ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,263, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).
"Friction part for a frictionally working device" was invented by Christian Denda (Achern, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A friction part for a frictionally working device includes a plurality of friction lining elements arranged to form a circular disk-shaped friction surface having radial slots disposed between the friction lining elements. The radial slots are arranged to receive a coolant or lubricant traversing from a radial inside of the friction surface to a radial outside of the friction surface. The conformation of ...