Patents by Inventor Timothy P. Newcomb

Timothy P. Newcomb has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Wet friction material
    Patent number: 9777785
    Abstract: A wet friction material for use in a wet clutch includes a friction interfacing surface for experiencing frictional engagement with an opposed surface in the presence of a lubricant. At least a portion of the friction interfacing surface comprises fibrillated nanofibers, which define a nanofibrous web, and friction adjusting particles held by the nanofibrous web. A cured resin may adhere the fibrillated nanofibers and the friction adjusting particles to provide structural support for the friction material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.
    Inventors: Feng Dong, Robert C. Lam, Timothy P. Newcomb
  • WET FRICTION MATERIAL
    Publication number: 20130037373
    Abstract: A wet friction material for use in a wet clutch includes a friction interfacing surface for experiencing frictional engagement with an opposed surface in the presence of a lubricant. At least a portion of the friction interfacing surface comprises fibrillated nanofibers, which define a nanofibrous web, and friction adjusting particles held by the nanofibrous web. A cured resin may adhere the fibrillated nanofibers and the friction adjusting particles to provide structural support for the friction material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2011
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Applicant: BorgWarner Inc.
    Inventors: Feng Dong, Robert C. Lam, Timothy P. Newcomb
  • FRICTION MATERIAL COATED WITH PARTICLES AND SATURATED WITH ELASTIC RESIN
    Publication number: 20100330335
    Abstract: A friction material including a plurality of fibers and a resin component binding the fibers, and wherein the resin component includes an elastic resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2008
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Inventors: Brian R. Ciupak, Feng Dong, Timothy P. Newcomb
  • Friction Materials Made With Resins Containing Polar Functional Groups
    Publication number: 20090048369
    Abstract: A friction material that has a base material impregnated with at least one resin having at least one type of functional group that interacts with the additives in the lubricant. In the preferred embodiment, the resin is a hydroxyl or aldehyde modified phenolic. The heat of absorption, or the interaction energy, of the modified resins to friction modifier additives are larger than the heat of absorption of non-modified phenolic resins when compared to the same friction modifier additives or similar mimic compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2007
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Inventors: Timothy P. Newcomb, Feng Dong, Brian Clupak