Brake shoe with grooved friction lining

US6851527B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• TMD Friction GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Wolfgang Hoffrichter · Cologne, DE
• Wilfried Schnell · Forchheim, DE
• Christian Wiaterek · Odenthal, DE
• Gerhard Kurz · Calw, DE
• Georg Eichner · Ismaning, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 1, 2001
• Grant date: Feb 8, 2005
• Expiry date: Aug 1, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F16D2069/0491
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

In a brake shoe (1), particularly for a disk brake of motor vehicles, comprising a carrier plate (2) on which a friction lining (6) is fastened, in which outwardly open grooves (8) are arranged in a groove pattern, it is provided that for the reduction of moment vibrations during the braking procedure, the grooves (8) are filled up with an elastic filler (12) that does not consist of abrasive material.