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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Achim Link, Schweinfurt, DE;
Jürgen Kleifges, Schweinfurt, DE;
Assignee:
Mannesmann Sachs AG, Schweinfurt, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C22C 3/700 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C22C 3/700 ;
Abstract
A gray cast iron alloy for a friction element of a friction clutch, which may be brought into frictional contact with a clutch disk by a friction surface of the friction element, contains: 3.0-3.4 percent by weight C, 1.8-2.3 percent by weight Si, 0.4-0.8 percent by weight Mn, 0.0-0.35 percent by weight P, 0.0-0.125 percent by weight S, 0.4-0.6 percent by weight Mo, with the remainder comprising iron and production-related impurities and/or additives.