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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:
May. 14, 1996
Filed:
Jun. 08, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
John P Kwolek, Cross Junction, VA (US);
Assignee:
Pneumo Abex Corporation, Hampton, NH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
188 7336 ; 1882 / ; 1882 / ; 1882 / ;
Abstract
An improved disc brake friction pad assembly is provided with a metallic backing plate element, a friction pad element, and a noise-dampening shim subassembly positioned intermediate the backing plate element and the friction pad element.