Claims
- 1. A reinforced friction material part comprised of:
- a non-metallic honeycomb core reinforcement having multiple, adjoining, open-ended cells separated by cell walls and constituting a three-dimensional continuous phase;
- mixed friction particles and filler particles contained within said non-metallic honeycomb core reinforcement open ended cells and constituting a three-dimensional discontinuous phase; and
- cured organic polymer binder binding said mixed friction particles and filler particles together and to said non-metallic honeycomb core reinforcement cell walls by covalent bonds and electrostatic bonding.
- 2. The reinforced friction material part defined by claim 1 wherein said non-metallic honeycomb core reinforcement is comprised of fiber reinforced cured thermosetting organic polymer resin.
- 3. The reinforced friction material part defined by claim 1 wherein said non-metallic honeycomb core reinforcement has a bulk density in the range of from approximately 2 pounds per cubic foot to approximately 20 pounds per cubic foot.
- 4. The reinforced friction material part defined by claim 1 wherein said non-metallic honeycomb core reinforcement has a facing sheet attached to one end of said cell walls.
CROSS-REFERENCES
This application is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 08/262,015, filed Jun. 17, 1994 , and now abandoned and assigned to the assignee of this application.
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