Friction device with bonding inserts
AssigneeRfpc Holding Corp.
InventorAlan Gary Bowden
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Abstract
A friction device may include a backing plate connected with a friction material. The friction device may include a conditioning insert at least partially embedded within the friction material. The conditioning insert may include opposite first and second longitudinal sides that extend from the backing plate to the conditioning surface and opposite first and second lateral sides that extend from the backing plate to the conditioning surface. The first longitudinal side, the second longitudinal side, the first lateral side, and/or the second lateral side of the conditioning insert can include one or more protrusions extending away from the first longitudinal side, the second longitudinal side, the first lateral side, and/or the second lateral side and into the friction material.
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A friction device, comprising:
- a backing plate connected with a friction material having a braking surface configured to engage a surface of a rotating part to slow or stop rotation of the rotating part;
- a conditioning insert at least partially embedded within the friction material, the conditioning insert extending from the backing plate toward the braking surface of the friction material, the conditioning insert including a conditioning surface spaced apart from the backing plate and positioned to face the surface of the rotating part, the conditioning insert including opposite first and second longitudinal sides that extend from the backing plate to the conditioning surface and opposite first and second lateral sides that extend from the backing plate to the conditioning surface, wherein the conditioning surface is encapsulated within the friction material, and wherein, after repeated use of the friction device, the friction material is configured to wear away and expose the conditioning surface of the conditioning insert,
- one or more of the first longitudinal side, the second longitudinal side, the first lateral side, or the second lateral side of the conditioning insert including one or more protrusions extending away from the one or more of the first longitudinal side, the second longitudinal side, the first lateral side, or the second lateral side and into the friction material, wherein the one or more protrusions are spaced apart from the backing plate.
A friction device, comprising:
- a backing plate connected with a friction material configured to engage a surface of a rotating part to slow or stop rotation of the rotating part;
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- a conditioning insert at least partially embedded within the friction material, the conditioning insert extending from the backing plate toward a braking surface of the friction material, the conditioning insert including a conditioning surface spaced apart from the backing plate and positioned to face the surface of the rotating part, the conditioning insert including opposite longitudinal sides extending from the backing plate to the conditioning surface and opposite lateral sides extending from the backing plate to the conditioning surface, wherein the conditioning surface is encapsulated within the friction material, and wherein, after repeated use of the friction device, the friction material is configured to wear away and expose the conditioning surface of the conditioning insert,
- one or more of the longitudinal sides or the lateral sides of the conditioning insert including protrusions extending away from the one or more of the longitudinal sides or the lateral sides and into the friction material, wherein the protrusions are spaced apart from the backing plate.
A friction device, comprising:
- a backing plate connected with a friction material having a braking surface configured to engage a surface of a rotating part to slow or stop rotation of the rotating part;
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- a conditioning insert at least partially embedded within the friction material, the conditioning insert extending from the backing plate toward the braking surface of the friction material, the conditioning insert including a conditioning surface spaced apart from the backing plate and positioned to face and condition the surface of the rotating part, the conditioning insert including sides that extend from the backing plate to the conditioning surface, wherein the conditioning surface is encapsulated within the friction material,
- one or more of the sides of the conditioning insert including protrusions extending away from the one or more of the sides and into the friction material, wherein the protrusions are spaced apart from the backing plate.
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