# US 8,770,368 B2 · Wet type friction plate

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- Number: US 8,770,368 B2
- Document ID: US8770368B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 12/678,407
- Filed: 2008-09-11
- Published: 2010-08-19
- Granted: 2014-07-08
- Earliest claimed: 2007-09-25
- Assignees: Kito Corporation
- Applicants: Tetsu Hiroshima
- Inventors: Tetsu Hiroshima
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8770368B2

## CPC

- F16D 13/64: Clutch-plates; Clutch-lamellae (brake-plates, brake-lamellae F16D65/12)
- F16D 69/04: Attachment of linings
- F16D 2069/002: {Combination of different friction materials}
- F16D 2069/004: {Profiled friction surfaces, e.g. grooves, dimples}
- F16D: COUPLINGS FOR TRANSMITTING ROTATION; CLUTCHES; BRAKES

## Abstract

A wet friction plate is constructed such that a carbon based friction material is placed on an outer peripheral side of a friction plate and a paper based friction material is placed on an inside of a carbon based friction material. A transmission torque occupied by the paper based friction material is smaller than that occupied by the carbon based friction material. The wet friction plate can prevent a sudden unexpected slip at low temperature.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A wet type friction plate, comprising:
a carbon based friction member divided into a plural number of carbon members in a circumferential direction of said friction plate and a paper based friction member, said carbon members and said paper based friction member being pasted and fixed on said friction plate,
wherein said carbon members are provided on an outer side of said friction plate at a predetermined interval and said paper based friction member is provided on an inner side of said friction plate,
wherein said paper based friction member has a moment arm r1 which is a distance from a center of said friction plate to a center of said paper based friction member and said carbon based friction member has a moment arm r2 which is a distance from said center of said friction plate to a center of said carbon based friction member,
wherein a ratio of r1 to a sum of r1+r2 is 0.38, and
wherein a ratio of area occupied by said paper based friction member to a sum of areas occupied by said paper based friction member and said carbon based friction member is 0.24.