IP Library Granted Patent US 8,278,370
Granted Patent B1
US 8,278,370 · App. 12/715,173 · Granted Oct 2, 2012

Friction surface for wet clutch

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Patent No.
US 8,278,370
App. No.
12/715,173
Granted
Oct 2, 2012
Kind
B1
Abstract

A friction lining made of a fibrous mixture with fillers and resin for a wet clutch. In order to design the friction lining able to withstand the higher torque to be transmitted, it is proposed to admix further filler with a Mohs hardness greater or equal to 9.0 and smaller or equal to 9.5 in addition to the ingredients of aramid fibers, cellulose fibers, phenol resin and amorphous silicon dioxide and first filler.

Claims (18)

1. A friction lining containing, based on 100% percentage by weight, the following ranges:

30% to 60% cellulose fibers,

10% to 20% aramid fibers,

15% to 45% an amorphous silicon dioxide, and

1% to 10% a silicon carbide having a Mohs hardness greater than or equal to 9.0 and smaller than or equal to 9.5,

with a further 15% to 44% phenol resin add-on.

2. The friction lining as recited in claim 1 wherein the amorphous silicon dioxide is a diatomaceous earth.

3. The friction lining as recited in claim 1 wherein the friction lining contains the silicon carbide in a proportion smaller than 10% in percentage by weight.

4. The friction lining as recited in claim 3 wherein the friction lining contains silicon carbide in a proportion smaller than 6% in percentage by weight.

5. The friction lining as recited in claim 1 wherein the aramid fibers have a CSF-value between 550 and 650.

6. The friction lining as recited in claim 1 wherein the friction lining features the following composition in percentage by weight:

45% cellulose fibers,

15% aramid fibers,

35% amorphous silicon dioxide, and

5% silicon carbide,

with a further 33% phenol resin add-on.

7. The friction lining as recited in claim 6 wherein the amorphous silicon dioxide is a diatomaceous earth.

8. The friction lining as recited in claim 1 wherein the friction lining is for a wet clutch.

Assignments (6)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE PROPERTY NUMBERS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 037732 FRAME 0347. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE APP. NO. 14/553248 SHOULD BE APP. NO. 14/553258. Recorded Oct 11, 2016
From: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KG
To: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 040404/0530 →
MERGER AND CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 5, 2016
From: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG; SCHAEFFLER VERWALTUNGS 5 GMBH
To: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 037732/0228 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 5, 2016
From: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KG
To: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 037732/0347 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 23, 2012
From: LUK VERMOEGENSVERWALTUNGSGESELLSCHAFT MBH
To: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 027915/0892 →
MERGER Recorded Feb 29, 2012
From: LUK LAMELLEN UND KUPPLUNGSBAU BETEILIGUNGS KG
To: LUK VERMOEGENSVERWALTUNGSGESELLSCHAFT MBH
Reel/Frame 027781/0207 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 17, 2010
From: JAFRI, FIROZ; FUSS, MARTIN; WILFONG, MICHAEL
To: LUK LAMELLEN UND KUPPLUNGSBAU BETEILIGUNGS KG
Reel/Frame 024396/0729 →