摘要:
Friction material for a clutch pad, including fiber material and filler material including aluminum silicate. Friction material for a clutch pad, including: fiber material and filler material including calcined clay. Friction material for a clutch pad, including fiber material and filler material including aluminum silicate. At least a portion of the aluminum silicate is in the form of a plurality of flakes. Each flake in the plurality of flakes is planar with an irregular boundary.
摘要:
A method of fabricating a torque converter, including: forming a turbine shell including a first annular portion with a first surface having a first roughness and forming a radially outermost portion of the turbine shell; fixing a first plurality of blades to the turbine shell; forming an impeller shell including a second annular portion with a second surface having a second roughness; fixing a second plurality of blades to the impeller shell; removing at least a portion the first or second surface without the use of particulate matter or a liquid; increasing the first or second roughness of the first or second surface from which the at least a portion is removed; applying an adhesive to the first or second surface from which the at least a portion is removed; and bonding, with the adhesive, friction material to the first or second surface.
摘要:
A friction material for a clutch or brake, including: a first surface facing in a first direction; a second surface facing a second direction, opposite the first direction; and a body portion sandwiched between the first and second surfaces. The body and the first and second surfaces include fiber material and filler material. The filler material for the first surface includes Si-OH (silanol) and Si-O-Na+ species. A torque converter including a torque converter clutch including: friction material including Si-OH (silanol) and Si-O-Na+ species; and a piston displaceable to engage the friction material with the piston and a cover to transmit torque from the cover to an output hub through the friction material and piston. A method of chemically activating friction material for a clutch or brake, including: exposing friction material, including filler material with Si-O-Si (siloxane), to NaOH (sodium hydroxide); and forming, from the Si-O-Si (siloxane), Si-OH (silanol).
摘要:
A friction material part is provided. The friction material part includes a first segment and a second segment, an end of the first segment overlapping an end of the second segment to form a joint that is compressed more than intermediate portions of the first and second segments. A method for manufacturing a friction material part is also provided. The method includes overlapping an end of a first friction material segment and an end of a second friction material segment; and compressing the overlapped ends to form a compressed joint.
摘要:
A thrust washer is provided. The thrust washer includes a wet friction material and a phenolic resin layer coating an outer surface of the wet friction material. A torque converter comprising the thrust washer is also provided. A method of forming a thrust washer is further provided. The method includes providing a layer of phenolic resin on an outer surface of a wet friction material.
摘要:
A method of making a wet friction material includes joining filler particles and fibers together and forming a base; coating an outer surface of the base with a quaternary ammonium salt containing solution; and drying the quaternary ammonium salt containing solution to form a quaternary ammonium salt containing coating on the outer surface of the base.
摘要:
A layer is provided for a thrust bushing, for example a torque converter thrust bushing. A phenolic resin is bonded directly to a bearing surface of a rotating component to form the layer without any substrate.
摘要:
A method of making a wet friction material includes coating a first outer surface of a cellulose layer with a friction coating; placing a matrix of fibers and filler particles on a second outer surface of the cellulose layer; and saturating the matrix of fibers and filler particles with a binder and curing the binder to join the matrix of fibers and filler particles together to form a wet friction material base layer and to join wet friction material base layer to the second outer surface of the cellulose layer.
摘要:
A method of making a wet friction material layer includes joining filler particles and fibers together to form a material base; adding water based phenolic resin to the material base; and curing the water based phenolic resin.
摘要:
A friction material for a clutch pad comprising: a base layer including: a plurality of fibers; and, a filler material; and, a surface layer, substantially devoid of fibers, including: a friction modifier; and, a coupling agent. A method of making a friction material composite, the method comprising: forming a base layer, having oppositely disposed first and second surfaces and a first density, and including a plurality of fibers and a filler material; mixing a friction modifier and an organosilane coupling agent to form a mixture; applying the mixture uniformly to the first surface of the base layer to form a friction modifying surface layer, having oppositely disposed third and fourth surfaces and a second density, and an interfacial bonding layer therebetween; and, saturating the base layer, the interfacial bonding layer, and the friction modifying surface layer with a binder.