IP Library Granted Patent US 11,187,294
Granted Patent B2
US 11,187,294 · App. 16/554,663 · Granted Nov 30, 2021

Friction member, friction material composition, friction material, and vehicle

Inventor: Akira Kumazawa (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: SHOWA DENKO MATERIALS CO., LTD.
F16D69/026F16D69/04F16D2069/0466F16D2200/003F16D2200/0013F16D2200/0021F16D2200/0047F16D2200/0052F16D2200/0065F16D2200/0069
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Patent No.
US 11,187,294
App. No.
16/554,663
Granted
Nov 30, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a friction member comprising a friction material and a back metal, wherein the friction material comprises no copper, or has a copper content of less than 0.5% by mass in terms of a copper element even if the friction material comprises copper, the friction material comprises magnesium oxide and a carbon material comprising graphite and coke, the carbon material is obtained by blending in a combination of a coarse-grained material and a fine-grained material, an average particle diameter of the coarse-grained material is 100 to 600 μm, and an average particle diameter of the fine-grained material is less than 100 μm.

Claims (31)

1. A friction member comprising a friction material and a back metal, wherein

the friction material comprises no copper, or has a copper content of less than 0.5% by mass in terms of a copper element even if the friction material comprises copper,

the friction material comprises magnesium oxide and a carbon material comprising graphite and coke,

the carbon material is obtained by blending in a combination of a coarse-grained material and a fine-grained material,

the friction material comprises the graphite and the coke as the coarse-grained material, and comprises the coke as the fine-grained material,

an average particle diameter of the coarse-grained material is 100 to 600 μm, and

an average particle diameter of the fine-grained material is less than 100 μm,

a content of the coarse-grained material of the graphite is 1 to 12% by mass based on a total amount of the friction material,

a content of the coarse-grained material of the coke is 1 to 12% by mass based on the total amount of the friction material,

a content of the fine-grained material of the coke is 1 to 12% by mass based on the total amount of the friction material, and

a total content of the graphite and the coke is 4 to 15% by mass based on the total amount of the friction material.

2. The friction member according to claim 1 , wherein a content ratio of the coarse-grained material to the fine-grained material [coarse-grained material/fine-grained material] in the friction material is 10/90 to 95/5 on a mass basis.

3. The friction member according to claim 1 , wherein the friction material comprises the graphite as the coarse-grained material comprises the coke as the fine grained material.

4. The friction member according to claim 1 , wherein a content of the magnesium oxide in the friction material is 3 to 13% by mass based on a total amount of the friction material.

5. The friction member according to claim 1 , wherein the friction material further comprises 2 to 10% by mass of zinc oxide based on a total amount of the friction material.

6. A vehicle equipped with the friction member according to claim 1 .

7. A friction material composition comprising no copper, or having a copper content of less than 0.5% by mass in terms of a copper element even if the friction material composition comprises copper, wherein

the friction material composition comprises magnesium oxide and a carbon material comprising graphite and coke,

the carbon material is obtained by blending in a combination of a coarse-grained material and a fine-grained material,

the friction material composition comprises the graphite and the coke as the coarse-grained material, and comprises the coke as the fine-grained material,

an average particle diameter of the coarse-grained material is 100 to 600 μm, and

an average particle diameter of the fine-grained material is less than 100 μm,.

a content of the coarse-grained material of the graphite is 1 to 12% by mass based on a total amount of the friction material composition,

a content of the coarse-grained material of the coke is 1 to 12% by mass based on the total amount of the friction material composition,

a content of the fine-grained material of the coke is 1 to 12% by mass based on the total amount of the friction material composition, and

a total content of the graphite and the coke is 4 to 15% by mass based on the total amount of the friction material composition.

8. The friction material composition according to claim 7 , wherein a content ratio of the coarse-grained material to the fine-grained material [coarse-grained material/fine-grained material] is 10/90 to 95/5 on a mass basis.

9. The friction material composition according to claim 7 , comprising the graphite as the coarse-grained material.

10. The friction material composition according to claim 7 , wherein a content of the magnesium oxide is 3 to 13% by mass based on a total amount of the friction material composition.

11. The friction material composition according to claim 7 , further comprising 2 to 10% by mass of zinc oxide based on a total amount of the friction material composition.

12. A friction material comprising the friction material composition according to claim 7 .

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Feb 14, 2024
From: RESONAC CORPORATION
To: RESONAC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 066599/0037 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 8, 2023
From: SHOWA DENKO MATERIALS CO., LTD.
To: RESONAC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 062992/0805 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 13, 2021
From: HITACHI CHEMICAL COMPANY, LTD.
To: SHOWA DENKO MATERIALS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 057807/0851 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 20, 2019
From: KUMAZAWA, AKIRA
To: HITACHI CHEMICAL COMPANY, LTD.
Reel/Frame 050442/0062 →