ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,483, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to RFPC Holding Corp. (Wilmerding, Pa.).
"Friction device with bonding inserts" was invented by Alan Gary Bowden (Laurinburg, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A friction device may include a backing plate connected with a friction material. The friction device may include a conditioning insert at least partially embedded within the friction material. The conditioning insert may include opposite first and second longitudinal sides that extend from the backing plate to the conditioning surface and opposite first and second lateral sides that extend from the backing plate to the conditioning surfa...