Lynn Denton, inventor of BrakeTurbines.
A Hot Problem
In 1988 a truck driver named Lynn Denton had a problem. His problem was a common one. When his brakes got hot, they started to fade and increased his stopping distance. Now, like most of us, Lynn liked being able to stop, in fact, he was downright fond of it. So he began to look for an answer to this problem. His solution, a simple but efficient turbine that attached inside the drum and forced cooling air between the drum and friction material. After numerous design improvements and six patents the BrakeTurbine as we know it today came into being. Its uncomplicated concept did what mechanics and engineers had been struggling for years to accomplish, efficiently lower the temperature of the brake assembly.