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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 1995
Filed:
Jan. 20, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
John J Easton, Indianapolis, IN (US);
James P Macey, Crawfordsville, IN (US);
James J Petroski, Crawfordsville, IN (US);
Assignee:
Raybestos Products Co., Crawfordsville, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
188 715 ; 1882 / ; 1921 / ;
Abstract
A conventional circular friction disk having a metal backing plate and outer layer of friction material is replaced by a disk having a plurality of straight outer side edges joined by curved edges, in order to effect material savings in the manufacturing process, and without significant loss in performance.