Patents Assigned to Sab Wabco (Bromborough) Limited
  • Friction pads for use in disc brakes
    Patent number: 5725077
    Abstract: A friction pad for a brake assembly including a backing plate having attached to it a pad of friction material containing at least 50% by weight of a ceramic material present in the form of relatively coarse particles of diameter 0.3 mm to 4 mm and a synthetic resin binder, together with a minor amount of a graphite lubricant and a minor amount of a ceramic material in the form of relatively fine particles in the size range 1 to 30 microns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1998
    Assignees: Sab Wabco (Bromborough) Limited, Ferodo Limited
    Inventors: Alfred J. Taylor, Susan K. Taylor, David A. Hubbard, Mahmoud Lotfipour