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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2006
Tamotsu Fujii, Hamamatsu, JP;
Xiaoming Gu, Fukuroi, JP;
Hideaki Takabayashi, Hamakita, JP;
Osamu Tanaka, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Tamotsu Fujii, Hamamatsu, JP;
Xiaoming Gu, Fukuroi, JP;
Hideaki Takabayashi, Hamakita, JP;
Osamu Tanaka, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
NSK-Warner K.K., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a double-wrap band brake assembly, an intermediate band is provided with a first friction material forming a first friction surface from a portion of the intermediate band near an apply bracket to a predetermined intermediate portion thereof, the first friction surface working for forming a lubricant film. The intermediate band is further provided with a second friction material having a thickness that is larger than a thickness of the first friction material and forming a second friction surface from the predetermined intermediate portion to a vicinity of a coupling portion of the intermediate band with a pair of outer bands, the second friction surface working for removing the lubricant film.