Titanium, Zirconium, Hafnium, Vanadium, Niobium, Or Tantalum Containing Patents (Class 420/543)
  • Patent number: 4992242
    Abstract: The invention relates to an aluminum alloy component retaining a good fatigue strength when used hot. The alloy contains by weight 11 to 26% silicon, 2 to 5% iron, 0.5 to 5% copper, 0.1 to 2% magnesium, 0.1 to 0.4% zirconium and 0.5 to 1.5% manganese, the alloy in the molten state is subjected to a fast solidification means, bringing it into the form of parts of components and optionally subjecting the latter to a heat treatment at between 490.degree. and 520.degree. C., followed by water hardening and annealing at between 170.degree. and 210.degree. C. Components formed of the alloy are used more particularly as rods, piston rods and pistons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1990
    Date of Patent: February 12, 1991
    Assignee: Pechiney Recherche Groupement d'Interet Economique
    Inventor: Jean-Francois Faure
  • Patent number: 4874578
    Abstract: An aluminium alloy suitable as a material for superplastic forming contains0.8-2.5% or iron,3.5-6.0% of magnesium,0.1-0.6% of manganese,0.05-0.5% of zirconium,at most 6.0% of zinc,at most 3.0% of copper,at most 0.3% of silicon,at most 0.05% of titanium andat most 0.05% of chromium,the remainder being aluminium of commercial purity.The alloy can be processed to give superplastically formable sheets without separate thermomechanical pretreatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 17, 1989
    Assignee: Swiss Aluminium Ltd.
    Inventors: Heinrich Homberger, Jurgen Timm, Pedro Rodriques
  • Patent number: 4851192
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy for structures with increased electrical resistivity, consisting essentially of: 1.0-5.0% by weight of Li; one or a plurality of members selected from the group consisting of not more than 0.20% by weight of Ti, 0.05-0.40% by weight of Cr, 0.05-0.30% by weight of Zr, 0.05-0.35% by weight of V and 0.05-0.30% by weight of W; and the balance being aluminum, and impurities which would inevitably be included in the alloy. The aluminum alloy may further include (a) not more than 5.0% by weight of Mn, and/or (b) 0.05-5.0% by weight of Cu and/or 0.05-8.0% by weight of Mg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 25, 1989
    Assignee: Sumitomo Light Metal Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshio Baba, Teruo Uno, Hideo Yoshida
  • Patent number: 4847048
    Abstract: An alluminum alloy composition represented by the following general formula (I):Al.sub.a Mg.sub.b Ni.sub.c Mn.sub.d Si.sub.e Cu.sub.f Fe.sub.g Ti.sub.h Zn.sub.i B.sub.k Zr.sub.l (I)whereinb=about 2-8 wt %c=0--about 7 wt %d=0--about 3.0 wt %e=0--about 1.0 wt %f=0--about 1.0 wt %g=0--about 0.5 wt %h=0--about 0.3 wt %i=0--about 0.3 wt %j=0--about 0.1 wt %k=0--about 0.1 wt % andl=0--about 0.3 wt %; provided thatc+d.gtoreq.about 0.5 wt %, anda is balance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 1987
    Date of Patent: July 11, 1989
    Assignee: Ryobi Limited
    Inventors: Naomi Nishi, Shigetake Kami, Takashi Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 4735774
    Abstract: An aluminum-lithium alloy exhibiting good fracture toughness and relatively high strength has a nominal composition of 2.5 percent lithium, 1.0 percent magnesium, 1.6 percent copper, 0.12 percent zirconium with the balance being aluminum and trace elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1983
    Date of Patent: April 5, 1988
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: G. Hari Narayanan, William E. Quist, R. Eugene Curtis
  • Patent number: 4735867
    Abstract: A novel aluminum alloy contains vanadium as an alloying element, at a concentration ranging from about 0.02% to about 0.4% by weight. The vanadium imparts corrosion resistance to the alloy, particularly when the alloy is used as a core alloy in a vacuum brazing sheet. A further improvement in corrosion resistance is achieved by processing the alloy or brazing sheet in such a manner that the final processing step is a cold work to a reduction of about 10% to about 20%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 1985
    Date of Patent: April 5, 1988
    Assignee: Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corporation
    Inventor: Walter D. Finnegan
  • Patent number: 4729939
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy support for lithographic printing plates produced by cold rolling an aluminum alloy composed substantially of Mg 0.05 to 3 wt %, Si 0.05 to 0.7 wt %, Zr 0.01 to 0.25 wt %, and Fe 0.05 to 0.4 wt %, with the balance being Al and impurities, and imparting a grained surface to the plate surface has high mechanical strength, good heat softening resistance, excellent water retentive property, and long press life.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1986
    Date of Patent: March 8, 1988
    Assignees: Nippon Light Metal Company Limited, Fuji Photo Film Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhisa Nishikawa, Tadayuki Katoh, Misako Kawasaki, Kazushige Takizawa
  • Patent number: 4632885
    Abstract: A clad material for use in heat exchangers comprises a core metal layer made of an aluminum base alloy containing Mg, and a cladding metal layer made of an aluminum base alloy containing Sn and Mg. The core metal layer can contain at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Mn, Si, Cr, Cu and Zr, and a cladding metal layer can also contain at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Zn, Ti, In and Ga.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1982
    Date of Patent: December 30, 1986
    Assignee: Sumitomo Light Metal Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Zenichi Tanabe, Toshiyasu Fukui, Teruo Uno, Hiroshi Ikeda
  • Patent number: 4629505
    Abstract: A metallurgical method including cooling molten aluminum particles and consolidating resulting solidified particles into a multiparticle body, wherein the improvement comprises the provision of greater than 0.15% of a metal which diffuses in the aluminum solid state at a rate less than that of Mn.Aluminum containing greater than 0.15% of a metal which diffuses in the aluminum solid state at a rate less than that of Mn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 1985
    Date of Patent: December 16, 1986
    Assignee: Aluminum Company of America
    Inventor: Henry G. Paris
  • Patent number: 4620961
    Abstract: A high electrical resistance, superior formability aluminum alloy useful as structural materials used in structures suffering the action of high magnetic field, nuclear fusion reactor or the like, said aluminum alloy consisting essentially of, by weight, 1.0 to 8.0% of Mg, 0.05 to less than 1.0% of Li, at least one element selected from the group consisting of 0.05 to 0.20% of Ti, 0.05 to 0.40% of Cr, 0.05 to 0.30% of Zr, 0.05 to 0.35% of V, 0.05 to 0.30% of W and 0.05 to 2.0% of Mn, and the balance being aluminum and incidental impurities. Further, Bi in the range of 0.05 to 0.50 wt. % may be contained in said alloy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 1984
    Date of Patent: November 4, 1986
    Assignee: Sumitomo Light Metal Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshio Baba, Teruo Uno, Hideo Yoshida, Yoshifusa Shoji
  • Patent number: 4502900
    Abstract: This invention relates to a wrought aluminum alloy, to its use for making semifinished and finished products and to processes of improving the properties, particularly the strength properties, of semifinished and finished products made of that alloy.A wrought aluminum alloy is proposed which contains 1.15 to 2.0% manganese, more than 1.0 and up to 2.0% silicon, 0.25 to 0.65% magnesium, 0.2 to 1.0% iron, not in excess of 0.3% copper, not in excess of 0.2% zinc, not in excess of 0.1% zirconium, not in excess of 0.1% titanium, balance aluminum and other impurities in a total not in excess of 0.2%.In FIG. 1, the ultimate tensile stresses which can be obtained with three different combinations of cooling rate and subsequent final cold reduction are plotted as a function of the magnesium content, the prior art being represented by magnesium contents of 0.2% and less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 1983
    Date of Patent: March 5, 1985
    Assignee: Vereinigte Deutsche Metallwerke AG
    Inventor: Heinz J. Althoff
  • Patent number: 4377425
    Abstract: An improved cast ingot of aluminum alloy satisfactorily available for rolling operation containing Fe is disclosed which has no fir-tree structure or has only a very small region of fir-tree structure. This cast ingot of aluminum alloy contains calcium in the range of 0.0005 to 0.05% and has a grain size smaller than 150 microns in the region extended inward of a coarse cell phase on the surface area of the cast ingot, particularly in the vicinity of said coarse cell phase. The cast ingot is manufactured by way of the steps of addition of the above amount of calcium to molten aluminum alloy, supplementary addition of 0.005 to 0.1% Ti and 0.0001 to 0.02% B to the molten aluminum alloy and then continuous D.C. casting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 1980
    Date of Patent: March 22, 1983
    Assignees: Showa Aluminum Ind. K.K., Showa Aluminum Corp.
    Inventors: Takeshi Otani, Osamu Watanabe, Masashi Sakaguchi