Federal-mogul World Wide, Inc.

Tenneco Gmbh

Federal-mogul Corporation

David Douglas Muffley

Stanley Frank Kulis, Jr

Craig Robert Cook

Warran Boyd Lineton

Gregory Michael Vyletel

Jr Stanley Frank Kulis

A coated backing plate for a brake pad and method of manufacturing a brake pad having a coated backing plate, where the coating for the backing plate includes a bond layer. The bond layer includes an inboard surface, an outboard surface, a closed pore network toward the outboard surface that faces the inboard surface of the reinforcement plate, and an open pore network at the inboard surface of the bond layer. The open pore network includes a recessed topology having a plurality of craters configured to interlock a friction material of a friction pad or one or more intermediate layers, such as a transition layer and/or a thermal barrier layer.

Brake pad backing plate

A vehicle brake shoe assembly () having a rigid backing plate () incorporating a plurality of extensions () which project through the brake friction material matrix () to the outer friction surface () of the brake shoe assembly (). Each extension () is configured to cooperate with the brake friction material matrix () to engage a surface of an opposing friction element () simultaneously with the friction material (), increasing the static and dynamic friction performance of the assembly () during initial use beyond that achieved from the application of either the brake friction material () or the projections () alone.

High friction brake shoe assembly

A vehicle brake shoe assembly having a brake shoe platform incorporating a plurality of extensions which project through the brake friction material matrix to the outer friction surface of the brake shoe assembly. Each extension is configured to cooperate with the brake friction material matrix to engage a surface of an opposing friction element, increasing the static and dynamic friction performance of the assembly beyond that achieved from the engagement of the brake friction material matrix and the surface of the opposing friction element alone.

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David Douglas Muffley