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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 15, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gerhard Gross, Böbingen, DE;
Tilmann Haug, Uhldingen-Mühlhofen, DE;
Emil Näumann, Ebersbach, DE;
Kolja Rebstock, Ulm, DE;
Michael Scheydecker, Nersingen, DE;
Assignee:
Daimler-Benz Aktiengesellschaft, Stuttgart, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 9/00 ; F16D 6/900 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 9/00 ; F16D 6/900 ;
Abstract
A brake unit includes a brake disc of a ceramic material and a brake pad that cooperates with it in tribological fashion. The brake pad is made of a sintered metal material or of an inorganically bound material having a ceramic binding phase and metal particles. The brake unit has a high thermal loading capacity, very good performance characteristics in terms of comfort, and an acceptable service life.