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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2016
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Gerhard Flores, Ostfildern, DE;
Josef Koepp, Cologne, DE;
Valeri Hartmann, Erftstadt, DE;
Clemens Maria Verpoort, Monheim am Rhein, DE;
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
The present invention in one or more embodiments provides a roller tool for roughening a friction ring of a brake disk, the roller tool including a roller body including inner and outer ends and a casing surface positioned therebetween, the inner end differing in cross-section dimension than the outer end, the casing surface including thereupon one or more protrusions for contacting the friction ring. The roller tool may further include a support frame supporting the roller body. The support frame may include a short leg connected to the outer end of the roller body and a long leg connected to the inner end of the roller body.