Patent ID: 9279467
Filing Date: 2016-03-08
CPC Classification: F16D

Claim Text:
1. A method, for forming a brake rotor including a desired custom marking having a predetermined size and a predetermined shape, comprising: applying a chemical treatment to a marking portion of a surface of the brake rotor, wherein: the marking portion to which the chemical treatment is applied has a size and a shape corresponding to the predetermined size and the predetermined shape of the desired custom marking; and the chemical treatment is configured to affect, in a predetermined manner, an ability of a stimulus, to which the brake rotor is to be exposed, to alter properties of the brake rotor; and exposing the brake rotor, having the chemical treatment applied thereto, to the stimulus configured to alter properties of the brake rotor, wherein: the stimulus alters properties of the brake rotor at the marking portion differently than the stimulus alters properties of the brake rotor at other portions of the brake rotor adjacent the marking portion, thereby forming physical differences in the brake rotor; and the physical differences in the brake rotor, being visually perceptible, form the custom marking.