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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2012
Federal-mogul Products, Inc., Southfield, MI (US);
Stanley Frank Kulis, Jr., Cookeville, TN (US);
Carl Richard Buxton, Cookeville, TN (US);
Federal-Mogul Products, Inc., Southfield, MI (US);
Abstract
A method for producing a brake assembly () including friction material () molded to a backplate () using an improved receptacle plate () is provided. The backplate () includes openings () each having an opening diameter (D). The receptacle plate () includes pins () extending transversely from a receiving surface (). The method includes aligning the openings () of the backplate () with the pins () of the receptacle plate (). Each pin () has a pin diameter (D) less than the opening diameter (D) of the aligned opening (). The friction material () is molded to the backplate () by heating the friction material () and the receptacle plate (), and forcing the friction material () through the openings () of the backplate (). The pins () extend into a center portion () of the friction material () and improve the degree of curing of the friction material ().