Patents Assigned to JAMES RAY & ASSOCIATES
  • BRAKE DISC WEAR INDICATOR
    Publication number: 20020060108
    Abstract: A brake disc wear indicator comprising a brake disc rotor having two radially opposed braking surfaces for engaging opposed brake friction pads, and at least one hole provided in the rotor at a location behind a braking surface and at a predetermined depth and distance from the braking surface such that the hole is originally invisible by the presence of brake rotor material but becomes visible when brake rotor material is worn away to the extent that the hole becomes exposed and visible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 1999
    Publication date: May 23, 2002
    Applicant: JAMES RAY & ASSOCIATES
    Inventors: ROLAND S MOORE, PAUL E JAMIESON
  • POLYMER BASED BACKING PLATES FOR RAILWAY BRAKE SHOES AND DISC PADS
    Publication number: 20020053492
    Abstract: A lightweight backing plate for use with at least one of a railway brake shoe and a disc brake pad. Such lightweight backing plate being formed from a predetermined polymeric material selected from a group consisting of unsaturated polyester, polyphenylene sulfide, glass epoxy, phenolic polymers and various combinations thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 1999
    Publication date: May 9, 2002
    Applicant: JAMES RAY & ASSOCIATES
    Inventor: RAJ VELAYUTHA