A compensating coupling connects a first shaft to a second shaft along an axis of rotation. The compensating coupling has a first coupling body connected to an end of the first shaft and a second coupling body connected to an end of the second shaft. At least one elastic coupling element has a longitudinal axis lying in a plane that is oriented perpendicularly to the axis of rotation. The two coupling bodies are arranged with respect to one another to form a three-dimensional coupling region in which the elastic coupling element is arranged. The elastic coupling element is connected to the two coupling bodies such that the two coupling bodies are displaceable in the radial direction with respect to the axis of rotation. The elastic coupling element is displaceable in the axial direction with respect to the axis of rotation.

A braking band having an annular band body arranged around a rotation axis and made of one of gray cast iron, steel, aluminum or alloys thereof, has at least one braking surface having an activated band body portion for increasing adhesive capacity of at least one protective surface coating placed on the surface of the activated band body portion and having at least one material with elevated resistance to abrasion. The activated band body portion is arranged on the surface of the annular band body to form an outermost layer of the braking band with the at least one protective surface coating and has a rough profile having at least one channel delimited by at least one pair of projections, extending along a path at least partially surrounding the rotation axis and having a channel bottom and a first channel side forming an acute angle with the channel bottom and an opposite second channel side forming an obtuse angle with the channel bottom.

A brake disk including carbon steel, stainless steel or a ceramic composite material and coated with a coating material that is wear and corrosion resistant and when applied properly allows for the coated surface to have a variety of “textured” appearances. For example, the coated surface can be made to look like woven carbon fiber. The aesthetically pleasing, wear and corrosion resistant coating overlays wear surfaces and portions of the brake disk that will be, in many cases, visible when the brake disk is installed on the vehicle. The coating includes a first layer of a metal, such as a pure titanium metal, and a second layer that can include a Nitride, Boride, Carbide or Oxide of the metal used in the first layer. The coating can be applied using a physical vapor deposition source such as a cathodic arc source with a controlled gas atmosphere.

A torque transfer assembly includes a drive shaft and a driven shaft and a dielectric connector positioned between. The connector connects the drive shaft and the driven shaft and includes a body of dielectric material defining an insulating barrier between the drive and the driven shaft. The connector includes a dielectric barrier body having a first side from which a protrusion extends, the protrusion configured to engage in a correspondingly shaped recess formed in one of the drive shaft or the driven shaft, and a second side, opposite the first side, in which is formed a recess shaped to receive a correspondingly shaped protrusion extending from the other of the drive shaft or the driven shaft, the connector providing a dielectric barrier between the drive shaft and the driven shaft.

A brake pad having a surface coating operable to enhance the bedding-in process during normal operation. The surface coating may be formulated using one or more materials found in a friction lining of the brake pad. The surface coating may be formulated using only non-metal materials.

A method for producing a brake disk for a wheel brake of a land vehicle includes laser depositing a duplex steel anti-corrosion layer to an axial friction side of a main body produced from gray cast iron at a surface speed of more than 10 m/min and applying an anti-abrasion layer to the anti-corrosion layer.

A brake module for a drive system, in particular for doors, including at least one thrust washer and at least one brake disc, wherein the at least one thrust washer and the at least one brake disc each have at least one friction surface rubbing against each other during braking operation is provided. The embodiments also relate to a drive system, in particular for doors, including such a brake module. The embodiments further relate to a production method for a brake module of the abovementioned type. Known brake modules have a high variation in the braking force on the one hand in the course of their service life and on the other hand as a function of the temperature.

The present invention comprises a coating, in particular for brake discs, brake drums and clutch discs, and also a brake disc for a disc brake or a brake drum for a drum brake or a clutch disc for a clutch, a disc brake or drum brake or clutch itself and also a method for producing a coating in particular for brake discs, brake drums and clutch discs, and the use of a coating. The coating has a first layer, which comprises a metal-based material, which contains less than 20% by weight tungsten carbide or other carbides, and a second layer, which is applied to the first layer and comprises a tungsten-carbide-containing material, which contains 20% by weight to 94% by weight tungsten carbide, wherein the first and the second layers are thermally sprayed coatings.

A brake component is disclosed. In various embodiments, the brake component includes a ceramic matrix composite (CMC) structure including a plurality of nominally dense plies, interleaved with a plurality of interlayers, wherein the plurality of nominally dense plies and the plurality of interlayers are bonded by at least one of a Field Assisted Sintering Technique (FAST), a Spark Plasma Sintering (SPS) process, or a localized heating process. In various embodiments, the brake component is a rotor disk or a stator disk.

A brake disk for a wheel brake of a land vehicle includes a main body formed from gray cast iron. The main body has at least one axial friction side, at least one anti-corrosion layer applied to the axial friction side, and at least one anti-abrasion layer applied to the anti-corrosion layer. The anti-corrosion layer is a duplex steel layer that provides a cost-effective coating for the brake disk and enables improved corrosion resistance. The anti-abrasion layer is wear resistant and is provided by a SiC material containing at least one oxidic or metallic binder, or by an iron-based alloy having a vanadium carbide reinforcement, a niobium carbide reinforcement, a boron carbide reinforcement, a chromium carbide reinforcement or combinations thereof.