Patents by Inventor Hayaki Teramoto

Hayaki Teramoto has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20230117687
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy brazing sheet including a core material, a sacrificial material provided on one surface of the core material, a brazing filler material provided on the other surface side of the core material, and an intermediate layer provided between the core material and the brazing filler material. The core material contains Si: 0.30 to 1.00 mass %, Mn: 0.50 to 2.00 mass %, Cu: 0.60 to 1.20 mass %, Mg: 0.05 to 0.80 mass %, and Al. The sacrificial material contains Si: 0.10 to 1.20 mass %, Zn: 2.00 to 7.00 mass %, Mn: 0.40 mass % or less, and Al. The intermediate layer contains Si: 0.05 to 1.20 mass %, Mn: 0.50 to 2.00 mass %, Cu: 0.10 to 1.20 mass %, and Al.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Tatsuki HASHIMOTO, Kenichiro YOSHIDA, Yuji SHIBUYA, Akihiro TSURUNO, Yoshikazu MIYANO, Hajime SUGITO, Michiyasu YAMAMOTO, Masayuki MAKITA, Arisu FUJII, Shin TAKEWAKA, Hayaki TERAMOTO, Koichi YAMAMOTO, Toshihide NINAGAWA
  • Patent number: 11045911
    Abstract: A sacrificial material on one surface of a core material, a Al brazing material containing Si: 6.0% to 14.0%, Mg: 0.05% to 1.5%, Bi: 0.05% to 0.25%, Sr: 0.0001% to 0.1%, and Al balance and satisfying (Bi+Mg)×Sr?0.1 is disposed on the other surface, Mg—Bi-based compounds of the brazing material with a diameter of 0.1-5.0 ?m are more than 20 per 10,000-?m2 and the Mg—Bi-based compounds with a diameter of 5.0 ?m or more are less than 2 before brazing, the core material contains Mn: 1.0% to 1.7%, Si: 0.2% to 1.0%, Fe: 0.1% to 0.5%, Cu: 0.08% to 1.0%, Mg: 0.1% to 0.7%, and Al balance, the sacrificial material contains Zn: 0.5% to 6.0% and Mg of which a content is limited to 0.1% or less, and a Mg concentration on a surface of the sacrificial material after brazing is 0.15% or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Aluminum Co., Ltd., DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiki Mori, Hideyuki Miyake, Michihide Yoshino, Shohei Iwao, Masakazu Edo, Naoki Sugimoto, Nobuhiro Honma, Shogo Yamada, Hayaki Teramoto, Taketoshi Toyama
  • Patent number: 11027373
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy clad material includes: a sacrificial material on one surface of a core material; and an Al—Si—Mg—Bi-based brazing material disposed on other surface of the core material, contains, by mass %, Si: 6.0% to 14.0%, Mg: 0.05% to 1.5%, Bi: 0.05% to 0.25%, Sr: 0.0001% to 0.1%, and a balance consisting of Al and inevitable impurities, and satisfies a relationship of (Bi+Mg)×Sr?0.1 by mass %, in which Mg—Bi-based compounds contained in the Al—Si—Mg—Bi-based brazing material with a diameter of 0.1 ?m or more and less than 5.0 ?m are more than 20 in number per 10,000-?m2 and the Mg—Bi-based compounds with a diameter of 5.0 ?m or more are less than 2 in number, and the core material contains Mn: 0.9% to 1.7%, Si: 0.2% to 1.0%, Fe: 0.1% to 0.5%, Cu: 0.08% to 1.0%, and a balance consisting of Al and inevitable impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Aluminum Co., Ltd., DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiki Mori, Hideyuki Miyake, Michihide Yoshino, Shohei Iwao, Masakazu Edo, Naoki Sugimoto, Nobuhiro Honma, Shogo Yamada, Hayaki Teramoto, Taketoshi Toyama
  • Patent number: 11020824
    Abstract: An Al—Si—Mg—Bi-based brazing material containing Si: 6.0% to 14.0%, Fe: 0.05% to 0.3%, Mg: 0.02% to 1.5%, Bi: 0.05% to 0.25%, Sr: 0.0001% to 0.1%, and a balance of Al and inevitable impurities, and satisfies (Bi+Mg)×Sr?0.1, is disposed on both surfaces of a core material, Mg—Bi-based compounds of the brazing material with a diameter of 0.1 ?m or more and less than 5.0 ?m in terms of equivalent circle diameter are more than 20 in number in 10,000 ?m2 and the Mg—Bi-based compounds with diameter of 5.0 ?m or more are less than 2 in number in 10,000 ?m2, the core material contains Mn: 0.8% to 1.8%, Si: 0.01% to 1.0%, Fe: 0.1% to 0.5%, and a balance of Al and inevitable impurities, and a cathode current density of a brazing material layer after a brazing heat treatment is 0.1 mA/cm2 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Aluminum Co., Ltd., DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiki Mori, Hideyuki Miyake, Michihide Yoshino, Shohei Iwao, Masakazu Edo, Naoki Sugimoto, Nobuhiro Honma, Shogo Yamada, Hayaki Teramoto, Taketoshi Toyama
  • Patent number: 11002498
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy fin material for a heat exchanger in the present invention comprises an aluminum alloy having a composition containing Mn: 1.2 to 2.0%, Cu: 0.05 to 0.20%, Si: 0.5 to 1.30%, Fe: 0.05 to 0.5%, and Zn: 1.0 to 3.0% by mass and a remainder comprising Al and an unavoidable impurity, further containing one or two or more of Ti: 0.01 to 0.20%, Cr: 0.01 to 0.20% and Mg: 0.01 to 0.20% by mass as desired, and, after heating in brazing, has a tensile strength of 140 MPa or more, a proof stress of 50 MPa or more, an electrical conductivity of 42% IACS or more, an average grain diameter of 150 ?m or more and less than 700 ?m, and a potential of ?800 mV or more and ?720 mV or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignees: MITSUBISHI ALUMINUM CO., LTD., DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeki Nakanishi, Shohei Iwao, Masakazu Edo, Hayaki Teramoto, Manabu Hasegawa, Michiyasu Yamamoto, Shoei Teshima
  • Publication number: 20210001436
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy clad material having four layers includes: a sacrificial material on one surface of a core material; and an Al—Si—Mg—Bi-based brazing material which clads the other surface thereof on one surface of the sacrificial material on an opposite side to the core material, the brazing material containing Si: 6.0% to 14.0%, Mg: 0.05% to 1.5%, Bi: 0.05% to 0.25%, Sr: 0.0001% to 0.1%, and Al balance, and satisfying (Bi+Mg)×Sr?0.1, Mg—Bi-based compounds contained in the brazing material with a diameter of 0.1-5.0 ?m are more than 20 in number per 10,000-?m2 and the Mg—Bi-based compounds with a diameter of 5.0 ?m or more are less than 2 before brazing, and the core material contains Mn: 1.0% to 1.7%, Si: 0.2% to 1.0%, Fe: 0.1% to 0.5%, Cu: 0.1% to 0.7%, and a balance consisting of Al and inevitable impurities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Applicants: Mitsubishi Aluminum Co., Ltd., DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiki MORI, Hideyuki MIYAKE, Michihide YOSHINO, Shohei IWAO, Masakazu EDO, Naoki SUGIMOTO, Nobuhiro HONMA, Shogo YAMADA, Hayaki TERAMOTO, Taketoshi TOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20210001434
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy clad material includes: a sacrificial material on one surface of a core material; and an Al—Si—Mg—Bi-based brazing material disposed on other surface of the core material, contains, by mass %, Si: 6.0% to 14.0%, Mg: 0.05% to 1.5%, Bi: 0.05% to 0.25%, Sr: 0.0001% to 0.1%, and a balance consisting of Al and inevitable impurities, and satisfies a relationship of (Bi+Mg)×Sr?0.1 by mass %, in which Mg—Bi-based compounds contained in the Al—Si—Mg—Bi-based brazing material with a diameter of 0.1 ?m or more and less than 5.0 ?m are more than 20 in number per 10,000-?m2 and the Mg—Bi-based compounds with a diameter of 5.0 ?m or more are less than 2 in number, and the core material contains Mn: 0.9% to 1.7%, Si: 0.2% to 1.0%, Fe: 0.1% to 0.5%, Cu: 0.08% to 1.0%, and a balance consisting of Al and inevitable impurities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Applicants: Mitsubishi Aluminum Co., Ltd., DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiki MORI, Hideyuki MIYAKE, Michihide YOSHINO, Shohei IWAO, Masakazu EDO, Naoki SUGIMOTO, Nobuhiro HONMA, Shogo YAMADA, Hayaki TERAMOTO, Taketoshi TOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20210001435
    Abstract: An Al—Si—Mg—Bi-based brazing material containing Si: 6.0% to 14.0%, Fe: 0.05% to 0.3%, Mg: 0.02% to 1.5%, Bi: 0.05% to 0.25%, Sr: 0.0001% to 0.1%, and a balance of Al and inevitable impurities, and satisfies (Bi+Mg)×Sr?0.1, is disposed on both surfaces of a core material, Mg—Bi-based compounds of the brazing material with a diameter of 0.1 ?m or more and less than 5.0 ?m in terms of equivalent circle diameter are more than 20 in number in 10,000 ?m2 and the Mg—Bi-based compounds with diameter of 5.0 ?m or more are less than 2 in number in 10,000 ?m2, the core material contains Mn: 0.8% to 1.8%, Si: 0.01% to 1.0%, Fe: 0.1% to 0.5%, and a balance of Al and inevitable impurities, and a cathode current density of a brazing material layer after a brazing heat treatment is 0.1 mA/cm2 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Applicants: Mitsubishi Aluminum Co., Ltd., DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiki MORI, Hideyuki MIYAKE, Michihide YOSHINO, Shohei IWAO, Masakazu EDO, Naoki SUGIMOTO, Nobuhiro HONMA, Shogo YAMADA, Hayaki Teramoto, Taketoshi Toyama
  • Publication number: 20210001437
    Abstract: A sacrificial material on one surface of a core material, a Al brazing material containing Si: 6.0% to 14.0%, Mg: 0.05% to 1.5%, Bi: 0.05% to 0.25%, Sr: 0.0001% to 0.1%, and Al balance and satisfying (Bi+Mg)×Sr?0.1 is disposed on the other surface, Mg-Bi-based compounds of the brazing material with a diameter of 0.1-5.0 ?m are more than 20 per 10,000-?m2 and the Mg-Bi-based compounds with a diameter of 5.0 ?m or more are less than 2 before brazing, the core material contains Mn: 1.0% to 1.7%, Si: 0.2% to 1.0%, Fe: 0.1% to 0.5%, Cu: 0.08% to 1.0%, Mg: 0.1% to 0.7%, and Al balance, the sacrificial material contains Zn: 0.5% to 6.0% and Mg of which a content is limited to 0.1% or less, and a Mg concentration on a surface of the sacrificial material after brazing is 0.15% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Applicants: Mitsubishi Aluminum Co., Ltd., DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiki MORI, Hideyuki MIYAKE, Michihide YOSHINO, Shohei IWAO, Masakazu EDO, Naoki SUGIMOTO, Nobuhiro HONMA, Shogo YAMADA, Hayaki TERAMOTO, Taketoshi TOYAMA
  • Patent number: 10369665
    Abstract: This brazed structure includes a brazing sheet that has been brazed and that comprises: a core material comprising an aluminum alloy which contains 0.3-1.0 mass %, excluding 0.3 mass %, Si, 0.6-2.0 mass %, excluding 0.6 mass %, Mn, 0.3-1.0 mass %, excluding 0.3 mass %, Cu, and 0.15-0.5 mass %, excluding 0.15 mass %, Mg, with the remainder comprising Al and unavoidable impurities, and has an average crystal grain diameter of 50 ?m or larger and in which an Mg—Si intermetallic compound and an Al—Mg—Si—Cu intermetallic compound account for 40% or less of the grain boundaries; and, clad to the core material, a brazing material comprising an Al—Si alloy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignees: KOBE STEEL, LTD., DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro Izumi, Shimpei Kimura, Yuji Shibuya, Shoei Teshima, Hayaki Teramoto, Osamu Hakamata
  • Patent number: 10286496
    Abstract: A brazing sheet formed of an aluminum alloy and exhibiting excellent post-brazing strength, corrosion resistance and brazability with a thickness of less than 200 ?m is provided. The brazing sheet includes a core layer, a filler layer of an Al—Si based alloy on one side of the core layer, and a sacrificial layer on the other side of the core layer. The core layer includes more than 1.5 mass % and 2.5 mass % or less of Cu, 0.5 mass % to 2.0 mass % of Mn, Al, and inevitable impurities. The sacrificial layer includes 2.0 mass % to 7.0 mass % of Zn, more than 0.10 mass % and 3.0 mass % or less of Mg, Al, and inevitable impurities. The filler layer and the sacrificial layer each have a thickness of 15 ?m to 50 ?m. A total clad rate of the filler layer and the sacrificial layer is equal to or less than 50%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignees: Kobe Steel, Ltd., DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shimpei Kimura, Akihiro Tsuruno, Takahiro Izumi, Yuji Shibuya, Hayaki Teramoto, Shoei Teshima, Manabu Hasegawa, Michiyasu Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 10280495
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy fin material for heat exchanger use having a 35 to 50 ?m thickness, a small springback at the time of corrugation, a suitable strength before brazing enabling easy fin formation, a high strength after brazing, and excellent erosion resistance, self corrosion resistance, and sacrificial anodic effect and a method of production of the same are provided. A fin material containing, by mass %, Si: 0.9 to 1.2%, Fe: 0.8 to 1.1%, Mn: 1.1 to 1.4%, and Zn: 0.9 to 1.1%, further limiting the impurity Mg to 0.05% or less, Cu to 0.03% or less, and ([Si]+[Fe]+2[Mn])/3 to 1.4% to 1.6%, and having a balance of unavoidable impurities and Al. A method of production prescribing hot rolling, cold rolling, intermediate annealing, and final cold rolling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignees: DENSO CORPORATION, NOVELIS INC., NIPPON LIGHT METAL COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Takanori Kokubo, Toshiya Anami, Hayaki Teramoto, Hideyuki Ota, Toshihide Ninagawa
  • Publication number: 20190118311
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy brazing sheet 1 characterized by comprising a core material 2, a brazing material 3 made of an Al—Si based alloy provided on one surface of the core material 2, a sacrificial material 4 provided on another surface of the core material 2, and an intermediate material 5 provided between the core material 2 and the sacrificial material 4; a plate thickness being less than 200 ?m; the core material 2 containing a predetermined amount of Mn and Cu, with a balance being Al and inevitable impurities; the sacrificial material 4 containing a predetermined amount of Zn and less than a predetermined amount of Mg, with a balance being Al and inevitable impurities; and the intermediate material 5 containing a predetermined amount of Mg with a balance being Al and inevitable impurities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL, LTD.), DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shimpei KIMURA, Yuji SHIBUYA, Akihiro TSURUNO, Hayaki TERAMOTO, Tetsuya YAMAMOTO, Kota HAGIHARA, Yosuke UCHIDA
  • Publication number: 20190084094
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy clad material includes: a core material; and a sacrificial anode material layer clad on one surface or both surfaces of the core material. Each of the core material and the sacrificial anode material layer has a predetermined composition. In the core material, the number density of an Al—Mn-based intermetallic compound having an equivalent circle diameter of 0.1 ?m or more is 1.0×105 particles/mm2 or more, and the number density of Al2Cu having an equivalent circle diameter of 0.1 ?m or more is 1.0×105 particles/mm2 or less. In the sacrificial anode material layer, the number density of a Mg—Si-based crystallized product having an equivalent circle diameter of 0.1 to 5.0 ?m is 100 to 150,000 particles/mm2, and the number density of a Mg—Si-based crystallized product having an equivalent circle diameter of more than 5.0 ?m and 10.0 ?m or less is 5 particles/mm2 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Hayaki Teramoto, Manabu Hasegawa, Michiyasu Yamamoto, Yosuke Uchida, Wataru Narita, Yoshihiko Kyou, Atsushi Fukumoto, Yoshiyuki Ooya
  • Patent number: 9751143
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy brazing sheet for heat exchangers has a core, a sacrificial material formed on one side of the core, and a brazing filler metal formed on the other side of the core. The core is made of an aluminum alloy containing Si, Cu, Mn, and Al. The sacrificial material is made of an aluminum alloy containing Si, Zn, Mg, and Al. The brazing filler metal is made of an aluminum alloy. The aluminum alloy brazing sheet for heat exchangers has a work hardening exponent n of not less than 0.05. The core has an average crystal grain size of not more than 10 ?m in a cross-section. The aluminum alloy brazing sheet for heat exchangers has excellent strength and corrosion resistance even when it is formed into a thin material and also has excellent high frequency weldability and weld cracking resistance during electric resistance welding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignees: KOBE STEEL, LTD., DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shimpei Kimura, Toshiki Ueda, Takahiro Izumi, Haruyuki Konishi, Hayaki Teramoto, Osamu Hakamata, Michiyasu Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20170232561
    Abstract: Disclosed is an aluminum alloy brazing sheet including a core material, a brazing filler material provided on one surface of the core material and formed of an Al—Si based alloy, and a sacrificial anode material provided on the other surface of the core material, the brazing sheet having a thickness of less than 200 ?m, wherein the core material includes more than 1.5% by mass and 2.5% or less by mass of Cu, and 0.5 to 2.0% by mass of Mn, with the balance being Al and inevitable impurities, wherein the sacrificial anode material includes 2.0 to 10.0% by mass of Zn, an Mg content in the sacrificial anode material being restricted to 0.10% or less by mass, with the balance being Al and inevitable impurities, and wherein each of the brazing filler material and the sacrificial anode material has a thickness thereof in a range of 15 to 50 ?m, and the total of cladding rates of the brazing filler material and sacrificial anode material is 50% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL, LTD.), DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shimpei KIMURA, Akihiro TSURUNO, Takahiro IZUMI, Yuji SHIBUYA, Hayaki TERAMOTO, Michiyasu YAMAMOTO, Manabu HASEGAWA, Shoei TESHIMA
  • Publication number: 20170173740
    Abstract: The present invention provides a brazing sheet formed of an aluminum alloy which exhibits excellent post-brazing strength, corrosion resistance and brazability even though its thickness is less than 200 ?m. Disclosed is a brazing sheet formed of an aluminum alloy including a core layer, a brazing filler layer provided on one side of the core layer and formed of an Al—Si based alloy, and a sacrificial layer provided on the other side of the core layer, the brazing sheet having a thickness of less than 200 ?m, wherein the core layer includes Cu: more than 1.5% by mass and 2.5% or less by mass and Mn: 0.5 to 2.0% by mass, with the balance being Al and inevitable impurities, the sacrificial layer includes Zn: 2.0 to 7.0% by mass and Mg: more than 0.10% by mass and 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2015
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.), DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shimpei KIMURA, Akihiro TSURUNO, Takahiro IZUMI, Yuji SHIBUYA, Hayaki TERAMOTO, Shoei TESHIMA, Manabu HASEGAWA, Michiyasu YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20160187079
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy fin material for a heat exchanger in the present invention comprises an aluminum alloy having a composition containing Mn: 1.2 to 2.0%, Cu: 0.05 to 0.20%, Si: 0.5 to 1.30%, Fe: 0.05 to 0.5%, and Zn: 1.0 to 3.0% by mass and a remainder comprising Al and an unavoidable impurity, further containing one or two or more of Ti: 0.01 to 0.20%, Cr: 0.01 to 0.20% and Mg: 0.01 to 0.20% by mass as desired, and, after heating in brazing, has a tensile strength of 140 MPa or more, a proof stress of 50 MPa or more, an electrical conductivity of 42% IACS or more, an average grain diameter of 150 ?m or more and less than 700 ?m, and a potential of ?800 mV or more and ?720 mV or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Applicants: MITSUBISHI ALUMINUM CO., LTD., DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeki NAKANISHI, Shohei IWAO, Masakazu EDO, Hayaki TERAMOTO, Manabu HASEGAWA, Michiyasu YAMAMOTO, Shoei TESHIMA
  • Publication number: 20160031045
    Abstract: This brazed structure includes a brazing sheet that has been brazed and that comprises: a core material comprising an aluminum alloy which contains 0.3-1.0 mass %, excluding 0.3 mass %, Si, 0.6-2.0 mass %, excluding 0.6 mass %, Mn, 0.3-1.0 mass %, excluding 0.3 mass %, Cu, and 0.15-0.5 mass %, excluding 0.15 mass %, Mg, with the remainder comprising Al and unavoidable impurities, and has an average crystal grain diameter of 50 ?m or larger and in which an Mg—Si intermetallic compound and an Al—Mg—Si—Cu intermetallic compound account for 40% or less of the grain boundaries; and, clad to the core material, a brazing material comprising an Al—Si alloy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL, LTD,), DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro IZUMI, Shimpei KIMURA, Yuji SHIBUYA, Shoei TESHIMA, Hayaki TERAMOTO, Osamu HAKAMATA
  • Publication number: 20150252461
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy fin material for heat exchanger use having a 35 to 50 ?m thickness, a small springback at the time of corrugation, a suitable strength before brazing enabling easy fin formation, a high strength after brazing, and excellent erosion resistance, self corrosion resistance, and sacrificial anodic effect and a method of production of the same are provided. A fin material containing, by mass %, Si: 0.9 to 1.2%, Fe: 0.8 to 1.1%, Mn: 1.1 to 1.4%, and Zn: 0.9 to 1.1%, further limiting the impurity Mg to 0.05% or less, Cu to 0.03% or less, and ([Si]+[Fe]+2[Mn])/3 to 1.4% to 1.6%, and having a balance of unavoidable impurities and Al. A method of production prescribing hot rolling, cold rolling, intermediate annealing, and final cold rolling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2013
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Applicants: DENSO CORPORATION, NOVELIS INC., NIPPON LIGHT METAL COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Takanori Kokubo, Toshiya Anami, Hayaki Teramoto, Hideyuki Ota, Toshihide Ninagawa