US Patent Issued to TMD Friction Services on Sept. 9 for "Binder-free friction linings, process for their production and their use" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,843, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to TMD Friction Services GmbH (Leverkusen, Germany).

"Binder-free friction linings, process for their production and their use" was invented by Richard Lewis (Mettmann, Germany) and Paulo Perin (Hamburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Expanded graphite and/or vermiculite are introduced into the friction lining mixture to eliminate or substantially reduce the amount of binder present therein. The friction lining at most contains from 2.5% by weight of binder. By omitting/reducing binder, the production is very stable and the friction linings can be easily reproduced. The process steps of h...