Friction materials
AssigneeFerodo America, Inc.
InventorBruno Grele
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Abstract
A disk brake pad and backplate assembly comprises a metal backplate formed with a number of abutments projecting from one face thereof, and a disk brake pad of a fully cured friction material composition, one face of said disk brake pad being provided with recesses wherein said abutments are received, together with a layer of an elastomeric adhesive to bond said pad to said backplate.
Claims5
A disk brake pad and backplate assembly comprising a metal backplate formed with a number of abutments projecting from one face thereof, and a disk brake pad of a cured friction material composition, one face of said pad being provided with recesses in which said abutments are received together with a layer of an elastomeric adhesive coating said one face of said pad and serving to bond the pad to the backplate and further wherein the abutments are formed by displacement of metal from the material of the backplate, and recesses formed by said displacement of metal in the opposite face of the backplate to that face from which the abutments project.
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