ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,228,187, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to RESONAC Corp. (Tokyo) and NISSAN MOTOR Co. LTD. (Kanagawa, Japan).
"Friction material composition, friction material and friction member" was invented by Masamichi Mitsumoto (Tokyo), Yoshio Ogata (Atsugi, Japan) and Mitsushi Oyanagi (Atsugi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "To provide a friction material composition which provides a friction material having high friction coefficient during high speed and high temperature braking, high coefficient of static friction and excellent abrasion resistance at high temperature and causing little sticking due to rust, even when the composition includ...