Patents Assigned to TRIBCO INC.
  • Composite friction materials having carbon nanotube and carbon nanofiber friction enhancers
    Patent number: 10400389
    Abstract: A textile-reinforced composite friction material is provided by the present invention that includes a nonwoven needlepunched fiber mat, a resin matrix impregnated within and onto the fiber mat, and a carbon nanomaterial dispersed within the resin matrix. The carbon nanomaterial is preferably carbon nanotubes and/or carbon nanofibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignees: BOARD OF TRUSTEES AT SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY, TRIBCO INC.
    Inventors: Peter Filip, David N. Bortz, Brian Howells, Ashley R. Kelm, Tod Policandriotes
  • COMPOSITE FRICTION MATERIALS HAVING CARBON NANOTUBE AND CARBON NANOFIBER FRICTION ENHANCERS
    Publication number: 20160153137
    Abstract: A textile-reinforced composite friction material is provided by the present invention that includes a nonwoven needlepunched fiber mat, a resin matrix impregnated within and onto the fiber mat, and a carbon nanomaterial dispersed within the resin matrix. The carbon nanomaterial is preferably carbon nanotubes and/or carbon nanofibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2014
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Applicant: TRIBCO INC.
    Inventors: Peter FILIP, David N. Bortz, Brian Howells, Ashley R. Kelm, Tod Policandriotes
  • COMPOSITE FRICTION MATERIALS HAVING CARBON NANOTUBE AND CARBON NANOFIBER FRICTION ENHANCERS
    Publication number: 20150368856
    Abstract: A textile-reinforced composite friction material is provided by the present invention that includes a nonwoven needlepunched fiber mat, a resin matrix impregnated within and onto the fiber mat, and a carbon nanomaterial dispersed within the resin matrix. The carbon nanomaterial is preferably carbon nanotubes and/or carbon nanofibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2014
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Applicant: TRIBCO INC.
    Inventors: Peter FILIP, David N. Bortz, Brian Howells, Ashley R. Kelm, Tod Policandriotes