Brake lining for a drum brake assembly

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8739947
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13307563

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An improved drum brake assembly for reducing braking vibrations and noise. The improved assembly includes a pair of shoes, each extending through an arc and presenting an outer shoe surface. A pair of brake linings of a friction material are coupled to the outer shoe surface. Each of the brake linings has an upper surface and a pair of oppositely facing chamfered edges. Each chamfered edge has an arc length of no less than one inch and is disposed at an angle of between ten and twenty-five degrees from the tangent of the upper surface where it meets the chamfered edge.

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FEDERAL-MOGUL MOTORPARTS LLC27300 WEST 11 MILE ROAD SOUTHFIELD MI 48034

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Liu, Weiming Novi, US 84 1100

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