Wagner Electric Corporation

Pneumo Abex Corporation

John P Kwolek

Alan R Hummel

A brake friction pad assembly is provided with a metallic backing plate element, a friction pad element having a mating surface, an air-dried and completely thermally cured elastomeric adhesive material film joined in cure-bonded relation to the mating surface of the friction pad element, and mechanical fasteners joining the friction pad element and adhered elastomeric adhesive material film to the backing plate element with the elastomeric adhesive material film in an intermediate position.

Brake friction pad assembly

A brake friction pad assembly is provided with a metallic backing plate element, a friction pad element having a mating surface, an air-dried and thermally cured elastomeric adhesive material film joined in cure-bonded relation to the mating surface of the friction pad element, and mechanical fasteners joining the friction pad element and adhered elastomeric adhesive material film to the backing plate element with the elastomeric adhesive material film in an intermediate position.

An improved disc brake friction pad assembly is provided with a metallic backing plate element, a friction pad element, and a noise-dampening shim subassembly positioned intermediate the backing plate element and the friction pad element.

Disc brake friction pad assembly

A hybrid brake assembly is provided with both a resin-bonded metallic friction pad element and a resin-bonded non-asbestos, non-metallic friction pad element and hydraulic cylinder/piston elements for simultaneously actuating both friction pad elements in a vehicular braking operation.

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Cross Junction, VA, United States of America

John P Kwolek