Patents Examined by Janell C Morillo
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Patent number: 10927437Abstract: The invention relates to an aluminium alloy for the production of lithographic printing plate supports and also to an aluminium strip produced from the aluminium alloy, a process for the production of the aluminium strip and also its use for the production of lithographic printing plate supports. The object of providing an aluminium alloy as well as an aluminium strip from an aluminium alloy that permits the production of printing plate supports having improved bending-strength fatigue transverse to the rolling direction without adversely affecting the tensile strength values before and after the annealing process and while preserving the roughening properties, is achieved by the fact that the aluminium alloy contains the following alloy components in weight percent: 0.4%<Fe?1.0%, 0.3%<Mg?1.0%, 0.05%?Si?0.25%, Mn?0.25%, Cu?0.04%, Ti<0.1%, the remainder being Al and unavoidable impurities, individually at most 0.05% and totaling at most 0.05%.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2011Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: Hydro Aluminium Deutschland GmbHInventors: Bernhard Kernig, Jochen Hasenclever, Henk-Jan Brinkman, Gerd Steinhoff, Christoph Settele
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Patent number: 10907241Abstract: Provided is an aluminum alloy plate for blow molding comprising: 0.3% by mass or more and 1.8% by mass or less of Mg; 0.6% by mass or more and 1.6% by mass or less of Si; and 0.2% by mass or more and 1.2% by mass or less of Mn; wherein, in at least one surface of the aluminum alloy plate for blow molding, X and Y satisfy the following relations: 0.10?X, and, Y??8.0X+10.8; wherein X represents the ratio of regions whose valley depth in a roughness curve is 0.3 ?m or more; and Y represents the yield stress upon deformation of the aluminum alloy plate for blow molding under predetermined conditions.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2013Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: UACJ CORPORATIONInventors: Tomoyuki Kudo, Makoto Saga
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Patent number: 10851441Abstract: A plug-in connector and a semi-finished product include a strip of an aluminum alloy and at least one bonding layer of a copper/tin alloy electrolytically applied directly onto the aluminum alloy strip. The bonding layer has a thickness of at most 50 nm. A further metal layer or alloy layer is applied onto the bonding layer.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2017Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: Diehl Metal Applications GmbHInventors: Uwe Zeigmeister, Christian Buchholzer, Andre Stein, Stephan Preuss, Martin Wunderlich, Sandra Correia
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Patent number: 10836464Abstract: The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a laminated or forged material, the thickness of which is 14 to 100 mm. The materials according to the invention are particularly suitable for manufacturing airplane underwing elements.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2014Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: CONSTELLIUM ISSOIREInventor: Nicolas Bayona-Carrillo
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Patent number: 10815552Abstract: An aluminum alloy includes, in weight percent, 0.50-1.30% Si, 0.2-0.60% Fe, 0.15% max Cu, 0.5-0.90% Mn, 0.6-1.0% Mg, and 0.20% max Cr, the balance being aluminum and unavoidable impurities. The alloy may include excess Mg over the amount that can be occupied by Mg—Si precipitates. The alloy may be utilized as a matrix material for a composite that includes a filler material dispersed in the matrix material. One such composite may include boron carbide as a filler material, and the resultant composite may be used for neutron shielding applications.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2014Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: Rio Tinto Alcan International LimitedInventors: Nicholas C. Parson, Pierre Marchand, Jean-Alain Laurin
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Patent number: 10706985Abstract: An aluminum foil having a high adhesiveness to solder and containing at least one of Sn and Bi, in which a ratio of a total mass of Sn and Bi to a total mass of the aluminum foil is 0.0075 mass % or more and 15 mass % or less.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2015Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: TOYO ALUMINIUM KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Sotaro Akiyama, Yoshitaka Nishio
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Patent number: 10689041Abstract: Provided herein are novel, high-forming multi-layer aluminum alloy packages that include a core layer and one or more cladding layers. The alloy packages have excellent bake-hardening properties and are highly recyclable. The packages also display exceptional bendability and elongation properties. Also provided herein are novel aluminum alloy compositions for use as cladding layers. The compositions contain up to 0.6 wt. % Fe and one or more of Mn, Ni, Ti, Co, Nb, Cr, V, Zr, Hf and Ta.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2016Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: NOVELIS INC.Inventors: Guillaume Florey, Cyrille Bezencon, Corrado Bassi, Juergen Timm, Jean-Francois Despois, Jacques Stadlin
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Patent number: 10689738Abstract: The method relates to a method of forming an Al-alloy sheet component. The method comprises heating an Al-alloy sheet blank to its Solution Heat Treatment temperature at a heating station and, in the case of alloys not in a pre age hardened temper, maintaining the SHT temperature until Solution Heat Treatment is complete. The sheet blank is then transferred to a set of cold dies and forming is initiated within 10 s of removal from the heating station so that heat loss from the sheet blank is minimised. The cold dies are closed to form the sheet blank into a shaped component, said forming occurring in less than 0.15 s, and the formed component is held in the closed dies during cooling of the formed component. The claimed method will find application for any Aluminium alloy with a microstructure and mechanical properties that can be usefully modified by solution treatment and age-hardening.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2009Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: Imperial Innovations Ltd.Inventors: Alistair Foster, Trevor A. Dean, Jianguo Lin
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Patent number: 10689739Abstract: The disclosure provides for plate having a thickness of at least 80 mm comprising aluminium alloy as a percentage by weight %: Cu: 2.0-6.0; Li: 0.5-2.0; Mg: 0-1.0; Ag: 0-0.7; Zn 0-1.0; and at least one element selected from Zr, Mn, Cr, Sc, Hf and Ti, the amount of said element, if selected, being 0.05 to 0.20 wt % for Zr, 0.05 to 0.8% wt % t for Mn, 0.05 to 0.3 wt % for Cr and for Sc, 0.05 to 0.5 wt % Hf and 0.01 to 0.15% wt % for Ti, Si?0.1; Fe?0.1; others ?0.05 each and ?0.15 in total, wherein the aged state logarithmic fatigue mean measured at mid-thickness in the LT direction on smooth specimens with a maximum stress amplitude of 242 MPa, a frequency of 50 Hz, a stress ratio of R=0.1 of at least 250,000 cycles.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2014Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: Constellium IssoireInventors: Armelle Danielou, Soizic Blais, Philippe Jarry, Olivier Ribaud, Bernard Valentin
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Patent number: 10676807Abstract: The invention relates to a device for changing the temperature of a metal strip including means for changing the temperature of the metal strip by heating or cooling. By using means for conveying the metal strip, the metal strip is moved in the strip direction relative to the means for changing the temperature of the metal strip. The object of providing a device for changing the temperature of metal strips, which allows improved process control and improved flatness of the treated metal strip, is achieved according to the invention by a device in that means for changing the temperature of the metal strip include a plurality of individual temperature-control means which each heat or cool the metal strip only in some regions, and at least the position of a plurality of the temperature-control means can be individually changed translationally and/or rotationally relative to the metal strip.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2018Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: Hydro Aluminium Rolled Products GmbHInventors: Kai-Friedrich Karhausen, Holger Aretz
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Patent number: 10669616Abstract: An aluminum alloy composition includes, in weight percent: 0.7-1.10 manganese; 0.05-0.25 iron; 0.21-0.30 silicon; 0.005-0.020 nickel; 0.10-0.20 titanium; 0.014 max copper; and 0.05 max zinc, with the balance being aluminum and unavoidable impurities. The alloy may tolerate higher nickel contents than existing alloys, while providing increased corrosion resistance, as well as similar extrudability, strength, and performance. Billets of the alloy may be homogenized at 590-640° C. and controlled cooled at less than 250° C. per hour. The homogenized billet may be extruded into a product, such as an aluminum alloy heat exchanger tube.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2013Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: Rio Tinto Alcan International LimitedInventors: Nicholas C. Parson, Raynald Guay, Alexandre Maltais
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Patent number: 10669615Abstract: An aluminium, magnesium and silicon-based die casting alloy having 5.0-7.0 wt. % magnesium, 1.5-7.0 wt. % silicon, 0.3-0.8 wt. % manganese, 0.03-0.5 wt. % iron, 0.01-0.4 wt. % molybdenum, 0.01-0.3 wt. % zirconium, 0-0.25 wt. % titanium, 0-0.25 wt. % strontium, 0-250 ppm phosphorus, 0-4 wt. % copper and 1-10 wt. % zinc, the remainder being aluminium and inevitable impurities.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2016Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: Rheinfelden Alloys GmbH & Co. KGInventor: Stuart Wiesner
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Patent number: 10662514Abstract: Provided herein are anodized quality AA6xxx series aluminum alloy sheets and methods for making anodized quality AA6xxx series aluminum alloy sheets. Also described herein are products prepared from the anodized quality AA6xxx series aluminum alloy sheets. Such products include consumer electronic products, consumer electronic product parts, architectural sheet products, architectural sheet product parts, and automobile body parts.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2016Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: NOVELIS INC.Inventors: Alok Gupta, Daehoon Kang, Rajeev G. Kamat, Devesh Mathur
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Patent number: 10597762Abstract: The disclosure provides an aluminum alloy including having varying ranges of alloying elements. In various aspects, the alloy has a wt % ratio of Zn to Mg ranging from 4:1 to 7:1. The disclosure further includes methods for producing an aluminum alloy and articles comprising the aluminum alloy.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2014Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Brian M. Gable, James A. Wright, Charles J. Kuehmann, Brian Demers, Chune-Ching Young, Chun-Hsien Chiang
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Patent number: 10584401Abstract: A rolled aluminum alloy material is provided with excellent strength and press workability and with which a poor and patchy appearance is less likely to occur after the alumite treatment. The rolled aluminum alloy material can be utilized for components of a bicycle crank. The rolled aluminum alloy material has a component composition comprising 0.6-1.4 wt % of Mg, 0.3-1.0 wt % of Si, 0.1-0.5 wt % of Cu, 0.02-0.4 wt % of Cr, and 0.1-0.6 wt % of Mn, and Al and inevitable impurities as the remainder.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2015Date of Patent: March 10, 2020Assignee: Shimano Inc.Inventors: Kazunori Kobayashi, Wataru Yamaguchi, Masanori Taniguchi, Toru Iwai
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Patent number: 10570485Abstract: New 2xxx aluminum alloys containing vanadium are disclosed. In one embodiment, the aluminum alloy includes 3.3-4.1 wt. % Cu, 0.7-1.3 wt. % Mg, 0.01-0.16 wt. % V, 0.05-0.6 wt. % Mn, 0.01 to 0.4 wt. % of at least one grain structure control element, the balance being aluminum, incidental elements and impurities. The new alloys may realize an improved combination of properties, such as in the T39 or T89 tempers.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2014Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: ARCONIC INC.Inventors: Jen C. Lin, Ralph R. Sawtell, Gary H. Bray, Cindie Giummarra, Andre Wilson, Gregory B. Venema
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Patent number: 10557188Abstract: An aluminum alloy composition includes, in weight percent: 0.5-0.7 manganese; 0.05-0.15 iron; 0.3-0.5 silicon; 0.020 max nickel; 0.05-0.15 titanium; 0.01 max copper; and 0.10 max zinc, with the balance being aluminum and unavoidable impurities. The alloy may also have a combined amount of manganese and silicon of at least 0.8 wt. % and/or a Mn/Si ratio of 2.25 or less. The alloy may tolerate higher nickel contents than existing alloys, while providing increased corrosion resistance, as well as similar extrudability, strength, and performance. Billets or other intermediate products formed of the alloy may be homogenized at 500-595° C. and controlled cooled at 400° C. per hour or less. The homogenized billet may be extruded into an extruded product, such as an aluminum alloy heat exchanger tube.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2015Date of Patent: February 11, 2020Assignee: Rio Tinto Alcan International LimitedInventors: Nicholas C. Parson, Greg Lea
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Patent number: 10550456Abstract: The invention relates to an aluminium alloy strip composed of an AA 5xxx-type aluminium alloy containing at least 4 wt. % of Mg in addition to Al and inevitable impurities. The object of the invention of proposing an aluminium alloy strip in an AlMg aluminium alloy strip which is resistant to intercrystalline corrosion despite having high strength and an Mg content of at least 4 wt. %, is achieved according to a first teaching of the present invention by an aluminium alloy strip that has a recrystallized microstructure, the grain size (GS) of which in ?m has the following relation to the Mg content (c_Mg) in wt. % : GS?22+2*c_Mg, and wherein the aluminium alloy of the aluminium alloy strip has the composition described herein.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2015Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: Hydro Aluminium Rolled Products GmbHInventors: Thomas Hentschel, Olaf Engler, Henk-Jan Brinkman
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Patent number: 10525528Abstract: An aluminum alloy includes 6 to 8.5 wt % of magnesium (Mg), 4 to 6 wt % of silicon (Si), 0.4 to 0.8 wt % of iron (Fe), 0.2 to 0.5 wt % of manganese (Mn), 0.01 to 0.1 wt % of copper (Cu), 0.05 to 0.15 wt % of titanium (Ti), and the remainder being aluminum (Al), and may be in use for die-casting electronic components or communication components which require weight reduction and high corrosion resistance.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2017Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignee: KMW INC.Inventors: Yoon-Yong Kim, Chang-Woo Yoo
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Patent number: 10508329Abstract: An aluminum alloy material for use in thermal conduction to which improved castability has been imparted by silicon addition. It has improved thermal conductivity and improved strength. The material has a composition containing 7.5-12.5 mass % Si and 0.1-2.0 mass % Cu, the remainder being Al and unavoidable impurities, wherein the amount of copper in the state of a solid solution in the matrix phase is regulated to 0.3 mass % or smaller. The composition may further contain at least 0.3 mass % Fe and/or at least 0.1 mass % Mg, provided that the sum of (Fe content) and (content of Mg among the impurities)×2 is 1.0 mass % or smaller and the sum of (Cu content), (content of Mg among the impurities)×2.5, and (content of Zn among the impurities) is 2.0 mass % or smaller.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2013Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: Nippon Light Metal Company, Ltd.Inventors: Hiroshi Horikawa, Masahiko Shioda