Brake lining Wikipedia
History. Brake linings were invented by Bertha Benz (the wife of Karl Benz who invented the first patented automobile) during her historic first longdistance car trip in the world in August 1888. The first asbestos brake linings were developed in 1908 by Herbert Frood. Although Frood was the first to implement the use of asbestos brake linings, the heat dissipation properties of the fibres ...