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Friction member
Assignee: Dunlop Ltd
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Filing: 1975-01-27
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Granted: 1977-06-14
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Expires: 1995-01-27
Abstract
Abstract The invention provides a more economical carbon-fiber-reinforced carbon surfaced friction member, such as a brake disc, by replacing a disc which is of fiber-reinforced carbon throughout its thickness by a disc in which a fiber-reinforced surface layer is bonded to a base of a less expensive material, such as bulk graphite. A textile may be applied to the base and carbonized and carbon deposited on the textile layer by the multiple impregnation process or the chemical vapor deposition process. In the latter process the base is preferably heated above the temperature of the textile layer, e.g. by electrical induction or resistance, to obtain carbon deposition from the base outward through the textile layer.
Inventors
- 👤 John Victor Weaver
- 👤 Ronald Fisher
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-26 04:12
CPC Classifications
C; C04; C04B; C04B35/00; C04B35/71; C04B35/78; C04B35/80; C04B35/83; F; F16; F16D; F16D69/00; F16D69/02; F16D69/023; F16D65/00; F16D65/02; F16D65/12; F16D65/125; F16D65/126; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S428/00; Y10S428/902; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/24; Y10T428/24942; Y10T428/24992; Y10T428/29; Y10T428/2913; Y10T428/2918; Y10T428/292; Y10T428/30; Y10T428/31
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
137 words
A method of manufacturing an all-carbon friction member which comprises applying to at least one side of a graphite body a layer of carbon fibers with the interposition fof a carbonizable resin, curing the resin to bond the layer to the body and subjecting the layer to a chemical vapor deposition process in which the layer is heated in the presence of a hydrocarbon gas whereby carbon is densified on the layer by cracking of the gas and the body is maintained at a higher temperature than the material of the layer during the chemical vapor deposition process whereby carbon is deposited in greatest concentration initially adjacent the hotter body surface and builds therefrom progressively through the fibrous layer to the exposed surface of the layer to form a friction surface on said side of said body.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
137 words
A method of manufacturing an all-carbon friction member which comprises applying to at least one side of a graphite body a layer of carbon fibers with the interposition fof a carbonizable resin, curing the resin to bond the layer to the body and subjecting the layer to a chemical vapor deposition process in which the layer is heated in the presence of a hydrocarbon gas whereby carbon is densified on the layer by cracking of the gas and the body is maintained at a higher temperature than the material of the layer during the chemical vapor deposition process whereby carbon is deposited in greatest concentration initially adjacent the hotter body surface and builds therefrom progressively through the fibrous layer to the exposed surface of the layer to form a friction surface on said side of said body.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
65 words
A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the unfinished article comprising a fibrous layer bonded by a carbonized resin to the body is subjected to high frequency electrical induction heating to which the body is more susceptible than the fibrous material with the result that the body rises to and remains at a higher temperature than the layer during the chemical vapor deposition process.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
45 words
A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the body is raised to a higher temperature than the layer during the chemical vapor deposition process by passing an electric current through the body so that the resistance of the latter causes it to be heated.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
28 words
A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the carbonizable resin used is of the phenolic type, having a char yield of more than 50% at 1,000° C.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
46 words
A method as claimed in claim 4, wherein the ______________________________________
Specific gravity at 25° C.
-- 1.115
Viscosity at 25° C.
-- 800 cS
Resin content at 135° C.
-- 60%
Gelation time at 150° C.
-- 180 seconds
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carbonizable resin has the following charactreristics:
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
18 words
A method as claimed in claim 4 wherein the carbonizable resin used is soluble in industrial methylated spirits.
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