Brake rotor with non-directional braking surface
AssigneeHayes Lemmerz International, Inc.
InventorsWeston E. Dickerson, Petar Jakovljevic
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Abstract
The invention is a brake rotor. The rotor includes a radially inner mounting section with a central mounting face for attaching the rotor to a wheeled vehicle. The mounting face has a plurality of fastener apertures and a central aperture. A hat wall extends axially from the periphery of the mounting face. The rotor also includes a radially outer annular friction section. The friction section has a pair of opposite friction surfaces machined to predetermined dimensions. Each machined friction surface is non-directional in that it does not include directional indentations. The non-directional friction surfaces include non-directional indentations such as dimples or pits.
Claims12
A brake rotor comprising a friction section having at least one non-directional friction surface from which material has been removed to form a plurality of indentations in said surface, and each of said indentations is formed from one or more non-directional indentations disposed in a random pattern about said surface.
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