Patent ID: 6484853
Filing Date: 2002-11-26
Classification: F16D

Abstract:
A friction assembly comprising a plurality of friction disks slidably mounted along a common axis with alternating adjacent disks being frictionally reactive, means for bringing said disks into frictional engagement, each friction disk comprising a metal core plate having a central opening and an annular ring of friction material secured to said plate only on one side thereof, said friction material rings facing in the same axial direction, a first outermost disk in said assembly having its bare core plate facing outwardly, a metal surface statically engageable with the bare metal core of said first disk, said first disk remaining cool relative to other friction disks upon engagement, with said other disks undergoing thermoelastic deformation relative to said first disk and causing uneven contact pressure between disks, and means for allowing said first disk to conform with the other disks during engagement.