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Bruce W. Klein and Michael G. Jacko received US Patent No. 4,175,070 on November 20, 1979, filed June 2, 1978. It was assigned to Bendix Corp.
The patent's abstract:
A high carbon friction material for use as a friction lining in a brake or clutch. The friction material consists of a combination of fibers selected from a group including glass, asbestos or other mineral fibers, metal powders, friction modifiers and carbon or graphite particles retained in a matrix created by a thermoset phenolic resin to establish a friction lining. The selected fibers and carbon or graphite particles in the friction material jointly combine to establish a substantially uniform wear rate and coefficient of friction up to 500° C. when the friction lining engages a corresponding mating surface.
- Author
- Bruce W. Klein; Michael G. Jacko
- Published by
- US Patent and Trademark Office
- Series
- US Patent No. 4,175,070
- Date
- November 20, 1979
- Library no.
- ACL Doc 22691 · asbestosclaims.law/library/22691
- Rights
- US government work, in the public domain.
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Where it was listed
- Asbestos, February 1980, in its patents department (the year's issues)
Cite this document
Bruce W. Klein, Michael G. Jacko. “High carbon friction material (US Patent 4,175,070, 1979).” November 20, 1979. US Patent No. 4,175,070. US Patent and Trademark Office. AsbestosClaims.Law Library, ACL Doc 22691. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/22691.
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