Patents by Inventor Nathanial D. Hincher

Nathanial D. Hincher 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).

  • BRAKE PAD ASSEMBLY WITH WIDE SLOTS FOR THE REDUCTION OF NOISE
    Publication number: 20090071766
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a brake pad comprising a backing plate and a friction member carried on the backing plate. The friction member includes a single mass of material with a thickness, and having a first end and a second end, an upper edge, a lower edge, and an exposed braking surface for engaging a brake disc rotor, the exposed breaking surface being subdivided into at least two regions that are spaced apart by at least one slot having a longitudinal axis, which has a width of at least about 10 mm and which extends from the upper edge to the lower edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2008
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Inventors: Matthew D. Gaulrapp, Nathanial D. Hincher
  • BRAKE ROTOR
    Publication number: 20090000884
    Abstract: The present invention is predicated upon improved brake rotors and methods of forming thereof which include tangential stiffening to reduce vibration and noise of the brake rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2007
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Inventors: Charles T. Layton, Nathanial D. Hincher, Philip N. Jedele