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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:
Feb. 18, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 23, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Shigeru Hanzawa, Kagamihara, JP;
Assignee:
NGK Insulators Ltd., Nagoya, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C04B 3/5565 ; C04B 3/5577 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C04B 3/5565 ; C04B 3/5577 ;
Abstract
A member for brakes that has a light weight, shock resistance characteristics, excellent corrosion resistance characteristics etc., high abrasive wear resistance characteristics and is made from fiber-composite material is comprised of an assemblage of yarns in which yarns, containing at least a bundle of carbon fibers and a carbon component other then carbon fiber are three-dimensionally combined and integrally formed so as to avoid separation there between; and matrices made of Si—SiC-based material filling the spaces between said yarns adjacent to each other within said assemblage of yarns.