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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 1993
Filed:
Aug. 17, 1992
Mitsuhiko Nakagawa, Itami, JP;
Yukinori Yamashita, Itami, JP;
Masanori Ibuki, Itami, JP;
Hiroya Kishimoto, Itami, JP;
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A friction material is so manufactured that a hygienic environment can be maintained while simultaneously reducing the brake noise without reducing the friction coefficient of the brake pads made of the present material. The friction material is granulated or agglomerated by a first binder which binds one or more inorganic substances having a plane netlike crystal structure into granules which are deformed so that the particles have a flat particle orientation in the resulting granules. The flat particle orientation is achieved by the application pressure and/or heat during the formation. The granules are then embedded in a second binder forming a fibrous matrix for forming the brake pad material. The inorganic substance or substances forming the particles having the plane netlike crystal structure, promote a microseparation in the friction surface in response to the application of a brake force. The microseparation effectively prevents brake noise.