Silicon Containing Patents (Class 420/537)
  • Patent number: 11618078
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a part includes melting, rapidly solidifying and consolidating pre-alloyed powders using an additive manufacturing process. The method provides a finished part with a microstructure with at least one non-equilibrium phase. The pre-alloyed powders can be powders of aluminum alloyed with iron and molybdenum, and the additive manufacturing process forms a near-net shaped part that can be finished with techniques such as machining, polishing and drilling, among others. The additive manufacturing process can be a laser melting technique such as selective laser melting or laser metal deposition and an average dendrite arm spacing of the rapidly solidified and consolidate pre-alloyed powders is less than 1.0 ?m. Finished parts formed from the aluminum alloy powders alloyed with iron and molybdenum exhibit enhanced strength at elevated temperatures such as an ultimate tensile strength greater than 400 MPa at 300° C. and greater than 350 MPa at 350° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Jacob Wesley Zindel
  • Patent number: 10557188
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Rio Tinto Alcan International Limited
    Inventors: Nicholas C. Parson, Greg Lea
  • Patent number: 10473411
    Abstract: A heat exchanger includes a conduit of a first aluminum alloy and a plurality of fins in thermally conductive contact with the exterior of the conduit. The fins include a second aluminum alloy comprising from 0.005 wt. % to 0.1 wt. % of at least one alloying element selected from tin, barium, indium, mercury, and gallium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATION
    Inventor: Thomas J. Garosshen
  • Patent number: 10309001
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy for microporous hollow shape material use constituted by an aluminum alloy which has excellent corrosion resistance and extrudability which keeps down the content of Cu which poses a problem in intergranular corrosion resistance, which maintains the natural potential noble, which adds transition metals which do not obstruct the extrudability is provided, that is, an aluminum alloy which has a chemical composition which contains, by mass %, Fe: 0.05 to 0.20%, Si: 0.10% or less, Cu: 0.15 to 0.32%, Mn: 0.08 to 0.15%, Zr: 0.05% or less, Ti: 0.06 to 0.15%, Cr: 0.03% or less, and balance: Al and unavoidable impurities and has an amount of gas in the alloy billet of 0.25 cc/100 g or less, and a method of production of an aluminum alloy which, produces a DC cast billet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignees: NIPPON LIGHT METAL COMPANY, LTD., OKB CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigeru Okaniwa, Meitoku Ogasawara, Takao Otaki, Yusuke Seki, Yutaka Kato
  • Patent number: 9650699
    Abstract: A hypereutectic aluminum-silicon alloy is disclosed herein containing 18-20% by weight silicon, 0.03-0.20% by weight strontium and the balance aluminum, and alternatively with 3.0-6.0% by weight nickel. The alloy is substantially free of copper and manganese, but for any impurities that may exist. The alloy may also be substantially free of iron, but up to 1.2% by weight iron is permitted in certain embodiments. A more narrow strontium content of 0.05-0.10% by weight, may be used and the alloy may further include 0.3-1.2% by weight magnesium. In some embodiments 0.1-2.0% by weight nickel may be substituted with 0.1-2.0% by weight cobalt. The alloy of the present invention is preferably die cast resulting in castings that have a highly refined primary silicon microstructure with a modified eutectic structure and are highly ductile, but avoid soldering to the die casting dies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Brunswick Corporation
    Inventors: Raymond J. Donahue, Kevin R. Anderson, Terrance M. Cleary, Alexander K. Monroe
  • Publication number: 20150050520
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy material contains Si: 1.0 mass % to 5.0 mass % and Fe: 0.01 mass % to 2.0 mass % with balance being Al and inevitable impurities, wherein 250 pcs/mm2 or more to 7×105 pcs/mm2 or less of Si-based intermetallic compound particles having equivalent circle diameters of 0.5 to 5 ?m are present in a cross-section of the aluminum alloy material, while 100 pcs/mm2 to 7×105 pcs/mm2 of Al-based intermetallic compound particles having equivalent circle diameters of 0.5 to 5 ?m are present in a cross-section of the aluminum alloy material. An aluminum alloy structure is manufactured by bonding two or more members in vacuum or a non-oxidizing atmosphere at temperature at which a ratio of a mass of a liquid phase generated in the aluminum alloy material to a total mass of the aluminum alloy material is 5% or more and 35% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2012
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Inventors: Akio Niikura, Kazuko Fujita, Takashi Murase, Yoshiyuki Oya, Tomohito Kurosaki
  • Publication number: 20140329108
    Abstract: In a first aspect, the invention provides aluminium alloy comprising the following composition, all values in weight %: Si 0.25-1.5 Cu 0.3-1.5 Fe up to 0.5 Mn up to 0.1 all other elements including Mg being incidental and present (if at all) then in an amount less than or equal to 0.05 individually, and less than or equal to 0.15 in aggregate, the balance being aluminium. In a second aspect, the invention provides a composite aluminium sheet product comprising a core layer and at least one clad layer wherein the at least one clad layer is an aluminium alloy comprising the following composition, all values in weight %: Si 0.25-1.5 Cu 0.3-1.5 Fe up to 0.5 Mn up to 0.1 all other elements including Mg being incidental and present (if at all) then in an amount less than or equal to 0.05 individually, and less than or equal to 0.15 in aggregate, the balance being aluminium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicant: NOVELIS INC.
    Inventors: Cyrille Bezencon, Corrado Bassi, Frank Schellinger
  • Publication number: 20140308155
    Abstract: An efficient polishing method for polishing an alloy material to have an excellent mirror surface is provided. The alloy material contains a main component and 0.1% by mass or more of an element that has a Vickers hardness (HV) different from the Vickers hardness of the main component by 5 or more. A polishing composition used in the polishing method contains abrasive grains and an oxidant. The alloy material is preferably an aluminum alloy, a titanium alloy, a stainless steel, a nickel alloy, or a copper alloy. It is also preferable that the alloy material is subjected to preliminary polishing before being subjected to polishing in which the polishing composition is used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2012
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Inventors: Hitoshi Morinaga, Hiroshi Asano, Maiko Asai, Shogo Tsubota, Kazusei Tamai
  • Publication number: 20140272460
    Abstract: The present invention provides a new aluminum alloy material which may be used for a core alloy of a corrosion-resistant brazing sheet. This core alloy displays with high strength, and good corrosion resistance for use in heat exchangers. This aluminum alloy material was made by direct chill (DC) casting. The present inventions also provides corrosion-resistant brazing sheet packages including the aluminum alloy material as a core and one or more cladding layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: NOVELIS INC.
    Inventors: ANDREW D. HOWELLS, HANY AHMED, KEVIN MICHAEL GATENBY, JYOTHI KADALI, PIERRE HENRI MAROIS
  • Patent number: 8771441
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy comprising 2.1 to 2.8 wt. % Cu, 1.1 to 1.7 wt. % Li, 0.1 to 0.8 wt. % Ag, 0.2 to 0.6 wt. % Mg, 0.2 to 0.6 wt. % Mn, a content of Fe and Si less or equal to 0.1 wt. % each, and a content of unavoidable impurities less than or equal to 0.05 wt. % each and 0.15 wt. % total, and the alloy being substantially zirconium free.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Inventors: Bernard Bes, Herve Ribes, Christophe Sigli, Timothy Warner
  • Publication number: 20140154130
    Abstract: Provided is an aluminum alloy, and particularly, a die casting aluminum alloy for a heat sink, which includes 0.01 to 0.5 wt % of Cu, 0.3 to 0.6 wt % of Fe, 1.0 to 1.5 wt % of Si, and thus may enhance heat dissipation and castability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2012
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: KOREA INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Jae Ik Cho, Young Chan Kim, Cheol Woo Kim, Se Weon Choi, Chang Seong Kang
  • Publication number: 20130156634
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an aluminum alloy product for use as a finstock material within brazed heat exchangers and, more particularly, to a finstock material having high strength and conductivity after brazing. The invention is an aluminum alloy finstock comprising the following composition in weight %: Fe ?0.8-1.25; Si ?0.8-1.25; Mn 0.70-1.50; Cu 0.05-0.50; Zn up to 2.5; other elements less than or equal to 0.05 each and less than or equal to 0.15 in total; and balance aluminum. The invention also relates to a method of making the finstock material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Inventors: Andrew D. HOWELLS, Kevin Michael Gatenby, Pierre Henri Marois, Thomas L. Davisson, Fred Perdriset
  • Publication number: 20130149190
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a castable heat resistant aluminium alloy for high temperature applications such as components in combustion engines, in particular for the manufacturing of highly loaded cylinder heads, he alloy comprises the following composition: .Si: 6.5-10 wt %.Mg: 0.25-0.35 wt %.Cu: 0.3-0.7 wt %.Hf: 0.025-0.55 wt % Optionally with the addition of: .Ti: 0-0.2 wt %.Zr: 0-0.3 wt %, the balance being made of Al and unavoidable impurities including Fe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2011
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Inventors: Terje Iveland, Stig Brusethaug, Petter Asholt, Bruno Barlas, Denis Massinon, Philippe Meyer
  • Patent number: 8454766
    Abstract: An extruded material of a free-cutting aluminum alloy excellent in embrittlement resistance at a high temperature, containing from 3 to 6% by mass of Cu and from 0.9 to 3% by mass of Bi with the balance being Aluminum and inevitable impurities, wherein a temperature for reducing the Charpy impact test value to half of the value at room temperature is 180° C. or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Furukawa-Sky Aluminum Corp.
    Inventors: Kensuke Mori, Kazuo Taguchi
  • Publication number: 20130136651
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an aluminum (Al) alloy, for general casting, and a technique for producing the same. The Al alloy includes Al, Si in the range of 5 to 13 wt %, Ti in the range of 2 to 7 wt % and B in the range of 1 to 3 wt %. According to the disclosure, a TiB2 compound may be formed in the Al alloy, where the ratio of Ti:B may range from 2 to 2.5 wt %. The Al alloy of the disclosure has improved elasticity, and is suitable for general casting processes such as, for example, high pressure casting process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicants: KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Hoon Mo PARK, Hoo Dam LEE
  • Publication number: 20130022493
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy bearing includes dispersed Si particles amounting to 1.0 to 10.0 weight % of Si. In such aluminum alloy bearing, relative diffraction intensity of (111) plane of the Si particles is equal to or greater than 0.6.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2011
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Applicant: DAIDO METAL COMPANY LTD.
    Inventors: Moritaka Fukuda, Tomoyuki Nirasawa, Yukihiko Kagohara, Shigeru Inami
  • Publication number: 20130004364
    Abstract: An Al-based bearing alloy includes 1 to 15 mass % of Si. In the Al-based bearing alloy, an average of A/a is greater than 1 and equal to or less than 4, where A represents a distance between adjacent Si particles residing on a sliding-side surface, and a represents a length of a major axis of the Si particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: DAIDO METAL COMPANY LTD.
    Inventors: Moritaka Fukuda, Tomoyuki Nirasawa, Yukihiko Kagohara, Shigero Inami
  • Publication number: 20120134875
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy sheet for a lithographic printing plate which has excellent ink stain resistance, with a local defect in a photosensitive layer after long-term storage being hard to occur, and excellent the pit uniformity after a roughening and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. An aluminum alloy sheet for a lithographic printing plate containing a predetermined content of Fe, Si, Cu and Ti as well as one type or more selected from B and C, and composed of remaining Al and inevitable impurities, in which a concentration of an aluminum carbide present in the aluminum alloy sheet is not more than 8 ppm, an area occupancy of aggregation substances present on the aluminum alloy sheet surface after the roughening treatment with respect to an arbitrary circle with a radius 5 ?m in the aluminum alloy sheet surface is less than 10%. In a case where the area occupancy is not less than 10%, the aggregation substances are present at a rate of 1 to 2 pieces/50 cm2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2011
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicants: Furukawa-Sky Aluminum Corp., Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke Namba, Shinya Kurokawa, Hirokazu Sawada, Akio Uesugi, Hirotake Osuga, Yoshikazu Suzuki, Kotaro Kitawaki
  • Publication number: 20120134874
    Abstract: Disclosed is an aluminum casting material including aluminum, silicon, titanium and boron, particularly 81-93 wt % of aluminum, 5-13 wt % of silicon, 1-3 wt % of titanium and 1-3 wt % of boron. The aluminum casting material has superior elasticity compared to that of a conventional aluminum alloy, even without employing a material of high cost such as carbon nanotube (CNT). While the application of the conventional aluminum alloy is largely restricted to a low pressure casting process, the aluminum material of the present invention can be applied to all common casting processes including a high pressure casting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2011
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hoon Mo Park, Jae Hyeok Shim, Jin Yoo Seo, Young Su Lee
  • Publication number: 20120129049
    Abstract: A method of forming a silicon anode material for rechargeable cells includes providing a metal matrix that includes no more than 30 wt % of silicon, including silicon structures dispersed therein. The metal matrix is at least partially etched to at least partially isolate the silicon structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2010
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Inventor: Philip John Rayner
  • Patent number: 8182742
    Abstract: An aluminum-based bearing alloy material and a bearing made therefrom is described, the bearing material having a composition comprising in weight %: 5-10 tin; 0.8-1.3 copper; 0.8-1.3 nickel; 1.5-3 silicon; 0.13-0.19 vanadium; 0.8-1.2 manganese; 0.4-0.6 chromium; balance aluminum apart from incidental impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Mahle International GmbH
    Inventors: Kenneth Macleod Mcmeekin, Patricia Morton McMeekin, legal representative, Raymond Bridgeman
  • Publication number: 20120039745
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to the field of metal alloy, and relates a grain refiner for magnesium and magnesium alloys, which is an aluminum-zirconium-carbon (Al—Zr—C) intermediate alloy, having a chemical composition of: 0.01%˜10% Zr, 0.01%˜0.3% C, and Al in balance, based on weight percentage. Also, the present invention discloses the method for preparing the grain refiner. The grain refiner according to the present invention is an intermediate alloy having great nucleation ability and in turn excellent grain refining performance for magnesium and magnesium alloys, and is industrially applicable in the casting and rolling of magnesium and magnesium alloy profiles, enabling the wide use of magnesium in industries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2011
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: Sun Xing Chemical & Metallurgical Materials (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xuemin Chen, Qingdong Ye, Yueming Yu, Jianguo Li
  • Patent number: 8088234
    Abstract: An AA2000-series alloy including 2 to 5.5% Cu, 0.5 to 2% Mg, at most 1% Mn, Fe <0.25%, Si >0.10 to 0.35%, and a method of manufacturing these aluminum alloy products. More particularly, disclosed are aluminum wrought products in relatively thick gauges, i.e. about 30 to 300 mm thick. While typically practiced on rolled plate product forms, this method may also find use with manufacturing extrusions or forged product shapes. Representative structural component parts made from the alloy product include integral spar members, and the like, which are machined from thick wrought sections, including rolled plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Aleris Aluminum Koblenz GmbH
    Inventors: Sunil Khosla, Andrew Norman, Hugo Van Schoonevelt
  • Publication number: 20110266029
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy wire material, which has an alloy composition containing: 0.1 to 0.4 mass % of Fe, 0.1 to 0.3 mass % of Cu, 0.02 to 0.2 mass % of Mg, and 0.02 to 0.2 mass % of Si, and further containing 0.001 to 0.01 mass % of Ti and V in total, with the balance being Al and unavoidable impurities, in which a grain size is 5 to 25 ?m in a vertical cross-section in a wire-drawing direction thereof, and an average creep rate between 1 and 100 hours is 1×10?3 (%/hour) or less by a creep test under a 20% load of a 0.2% yield strength at 150° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2011
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Inventors: Shigeki Sekiya, Kuniteru Mihara, Kyota Susai
  • Publication number: 20110146938
    Abstract: Disclosed are a highly corrosion-resistant aluminum alloy for a heat exchanger tube and a method for manufacturing a heat exchanger tube using the same. The highly corrosion-resistant aluminum alloy includes 0.05 to 0.5 wt % of iron, 0.05 to 0.2 wt % of silicon, 0.6 to 1.2 wt % of manganese, 0.15 to 0.45 wt % of copper, 0.05 to 0.3 wt % of at least one of zirconium and boron, and the remainder of aluminum and impurities. The aluminum alloy aluminum alloy for a heat exchanger tube improves corrosion resistance without affecting the physical properties other than corrosion resistance, through improvement in composition of the alloy, and ensures sufficient corrosion resistance without thermal arc spraying of zinc, resulting in a simple process, which leads to improvement in manufacturing efficiency and productivity of products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Inventors: Woong-Chul CHOI, Jong-Seo Yoon, Jae-Sung Park, Tae-Heum Nam
  • Publication number: 20110076184
    Abstract: The present invention provides a high corrosion resistant aluminum alloy consisting essentially of (by weight %): 0.30-1.25% Mn, 0.10-1.20% Si, 0.05-0.25% Cr, 0.05-0.2% Zr, 0.08-0.30% Ti, less than 0.03% Zn, less than 0.03% Cu, and up to 0.20% Fe, balance aluminum and inevitable impurities. The present invention also relates to articles made of the alloy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2010
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Applicant: GOLDEN DRAGON PRECISE COPPER TUBE GROUP, INC.
    Inventors: Jinli Zhang, Jianguo Wang, Hongwei Qiu, Xueyin Wang
  • Patent number: 7892482
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for producing a substance during which an aluminum base alloy is produced that has a content of 5.5 to 13.0% by mass of silicon and a content of magnesium according to formula Mg [% by mass]=1.73×Si [% by mass]+m with m=1.5 to 6.0% by mass of magnesium, and has a copper content ranging from 1.0 to 4.0% by mass. The base alloy is then subjected to at least one hot working and, afterwards, to a heat treatment consisting of solution annealing, quenching and artificial aging. The magnesium is added based on the respectively desired silicon content according to the aforementioned formula. The material obtained by using the inventive method comprises having a low density and a high strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignees: Mahle GmbH, Peak Werkstoff GmbH
    Inventors: Ulrich Bischofberger, Peter Krug, Gero Sinha
  • Publication number: 20110014494
    Abstract: Provided is a multi-layered sheet which has undergone heating corresponding to brazing, such as an aluminum-alloy radiator tube, or a multi-layered sheet such as an aluminum-alloy brazing sheet. The multi-layered sheet can have a reduced thickness and has excellent fatigue properties. The multi-layered sheet of aluminum alloys comprises a core layer (2) which has been clad at least with a sacrificial layer (3). This multi-layered sheet is a multi-layered sheet to be subjected to brazing or welding to produce a heat exchanger or is a multi-layered sheet which has undergone heating corresponding to brazing. The core layer (2) comprises a specific 3000-series composition. In this core layer (2), the average density in number of dispersed particles having a specific size has been regulated. As a result, fatigue properties, which govern cracking, can be highly improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2009
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Inventors: Katsushi Matsumoto, Eiichi Tamura, Masao Kinefuchi, Toshiki Ueda, Fumihiro Koshigoe, Shimpei Kimura
  • Publication number: 20100310414
    Abstract: An aluminum-based casting alloy having improved corrosion resistance and casting characteristics for sand and permanent mold casting processes. The aluminum-based casting alloy contains from about 4.0 to about 7.0 percent silicon by weight, at least 87 percent aluminum by weight, from about 0.25 percent to about 0.5 percent manganese by weight, a maximum of 0.08 percent copper by weight, and from about 0.2 percent to about 0.8 percent iron by weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2009
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Applicant: DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: Kurt F. O'Connor
  • Publication number: 20100296964
    Abstract: [Objectives] An aluminum alloy for casting with excellent rigidity and having a low coefficient of linear expansion, and at the same time, does not have a high cost, and has a few restrictions at the time of recycling. [Means for Achieving Objectives] An aluminum alloy for casting with excellent rigidity and having a low coefficient of linear expansion containing 13-25% by mass of silicon, 2-8% by mass of copper, 0.5-3% by mass of iron, 0.3-3% by mass of manganese, 0.001-0.02% by mass of phosphorus, and the remainder comprising aluminum and inevitable impurities, wherein the total amount of iron and manganese is 3.0% by mass or greater. Said alloy may further contain 0.5-6% by mass of nickel, and the total amount of iron, manganese, and nickel may be 3.0% by mass or greater. Further, said alloy may further contain one or more of 0.1-1.0% by mass of chromium, 0.05-1.5% by mass of magnesium, 0.01-1.0% by mass of titanium, 0.0001-1.0% by mass of boron, 0.1-1.0% by mass of zirconium, 0.1-1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2010
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Applicant: NIPPON LIGHT METAL COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro ODA, Masahiko Shioda
  • Publication number: 20100279171
    Abstract: This aims to provide a pulse laser welding aluminum alloy material, which can prevent the occurrence of an abnormal portion, when an A1000-series aluminum material is welded with a pulse laser, so that a satisfactory welded portion can be homogeneously formed, and a battery case. The pulse laser welding aluminum alloy material is made of an A1000-series aluminum material, and has a viscosity of 0.0016 Pa·s or less in a liquid phase. Alternatively, the pulse laser welding aluminum alloy material has such a porosity generation rate of 1.5 (?m2/mm) or less in the pulse-laser welded portion as is numerically defined by dividing the porosity total area (?m2), as indicated by the product of the sectional area and the number of porosities, by the length (mm) of an observation section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2008
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Matsumoto, Kazunori Kobayashi, Seiji Sasabe
  • Publication number: 20100108209
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2007
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: NIPPON LIGHT METAL COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Horikawa, Masahiko Shioda
  • Patent number: 7610669
    Abstract: A method for producing an integrated monolithic aluminum structure, including the steps of: (a) providing an aluminum alloy plate from an aluminum alloy with a predetermined thickness (y), (b) shaping or forming the alloy plate to obtain a predetermined shaped structure, (c) heat-treating the shaped structure, (d) machining, e.g. high velocity machining, the shaped structure to obtain an integrated monolithic aluminum structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2009
    Assignee: Aleris Aluminum Koblenz GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Joachim Keidel, Alfred Ludwig Heinz
  • Patent number: 7601434
    Abstract: The invention relates to a plain bearing composite material comprising a steel carrier layer and a bearing coating which is applied to the carrier layer in such a way that it cannot be removed and consists of lead-free aluminium bearing alloy consisting of between 4.4 and 6 wt. % of zinc, between 2.5 and 6 wt % of bismuth, between 1 and 2 wt. % of silicon, between 0.8 and 1.2 wt. % of copper and between 0.2 and 0.8 wt. % of magnesium, optionally a maximum of 0.2 wt. % each of titanium, nickel, manganese, and tin, optionally a maximum of 0.6 wt. % of iron, and also optionally respectively a maximum of 0.1 wt. % of impurity related additives, the total quantity thereof not amounting to more than 1 wt. % of the sum of the constituents. The aluminium bearing alloy forms an aluminium solid solution supersaturated with zinc, said zinc being finely distributed by solution annealing and subsequent chilling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2009
    Assignee: KS Gleitlager GmbH
    Inventors: Werner Schubert, Klaus Deicke, Thomas Steffens, Bernd Mueller
  • Patent number: 7572521
    Abstract: The invention relates to an aluminium alloy used as a coating for surfaces subjected to extreme friction stress, with an aluminium matrix incorporating at least a soft phase and a hard phase, as well as a process for producing the coating. The soft phase and/or the hard phase is essentially finely distributed in the aluminium matrix (20) and at least 80%, preferably at least 90%, of the soft phase or soft phase particles (18) have a mean diameter of a maximum of 3 ?m. The aluminium alloy is produced by depositing it on the base (11) by a process of deposition from a gas phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: Miba Gleitlager GmbH
    Inventors: Robert Mergen, Walter Gärtner
  • Publication number: 20090008786
    Abstract: The present invention provides a sputtering target comprising aluminum and one or more alloying elements including Ni, Co, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Mo, Nb, Ta, W, and rare earth metals (REM). The addition of very small amounts of alloying element to pure aluminum and aluminum alloy target improves the uniformity of the deposited wiring films through affecting the target's recrystallization process. The range of alloying element content is 0.01 to 100 ppm and preferably in the range of 0.1 to 50 ppm and more preferably from 0.1 to 10 ppm weight which is sufficient to prevent dynamic recrystallization of pure aluminum and aluminum alloys, such as 30 ppm Si alloy. The addition of small amount of alloying elements increases the thermal stability and electromigration resistance of pure aluminum and aluminum alloys thin films while sustaining their low electrical resistivity and good etchability. This invention also provides a method of manufacturing microalloyed aluminum and aluminum alloy sputtering target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2007
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Applicant: Tosoh SMD, Inc.
    Inventors: Eugene Y. Ivanov, Yongwen Yuan, David B. Smathers, Ronald G. Jordan
  • Patent number: 7442491
    Abstract: There is provided an aluminum alloy blank for a lithographic printing plate including iron in a range of 0.20 to 0.80 wt %; and the balance being aluminum, a crystal grain refining element, and unavoidable impurity elements. The unavoidable impurity elements may include silicon and copper, wherein a content of silicon is in a range of 0.02 to 0.30 wt % and a content of copper is equal to or below 0.05 wt %. A solid solution amount of silicon is in a range of 150 ppm to 1500 ppm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2008
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hirokazu Sawada, Akio Uesugi
  • Publication number: 20080187456
    Abstract: An extruded material of a free-cutting aluminum alloy excellent in embrittlement resistance at a high temperature, containing from 3 to 6% by mass of Cu and from 0.9 to 3% by mass of Bi with the balance being Aluminum and inevitable impurities, wherein a temperature for reducing the Charpy impact test value to half of the value at room temperature is 180° C. or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2008
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Applicant: FURUKAWA-SKY ALUMINUM CORP.
    Inventors: Kensuke Mori, Kazuo TAGUCHI
  • Patent number: 6959476
    Abstract: A method for producing aluminum drive shafts from molten aluminum alloy using a continuous caster to cast the alloy into a slab. The method comprises providing a molten aluminum alloy consisting essentially of 0.2 to 0.8 wt. % Si, 0.05 to 0.4 wt. % Cu, 0.45 to 1.2 wt. % Mg, 0.04 to 0.35 wt. % Cr, 0.7 wt. % max. Fe, 0.15 wt. % max. Mn, 0.25 wt. % max. Zn, 0.15 wt. % max. Ti, the remainder aluminum, incidental elements and impurities and providing a continuous caster such as a belt caster for continuously casting the molten aluminum alloy. The molten aluminum alloy is cast into a slab which is rolled into a sheet product. After solution heat treatment, the sheet product is formed into a tube having a seam which is welded to provide a seam welded tube. The seam welded tube is placed in a forming die and hydroformed to form the drive shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2005
    Assignee: Commonwealth Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Zhong Li, Paul Platek
  • Patent number: 6929726
    Abstract: A sputtering target consists essentially of 0.1 to 50% by weight of at least one kind of element that forms an intermetallic compound with Al, and the balance of Al. The element that forms an intermetallic compound with Al is uniformly dispersed in the target texture, and in a mapping of EPMA analysis, a portion of which count number of detection sensitivity of the element is 22 or more is less than 60% by area ratio in a measurement area of 20×20 ?m. According to such a sputtering target, even when a sputtering method such as long throw sputtering or reflow sputtering is applied, giant dusts or large concavities can be suppressed in occurrence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2005
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Koichi Watanabe, Takashi Ishigami
  • Publication number: 20040213694
    Abstract: The invention relates to an improved cast Al alloy designed to provide an accelerated response to heat treatment; specifically, the alloy's response to thermal growth during aging is accelerated, leading to a dimensionally more stable casting. This improvement is achieved by the addition of trace amounts of Sn, In, Ge or Cd to an Al—Si—Cu cast alloy. The improved alloy has particular application for cast Al engine blocks and cylinder heads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2004
    Publication date: October 28, 2004
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Wolverton, Jacob Zindel, Larry Godlewski
  • Patent number: 6800244
    Abstract: The invention relates to an aluminium brazing alloy, ideally suitable as fin stock material, having a composition, in weight %: Si 0.7-1.2, Mn 0.7-1.2, Mg up to 0.35, Fe up to 0.8, Zn up to 3.0, Ni up to 0.005, Cu up to 0.5, optionally one or more members selected from the group comprising Ti up to 0.20, In up to 0.20, Zr up to 0.25, V up to 0.25, and Cr up to 0.25, others up to 0.05 each and up to 0.15 in total, and an Al balance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2004
    Assignees: Corus L.P., Corus Aluminium Walzprodukte GmbH
    Inventors: Adrianus Jacobus Wittebrood, Achim Bürger, Klaus Vieregge, Job Anthonius Van Der Hoeven, Scott W. Haller
  • Patent number: 6786983
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy product is provided that includes an ADC12 aluminum alloy, wherein the ADC12 aluminum alloy is cast into the product utilizing a high pressure, slow velocity casting technique.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2004
    Assignee: SPX Corporation
    Inventors: Richard Brian Szymanowski, Rathindra DasGupta
  • Patent number: 6783869
    Abstract: The invention relates to an aluminium alloy for an anti-friction element containing respectively, as a % by weight, 4.2% to 4.8% Zn, 3.0% to 7.0% Si, 0.8% to 1.2% Cu, 0.7% to 1.3% Pb, 0.12% to 0.18% Mg, 0% to 0.3% Mn and 0% to 0.2% Ni. Also incorporated, based on % by weight, are 0.05% to 0.1% Zr, 0% to 0.05% Ti, 0% to 0.4% Fe, 0% to 0.2% Sn. The rest is formed by Al with the usual incidental impurities depending on the melt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2004
    Assignee: MIBA Gleitlager Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Johannes Humer, Herbert Kirsch, Markus Manner, Robert Mergen
  • Publication number: 20040140197
    Abstract: A sputtering target consists essentially of 0.1 to 50% by weight of at least one kind of element that forms an intermetallic compound with Al, and the balance of Al. The element that forms an intermetallic compound with Al is uniformly dispersed in the target texture, and in a mapping of EPMA analysis, a portion of which count number of detection sensitivity of the element is 22 or more is less than 60% by area ratio in a measurement area of 20×20 &mgr;m. According to such a sputtering target, even when a sputtering method such as long throw sputtering or reflow sputtering is applied, giant dusts or large concavities can be suppressed in occurrence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2004
    Publication date: July 22, 2004
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Koichi Watanabe, Takashi Ishigami
  • Patent number: 6736947
    Abstract: A sputtering target consists essentially of 0.1 to 50% by weight of at least one kind of element that forms an intermetallic compound with Al, and the balance of Al. The element that forms an intermetallic compound with Al is uniformly dispersed in the target texture, and in a mapping of EPMA analysis, a portion of which count number of detection sensitivity of the element is 22 or more is less than 60% by area ratio in a measurement area of 20×20 &mgr;m. According to such a sputtering target, even when a sputtering method such as long throw sputtering or reflow sputtering is applied, giant dusts or large concavities can be suppressed in occurrence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Koichi Watanabe, Takashi Ishigami
  • Publication number: 20040035505
    Abstract: A monolithic container having a bottom wall, a sidewall interconnected to the bottom wall and extending upwardly and outwardly therefrom to define an open end of the monolithic container at an upper edge of the sidewall, the sidewall having a peripheral flange extending outwardly from the upper edge. The monolithic container formed from an aluminum alloy feedstock comprising: from about 0.05 to 0.55% by weight silicon, from 0.10 to about 0.50% by weight iron, from less than about 0.60% by weight copper, from about less than about 0.4% by weight manganese, from about 0.9 to about 1.8% by weight magnesium, with the balance being aluminum and impurities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2002
    Publication date: February 26, 2004
    Inventors: Ali Unal, David A. Tomes
  • Patent number: 6676898
    Abstract: A bearing and a bearing alloy composition are described, the bearing alloy comprising in weight %: tin 5-10; copper 0.7-1.3; nickel 0.7-1.3; silicon 1.5-3.5; vanadium 0.1-0.3; manganese 0.1-0.3; and the balance being aluminium apart from unavoidable impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: Dana Corporation
    Inventors: Kenneth Macleod McMeekin, Ian David Massey
  • Publication number: 20030180178
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy product is provided that includes an ADC12 aluminum alloy, wherein the ADC12 aluminum alloy is cast into the product utilizing a high pressure, slow velocity casting technique.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2002
    Publication date: September 25, 2003
    Inventors: Richard Brian Szymanowski, Rathindra DasGupta
  • Patent number: 6605199
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy sputter target having a sputter target face for sputtering the sputter target is provided. The sputter target face has a textured-metastable grain structure. The textured-metastable grain structure has a grain orientation ratio of at least 35 percent (200) orientation. The textured-metastable grain structure is stable during sputtering of the sputter target. The textured-metastable grain structure has a grain size of less than 5 &mgr;m. The method forms aluminum alloy sputter targets by first cooling an aluminum alloy target blank to a temperature of less than −50° C. Then deforming the cooled aluminum alloy target blank introduces plastic strain into the target blank and reduces the grain size of the grains to form a textured-metastable grain structure. Finally, finishing the aluminum alloy target blank forms a finished sputter target that maintains the textured-metastable grain structure of the finished sputter target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2003
    Assignee: Praxair S.T. Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew C. Perry, Paul S. Gilman, Jaak Van den Sype