Patents Assigned to Furukawa-Sky Aluminum Corp.
  • Publication number: 20070236870
    Abstract: One mode of the present invention relates to a small-sized electronic casing comprising an aluminum alloy extruded shape having a hollow sectional part at least contained in a main part, wherein the extruded shape has at least either component-mounting holes or notches. Another mode of the present invention relates to a small-sized electronic casing manufacturing method that comprises a press punching process of forming at least either component-mounting holes or notches in an aluminum alloy extruded shape of a prescribed length having a hollow sectional part. The present invention may provide an aluminum alloy casing that is excellent in formability and productivity, has a smaller thickness and provides higher dimensional precision.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2005
    Publication date: October 11, 2007
    Applicant: Furukawa-Sky Aluminum Corp.
    Inventors: Motonobu Hachino, Kenichi Ogura
  • Publication number: 20070215674
    Abstract: A method of brazing an aluminum alloy material, which is a Nocolok brazing method of the aluminum alloy material, in which the method satisfies the condition: Ts?Tf?Ts+15° C. in which Tf represents an incipient fluidization temperature of a filler material, and Ts represents an incipient fluidization temperature of flux.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2007
    Publication date: September 20, 2007
    Applicant: FURUKAWA-SKY ALUMINUM CORP.
    Inventor: Noriyuki Yamada
  • Publication number: 20070187069
    Abstract: A heat sink (1), has heat pipes (3) which are disposed in a high temperature section (A) of a base plate (2) on which a heating element (4) is disposed so that the heat pipes (3) extend from the high temperature section (A) to low temperature sections (B) in different directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2007
    Publication date: August 16, 2007
    Applicant: FURUKAWA-SKY ALUMINUM CORP.
    Inventors: Seizo Ueno, Yoshiya Eda, Shinya Nagamatsu
  • Patent number: 7247392
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy heat exchanger having a tube composed of a thin aluminum alloy clad material, wherein, in the clad material, one face of an aluminum alloy core material containing Si 0.05–1.0 mass % is clad with an Al—Si-series filler material containing Si 5–20 mass %, and the other face is clad with a sacrificial material containing Zn 2–10 mass % and/or Mg 1–5 mass %, and wherein an element diffusion profile of the clad material by EPMA satisfies (1) and/or (2): L-LSi-LZn?40(?m) ??(1) L-LSi-LMg?5(?m) ??(2) wherein L is a tube wall thickness (?m); LSi is a position (?m) indicating an amount of Si diffused from the filler material; and LZn and LMg each represent a region (?m) indicating an amount of Zn or Mg diffused from the sacrificial material, respectively; and a method of producing the heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignees: Furukawa-Sky Aluminum Corp., Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Kazumitsu Sugano, Noriyuki Yamada, Akio Niikura, Yoshiaki Ogiwara, Masaki Shimizu, Kenji Negura, Sunao Fukuda, Yoshihiko Kamiya
  • Publication number: 20070166565
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy brazing sheet which has a clad of a sacrificial anode material/a core alloy/an intermediate material/a filler alloy, wherein number density ratios N1/N2 and N1/N3 each are 1.5 or more, in which a number density ((the number of grains)/?m3) of an intermetallic compound having a sphere-equivalent grain diameter of 0.1 ?m or less present in the core alloy, the intermediate material, and the sacrificial anode material, is represented by N1, N2, and N3, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2006
    Publication date: July 19, 2007
    Applicants: FURUKAWA-SKY ALUMINUM CORP., DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi FUKUMOTO, Akio Niikura, Kenji Negura, Keiichi Okazaki, Tatsuo Ozaki, Toshihide Ninagawa
  • Publication number: 20070163175
    Abstract: A structure of a microreactor includes a joined body having a pair of substrates joined together, a flow path formed by a microchannel portion formed on a joining surface of at least one of the substrates, and a catalyst carrying member disposed in the flow path. In the production of such a microreactor, the catalyst carrying member is produced separately from formation of the joined body and the catalyst carrying member is disposed in the flow path at the time of forming the joined body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2005
    Publication date: July 19, 2007
    Applicants: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd., The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd, Furukawa-Sky Aluminum Corp.
    Inventors: Takeshi Kihara, Hiroshi Yagi, Koichi Suzuki, Yoshiaki Ogiwara, Junji Ninomiya, Kazunori Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20070128431
    Abstract: A pre-coated metal sheet for slot-in drive cases which has a metal sheet; chemical conversion coatings formed on both sides of the metal sheet; and a coating film formed on one of the chemical conversion coatings and containing at least one base resin selected from a polyester-series resin, an epoxy-series resin and an acrylic-series resin, at least one resin beads selected from nylon-series resin beads, fluorine-series resin beads and urethane-series resin beads, and at least one lubricant a3 selected from carnauba wax, polyethylene wax and microcrystalline wax. The coating film has a surface having an arithmetical mean deviation of the assessed profile Ra of 0.3 to 4.5 ?m and a mean width of the profile elements, RSm, of 105 to 280 ?m, and the ratio of mean particle diameter of the resin beads to coating film layer thickness of the coating film is in the range of 2.0 to 3.0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2006
    Publication date: June 7, 2007
    Applicant: Furukawa-Sky Aluminum Corp.
    Inventors: Takehiro Ozawa, Masatsugu Saito
  • Patent number: 7154070
    Abstract: A heater plate manufactured by receiving a sheath heater within a groove portion formed in a base member made of aluminum or aluminum alloy, placing a joint member made of aluminum or aluminum alloy into said groove portion so as to fix said sheath heater in the groove portion, and press-forging said base member and said joint member to be metal-bonded with said sheath heater fixed in place therebetween, wherein a cross section of said joint member comprises a rectangle, and a width of said rectangle is same as or a little larger than a width of a cross section of the groove portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignee: Furukawa-Sky Aluminum Corp.
    Inventors: Katsumi Watanabe, Akira Fukuchi
  • Patent number: 7150418
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a gas supply nozzle plate constructed by laminating a plurality of metal members each having a fluid path and branch. A fluid nozzle plate member provided by the invention has high sealing at a joined part, and high reliability even when used in high vacuum or at a high temperature. The fluid nozzle plate member comprises a plurality of plate-like metal members each having a fluid path and/or a branch. In this case, the plurality of plate-like metal members are laminated, and the laminated surfaces thereof are joined together by press forging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2006
    Assignee: Furukawa-Sky Aluminum Corp.
    Inventors: Katsumi Watanabe, Akira Fukuchi
  • Publication number: 20060243778
    Abstract: An coating apparatus, wherein the apparatus applies a coating, onto a surface of an aluminum alloy member for a heat exchanger to be assembled by brazing, with a top-feed-type roll transfer system having at least three rolls, the coating being obtained by mixing into an organic binder a metal powder, a flux powder, a powder mixture thereof, or a compound containing a metal component and a flux component, wherein rotation directions of transfer rolls of the apparatus arranged above a surface to be coated of an aluminum alloy extruded member that moves in a horizontal direction, satisfy a relationship in which a rotation direction of a coated-metal roll for coating, which rotates in a direction opposite to a moving direction of the extruded member, and a rotation direction of a metal roll for adjusting an adhesion amount of the coating by contacting with the above roll, are opposite to each other; and a method of producing an aluminum alloy heat exchanger member using the apparatus; and an aluminum alloy heat e
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2006
    Publication date: November 2, 2006
    Applicant: FURUKAWA-SKY ALUMINUM CORP.
    Inventors: Hirokazu Yamaguchi, Toshiki Maezono, Takashi Kashima, Masami Kojima, Yoji Hirano
  • Patent number: 7117704
    Abstract: An impact extrusion molded article that is molded while the metal-flow from a bottom of a slug set in a dice toward the side of the molded product article is suppressed; an impact extrusion molding method for manufacturing the impact extrusion molded article, and an impact extrusion molding apparatus used for the impact extrusion molding method, are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2006
    Assignee: Furukawa-Sky Aluminum Corp.
    Inventors: Ken-ichi Ogura, Seizo Ueno, Toshiyuki Hosokawa, Yoshiya Eda
  • Publication number: 20060166030
    Abstract: A heat exchanger which has i) a fin material comprising a triple-layer clad material constituted of a core material composed of an aluminum alloy containing from 0.5 to 1.8% by weight of Mn and from 0.5 to 3.0% by weight of Zn and, provided on both sides of the core material, a brazing filler material composed of an Al—Si alloy containing from 6.5 to 13.0% by weight of Si and from 0.15 to 0.60% by weight of Cu and ii) an aluminum alloy tube having a Zn concentrated surface; the both having been brazed with each other; wherein, after brazing, recrystallized grains of the core material have an average length of from 100 to 1,000 ?m in the lengthwise section of a fin and the recrystallized grains of the core material are 4 or less in average number in the thickness direction of that lengthwise section. This heat exchanger is improved in the durability of fin joints and fins themselves and their strength after corrosion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2006
    Publication date: July 27, 2006
    Applicant: Furukawa-Sky Aluminum Corp.
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Suzuki, Nobuyuki Kakimoto, Junji Ninomiya, Yoshiyuki Oya
  • Publication number: 20060081682
    Abstract: A method of brazing an aluminum material, which contains: using an aluminum alloy brazing sheet, wherein an aluminum alloy containing 0.2 to 1 mass % of Mg is used for a core alloy; the brazing sheet, in which an Mg amount in a filler alloy is 0.05 mass % or less, is used; and the brazing is carried out by using a brazing furnace that has at least two chambers for brazing in an inert gas atmosphere under a heating condition of a temperature-rising time of within 12 minutes from a temperature exceeding 200° C., to 570° C.; a brazing furnace and an aluminum alloy brazing sheet, each of which is used in the method; and a heat exchanger, which is produced by the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2005
    Publication date: April 20, 2006
    Applicant: FURUKAWA-SKY ALUMINUM CORP.
    Inventors: Takeyoshi Doko, Yutaka Yanagawa
  • Publication number: 20060035106
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy sheet for high-speed high-temperature blow forming has an aluminum alloy containing 4 to 5% of Mg, 0.35 to 0.5% of Mn and 0.001 to 0.05% of Cr, 0.6% or less of Si+Fe, 0.15% or less of Cu, and the balance being substantially Al. The aluminum alloy sheet has an elongation of 150% or more in a high-temperature tensile test at 400 to 550° C. and at a strain rate of 10?2/second or more, has a cavitation area percentage of 2% or less at the time of 100% tensile deformation, and is free from any abnormally grown grains of 100 microns or more. A formed piece of the aluminum alloy sheet also has a cavitation area percentage of 2% or less when blow-formed at 400 to 550° C. and at a reduction in sheet thickness of 65% or less, and is free from any abnormally grown grains of 100 microns or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2005
    Publication date: February 16, 2006
    Applicants: Furukawa-Sky Aluminum Corp., Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu Noguchi, Toshiyasu Ukena, Hitoshi Kazama, Kunihiro Yasunaga, Osamu Yokoyama, Keiichiro Nakao
  • Patent number: 6962632
    Abstract: Disclosed are aluminum alloy hollow materials and processes for producing the same wherein an aluminum alloy hollow material is produced by subjecting an ingot of an aluminum alloy containing 0.3˜1.5 wt % Mn to port hole extrusion or port hole extrusion and drawing-elongation processing and wherein a difference in electric conductivity between individual portions in lengthwise direction of the hollow material is not more than 1.0 IACS %. According to the aluminum alloy hollow materials, preferential corrosion in welding potions in port hole extrusion can be prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2005
    Assignee: Furukawa-Sky Aluminum Corp.
    Inventors: Kazuo Taguchi, Toshio Ohta
  • Publication number: 20050167009
    Abstract: A compressor wheel made of a cast aluminum alloy, wherein the cast aluminum alloy contains Cu 1.4 to 3.2 mass %, Mg 1.0 to 2.0 mass %, Ni 0.5 to 2.0 mass %, Fe 0.5 to 2.0 mass %, and at least one selected from the group consisting of Ti 0.01 to 0.35 mass %, Zr 0.01 to 0.30 mass %, Sc 0.01 to 0.8 mass %, and V 0.01 to 0.5 mass %, with the balance being aluminum and inevitable impurities, with the [(Cu content)+0.5×(Mg content)] being 3.8 mass % or less, and with a secondary dendrite arm spacing being 50 ?m or less, wherein the cast aluminum alloy is being reinforced by a solution treatment and an aging treatment, and wherein the compressor wheel shows good heat resistant strength, and is for use in a turbocharger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2005
    Publication date: August 4, 2005
    Applicant: FURUKAWA-SKY ALUMINUM CORP.
    Inventors: Ryo Shoji, Takayuki Sotome, Toshiya Okada, Yoji Hirano
  • Patent number: 6896977
    Abstract: A method of brazing an aluminum or aluminum alloy material, containing brazing an aluminum alloy brazing sheet that has an aluminum or aluminum alloy core material and, being clad on one or both surfaces, a filler alloy layer comprised of an Al—Si-based alloy and contains Mg incorporated at least in a constituent layer except the filler alloy layer, thereby to form a hollow structure whose one surface clad with the filler alloy is the inner surface, wherein the brazing is carried out in an inert gas atmosphere without applying any flux; and an aluminum alloy brazing sheet which satisfies the relationship: (X+Y)?a/60+0.5 and X>Y, wherein a (?m) represents the thickness of the filler alloy layer clad on the core material of the inner side of the hollow structure, and X and Y (mass %) represent the Mg contents of the core material and the brazing material, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2005
    Assignee: Furukawa-Sky Aluminum CORP
    Inventors: Shinya Nishimura, Yutaka Yanagawa, Takeyoshi Doko, Yoshiharu Hasegawa, Haruhiko Miyachi, Kouji Hirao
  • Patent number: 6863747
    Abstract: An aluminum sheet material for automobiles is herein disclosed, having an aluminum alloy composition: (i) comprising 3.5 to 5 wt % of Si, 0.3 to 1.5 wt % of Mg, 0.4 to 1.5 wt % of Zn, 0.4 to 1.5 wt % of Cu, 0.4 to 1.5 wt % of Fe, and 0.6 to 1 wt % of Mn, and one or more members selected from the group of 0.01 to 0.2 wt % of Cr, 0.01 to 0.2 wt % of Ti, 0.01 to 0.2 wt % of Zr, and 0.01 to 0.2 wt % of V, with the balance of aluminum and unavoidable impurities, or (ii) comprising between more than 2.6 wt % and 5 wt % of Si, 0.2 to 1.0 wt % of Mg, 0.2 to 1.5 wt % of Zn, 0.2 to 1.5 wt % of Cu, 0.2 to 1.5 wt % of Fe, and between 0.05 and less than 0.6 wt % of Mn, and one or more members selected from the group of 0.01 to 0.2 wt % of Cr, 0.01 to 0.2 wt % of Ti, 0.01 to 0.2 wt % of Zr, and 0.01 to 0.2 wt % of V, with the balance of aluminum and unavoidable impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2005
    Assignees: Furukawa-Sky Aluminum Corp., Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuhisa Kashiwazaki, Yoichiro Bekki, Noboru Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20050005665
    Abstract: An impact extrusion molded article that is molded while the metal-flow from a bottom of a slug set in a dice toward the side of the molded product article is suppressed; an impact extrusion molding method for manufacturing the impact extrusion molded article, and an impact extrusion molding apparatus used for the impact extrusion molding method, are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2004
    Publication date: January 13, 2005
    Applicant: Furukawa-Sky Aluminum Corp.
    Inventors: Ken-ichi Ogura, Seizo Ueno, Toshiyuki Hosokawa, Yoshiya Eda
  • Patent number: 6799735
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a gas supply nozzle plate constructed by laminating a plurality of metal members each having a fluid path and branch. A fluid nozzle plate member provided by the invention has high sealing at a joined part, and high reliability even when used in high vacuum or at a high temperature. The fluid nozzle plate member comprises a plurality of plate-like metal members each having a fluid path and/or a branch. In this case, the plurality of plate-like metal members are laminated, and the laminated surfaces thereof are joined together by press forging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2004
    Assignee: Furukawa-Sky Aluminum Corp.
    Inventors: Katsumi Watanabe, Akira Fukuchi