FRICTION MATERIAL HAVING OIL LOCALIZATION SLOTS

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a friction material having a plurality of oil localization slots.SOLUTION: A friction material 10 has a plurality of connected sections 18 and a plurality of oil localization slots 20. Each connected section 18 is defined by adjacent oil localization slots 20 in the friction material 10. The oil localization slot has opposing sides that define a reservoir which retains fluid in the oil localization slot 20 when the friction material 10 is formed into a desired shape on an end use product 8.