IP Library Granted Patent US 10,570,975
Granted Patent B2
US 10,570,975 · App. 16/072,214 · Granted Feb 25, 2020

Friction material composition, friction material, and friction member

Inventors: Kazuya Baba (Tokyo, JP); Teruyuki Nagayoshi (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: HITACHI CHEMICAL COMPANY, LTD.
F16D69/026C09K3/149F16D65/126F16D69/028F16D2069/002F16D2200/0052F16D2200/0065F16D2200/0069
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Patent No.
US 10,570,975
App. No.
16/072,214
Granted
Feb 25, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a friction material composition including: a binder; an organic filler; an inorganic filler; and a fiber substrate, in which a content of copper as an element is 0.5% by mass or less, the friction material composition contains at least one of phlogopite or biotite in a total of from 3% by mass to 9% by mass, and a graphite in an amount of from 2% by mass to 6% by mass, as the inorganic fillers, the at least one of phlogopite or biotite has an average particle size of from 340 μm to 1,500 μm, and the graphite has an average particle size of from 450 μm to 1,100 μm.

Claims (23)

1. A friction material composition comprising:

a binder;

an organic filler;

an inorganic filler; and

a fiber substrate, wherein:

a content of copper as an element is 0.5% by mass or less,

the friction material composition contains at least one of phlogopite or biotite in a total of from 3% by mass to 9% by mass, and a graphite in an amount of from 2% by mass to 6% by mass, as the inorganic filler,

the at least one of phlogopite or biotite has an average particle size of from 340 μm to 1,500 μm, and

the graphite has an average particle size of from 450 μm to 1,100 μm.

2. The friction material composition according to claim 1 , further comprising a metal sulfide in an amount of from 1% by mass to 9% by mass.

3. The friction material composition according to claim 2 , wherein the metal sulfide is at least one selected from the group consisting of tin sulfide, antimony trisulfide, bismuth sulfide, zinc sulfide, and molybdenum disulfide.

4. The friction material composition according to claim 1 , wherein a content of metal fibers contained as the fiber substrate is 1.0% by mass or less.

5. The friction material composition according to claim 1 , wherein the graphite is in an aggregate form.

6. The friction material composition according to claim 1 , wherein an intensity ratio of a G band and a D band (G/D ratio) of the graphite is from 2.0 to 6.0.

7. The friction material composition according to claim 1 , wherein a content of the inorganic filler is from 30% by mass to 80% by mass.

8. The friction material composition according to claim 1 , wherein the binder contains a thermosetting resin.

9. The friction material composition according to claim 1 , wherein a content of the binder is from 5% by mass to 20% by mass.

10. The friction material composition according to claim 1 , wherein the organic filler contains at least one selected from the group consisting of cashew particles and rubber particles.

11. The friction material composition according to claim 1 , wherein the organic filler contains cashew particles and rubber particles, and a mass ratio of the cashew particles and the rubber particles (cashew particles: rubber particles) is from 1:4 to 10:1.

12. The friction material composition according to claim 1 , wherein a content of the organic filler is from 1% by mass to 20% by mass.

13. The friction material composition according to claim 1 , wherein a content of the fiber substrate is from 5% by mass to 40% by mass.

14. A friction material formed utilizing the friction material composition according to claim 1 .

15. A friction member comprising the friction material according to claim 14 .

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Feb 14, 2024
From: RESONAC CORPORATION
To: RESONAC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 066599/0037 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 3, 2023
From: SHOWA DENKO MATERIALS CO., LTD.
To: RESONAC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 062946/0125 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 2, 2023
From: HITACHI CHEMICAL COMPANY, LTD.
To: SHOWA DENKO MATERIALS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 062917/0865 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 11, 2018
From: BABA, KAZUYA; NAGAYOSHI, TERUYUKI
To: HITACHI CHEMICAL COMPANY, LTD.
Reel/Frame 047134/0963 →