Patents Assigned to KIC LLC
  • Vented brake drum
    Patent number: 9709114
    Abstract: The Vented Brake Drum has a pattern of through holes arranged around it circumferentially, the holes intersecting the inside cylindrical braking surface radially of the inner surface as well as intersecting the outside surface of the drum. The holes may be drilled into the finished drum or cast into the drum prior to machining the inner braking surface of the drum, to present a smooth albeit perforated internal circumferential surface (ID) to the arcuate brake lining.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: KIC LLC
    Inventor: Omar J. Fakhoury
  • Vented brake drum
    Patent number: 9145937
    Abstract: The Vented Brake Drum has a pattern of through holes arranged around it circumferentially, the holes intersecting the inside cylindrical braking surface radially of the inner surface as well as intersecting the outside surface of the drum. The holes may be drilled into the finished drum or cast into the drum prior to machining the inner braking surface of the drum, to present a smooth albeit perforated internal circumferential surface (ID) to the arcuate brake lining.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: KIC LLC
    Inventor: Omar J. Fakhoury