Patent ID: 6520301
Filing Date: 2003-02-18
Classification: F16D

Abstract:
An attachment between a friction lining material and a backing plate, in which the lining is attached to the backing plate by a plurality of keying elements attached to the backing plate and cooperating with a plurality of associated recesses in the lining in such a manner as to prevent the lining from becoming detached from the backing plate, said recesses being formed in the face of the lining abutting said backing plate and terminating short of the other face of the lining, wherein the wall of at least one recess completely surrounds and is engaged by its associated keying element and/or at least two recesses extend from opposite edges of the lining and partially across the lining with the inner ends of the recesses forming abutments against which their associated keying elements engage, and whereby in either case there will be no, or a limited amount of, relative movement between the lining and the backing plate in any direction.