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Patent No.:

US 10400389 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2019

Filed:

Jun. 18, 2014

Composite friction materials having carbon nanotube and carbon nanofiber friction enhancers

Applicants:

Peter Filip, Carbondale, IL (US);

David N. Bortz, Cleveland, OH (US);

Brian Howells, Cleveland, OH (US);

Ashley R. Kelm, Cleveland, OH (US);

Tod Policandriotes, Carbondale, IL (US);

Inventors:

Peter Filip, Carbondale, IL (US);

David N. Bortz, Cleveland, OH (US);

Brian Howells, Cleveland, OH (US);

Ashley R. Kelm, Cleveland, OH (US);

Tod Policandriotes, Carbondale, IL (US);

Assignees:

BOARD OF TRUSTEES AT SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY, Carbondale, IL (US);

TRIBCO INC., Cleveland, OH (US);

Attorney:

Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.

Primary Examiner:

Lynda Salvatore

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06M 11/74 (2006.01); B32B 27/04 (2006.01); B82Y 30/00 (2011.01); C08J 5/00 (2006.01); C08J 5/10 (2006.01); F16D 69/02 (2006.01); B32B 5/02 (2006.01); B32B 15/14 (2006.01); B32B 27/12 (2006.01); B32B 27/28 (2006.01); B29C 70/02 (2006.01); B29C 70/08 (2006.01); D06M 15/59 (2006.01); F16D 13/64 (2006.01); B29L 31/16 (2006.01); D06M 101/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D06M 11/74 (2013.01); B29C 70/025 (2013.01); B29C 70/081 (2013.01); B32B 5/022 (2013.01); B32B 15/14 (2013.01); B32B 27/04 (2013.01); B32B 27/12 (2013.01); B32B 27/281 (2013.01); B82Y 30/00 (2013.01); C08J 5/005 (2013.01); C08J 5/10 (2013.01); D06M 15/59 (2013.01); F16D 13/64 (2013.01); F16D 69/023 (2013.01); F16D 69/026 (2013.01); B29L 2031/16 (2013.01); B32B 2260/021 (2013.01); B32B 2260/046 (2013.01); B32B 2262/0246 (2013.01); B32B 2262/0269 (2013.01); B32B 2262/101 (2013.01); B32B 2262/105 (2013.01); B32B 2262/106 (2013.01); B32B 2264/108 (2013.01); B32B 2307/744 (2013.01); D06M 2101/36 (2013.01); F16D 2200/0069 (2013.01); F16D 2200/0086 (2013.01); F16D 2200/0091 (2013.01); Y10T 428/25 (2015.01); Y10T 442/2344 (2015.04);
Abstract

A textile-reinforced composite friction material is provided by the present invention that includes a nonwoven needlepunched fiber mat, a resin matrix impregnated within and onto the fiber mat, and a carbon nanomaterial dispersed within the resin matrix. The carbon nanomaterial is preferably carbon nanotubes and/or carbon nanofibers.

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