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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:
Apr. 12, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2003
Applicant:
Keith F. Barnhardt, Bloomington, IN (US);
Inventor:
Keith F. Barnhardt, Bloomington, IN (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23P013/04 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Internally slotted brake rotors and method for producing the same wherein a brake rotor is machined from a unitary piece of material and includes at least one internal slot. In one aspect of the invention, a cutting blade is used to machine a plurality of segmented-circular shaped internal slots that are circumferentially distributed about the outer edge of the rotor. In an alternate arrangement a cutting blade is used to machine a single circumferential groove about the outer edge of a rotor.