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US 2016/0178019 A1Published application
Mechanically roughened brake rotors
AssigneeFord Motor Company
InventorsDavid Alan STEPHENSON, James Maurice BOILEAU, Timothy J. POTTER, David Garrett COFFMAN
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Abstract
A brake rotor includes an outer surface; first and second opposing braking surfaces, each bounded by the outer surface to form first and second opposing braking surface edges. A plurality of concentric grooves are formed on the first and/or second braking surfaces.
Claims20
A brake rotor comprising:
- an outer surface;
- first and second opposing braking surfaces, each bounded by the outer surface to form first and second opposing braking surface edges;
- and
- a plurality of concentric grooves included on the first braking surface.
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A method comprising:
- while rotating a brake rotor having first and second opposing braking surfaces, actuating a tool to roughen the first braking surface of the brake rotor to form a plurality of concentric grooves in the first braking surface of the brake rotor.
A cutting tool comprising:
- a body having a cutting surface;
- and
- one or more rows of cutting elements projecting outwardly from the cutting surface, each cutting element of each row including one or more groove cutting elements and one or more peak forming elements, each groove cutting element including one or more groove cutting teeth and each peak forming element having a cutting surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.