locking bent portions, and a circumferential length defined between radial side portions of the locking projecting pieces is shorter than the space. The inner main body portion and the outer main body portion are superposed on each other in a state that the locking projecting pieces are brought into engagement with the locking through holes. | 12-11-2014 |
| 20140374202 | Disc Brake Pad Guideway and Disc Brake equipped with such a Guideway - A guideway for a motor vehicle disc brake is configured to mount at least one brake pad in a slidable manner with respect to a brake disc along an axially oriented axis of sliding. The guideway includes at least one brake pad application element which is configured to act axially. The guideway is fixed to a fixed carrier, and includes an elastically deformable leg and a guide face that has a contact zone. The elastically deformable leg is configured to exert a constant elastic force. The guide face includes a damping element. The elastically deformable leg further includes a bent-over portion configured to contact the at least one brake pad such that the guide face is opposite a contact zone of the at least one brake pad. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20150107946 | CARRIER BODY FOR A BRAKE LINING OF A DISK BRAKE WITH A DAMPER MASS FOR MODIFYING THE VIBRATION - In order to improve a carrier body, having a friction lining carrier plate and at least one first damper mass which is connected rigidly to the friction lining carrier plate, in such a way that the rigid connection between the friction lining carrier plate and the first damper mass is more robust, it is proposed to insert a first pin-shaped projection of the first damper mass into the first hole of a friction lining carrier plate in such a way that the head of the first pin-shaped projection protrudes out of the first hole and bears against a first chamfer partially in the region of a first edge of the first hole. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150122602 | PAD SPRING FOR DISK BRAKE - A pad spring for a disk brake includes a mounting portion configured to be elastically mounted onto radial outside portions of pad support members of the disk brake; a pressure portion having a pair of pressure arms configured to elastically press outer circumferential edges of circumferential-direction one-end portions of back plates of pads of the disk brake inwardly in a radial direction of a rotor of the disk brake; and a held plate section formed between torque transmission surfaces of the back plates and torque receiving surfaces of the pad support members. The pad spring is formed by bending an elastic and corrosion-resistant metal plate so as to elastically press the pads in the radial direction. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150369308 | Disk-Brake Pad - A disk-brake pad includes a backing plate that has a lower edge which defines two locations configured to accommodate lower clips of an antirattle device. The antirattle device includes a fastener positioned at the top thereof that is configured to irreversibly clip via a tongue defined by a cut in the fastener so as to clip irreversibly into a notch defined by an upper edge of the backing plate. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20160010708 | BRAKE LINING WITH DEVICE FOR REDUCING NOISES | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160017943 | DRUM BRAKE SHOE - The invention relates to a drum brake shoe ( | 01-21-2016 |
| 20080257665 | Brake Lining with Damper Plate - The invention relates to a brake lining ( | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080277215 | Holding Device for the Brake Linings of a Disk Brake and Associated Brake Lining - A brake lining for a disc brake of a road vehicle has a blade-type retaining spring for the lining. At least two peripheral lining springs are situated on each brake lining, adjacent to the retaining spring, and exert a compressive force on at least some sections of the periphery of the lining carrier. The springs are configured in such a way that they respectively cover an edge region of the brake lining carrier, with the latter having at least two corner regions. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20090020380 | Brake Pad for a Disc Brake - A brake pad for a disc brake, in particular for a commercial vehicle, has a pad retaining spring which is configured as an arcuate leaf spring and is held in a manner which is secured captively and can be deflected radially on a lining carrier plate of a brake pad which carries a friction lining. The pad retaining spring is connected in a form-fitting manner to the pad carrier plate by a hood which is fastened to the pad retaining spring. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090152058 | BRAKE LINING CUP ATTACHMENT METHOD FOR REDUCED WEAR - A brake lining assembly is provided for improved useful life. A brake lining assembly may comprise a carrier disk, a brake lining cup secured to the carrier disk and filled with a brake lining material, wherein the segmented brake lining cup has a center, wherein the brake lining material is secured to the carrier disk with an attachment fastener through the lining material and the brake lining cup, and wherein the attachment fastener is offset from the center. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20100170758 | BRAKING DEVICE WITH TOOTHED BACKING PLATE - A braking device includes a backing plate, on one face thereof a plurality of projected teeth are formed by punching, and a friction material being attached to the toothed face of the backing plate with the projected teeth stabbed and embedded in the friction material. With the projected teeth formed on the face of the backing plate, the friction material can be tightly held to the backing plate without easily displaced from the backing plate due to frictional contact with a quickly rotating brake disc. Meanwhile, with the projected teeth formed on the face of the backing plate, the binding glue that applies between the backing plate and the friction material for binding each other can be reduced or canceled. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20130186720 | BRAKE SHOE FOR A DRUM BRAKE - A brake shoe for a drum brake ( | 07-25-2013 |
| 20140190777 | BRAKE LININGS AND PROCESS OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF - The present invention discloses brake lining and process of manufacture thereof using a recycled friction material to form a multilayered brake lining with varying densities. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140291083 | Lock-Equipped Member for Guiding a Disc Brake Pad and Disc Brake provided with such Guiding Members - A brake calliper has two arms, where each arm includes a housing and a stub. A member for guiding a disc brake pad is disposed in the housing, and is secured by lugs to a front of the stub. The member includes a body having a U-shaped section formed by an inner radial surface, a base, and an outer radial surface. An inner side of the body is bordered by an inner supporting surface located on an inner surface of the arms, and an outer supporting surface of the body is disposed against a front of the stud. The out supporting surface extends into a supporting surface toward the front of the stud. The body further includes a locking tongue that extends beyond an edge of the body, and is configured to be hooked in the housing. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140326552 | BRAKE SHOE AND BRAKE LINING BLOCKS WITH KEYED CONNECTION - A brake shoe assembly for a vehicle is provided. A brake shoe has at least one slot on its outer surface. A brake plate has a backing plate that includes at least one key. The brake plate is secured to the brake shoe via the key being received within the at least one slot in the brake shoe. is secured to the outer surface of the brake shoe. This provides a connection that resisting radial movement of the brake plate relative to the outer surface of the brake shoe. A plurality of additional fasteners is also provided for securing the brake plate to the brake shoe. A frictional brake lining is molded on the brake plate and includes cut out portions exposing corners of the brake plate. At least one of the corners of the brake plate defines a hole for receiving one of the fasteners. | 11-06-2014 |
| 20140360823 | RAILWAY VEHICLE DISK BRAKE PAD - A railway vehicle disk brake pad having a base plate; a number of supporting plates fitted to the base plate; and a number of friction members fixed to the supporting plates. The base plate has a number of perforated drawing portions, each of which has a projection on which a respective supporting plate rests directly, thus forming a gap between the base plate and the supporting plate. | 12-11-2014 |
| 20150090543 | BRAKE PAD ASSEMBLY WITH RELEASABLE HEAT SINK - A brake pad assembly for mounting on a caliper of a vehicle includes a backing plate, a brake lining disposed on a front side of the backing plate, and a heat sink. The heat sink includes a thermal conductive sheet and a set of cooling fins mounted on a rear side of the thermal conductive sheet. In particular, the thermal conductive sheet is overlapped and releasably fastened on the backing plate. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150114773 | FRICTION PAD ASSEMBLY FOR DISK BRAKE - A unit friction pad assembly constituting a disk brake friction pad assembly includes a lining assembly which is oscillatably inserted into the guide hole portion of a guide plate to transmit a braking torque from a plate engagement portion to the guide plate and is urged toward the guide plate by a spring member, and a clearance hold mechanism for holding a clearance between the guide plate and torque receiving plate. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150292582 | FRICTION BRAKE ASSEMBLY WITH AN ABRADABLE METAL FOAM BRAKE PAD - A brake assembly and a method for manufacturing a brake assembly are provided. The brake assembly includes a brake pad affixed to a substrate. The brake pad extends from the substrate to a brake pad friction surface, and includes abradable cellular metal foam with the hardened ceramic particles. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20160091041 | MATERIAL WITH VARIABLE HEIGHT BARBS - The present invention is a differentially textured material made from a workpiece made of a ductile material with a substantially flat face on which are raised rows of integral and generally pointed barbs. Each barb has a height above the substantially flat face of the ductile material from which the barbs are gouged out. The heights of the barbs vary substantially. The material may be steel and in the form of a sheet. The differentially textured material is particularly well suited for manufacturing disc brake backing plates where the barbs are used to bond the backing plate to friction material. The present invention also includes methods for making such differentially textured material. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160091043 | MATERIAL WITH VARIABLE HEIGHT BARBS - A workpiece includes a material with a face and a first plurality of barbs and a second plurality of barbs extending integrally from the face. Each barb has a height above the face. The barbs of the first plurality are at least 10% higher than the barbs of the second plurality. The first plurality of barbs includes at least 10% of the barbs on the face and the second plurality of the barbs includes at least 10% of the barbs on the face. The barbs of the second plurality of barbs are bent and pointed. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160129656 | MOLD FOR BRAKE PAD FRICTION MATERIAL, MANUFACTURING APPARATUS, MANUFACTURING METHOD, PREFORM, AND BRAKE PAD - A mold of a brake pad friction material, including a mold member fitted into a mold frame into which a powder material of the brake pad friction material is put, in which the mold member is configured such that a pressing surface in a surface of the mold member, which forms a region abutting the powder material put into a mold frame, has a concave shape that is formed by being gradually recessed from both end portion sides to a center portion side of the pressing surface. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20090114491 | DRUM BRAKE SHOE - Drum brake shoe, particularly for a motor vehicle, in which a brake cable ( | 05-07-2009 |
