Abstract: This invention intends to provide a friction member which is high in an anti-fading character and low in mate attacking character. For such purpose, in a friction member composed of a fiber containing substrate, a bonding agent and a filling agent, an accumulated blow hole rate of blow holes having hole diameter not less than 3.5 &mgr;m is selected to be not larger than 2 volume %, and an accumulated blow hole rate of blow holes having hole diameter from 0 to 3.5 &mgr;m is selected to be not less than 3 volume %.

Abstract: Disclosed is an acrylic sol for a sound insulating underbody coating. It includes acrylic polymer fine particles, a plasticizer, a filler, a plasticizer, a blocking type urethane resin, a curing agent and a foaming agent. Since it includes the acrylic polymer particles as a major constituent unit, it does not generate a hydrogen chloride gas and dioxins when it is burned. Moreover, since the paint film resulting from the acrylic sol has a net-shaped structure by the cross-linkage reactions of the urethane resin, and since the bulkiness of the paint film is increased by the foaming agent, it has a good cold resistance and adhesion property toward automotive steel plates, and effects a superb chipping resistance and sound insulating performance.

Abstract: A wet type friction member includes a core plate, a plurality of segmental friction units and oil grooves. The segmental friction units are bonded on the core plate at intervals in a ring-shaped manner. The oil grooves are demarcated and formed by facing end surfaces of neighboring two pieces of the segmental friction units, and connect an inner peripheral side of the core plate with an outer peripheral side thereof. At least one of the facing end surfaces of the segmental friction units have a cut-off portion, which is cut off inwardly, at an inner peripheral side end of the facing end surfaces and/or an intermediate portion thereof. The oil grooves are provided with a major-width portion of a wide groove width by the cut-off portion at an inner peripheral side opening of the oil grooves and/or an intermediate portion thereof.

Abstract: An improved method for manufacturing a lever for an automotive door checking device and the lever produced by the method. According to the invention, the mold employed for the molding of the sliding part of the lever has a gate at one of the two longitudinal ends of the cavity wall so that the molten resin containing reinforcing fibers flows in and fills up the cavity along the longitudinally extending direction corresponding to the sliding direction of the sliding part. As a result, the reinforcing fibers embedded in the sliding part are one-dimentionally oriented to the sliding direction thereof, which provides anti-wearing property, durability and good sliding characteristics of the lever.

Abstract: A dry friction material comprises fiber base material, bonding agent, friction conditioner and filler. The dry friction material contains 2 to 20% by weight of a tin alloy in which the fusing point is more than 500.degree. C. and the hardness is less than 4 Moh's. The dry friction material shows excellent friction characteristics when the load is low or average.

Abstract: A coupling fan includes a fan body, a coupling and a mounting plate. The mounting plate includes a substantially ring-shaped base member and a substantially strip-shaped movable member having spring elasticity. The base member is connected to a boss of the fan body or an operating member of the coupling. The movable member is connected to the base member at its one end, and it is further connected to the boss of the fan body or the operating member of the coupling, to which the base member is not connected, at its another end. With this construction, not only vibrations of the fan body and the coupling are absorbed by the movable member, but also an overall inside diameter of the mounting plate can be made greater. Namely, a coupling having a larger outside diameter can be employed, and accordingly the cooling efficiency of the coupling can be improved. Hence, the coupling fan can be improved in its durability.

Abstract: A coupling fan includes a fan body, a coupling and a mounting plate. The mounting plate includes a substantially ring-shaped base member and a substantially strip-shaped movable member having spring elasticity. The base member is connected to a boss of the fan body or an operating member of the coupling. The movable member is connected to the base member at its one end, and it is further connected to the boss of the fan body or the operating member of the coupling, to which the base member is not connected, at its another end. With this construction, not only vibrations of the fan body and the coupling are absorbed by the movable member, but also an overall inside diameter of the mounting plate can be made greater. Namely, a coupling having a larger outside diameter can be employed, and accordingly the cooling efficiency of the coupling can be improved. Hence, the coupling fan can be improved in its durability.

Abstract: Disclosed is a brake band which includes a band and a lining connected to an inner peripheral surface of the band. The lining includes a plurality of grooves in its inner peripheral surface, the grooves which extend from an end to another end of the lining in an axial direction of a drum, rotating either in a clockwise direction or in a counter clockwise direction, obliquely with respect to an axial direction and a circumferential direction of the lining. The grooves include a communication passage which communicates an inner peripheral surface of the lining with the outside and which is disposed at a leading end of the grooves with respect to the clockwise rotational direction of the drum, and a trailing end of the grooves with respect to the clockwise rotational direction of the drum is disposed an inside of the another end of the lining. The brake band has a high cooling efficiency when the drum rotates in the clockwise direction.

Abstract: A cooling apparatus for a heat exchanger includes a shroud having a box-shaped main body covering one of the surfaces of a heat exchanger and a cylindrical portion penetrating through the main body. The axis of the cylindrical portion is substantially perpendicular to the bottom surface of the main body and part of the cylindrical portion is protruded with respect to the outline of the heat exchanger. A fan is disposed in the cylindrical portion of the shroud. The main body includes an enlarged portion disposed adjacent to and corresponding to the protruding part of the cylindrical portion. The bottom surface of the main body extends substantially from the entire periphery of the end portion of the cylindrical portion.

Abstract: This invention concerns a shock absorbing material placed between two objects for buffering the shocks, and a method of applying the same.Heretofore, a previously formed shock absorbing material is bonded by way of an adhesive or the like to an object to be buffered. However, there has been a disadvantage that no desired bonding strength can be obtained or the adhesive is degraded. It is intended in this invention to render the shock absorbing material fusible under heating, by which the shock absorbing material is fused due to the melting of the shock absorbing material itself with an object to be buffered using no adhesive thereby increasing the bonding area and improving the bonding strength as compared with the conventional case.

Abstract: A reinforced thermoplastic resin composition comprising a thermoplastic resin, a fibrous, flaky or powdery inorganic reinforcing material, and an uncured, thermally curable resin, such as a thermosetting resin, applied to the surfaces of the inorganic reinforcing material. Molding of this composition by injection molding or the like yields a molded product in which the thermally curable resin has been cured by the heat during the molding to provide a strong chemical bond between the inorganic reinforcing material and the thermoplastic resin. The molded product thus obtained possesses more strength and/or elongation than the conventional thermoplastic resin product.

Abstract: A friction member of the resin mold type comprising brass fiber of 1-10 mm length having a trapezoid in cross figure thereof as a base material of the friction member, and a phenolic resin of cement composition, to obtain excellent qualities such as good durability at high temperature.

Abstract: A friction material particularly useful as a clutch facing is prepared by (a) impregnating a fiber base material with a binder, said fiber being other than asbestos fiber and being stable to heat without reduction in weight and in volume in an atmosphere at 300.degree. C.; (b) shaping the impregnated fiber into the predetermined shape of a crude friction material; (c) inserting said shaped material into the cavity of a mold which has been heated to a predetermined temperature; (d) pressure/heat treating said shaped material by compressing the crude friction material for 2 to 10 seconds at a predetermined pressure and at a predetermined temperature in a closed mold and degassing the compressed friction material for 0.5 to 2 seconds in an open mold, and repeating the cycle of step (d) 10 to 20 times.

Abstract: Improved clutch facings for use in motor vehicles containing asbestos fibers, an improved friction property modifier comprising a cashew nutshell resin dust having graphite powder integrally incorporated therein, and a binder.

Abstract: A clutch facing material including strings of asbestos to which are applied a mixture of cashew dust resin and graphite which is in turn mixed with cashew dust. The graphite is inseparably contained in the mixture of cashew dust resin and graphite and, in combination with the cashew dust, provides a clutch facing material showing a high frictional coefficient even at high temperatures.