Method of treating brake pads
CA 2177688 C · Owner: Workman, Kenneth J. · Inventors: Workman, Kenneth J.; Pitts, Dennis W.
Overview
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A method of treating vehicular brake pads to increase the wearability of the pads by allowing them to absorb and dissipate more energy with each use. The method involves a controlled thermal cycling process which lowers the temperature of the pads to about .300 °F and holding the pads at this temperature for a predetermined time. The pads are then gradually warmed to room temperature (72 °F).
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- Filed June 15, 1995 and granted May 20, 2003. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 15, 2015.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by June 15, 2017.
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