METHOD AND PLANT FOR MANUFACTURING BRAKING ELEMENTS

    公开(公告)号:US20230167868A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-06-01

    申请号:US17963452

    申请日:2022-10-11

    Abstract: Method and plant for manufacturing braking elements such as vehicle brake pads. The plant can comprise a first station that applies an adhesive to a first face of a metallic element; a second station that applies to the first face of the metallic element a block of friction material; a checking station that verifies the presence of the adhesive by detecting the gray level of a plurality of points of at least one zone of the first face; and a processing unit that compares the gray level detected for each point with a first threshold value, counts the number of points that have a gray level that satisfies a relationship (which is a function of the threshold value,) and compares such a value with a second threshold value to discard those metallic elements for which the percentage calculated does not correspond to the second threshold value.

    Vehicle brake pad and a production process thereof

    公开(公告)号:US11519475B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-06

    申请号:US17013328

    申请日:2020-09-04

    Abstract: Various systems, devices, and methods for a vehicle smart brake pad comprising a sensor such as a force sensing device, and a production process thereof. For example, a production process of a vehicle brake pad can include the following steps in time sequence: applying an electrical circuit a support plate; screen printing on the electrical circuit of at least a first electrode; screen printing on the at least first electrode of a sheet of piezoelectric material; screen printing on the sheet of at least a second electrode; applying a friction pad on the support plate; and bulk polarizing the sheet of piezoelectric material by a supply of power to the at least first and second electrodes.

    FRICTION MATERIAL
    53.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220205505A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-30

    申请号:US17693933

    申请日:2022-03-14

    Inventor: Flavio Trombotto

    Abstract: An asbestos-free organic friction material, in particular for producing brake pads and shoes for vehicles made up of a composition or mixture having a fibrous base, a filler, an organic binder and optional metal oxides. The composition is completely free of copper and copper compounds or alloys and includes in the fibrous base, together with inorganic and/or organic fibers, from 1% to 10% by volume, calculated relative to the total volume of the composition, of stainless steel fibers. The friction material further includes between 1% and 25% by volume of a system of fibrous oxides consisting of potassium hexatitanate and zirconia.

    COATINGS FOR BRAKE DISCS, METHOD FOR REDUCING WEAR AND CORROSION AND ASSOCIATED BRAKE DISC

    公开(公告)号:US20220196092A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-23

    申请号:US17131244

    申请日:2020-12-22

    Abstract: Brake pads are prepared using a formulation of friction material of the copper-free type (Low-Steel or Organic Non-Asbestos) and at least one friction surface of a brake disc, which is intended to cooperate with the brake pad, is covered with an anti-wear and anti-corrosion coating consisting of a surface layer of chromium carbide particles (Cr3C2) dispersed in a metallic matrix consisting of a NiCr alloy, and coupled to a second layer consisting of selected combinations of metallic materials, chosen from the group consisting of: Cr3C2-high density NiCr, NiAl alloys, FeNiCrMoSiC alloys, metallic nickel, NiCr alloys, and/or any combination of the above.

    Friction material
    57.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11274720B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-15

    申请号:US14420244

    申请日:2013-08-07

    Inventor: Flavio Trombotto

    Abstract: Asbestos-free organic friction material, in particular for producing brake pads and shoes for vehicles made up of a composition or mixture having a fibrous base, a filler, and an organic binder. The composition is completely free of copper and copper compounds or alloys and includes in the fibrous base, together with inorganic and/or organic fibers, from 1% to 10% by volume, calculated relative to the total volume of the composition, of stainless steel fibers.

    VEHICLE BRAKING SYSTEMS AND METHODS

    公开(公告)号:US20210148427A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-05-20

    申请号:US17033532

    申请日:2020-09-25

    Abstract: A method in which at least one piezoceramic sensor, which converts every mechanical force to which it is subjected into an electrical signal and having a Curie temperature higher than 200° C., is solidarized directly onto the surface of a metal support element of a vehicle braking element, which during use faces a vehicle element to be braked. While in contact with such a surface, an electrical circuit is implemented that picks up and eventually processes the electrical signal, the electrical circuit being connected with a connector integrated with the metal support element. An electrically insulating layer sandwiches the at least one piezoceramic sensor and the electrical circuit, and a block of friction material with an underlying damping layer is formed upon the electrically insulating layer. After forming the block of friction material, the piezoceramic sensor is polarized by applying a predetermined potential difference thereto by means of the connector.

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