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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2006
Applicants:
Feng Dong, Rochester, MI (US);
Robert C. Lam, Rochester, MI (US);
Yih-fang Chen, Lisle, IL (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
BorgWarner Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B05D 3/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Sintered, carbon friction materials are made from fibrous materials that are impregnated with resins prior to sintering. Preferably, non-woven fibrous materials are impregnated with phenolic resin and sintered at 400 to 8000 C. The resulting material has an open porosity above 50 percent by volume.