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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 1993
Filed:
Nov. 25, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas A Libsch, Novi, MI (US);
Seong K Rhee, Northville, MI (US);
Assignee:
Allied-Signal Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D / ; F16D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1882 / ; 188 724 ; 1921 / ;
Abstract
A brake rotor for use with a caliper in a brake system is made from a composition having from 20-80 percent by volume of silicon carbide and from 80-20 percent by volume of an iron alloy consisting of: 0.4 to 4.0 percent by weight of total carbon; 1.8 to 18.0 percent by weight of Si; 1.0 to 10.0 percent by weight of X where X is selected from a group consisting of Cr, Mo, Mn, Ni, P and S; and the balance of iron alloy being Fe, the composition having a theoretical thermal conductivity at room temperature of 0.19 to 0.41 cal/cm*sec*deg C.