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US 9,109,651 B2Granted
Brake component with an encapsulant and method of applying the encapsulant to a brake component
AssigneeAkebono Brake Corporation
InventorsRobert Allen Peters, Orit Baron Milligan, Kenneth Gutelius
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Abstract
A brake device comprising: a brake component including: a carrier and an encapsulant, wherein the carrier and encapsulant are disposed on and/or within one or more brake components, and the carrier assists in adhering the encapsulant to the brake component and wherein the encapsulant includes one of more lubricants and/or one or more adhesives, or both and the encapsulant, the carrier, or both are dry to the touch after the encapsulant is attached to the brake component and prior to an initial brake apply.
Claims20
A brake shim composition comprising:
- 1. a base layer;
- 2. optionally one or more flexible layers;
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- 3. one or more encapsulant layers including:
- i. an encapsulant containing one or more lubricants and/or one or more adhesives, and
- ii. a carrier including an adhesive attaching the encapsulant to the base layer;
- wherein, the encapsulant and the carrier are free of tackiness after the encapsulant is attached to the base layer and prior to an initial brake apply.
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A brake device comprising:
- a brake component including:
- i. an encapsulant containing one or more lubricants and/or one or more adhesives, or both, and
- ii. a carrier assisting in adhering the encapsulant to the brake component
- wherein the carrier and the encapsulant are disposed on and/or within one or more brake components, and
- wherein the encapsulant, the carrier, or both are dry to the touch and free of tackiness after the encapsulant is attached to the brake component and prior to an initial brake apply.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.