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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2005
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2003
Stanley Frank Kulis, Jr., White Post, VA (US);
Craig Robert Cook, Winchester, VA (US);
David Douglas Muffley, Clear Spring, MD (US);
Stanley Frank Kulis, Jr., White Post, VA (US);
Craig Robert Cook, Winchester, VA (US);
David Douglas Muffley, Clear Spring, MD (US);
Federal-Mogul World Wide, Inc., Southfield, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle brake shoe assembly having a brake shoe platform incorporating a plurality of extensions which project through the brake friction material matrix to the outer friction surface of the brake shoe assembly. Each extension is configured to cooperate with the brake friction material matrix to engage a surface of an opposing friction element, increasing the static and dynamic friction performance of the assembly beyond that achieved from the engagement of the brake friction material matrix and the surface of the opposing friction element alone.