Friction material having oil localization slots

摘要

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 (20) has opposing sides (22,23) that define a reservoir (36) which retains fluid in the oil localization slot when the friction material is formed into a desired shape on an end use product.