Abstract: An electric pump includes: a motor housing; a pump housing adjacent to the motor housing; a rotor accommodated in the motor housing and axially supported by a rotating shaft; a stator disposed radially outward of the rotor and fixed to the motor housing; a pump unit accommodated in the pump housing and configured to suck and discharge a fluid by rotation of the rotor; and a cup-shaped can provided between the rotor and the stator to prevent the fluid in the pump unit from being introduced into the stator. A seal member is disposed between the can and the motor housing, and a communication path communicating inner and outer sides of the can is formed between the motor and pump housings at a position closer to an opening side of the can than the seal member.

Abstract: A fluid pump includes an inlet plate having an inlet; an outlet plate having an outlet plate outlet passage; an outlet which discharges fluid from the fuel pump; an electric motor having a shaft which rotates about an axis; a pumping element rotationally coupled to the shaft such that rotation of the pumping element by the shaft causes fluid to be pumped from the inlet to the outlet plate outlet passage and through the outlet; and a retention clip. The retention clip includes a central portion, a first leg which extends laterally from one end of the central portion, and a second leg which extends laterally from the other end of the central portion. The inlet plate includes an inlet plate slot within which the first leg is located and the outlet plate includes an outlet plate slot within which the second leg is located.

Abstract: A method for controlling a fan in a fan start-up stage including a first time period and a second time period comprises the following steps of: during the first time period, continuously providing a first driving signal to drive the fan; and during the second time period, continuously providing a second driving signal to drive the fan; wherein, during the first time period the signal value (driving energy) of the first driving signal gradually decreases until being equal to the signal value of the second driving signal, and the signal value of the first driving signal is initially greater than the signal value of the second driving signal. A fan is also disclosed.

Abstract: A blower includes a first fan stage with a first housing that has a first plurality of stationary vanes and a first fan that has a first plurality of blades extending radially outwardly from a first hub. The first housing includes a first axial end and a second axial end opposite the first axial end. The blower also includes a second fan stage coupled to the first fan stage. The second fan stage includes a second housing with a second plurality of stationary vanes and a second fan that has a second plurality of blades extending radially outwardly from a second hub. The second fan stage includes a third axial end and a fourth axial end opposite the third axial end. The first hub and/or the second hub has a frustoconical shape that converges from the first axial end toward the fourth axial end.

Abstract: A gas turbine engine includes a fan drive turbine driving a fan rotor through a main gear reduction. A primary lubricant system supplies lubricant to the main gear reduction. An auxiliary oil pump supplies oil to the main gear reduction. An auxiliary pump epicyclic gear train drives the auxiliary pump when the fan rotor is rotating in either direction. The main gear reduction is separate from the auxiliary pump epicyclic gear train.

Abstract: This new ceiling fan is designed to improve functionality of the airflow and to decrease the obtrusive appearance of the traditional axial ceiling fan by incorporating the lower profile airflow technology of a centrifugal fan. The main advantages are that it is much smaller with a lower profile that is mounted flat against the ceiling and can have more focused directional airflow thus enabling a user to feel more air circulation in the specific area of the room. The fan can also be set to oscillate around the room for more diffuse air circulation. Low profile lighting kits can be designed into the lower cover. This new design should be easily mountable on existing ceiling fan electrical boxes. Ideally it could be controlled with the same remote control technology available today for floor standing oscillating fans.

Abstract: A cooling and heating ceiling fan to cool a person off in the summer time and warm a person up in the winter time, the fan including: two or more blades designed to create air currents when rotated; a motor that is operably connected to rotate the blades; a fan blade switch that is operably connected to turn the blade rotation on and off, wherein the motor is controllable by the fan blade switch; a heat-producing unit that is operably connected above the blades to produce hot air; a heating switch that is operably connected to turn the heat-producing unit on and off, wherein the heat-producing unit is controllable by the heating switch; and a connection stem that is operably connected to the blades, motor, and heat-producing unit to hold the blade, the motor, and the heat-producing unit together, wherein the connection stem is attachable to a ceiling.

Abstract: The invention relates to a fan device with at least one locking element for securing the fan device to a wall portion, in particular to an electrical enclosure wall, with a front and a rear face. The fan device is inserted into a front-face wall portion opening in a pressureless manner, and the locking element is movable in the direction of the rear face of the wall portion in the inserted state.

Abstract: An omnidirectional fan assembly for blowing air in a plurality of directions and velocities includes a base is positionable on a support surface. A tower is rotatably coupled to the base such that the tower extends upwardly from the support surface. A plurality of fans is provided and each of the fans is coupled to the tower. Each of the fans blows air when the fans are turned on for cooling an area. The fans are distributed around the tower for urging air omnidirectionally with respect to the tower. Moreover, each of the fans is capable of being discreetly turned on with respect to each other for urging air in a selected direction and velocity with respect to the tower.

Abstract: A fan frame seat and a fan thereof. The fan frame seat includes a main body having a first open face and a second open face. A base seat is disposed on the second open face. At least one recess is formed on the second open face and positioned in the base seat. The fan includes the fan frame seat, a stator assembly and a rotor assembly. The stator assembly is fitted around the bearing cup. The rotor assembly is inserted in the bearing cup corresponding to the stator assembly. The above structure is able to resist against impact and restrain vibration.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an oil pump including a housing in which a space is formed, a rotor installed to be rotatable in an eccentric position in the housing and having vanes mounted along a circumference direction to be protruded and retracted in a radial direction of the housing, and an inner ring fitted to an inner surface of the housing and rotated along with the rotor when the rotor rotates. The housing is formed of a material harder than the material of the inner ring, and oil for lubrication is provided between the housing and the inner ring.

Abstract: A double curvature blade for a portion of system. The system may include a pump, such as a submersible pump. The pump may include a multiple or single stage pump. The pump may be powered by a selected motor.

Abstract: A system for controlling the clearance distance between an impeller blade tip of a centrifugal compressor and a radially inner surface of a segregated impeller shroud in a turbine engine. The system comprises a driving mechanism coupled to a portion of a segregated impeller shroud. The driving mechanism comprises a driving arm and threaded axial member configured to translate motion of an actuator ring into axially forward and aft motion of the portion of the segregated impeller shroud.

Abstract: A modular fan includes a casing and a heat dissipating module. The casing includes an outer frame, a first accommodating chamber and a second accommodating chamber, and the first and second accommodating chambers are disposed at both ends of the casing. The outer frame and the first and second accommodating chambers are integrally formed. The heat dissipating module includes a first fan and a second fan, and the first and second fans are accommodated in the first and second accommodating chambers respectively; four endpoints of the diagonals of the outer frame have a fixed portion. separately Compared with the conventional single fan required to be installed on a 240mm-radiator one by one, the modular fan of the present invention can be installed on the 240mm-radiator directly to reduce the inconvenience of installation. In addition, the invention provides a better heat dissipating efficiency than the conventional single fan.

Abstract: A tool for removal of a bushing (such as a bushing of a variable stator vane assembly of a compressor) is provided. The tool includes a cylindrical housing, a lead screw, a threaded nut, and a pulling module with puller arms to engage the bushing. The housing defines a longitudinal axis along which the lead screw extends. The lead screw is rotatably secured within the cylindrical housing by a threaded nut engaged with the lead screw. The pulling module is removably attached to the threaded nut, such that the lead screw passes through the threaded nut before passing through the pulling module. The pulling module is provided with a pair of oppositely disposed puller arms, and each puller arm is provided with a hook portion having an engagement tab configured to engage a respective notch on the bushing. A method of removing the bushing using the tool is also disclosed.

Abstract: A multiblade fan includes an impeller including a rotating plate and blades and further includes a fan casing having a circumferential wall and a first end face disposed adjacent to distal ends of the blades. The first end face has an inlet. The multiblade fan further includes a duct and a flow regulating block disposed on an inner surface of the first end face. The flow regulating block regulates a flow of the air. The duct includes a diffuser plate. The circumferential wall includes a tongue that is connected to the diffuser plate. The first end face has a bell mouth provided at the inlet. The flow regulating block is spaced from the circumferential wall and extends along the bell mouth in the rotation direction such that the flow regulating block is located in a range of 120 degrees from a reference position on a line connecting the rotary shaft to a tip of the tongue.

Abstract: There is provided an air supply and exhaust device for air cells which is configured to supply air to a plurality of air cells and exhaust air from the plurality of air cells via a distributor. The distributor includes a housing having a plurality of vent holes and a valve body including an air supply chamber and an exhaust passage. The exhaust passage has a cross-sectional area substantially the same as a cross-sectional area of a vent hole capable of communicating with the exhaust passage, and allows an exhaust receiving port configured to face the vent hole capable of communicating with the exhaust passage and an atmosphere opening port to communicate with each other by being curved around a rotation center of the valve body and extending in a circular arc shape along a rotation track of the valve body at least at the exhaust receiving port.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a fluid separating flow nozzle which has a diffuser housing configured to be secured to a source of compressed fluid, and a diffuser element secured within a portion of the diffuser housing. The diffuser element may have at least one flow path opening forming a flow path through the flow nozzle, a nose portion and a moisture capturing area adjacent the nose portion for capturing moisture particles when a first airflow is directed through the flow nozzle in a first direction. A flow turning element may be incorporated which has a plurality of flow turning structures, and which is in communication with the flow path opening, and which imparts a turning motion to the first airflow and also to a second airflow flowing in a direction opposite to the first airflow. The turning motion helps to displace and eject moisture particles from the nose portion and from the moisture capturing area while the second airflow is occurring.

Abstract: An apparatus (1) for supporting an explosive device (13) including a base member (3), one or more support members (11) and a fluid aperture (19). The base member (3) includes a base member aperture (5) to provide a passage (7) to a base chamber (9) of the base member (3). The one or more support members (11) are telescopically receivable through the base member aperture (5) and into the base chamber (9), wherein the one or more support members (11) support the explosive device (13). The fluid aperture (19) allows pressurised fluid into the base chamber (9) to force the one or more support members (11) towards an extended configuration (23) such that at least part of the one or more support members (11) are telescopically extended out of the base chamber (9).

Abstract: The invention relates to a telescopic actuator comprising a cylinder (1) having a closed end (2) and an open end (3) for passing a hollow rod (4) mounted to slide axially in the cylinder.

Abstract: A thermally insulating sleeve for a compressor discharge pipe is provided. The insulating sleeve includes a non-metallic first half-sleeve having a first curved body portion and a first extended portion. The first curved body portion is configured to fit at least partially around a portion of the compressor discharge pipe. A non-metallic second half-sleeve has a second curved body portion configured to attach to the first curved body portion such that the first and second curved body portions completely encircle the portion of the compressor discharge pipe. The second half-sleeve includes a second extended portion configured to attach to the first extended portion. Each of the first and second extended portions include respective first and second cavities which, together, encase a temperature sensor in contact with, or in spaced relation to, the compressor discharge pipe.

Abstract: A universal phone mounting apparatus is presented. The invention includes an elongate main body with an opening each end for access to a first and second axial cavities inside the main body. A first clamp with a first main rail slidably coupled in the first axial cavity through the first opening and a second clamp with a second main rail slidably coupled in the second axial cavity through the second opening. A compression spring may be located in either or both of the first and second cavities. On the side of the main body is a first port for selectively applying compressive force to the first main rail thereby restricting its movement, and a second port for selectively applying compressive force to the second main rail thereby restricting its movement. The main body further includes a channel on a bottom side for securely coupling an external mounting adapter.

Abstract: An object is to provide a bolt fastening structure which is resistant to loosening even in an environment with vibration. A fastening structure 100 according to the invention of the present application is configured such that a male screw 10 having a thread section 11 with a thread ridge 11a and a thread groove 11b, and a female screw 20 forming a recess 20 in a first member 300 serving as a fastening target, the female screw 20 having a threaded section 21 formed in the recess 20 and engaged with the thread section 11, are in a fastened state. In the fastened state, a tip portion 12 forming a leading end of the male screw 10 is in point contact with a bottom surface 23a of the recess 20.

Abstract: A toggle fixing with two obliquely arranged compression elements which enter into engagement with a screw thread of a screw passed through a screw hole and provide triangular support for the screw. A tension element absorbs compressive forces of the compression elements.

Abstract: A punch rivet for joining two workpieces, has a head and a shank. The shank is hollow with a shank internal diameter (D3), a shank external diameter (D1) and a shank end face. On the shank end face is a ring cutting edge with diameter (D4) that is smaller than the external diameter (D1) but greater than the internal diameter (D3). The ring cutting edge is radially spaced both from the shank external diameter (D1) and from the shank internal diameter (D3) by at least 20% of the radial shank wall thickness (M5). And the ratio D3/D1 of shank internal diameter D3 to shank external diameter D1 is smaller than 0.6. And the external diameter (D1) merges into an external circumference of the head by a second profile, which defines an underhead radius (R1), and the ratio of R1 to D1 (R1/D1) is smaller than 0.13.

Abstract: An oval-shaped T-nut that is received within an oval receiver machined into the upholstered panel to be secured to a chair frame is provided. The oval shape of the T-nut prevents the oval-shaped T-nut from rotating when a screw is driven into the T-nut. Further, this eliminates the necessity of stapling the traditional plastic T-nut to the chair panel, thus saving time and money associated with the manufacture of an upholstered metal frame chair. In addition to the oval-shaped T-nut described herein, a novel U-shaped screw catch is also provided which cooperates with a barbed nylon or plastic push rivet to secure the upholstered chair panels to one another. Further, a method for connecting upholstered seat back panels to the tabs positioned on the back frame of a chair, utilizing the T-nut and the screw catch is disclosed.

Abstract: A bolt and a method for manufacturing the bolt are provided. The bolt includes a screw cap and a bolt bar, the bolt bar includes a positioning bar, a flexible bar and a threaded portion, the positioning bar is connected to one end of the screw cap, and the flexible bar is connected to the positioning bar and the threaded portion respectively. Wherein, an anti-shearing stand is formed on the flexible bar. The threaded portion includes standard threads and transition threads, the transition threads are formed between the flexible bar and the standard threads, and a thread height of the transition threads is smaller than a thread height of the standard threads, wherein the thread height of the standard threads keeps constant. The force distribution of the threads can be optimized, and the threads can effectively cooperate with the threads of the nut.

Abstract: The invention relates to a floating, captive arrangement of a connection element on a component, in which the connection element extends along a longitudinal axis (LA) and has at least a head section and a shaft section, which adjoins along the longitudinal axis (LA) and is set back relative to the head section, in which the shaft section is passed, at least in sections, through a through-opening in the component and is connected, at least in the area of the free end of the shaft section opposing the head section, to a retaining plate element in such a way that the connection element is floatingly and captively arranged on the component, wherein the head section has first locking means and/or the retaining plate element has third locking means and the component has corresponding second locking means, wherein the first and/or third locking means interact with the second locking means in such a way that the connection element received, at least in sections, in the through-opening of the component is secured aga

Abstract: The invention relates to a floating, captive arrangement of a connection element on a component made of a sheet metal material, in which the connection element extends along a longitudinal axis (LA) and has at least a head section and a shaft section adjoining thereto along the longitudinal axis, which shaft section is set back relative to the head section in which the shaft section is passed, at least in sections, through a through-opening in the component and is connected, at least in the area of the free end of the shaft section opposing the head section, to a retaining plate element in such a way that the connection element is floatingly and captively arranged on the component, wherein the shaft section and/or the retaining plate element have/has respective locking means, which interact with corresponding locking means provided in the area of the through-opening of the component in such a way that the connection element received, at least in sections, in the through-opening of the component is secured aga

Abstract: A locking plate for restricting rotation of a fastener connecting a first component of a gas turbine engine and a second component of a gas turbine engine includes a base having a planar surface receivable in overlapping arrangement with a head of the fastener. A locking portion extends from the base. Engagement between the locking portion and the first component restricts rotation of the locking portion. A key extends from the base and is connectable to the fastener such that the fastener is not rotatable relative to the key when the locking portion has engaged the first component.

Abstract: A joint system is provided that includes a dashed threaded fastener and a first fastener with a threaded aperture. The first fastener has at least one planetary gear with a second fastener on a surface thereof directed toward the dashed threaded fastener and a circumferential support rail. The planetary gear is disposed between the dashed threaded fastener and the circumferential support rail such that the planetary gear is rotatable round its axis. The dashed threaded fastener is configured to conduct a rotational movement such that the dashed threaded fastener moves along its axis through the first fastener. The planetary gear and the circumferential support rail rotate simultaneously in an opposite direction to the rotational movement of the dashed threaded fastener.

Abstract: An assembled half shell-shaped flanged bearing shell for a crankshaft bearing point in an internal combustion engine, having a half shell-shaped radial bearing part and having a disk-shaped axial bearing part that is fastenable in the area of an axial end-face side of the radial bearing part. The axial bearing part is formed from at least three segments that adjoin one another in the circumferential direction and that are nonreleasably joined together via a weld seam between every two segments, wherein the respective weld seam does not include the radial bearing part.

Abstract: The ball socket assembly includes a housing that is made of a monolithic piece which includes a lower wall. A ball portion of a ball stud is disposed in an inner bore of the housing. An exit bearing, which is made of a polymeric material, is disposed in the inner bore and is in slidable contact with at least one hemisphere of the ball portion. The exit bearing has an upper surface which faces towards an open end of the housing. A cover plate is in direct contact with the upper surface of the exit bearing along a surface-to-surface contact area. The surface-to-surface contact area is angled towards the open end from its radially outermost end to its radially innermost end for supporting the exit bearing against radial expansion in response to axial loads being applied on the exit bearing from the ball portion of the ball stud.

Abstract: The socket assembly has a housing with an inner bore which extends from a first end to a second end. A ball portion of a ball stud is received in the inner bore. A backing bearing is disposed in the inner bore and presents a curved bearing surface in surface-to-surface contact with the ball portion. A first spring biases the backing bearing against the ball portion. The socket assembly also includes an exit bearing with a cylindrical portion that is in contact with an equator of the ball portion and a semi-spherical portion that is in surface-to-surface contact with an opposite hemisphere from the first bearing surface. A second spring biases the exit bearing into a predetermined location established by the housing. The exit bearing is movable from the predetermined location in a direction towards the second end of the housing against a biasing force of the second spring.

Abstract: A roller structure includes a roller having an axial hole and an axle portion disposed in the axial hole to allow the roller to rotate about the axle portion; a sleeve with an end disposed at an end of the axle portion and another end having a fitting portion, the fitting portion being fitted to a carried object, the sleeve has a first blocking portion positioned proximate to a side of the roller to allow the roller to rotate between the first blocking portion and the fitting portion, wherein one of the axle portion, the axial hole and the first blocking portion has a substance conducive to reduction of friction between the roller and the sleeve. A method of manufacturing the roller structure is further introduced.

Abstract: A balanced switching amplifier for a magnetic bearing assembly may include a first switching amplifier configured to drive a first load of an electromagnet of the magnetic bearing assembly via a first plurality of lead wires. The balanced switching amplifier may also include a second switching amplifier configured to drive a second load of the electromagnet via a second plurality of lead wires. The first switching amplifier and the second switching amplifier may be configured to operate in tandem such that respective voltages in the first plurality of lead wires and the second plurality of lead wires substantially neutralize one another, thereby reducing electromagnetic emissions from each of the first plurality of lead wires and the second plurality of lead wires.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for manufacturing a circular laminated component are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method comprises stamping an inlet stock of material to form a line of arc segments, the line of arc segments having: a plurality of notches along a first edge; a first longitudinal end; and a second longitudinal end opposite the first longitudinal end; wrapping the line of arc segments to form a circular segment having the first edge along an inner-circumferential diameter of the circular segment; joining the first longitudinal end to the second longitudinal end to form a circular laminate layer; and stacking a plurality of circular laminate layers to form a laminate disc.

Abstract: A method of molding a double-layer sliding bearing made of a sintered double-layer green compact comprises an inner layer and an outer layer. A circular bearing surface is formed on either an inner periphery of the inner layer or an outer periphery of the outer layer, wherein either the inner layer or the outer layer with the bearing surface is defined as a first layer that has a thinner wall thickness and a higher forming density than the other layer without the bearing surface defined as a second layer. The invention provides molding processes for the reinforced and perforated first layer and also for the double-layer green compact to combine a prepared first layer with a compressed powder forming the second layer.

Abstract: A manufacturing method for a bearing device includes a first coating process of applying a coating all over an outer ring member solely, a removal process of, after the first coating process, removing part of the coating by machining the outer ring member for forming an outer raceway surface with which rolling elements come into rolling contact, an assembling process of assembling the coated outer ring member, an inner shaft member, the rolling elements, and a cage into an assembly, and a second coating process of applying a coating to a required portion of the inner shaft member in the assembly.

Abstract: A wheel end assembly includes a brake rotor that is rotatable about an axis and a tone ring that is secured to the brake rotor. The brake rotor includes a protrusion that extends into a brake rotor opening. The tone ring includes a recess that receives the protrusion to restrict rotational movement of the tone ring with respect to the brake rotor.

Abstract: A shaft connection 1 for a longitudinal shaft assembly, has at least a first shaft having a first and second ends, and a second shaft, disposed so as to be coaxial with the first shaft, having first and second ends; the shafts extending axially. The first end forms a hollow portion. The first shaft end forms a first journal having a displacement portion. The first shaft end at least in an initial position of the shaft connection extends through the hollow portion which axially by the displacement portion forms a guide portion and circumferentially forms a form-fitting first connection. In the initial position a mutual axial displacement of the first and second shafts is prevented by an axial securing feature. In a crash the axial securing feature; is releasable by an axial release force. The first shaft is axially displaceable relative to the second shaft.

Abstract: A boot is provided with an improved sealing effect. The boot has a first and a second fastening region, and a pleated region between them, wherein the first fastening region comprises lobe regions and/or guide regions, and connecting regions and a connector seat region that has a connector seat region surface and an undersurface lying opposite it, wherein there is at least one inner groove in the lobe regions and/or in the guide regions, on the undersurface.

Abstract: An adjustment mechanism for a clutch is positioned between the diaphragm spring and the pressure plate, the adjustment mechanism including: a first cam ring rotatably fixed with respect to the pressure plate, a second cam ring rotatable relative to the first cam ring and both cam rings having a plurality of cam surfaces configured such that rotation of the second cam ring relative to the first cam ring varies a height of the adjustment mechanism, and a torsion spring including a longitudinal axis. The torsion spring is disposed in the annular groove. The torsion spring includes a helical round cylindrical body that extends to a first end connected to the first cam ring and the torsion spring has a second end connected to the pressure plate. The torsion spring applies a biasing force to the second cam ring promoting rotation of the second cam ring relative to the first cam ring. The pressure plate includes a locking slot formed therein partially through the pressure plate and through the opposing surface.

Abstract: A transmission, in particular for a motor vehicle, is provided. The transmission has a hydraulically or electrically operable gearshift sleeve, a dutch pack, an input shaft, and an output shaft, which are rotatably mounted about an axis of rotation, a first ramp element, and a second ramp element. The gearshift sleeve has a gearshift sleeve claw, and the output shaft has an output claw, which is arranged so as to lie opposite. The gearshift sleeve can be moved from an initial position into a first position, in which the gearshift sleeve transfers an axial force by way of the first ramp element and the second ramp element to the clutch pack for synchronization of the disks, and into a second position, in which the gearshift sleeve claw is connected to the output claw interlockingly in the direction of rotation and thus the input shaft and the output shaft are interlockingly coupled. A method for shifting such a transmission is also provided.

Abstract: A number of variations may include a product comprising an axle shaft and an input shaft, wherein the axle shaft is coaxial with the input shaft; a clutch operatively connected to the axle shaft and the input shaft constructed and arranged to selectively couple and decouple the input shaft and the axle shaft; and a ring-shaped moving magnet actuator operatively connected to the clutch to drive the clutch.

Abstract: A disk brake includes an attachment member (11) having a pair of pin support sections (26) in which pin holes (29) extending in a disk axial direction are formed and disposed to cross an outer circumferential side of a disk, and fixed to a non-rotating section of a vehicle, a caliper (13) having slide pins (30) slidably inserted into the pin holes (29) at both sides in a disk circumferential direction and movably supported by the attachment member in the disk axial direction, and a pair of pads movably supported by the attachment member and pressed against both surfaces of the disk by the caliper, wherein the slide pin includes a pin main body having an annular groove (153) on a tip side, and a tubular elastic deformation member (131) having a plurality of convex sections (162) on an inner circumferential side and provided in the annular groove (153).

Abstract: A brake carrier and a method of manufacture. The brake carrier may have leading and trailing brake pad abutments. The leading brake pad abutment may have an unmachined leading wall surface and an unmachined leading floor surface. The trailing brake pad abutment may have a trailing wall surface and a trailing floor surface, at least one of which may be machined.

Abstract: A coated backing plate for a brake pad and method of manufacturing a brake pad having a coated backing plate, where the coating for the backing plate includes a bond layer. The bond layer includes an inboard surface, an outboard surface, a closed pore network toward the outboard surface that faces the inboard surface of the reinforcement plate, and an open pore network at the inboard surface of the bond layer. The open pore network includes a recessed topology having a plurality of craters configured to interlock a friction material of a friction pad or one or more intermediate layers, such as a transition layer and/or a thermal barrier layer.

Abstract: A method for controlling the braking action applicable by a brake caliper on a mechanical movement member of a vehicle is described. An electronic control unit operatively connected to an actuator assembly receives an input signal representative of a braking request. The unit determines a first reference value of a position of a component in the actuator assembly and a second reference value of a parameter representative of the braking action applicable by a brake caliper via the actuator assembly. The unit determines at least one feedback value of the position of a component in the actuator assembly. The unit also generates at least one control signal for the actuator assembly based on feedback values and the reference values.

Abstract: The invention provides use of fibre clusters in a friction material, friction materials comprising fibre clusters, and methods of making friction materials comprising fibre clusters. The fibre clusters have properties as defined in the specification.