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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2016
Filed:
May. 02, 2013
Intellectual Property Holdings, Llc, Cleveland, OH (US);
Dan T. Moore, Cleveland Heights, OH (US);
Brian Backus, Albany, IN (US);
Evelyn M. DeLiso, Corning, NY (US);
Joseph B. Richey, III, Chagrin Falls, OH (US);
Intellectuall Property Holdings LLC, Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
The present application discloses a ceramic preform, a method of making a ceramic preform and a metal matrix composite comprising a ceramic preform. In one exemplary embodiment, the ceramic preform comprises a ceramic compound compressed into the shape of a cylinder by rotational compression molding. The cylinder has an inner surface and an outer surface. A first liner may be attached to the inner surface of the cylinder and a second liner may attached to the outer surface of the cylinder. The metal matrix composite of the present application may be formed as a brake drum or a brake disc.