Patent ID: 11911939
Assignee: ORBIS CORPORATION
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A method of forming a transportation system with an over-molded friction element comprising:
forming a rigid outer carrier member of a first friction element, the rigid outer carrier having a central channel defining a drain and a first upper cavity and a second lower cavity;
injecting an elastomeric material into the first cavity and the second cavity of the outer carrier member of the first friction element;
moving the rigid outer carrier member with the elastic material in the cavity of the rigid outer carrier member into a mold for a transportation system; and,
molding over an outer surface of the carrier member of the first friction element that was moved into the mold for the transportation system so that a first portion of the elastomeric material in the first cavity of the first friction member is exposed on an upper surface of the transportation system and a portion of the elastomeric material in the second cavity of the first friction member is exposed on a lower surface of the transportation system.