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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2007
Applicants:
Thomas Degenstein, Mainz, DE;
Erik Berger, Idstein, DE;
Andreas Elvenkemper, Leverkusen, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
TMD Friction Services GmbH, Leverkusen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A brake or clutch lining () has a friction lining () arranged on a carrier plate (). For purposes of detecting a critical operating temperature, an electrically conductive material () that has a phase-transition temperature that falls within the range of the critical operating temperature of the friction lining to be detected is provided in at least one place in the friction lining ().