A friction material composition that enables a friction material, which contains no copper or contains not more than 0.5 mass % of copper, to maintain sufficient friction coefficient in fade conditions at high speed such that brake temperature rises abnormally by repeated rapid braking at deceleration of 0.8 G from a vehicle speed of 200 km/h, is provided. A friction material obtained by molding the friction material composition is also provided. The friction material composition contains a binder, an organic filler, an inorganic filler, and a fibrous base material, and the friction material composition contains no copper as an element or contains not more than 0.5 mass % of copper, and also contains 2 to 5 mass % of steel fibers that have fiber lengths of 800 μm or more.

A brake disc for a bicycle comprising a first component made of a first material and having a braking track configured to cooperate with brake pads. A second component is made of a second material and having (i) a radially inner annular portion for coupling with a hub of a bicycle wheel and (ii) a plurality of radially outer portions for connecting to said first component at a respective plurality of connection portions of said first component. The first component further comprises a radially inner annular portion connected to said braking track, and the brake disc comprises axial locking members active on the radially inner annular portions of the first and of the second component to keep said radially inner annular portions of the first (30) and of the second component under mutual pressure.

A brake disc having a first component made of a first material, a braking track configured to cooperate with brake pads, and a second component made of a second material and having (i) a radially inner annular portion for coupling with a hub of a bicycle wheel and (ii) a plurality of radially outer portions for connecting to said first component at a respective plurality of connection portions of said first component. The first component comprises a plurality of connection arms that extend from said braking track towards said predetermined rotation axis (X) and that are distinct from said plurality of connection portions, wherein at least one of said connection arms of said first component and at least one of said radially outer connection portions of said second component are coupled together through at least one shape coupling.

A utility vehicle includes a plurality of ground engaging members and a frame supported by the plurality of ground engaging members. The frame assembly extends generally along a longitudinal axis of the utility vehicle. The utility vehicle further includes a front seating section coupled to the frame. The front seating section is configured to support an operator and a first passenger. Additionally, the utility vehicle includes a rear seating section coupled to the frame. The rear seating section is configured to support a second passenger and a third passenger. The rear seating section has an angled panel configured as a dead pedal for the second and third passengers, and a portion of the rear seating section extends forwardly into the front seating section.

To provide a friction couple having an enhanced effect and stability in a low speed range, where the friction couple has a disc brake pad having a friction material manufactured from a friction material composition having a binder, a fiber base, and a friction modifier, without containing a copper component and a ferrous metallic fiber, and a stainless steel disc rotor. The present invention uses a friction material composition containing 20 - 30 weight % of a titanate relative to an entire friction material composition as an inorganic friction modifier without containing an inorganic friction modifier that has a Mohs hardness of 4 or less and is cleavable. The above-explained titanate is preferably a layer crystal structure lithium potassium titanate.

A brake element for a transportation vehicle, having a base body that is planar at least in some regions, to the planar sides of which at least two build-up layers are applied in each case at least in some regions. The build-up layers form a surface which, in the mounted state of the brake element on the transportation vehicle, serves as a friction surface for a brake pad. There is a bonding zone in which both a material of the base body and a material of a build-up layer adjacent to the base body are present, wherein the bonding zone has a thickness perpendicular to an areal extent of a planar side that is less than 10 μm.

To provide a friction pair capable of inhibiting to form a lump of a metal on a friction surface of a disc rotor, where the friction pair is consisting of a disc brake pad having a friction material manufactured from a friction material composition containing a binder, a fiber base material, and a friction modifier, but not containing a copper component and a ferrous-based metal fiber, and a stainless steel disc rotor. To use a friction material composition containing 1-6 weight % of a trimanganese tetraoxide as a friction modifier relative to an entire amount of the friction material composition but not containing any metal fiber.

A brake rotor includes a friction portion, a hat portion axially extending from the friction portion and including a top face that is axially displaced from the friction portion and a side wall that extends from the friction portion to the top face, and a nose portion which extends axially from the top face of the hat portion away from the friction portion.

An axially oriented, two-position linear actuator includes a fixed stator having a single stator coil and a linear movable translator. The linear actuator is oriented axially in that the stator and the translator are axially offset from one another and the translator is axially movable between first and second end positions toward and away from the stator. For the translator to move between the end positions, the stator coil attracts or repels the translator depending on the polarity of the electrical current of the stator coil. The linear actuator may be part of a clutch assembly, such as a dynamically controllable clutch, for use in controlling coupling members of the clutch assembly.

A friction lining holding spring and the equipped component/assembly, specifically a motor vehicle disc brake lining, including the friction lining holding spring. The friction lining holding spring includes an offset knee piece of a U-spring leg, which branches off at an angle from a largely flat U base section, and wherein the largely flat base section has a fastening tab with a cup-shaped rim hole including a through-opening for the purpose of fixing on a backplate of the friction lining, wherein each knee piece has integrated gearing, which is in particular designed as an uneven brake piston insertion trajectory such that, when a brake piston is inserted, there is a predefined gearing reduction effect for the purpose of automatically influencing or modelling the necessary force requirement.