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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:
Mar. 09, 1999
Filed:
May. 02, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Arthur R Prunier, Jr, Midland, MI (US);
Aleksander J Pyzik, Midland, MI (US);
Assignee:
The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1882514 ; 1882 / ; 1882 / ; 428698 ; 428704 ; 501 961 ; 501 974 ; 501 986 ;
Abstract
A brake component wherein at least a portion of said brake component is a ceramic metal composite (CMC), the CMC having an interconnected ceramic phase and a noncontiguous metal phase dispersed within the interconnected ceramic phase. In particular, a CMC of dense boron carbide-aluminum composite having high specific heat and low density is described.