New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 15 - Department of Motor Vehicles
Chapter I - REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER
Subchapter D - Equipment
Part 53 - Brake Linings
Section 53.2 - Definitions

Universal Citation: 15 NY Comp Codes Rules and Regs ยง 53.2

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 12, March 20, 2024

(a) Brake lining. That portion of a motor vehicle braking device which produces friction when pressed against another harder or longer lasting portion of the braking device.

(b) Classification. A category, consisting of and determined by "normal" and "hot" coefficients of friction as set forth in section 53.4 of this Part into which a brake lining or formulation falls and under which an approval is issued.

(c) Formulation. A specified mixture of materials from which brake linings are made and the corresponding sequence of production processing which together determine the characteristics of the brake lining.

(d) Manufacturer.

(1) A person who makes a brake lining, or

(2) A person who distributes or sells a brake lining made by another manufacturer providing such brake lining is sold or distributed by such person under a name different from that under which the brake lining is sold or distributed by the maker and provided that such person submits such brake lining for approval under his own name as manufacturer.

(e) Sale; distribution. Such terms shall have the ordinary meanings ascribed to them except that the transfer of a brake lining from a person who makes a brake lining to a person who is a manufacturer as defined in paragraph (2) of subdivision (d) of this section shall not be considered a sale or a distribution.

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