Al-base Component Patents (Class 428/650)
  • Patent number: 12243570
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy substrate for a magnetic disc is made of an aluminum alloy, containing Fe: 1.80 mass % or less, Mn: 0.70 mass % or less, Ni: 2.50 mass % or less, Si: 2.50 mass % or less, Cu: 1.00 mass % or less, Zn: 0.48 mass % or less and Mg: 1.00 to 3.50 mass %, wherein a total content of Fe, Mn and Ni is 1.60 to 4.50 mass % and a mass ratio of Cu/Zn is 0.01 to 0.35 or 6.00 to 50.00, with a balance being Al and inevitable impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kotaro Kitawaki, Hideyuki Hatakeyama, Wataru Kumagai, Ryo Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 12195847
    Abstract: A multilayer system having at least one anticorrosion layer and a wear protection layer, wherein the anticorrosion layer is formed by a metal nitride or a metal carbonitride which contains at least titanium and magnesium as the metal, wherein the metal nitride or the metal carbonitride further includes at least one rare earth metal, and the wear protection layer is formed by at least one diamond-like metal-free carbon layer. A component having such a multilayer system and a method for producing the multilayer system or the component are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Ricardo Henrique Brugnara, Nazlim Bagcivan, Edgar Schulz, Markus Schmalwasser
  • Patent number: 12128493
    Abstract: A method of producing a vehicle glass assembly includes (A) providing a harness including a metal wire, a connector at a terminal of the metal wire, including a flat portion made of a metal plate, and a block of lead-free solder, containing tin as a major component, soldered on the flat portion of the connector; (B) providing a glass substrate layer over which a conductive layer, including an electrically conductive wire pattern and a connecting terminal, is formed; (C) sandwiching the block between the flat portion of the connector and the connecting terminal of the conductive layer, and then melting the block to form a solder connection between the connector and the connecting terminal; wherein the amount of the lead-free solder is between 4 mg and 13 mg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: ACR II GLASS AMERICA INC.
    Inventor: Olivier Farreyrol
  • Patent number: 12110581
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a part, comprising the steps of chemically etching, in a wet acid medium, at least a portion of a surface of a substrate made of a monocrystalline superalloy, comprising at least one element chosen from rhenium and ruthenium, the substrate having a ?-?? phase, the substrate having an average mass fraction of rhenium and/or ruthenium greater than or equal to 3%, the chemical etching being done in such a way that the average mass fraction of rhenium and/or ruthenium over the portion of the surface of the substance is less than 2%, and a step of depositing on the portion of the substrate a protective coating having a ?-?? phase and an average mass fraction of rhenium and/or ruthenium of less than 1%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: SAFRAN
    Inventors: Amar Saboundji, Fabrice Crabos
  • Patent number: 12038005
    Abstract: A moving part of a compressor, a compressor including the moving part, and a method of manufacturing the moving part, the moving part including a base material having a polished surface and including a steel material; an adhesive layer arranged on the polished surface; and a coating layer including diamond-like carbon. The adhesive layer may be arranged between the base material and the coating layer and bond the coating layer to the base material, and the base material may include an etching-processed area having a plurality of microgrooves (MG) extending in a downward direction into the base material from the polished surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jihwan Chun, Jiyoung Song, Youngdeog Koh, Kwangjoo Kim
  • Patent number: 12033841
    Abstract: A method for detecting organic matter in the blood by using LDI-MS, and a device therefor, according to the present invention, are not complicated when performing measurement and do not require the passage of many steps, and facilitate, in real time, measurement and result collection through rapid analysis. In addition, the present invention enables precise analysis even at a lower sample concentration so as to have excellent sensitivity and accuracy, enables the detection of various types of organic matter at the same time and has high throughput, and enables the structure analysis of organic matter, having undergone metabolic processes in the blood, and quantitative analysis thereof to be accurately performed without interference from a matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND SCIENCE
    Inventors: Tae Geol Lee, Hee-Kyung Na, Sunho Joh
  • Patent number: 12011803
    Abstract: The present disclosure, in some embodiments, relates to a polishing system. The polishing system includes a carrier head configured to enclose a wafer. The carrier head has a retainer ring configured to laterally surround the wafer and an abrasive structure that partially covers a lower surface of the retainer ring. A membrane support is surrounded by the retainer ring and defines one or more ports. One or more chambers are coupled to the one or more ports and are defined by the membrane support and a flexible membrane having a lower surface configured to contact the wafer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Chang-Sheng Lin
  • Patent number: 11827984
    Abstract: A coated steel product including a base steel, and a coating layer containing a Zn—Al—Mg alloy layer disposed on a surface of the base steel, in which the coating layer has a predetermined chemical composition, the coated steel product including dendrite-shaped MgZn2 phase having a surface roughness Sa of 50 nm or less on a surface of the Zn—Al—Mg alloy layer, an area ratio of the dendrite-shaped MgZn2 phase having a surface roughness Sa of 50 nm or less being from 30% to 80% within a region of an observable field of view of 5 mm2, and among the dendrite-shaped MgZn2 phase having a surface roughness Sa of 50 nm or less, a number of dendrite-shaped MgZn2 phase having an area of 0.1 mm2 or more being from 5 to 100 within a region of an observable field of view of 25 mm2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mamoru Saito, Yasuto Goto
  • Patent number: 11807756
    Abstract: A resin composition includes: (A) 100 parts by weight of a thermosetting resin, which includes a vinyl-containing polyphenylene ether resin, a maleimide resin, or a combination thereof; (B) 15 parts by weight to 50 parts by weight of a sintered body formed by aluminum nitride and boron nitride; and (C) 180 parts by weight to 280 parts by weight of titanium dioxide. Moreover, an article may be made from the resin composition, including a prepreg, a resin film, a laminate or a printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: ELITE MATERIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yi-Fei Yu, Ching-Huan Lee, Chen-Yu Hsieh
  • Patent number: 11692273
    Abstract: A method applies a titanium aluminide alloy on a substrate. The titanium aluminide alloy has a gamma phase proportion of at least 50% based on an overall composition of the titanium aluminide. The method includes: pretreating a surface of the substrate; heat treating titanium aluminide powder particles at a temperature range of 600° C. to 1000° C. to increase the proportion of the gamma phase; cold spraying the heat-treated powder particles onto the substrate or a part of the substrate to form a layer of titanium aluminide; and thermally post-treating the layer of titanium aluminide applied to the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: LUFTHANSA TECHNIK AG
    Inventors: Jan Oke Peters, Thomas Maria Gartner, Matthias Mecklenburg, Marcus Willi Rackel, Emine Bakan, Georg Mauer
  • Patent number: 11555241
    Abstract: A coating system for a turbine engine component is disclosed. The coating system includes a substrate, an optional bond coat, a synthetic oxide layer and a top coat. The synthetic oxide layer is formed by atomic layer deposition and includes two or more oxides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Paul Sheedy, John A. Sharon, Neal Magdefrau, Ryan M. Deacon, Wayde R. Schmidt
  • Patent number: 11519078
    Abstract: Zinc ribbon anodes and methods of making the same are provided herein. In some embodiments, the zinc ribbon anode includes a hollow elongated zinc ribbon having a first end, a second end opposite the first end, an outer surface, and an inner surface defining a hollow space extending from the first end to the second end; and an elongated metal core disposed within the hollow space and in contact with the inner surface, wherein a cross-section of the hollow elongated zinc ribbon taken between the first end and the second end and perpendicular to the outer surface is polygonal in shape, and wherein the cross-section has an aspect ratio of at least 1.5:1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: ARTAZN LLC
    Inventors: Michael Thomas Mather, Vinay Ramankutty Menon
  • Patent number: 11383324
    Abstract: A method of optimizing laser welding of two different metals is disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a method for optimizing laser welding of two different metals comprising laser welding a plurality of samples comprising a first metal and a second metal to form a weld between the first metal and the second metal, the weld having a molten area, wherein each sample is laser welded using a different line energy, measuring the content of an intermetallic compound produced by the laser welding in the molten area of the weld in each sample, and determining the line energy of the laser that results in the content of the intermetallic compound produced in the molten area of the weld being less than 10%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Inventors: Jin Soo Lee, Sung Chul Park, Bu Gon Shin, Soyoung Choo
  • Patent number: 11313016
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy material suitable for the manufacture of automotive body panels comprising: Si 0.6 to 1.2 wt %, Mg 0.7 to 1.3 wt %, Zn 0.25 to 0.8 wt %, Cu 0.02 to 0.20 wt %, Mn 0.01 to 0.25 wt %, Zr 0.01 to 0.20 wt %, with the balance being Al and incidental elements, based on the total weight of the aluminum alloy material. The aluminum alloy material satisfies the inequation of: 2.30 wt %?(Si+Mg+Zn+2Cu) wt %?3.20 wt %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: General Research Institute for Nonferrous Metals
    Inventors: Baiqing Xiong, Xiwu Li, Yongan Zhang, Zhihui Li, Hongwei Liu, Feng Wang
  • Patent number: 11203435
    Abstract: A fastening system for a vehicle has a rail with a flange, which has a bearing surface, and a crosspiece, which bears the flange, also has an accommodating device, arranged on the crosspiece and has an accommodating bore, arranged parallel to the flange and runs through the crosspiece, further has a barrel nut having a longitudinal axis and a bore, which runs transversely to the longitudinal axis, and additionally has a securing device. The flange has a flange opening directed towards the bore. The position of the bore in the nut is aligned with the flange opening when the nut is in the bore. The securing device fixes the nut along the longitudinal axis in the bore. The securing device or the shape of the nut and/or of the bore fix the nut in a rotationally fixed manner in the bore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Christian Rekert, Frank Klive, Jan Richardson-Busshoff
  • Patent number: 11008108
    Abstract: Described are mounting assemblies for securing aircraft passenger seats, including a beam, an adaptor, and fasteners. The beam can include holes spaced along a flat upper surface. The adaptor can be supported by the beam and include a channel, a bottom thickness, and apertures extending through the bottom thickness. The fasteners can extend through the adaptor's apertures and the beam's holes to secure the adaptor to the beam. The adaptor can receive a fitting of a passenger seat in the channel to secure the passenger seat relative to the beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Safran Seats USA LLC
    Inventor: Klay E. Gilbert
  • Patent number: 10407796
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to a sealed metal laminate structure comprising: a metal layer having a first surface and an opposite second surface; a first enamel layer laminated on the first surface of the metal layer, except at an exposed metal protrusion at a perimeter edge of the sealed metal laminate structure; a second enamel layer laminated on the second surface of the metal layer, except at the exposed metal protrusion at the perimeter edge of the sealed laminate structure; and a phosphate sealer deposited on the exposed metal protrusion of the sealed metal laminate structure. The present disclosure also relates to a metal laminate structure without a phosphate sealer. In addition, systems and methods for treating workpieces, including metal laminate structures, are discussed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Yuefeng Luo, William Edward Adis, Michael Lewis Jones
  • Patent number: 10029624
    Abstract: A motor vehicle sheet metal molding of the invention is produced by hot forming from a metal sheet composed of an aluminum alloy which cannot be precipitation hardened, which contains at least magnesium and optionally manganese in addition to aluminum as alloy component. The motor vehicle sheet metal molding after forming has, at least locally, degrees of deformation which are above the forming limit curve of the aluminum alloy at room temperature. To produce the motor vehicle sheet metal molding, the metal sheet is heated at least locally to a temperature in the range from 200° C. to 400° C. over a period of from 1 to 60 seconds. The heated metal sheet is subsequently placed in a forming tool of a forming press and formed to produce the motor vehicle sheet metal molding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: BENTELER AUTOMOBILTECHNIK GMBH
    Inventors: Holger Diersmann, Jochen Dörr, Jochem Grewe, Andreas Hitz
  • Patent number: 9528550
    Abstract: A sliding bearing including: a lining; a back metal; and an intermediate layer formed between the back metal and the lining by an Al alloy containing 0.01 wt % or more of at least one solid solution component selected from Zn, Cu, Mg, Li, Mn, V, Zr, Fe, Mo, Co, Ni, Hf, Sc, Ti and W wherein the whole amount of the solid solution component forms a solid solution with Al, in such a manner that the intermediate layer has a thickness of 20 ?m or more and Vickers hardness of 30 or more and 80 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: TAIHO KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Katsumi Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 9217193
    Abstract: With regard to an Al—Cr—Zr based alloy having annealing temper, a high temperature strength at 180 to 200 degrees C. is ensured. An aluminum alloy for a plain bearing having improved fatigue resistance is to be provided. An aluminum alloy for a plain bearing solving the problems has a composition of 3 to 7 mass % Mg, 0.1 to 0.3 mass % Cr, and 0.1 to 0.3 mass % Zr, with the balance being Al and inevitable impurities. A principal structure of the aluminum alloy consist of an Al matrix containing solute Mg, minute particles of Cr, and Zr.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: TAIHO KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Tomikawa, Shinichiro Sakamoto, Katsumi Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 9175400
    Abstract: A method is provided for depositing a whisker resistant tin-based coating layer on a surface of a copper substrate. The method is useful for preparing an article comprising a copper substrate having a surface; and a tin-based coating layer on the surface of the substrate, wherein the tin-based coating layer has a thickness between 0.5 micrometers and 1.5 micrometers and has a resistance to formation of copper-tin intermetallics, wherein said resistance to formation of copper-tin intermetallics is characterized in that, upon exposure of the article to at least seven heating and cooling cycles in which each cycle comprises subjecting the article to a temperature of at least 217° C. followed by cooling to a temperature between about 20° C. and about 28° C., there remains a region of the tin coating layer that is free of copper that is at least 0.25 micrometers thick.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Enthone Inc.
    Inventors: Yung-Herng Yau, Xingping Wang, Cai Wang, Robert Farrell, Pingping Ye, Edward J. Kudrak, Jr., Karl F. Wengenroth, Joseph A. Abys
  • Patent number: 9068253
    Abstract: A steel plate is provided which has excellent hydrogen induced cracking resistance. The steel plate is suitable for use in a line pipe. The steel plate satisfies a predetermined composition. In a composition of an inclusion contained in the steel and having a width of 1 ?m or more, the ratio (RES/CaS) of the mass of an REM sulfide (RES) to that of a Ca sulfide (CaS) is equal to or more than 0.05, a Zr content of the inclusion is in a range of 5 to 60%, and a Nb content of the inclusion is 5% or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Taku Kato, Hiroki Imamura, Shinsuke Sato
  • Patent number: 9040167
    Abstract: A flat steel product having a base layer of a steel material and a multilayer coating applied thereto, and a method for producing the flat steel product. The method having the following steps: providing a steel base layer; applying a zinc layer to the base layer by electrolytic coating; applying an aluminum layer to the surface of the zinc layer, wherein no treatment is made to the surface of the zinc layer in regard to the oxides and sulfides present thereon at the end of the electrolytic zinc coating step or occurring during the course of the aluminum coating step; applying a magnesium layer to the aluminum layer; and subsequently heat treating the flat steel product in such a way that an MgZn2 layer forms in the coating above the Al layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AG
    Inventors: Bernd Schuhmacher, Christian Schwerdt, Nicole Weiher, Richard Weinhold
  • Publication number: 20150132602
    Abstract: A method for coating a component for use in a semiconductor chamber for plasma etching includes providing a component for use in a semiconductor manufacturing chamber, loading the component into a deposition chamber, cold spray coating a metal powder onto the component to form a coating on the component, and anodizing the coating to form an anodization layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Jennifer Y. Sun, Vahid Firouzdor
  • Patent number: 9023485
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electro-optical or electromechanical structural component, in particular, an LED, connector or stamped grid, or sliding element, made of a rolled metal substrate of a metal strip, or a sheet produced therefrom, made of Cu or a Cu alloy strip, Al or an Al alloy strip, Fe or a Fe alloy strip, Ti or a Ti alloy strip, Ni or a Ni alloy strip or a stainless steel strip, which has a specially structured surface. The structure of the surface allows joining using optical methods, even in the case of highly reflective surface coatings, and simultaneously improves the functional properties of the components used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Wieland-Werke AG
    Inventors: Isabell Buresch, Dieter Stock, Thorsten Weireter
  • Patent number: 9017824
    Abstract: Disclosed is an aluminum-diamond composite having both high thermal conductivity and thermal expansion coefficient close to those of semiconductor elements, which is improved in platability in the surface and surface roughness so that the composite becomes suitable for use as a heat sink of a semiconductor element of the like. Specifically disclosed is a plate-like aluminum-diamond composite containing diamond particles and a metal mainly composed of aluminum. The aluminum-diamond composite is composed of a composite part and surface layers formed on both sides of the composite part, and the surface layers are composed of a material containing a metal mainly composed of aluminum. The diamond particle content is 40-70% by volume of the entire aluminum-diamond composite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Denki Kagaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hideki Hirotsuru, Hideo Tsukamoto
  • Patent number: 9012030
    Abstract: A substrate processing chamber component comprising a chamber component structure having an yttrium-aluminum coating. The yttrium-aluminum coating comprises a compositional gradient through a thickness of the coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Nianci Han, Li Xu, Hong Shih
  • Publication number: 20150093595
    Abstract: A slide member is provided with a base material and a slide layer. The slide layer is disposed on at least a portion of the base material. The slide layer contains a solid lubricant and a plurality of hard particles, the hard particles being harder than the solid lubricant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventor: Takamoto ASAKAWA
  • Publication number: 20150093593
    Abstract: A slide member is provided with a base material, a plated slide layer and an intermediate plated layer. The plated slide layer contains a solid lubricant. The intermediate plated layer is disposed between the base material and the plated slide layer, the intermediate plated layer increasing cohesion of the base material and the plated slide layer. The plated slide layer has a content of the solid lubricant in a range from 30 to 70 vol %, inclusive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventor: Takamoto ASAKAWA
  • Patent number: 8993119
    Abstract: A coated substrate that is at least partially corrosion protected is described. The coated substrate includes (a) a substrate and (b) at least one metal layer provided on the substrate, the metal layer having (i) a first metal that is aluminum, lead, vanadium, manganese, magnesium, iron, cobalt, nickel, copper, titanium, or zinc; or (ii) a first metal alloy that is brass, bronze, stainless steel, magnesium alloy, titanium alloy, or aluminum alloy; and wherein at least one oxide, double oxide, oxide hydrate, or oxyhalogenide of a second metal selected from the group consisting of zirconium, titanium, and hafnium is embedded in the metal layer; and wherein the metal layer has a thickness in the range of 20 nm to 120 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Ropal Europe AG
    Inventors: Matthias Koch, Guido Wübbeling
  • Patent number: 8945721
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy heat exchanger with aluminum alloy tubes is provided by assembling and brazing. A coating which includes from 1 to 5 g/m2 of Si powder, from 3 to 20 g/m2 of Zn containing flux, and from 0.2 to 8.3 g/m2 of binder is formed on the aluminum alloy tubes. The fins contain Zn and 0.8 to 2.0% by mass of Mn, Si in a ratio of 1/2.5 to 1/3.5 relative to the Mn, and less than 0.30% by mass of Fe. A fillet is formed between the tube and the aluminum alloy fin after brazing, and a primary crystal portion is formed in the fillet. A eutectic crystal portion is formed in a portion other than the primary crystal portion, and the electric potential of the primary crystal portion is equal to or higher than the electric potential of the aluminum alloy fin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Aluminum Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasunori Hyogo, Michihide Yoshino
  • Publication number: 20150030878
    Abstract: The present application provides an ultrathin shielding film of high shielding effectiveness, comprising two or more solid shielding layers. An electrically-conductive adhesive layer is coated onto the outer surface at one side of the solid shielding layers, and one or more insulation film layers are formed on the outer surface at the other side of the solid shielding layers. A carrier film layer is provided on the outer surface of the insulation film layers. A protective film covers the lower surface of the electrically-conductive adhesive layer. The present application further discloses a manufacturing method of an ultrathin shielding film of high shielding effectiveness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: GUANGZHOU FANG BANG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Su Zhi
  • Patent number: 8940406
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an automotive clad sheet product comprising a core layer and at least one clad layer wherein the core comprises an alloy of the following composition in weight %: Mg 0.45-0.8, Si 0.45-0.7, Cu 0.05-0.25, Mn 0.05-0.2, Fe up to 0.35, other elements (or impurities) <0.05 each and <0.15 in total, balance aluminum; and the at least one clad layer comprises an alloy of the following composition in weight %: Mg 0.3-0.7, Si 0.3-0.7, Mn up to 0.15, Fe up to 0.35, other elements (impurities) <0.05 each and <0.15 in total, balance aluminum. The clad automotive sheet product provides excellent hemmabtlity which does not substantially change over time and yet also provides a good age-hardening response after bake hardening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Novelis Inc.
    Inventors: Juergen Timm, Corrado Bassi
  • Publication number: 20150013409
    Abstract: A steel sheet is provided. The steel sheet includes a multilayer coating including at least one zinc-based layer being 0.1% to 20% magnesium by weight which is covered by a fine temporary protective layer of 5 to 100 nm. The fine temporary protective layer is composed of metal or metal oxide selected from the group consisting of aluminum, chromium, aluminum oxides AlOx, with x being strictly between 0.01 and 1.5 and chromium oxides CrOy, with y being strictly between 0.01 and 1.5. The at least one zinc-based layer is not alloyed with the temporary protective layer. Manufacturing methods for a sheet and part are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Applicant: ARCELORMITTAL INVESTIGACIÓN Y DESARROLLO SL
    Inventors: Maxime Monnoyer, Daniel Chaleix, Christian Allely, Daniel Jacques, Julie Chassagne
  • Patent number: 8927113
    Abstract: A composite metal ingot, comprising at least two layers of differing alloy composition, wherein pairs of adjacent layers consisting of a first alloy and a second alloy are formed by applying the second alloy in a molten state to the surface of the first alloy while the surface of the first alloy is at a temperature between solidus and liquidus temperatures of the first alloy to form an interface there between, wherein the second alloy is a high or medium strength heat treatable aluminum alloy, and further wherein one or more alloy components from the second alloy are present within grain boundaries of the first alloy adjacent said interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Novelis Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Douglas Anderson, Kenneth Takeo Kubo, Todd F. Bischoff, Wayne J. Fenton, Eric W. Reeves, Brent Spendlove, Robert Bruce Wagstaff
  • Patent number: 8915761
    Abstract: A connector terminal which can achieve high mechanical connection strength and stabilized low electrical connection resistance when it is crimped to an aluminum electric wire, and in addition, can suppress electrical contact resistance low when it is fitted to a mating connector terminal is provided. In a connector terminal (1A) having an electrical contact section (10) which is brought into contact and conducted with a mating connector terminal by fitting to the mating connector terminal, and a conductor crimping section (12) which is crimped to the conductor of an electric wire, a metal material which constitutes the terminal uses aluminum or an aluminum alloy as a base material (100), a Zn layer (101) having a thickness in the range from 0.1 ?m to 2.0 ?m by electroless plating and a Cu layer (102) having a thickness in the range from 0.5 ?m to 1.0 ?m by electrolytic plating are formed in sequence on the surface of the base material (100), and an Sn layer (105) having a thickness in the range from 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventor: Naoki Kakuta
  • Patent number: 8905293
    Abstract: A bond free of an anti-stiction layer and bonding method is disclosed. An exemplary method includes forming a first bonding layer; forming an interlayer over the first bonding layer; forming an anti-stiction layer over the interlayer; and forming a liquid from the first bonding layer and interlayer, such that the anti-stiction layer floats over the first bonding layer. A second bonding layer can be bonded to the first bonding layer while the anti-stiction layer floats over the first bonding layer, such that a bond between the first and second bonding layers is free of the anti-stiction layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ping-Yin Liu, Li-Cheng Chu, Hung-Hua Lin, Shang-Ying Tsai, Yuan-Chih Hsieh, Jung-Huei Peng, Lan-Lin Chao, Chia-Shiung Tsai, Chun-Wen Cheng
  • Patent number: 8895885
    Abstract: The invention relates to a wire electrode for spark-erosion cutting. The wire electrode comprises a core made of more than 50% by weight pure crystalline aluminum and/or one or more crystalline aluminum alloys, and comprises a coating layer encompassing the core and comprising copper, zinc, and/or a copper-zinc alloy. The proportion of the surface area of the core relative to the total cross-sectional area of the wire electrode is in the range from 60% to 95% along the entire length of the wire electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Berkenhoff GmbH
    Inventor: Tobias Nothe
  • Patent number: 8881964
    Abstract: A method of welding including forming a filler material of a first oxide dispersoid metal, the first oxide dispersoid material having first strengthening particles that compensate for decreases in weld strength of friction stir welded oxide dispersoid metals; positioning the filler material between a first metal structure and a second metal structure each being comprised of at least a second oxide dispersoid metal; and friction welding the filler material, the first metal structure and the second metal structure to provide a weld.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: UT-Battelle, LLC
    Inventor: Weiju Ren
  • Publication number: 20140315392
    Abstract: A cold spray barrier coated component of a semiconductor plasma processing chamber comprises a substrate having at least one metal surface wherein a portion of the metal surface is configured to form an electrical contact. A cold spray barrier coating is formed from a thermally and electrically conductive material on at least the metal surface configured to form the electrical contact of the substrate. Further, the cold spray barrier coating may also be located on a plasma exposed and/or process gas exposed surface of the component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2013
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: Lam Research Corporation
    Inventors: Lin Xu, Hong Shih, Anthony Amadio, Rajinder Dhindsa, John Michael Kerns, John Daugherty
  • Patent number: 8846209
    Abstract: The invention relates to an aluminium composite sheet material in which a clad sheet is applied to at least one side of a core material. The core material has an aluminium alloy the AA5xxx- or AA6xxx-series, and the clad sheet has an aluminium alloy selected from the group of the AA1xxx-series, AA3xxx-series and AA7xxx-series with less than 1.5 wt. % of Zn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Aleris Aluminum Duffel BVBA
    Inventor: Christiaan Theodorus Wilhelmus Lahaye
  • Publication number: 20140272458
    Abstract: Embodiments of the current disclosure are related to electrodeposition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Xtalic Corporation
    Inventors: Shiyun Ruan, Witold Paw, John Hunter Martin, Alan C. Lund
  • Patent number: 8802242
    Abstract: A clad plate includes an aluminum plate and a hard metal plate joined together at side end surfaces thereof. Side end surfaces of an aluminum plate and a hard metal plate are jointed together via a nickel layer by pressure welding. A ridge and a groove formed in the side end surface of the aluminum plate are respectively engaged and joined, via the nickel layer, to a groove and a ridge formed in the side end surface of the hard metal plate, and an end portion of the nickel layer extends beyond the rear end portion of the side end surface of the aluminum plate and is jointed to the plate surface of the aluminum plate with the end portion exposed thereon. The average width W of the exposed portion of the nickel layer exposed on the plate surface is preferably from about 0.2 mm to about 1.5 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Neomax Materials Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshimitsu Oda, Masaaki Ishio, Toshiaki Fujita
  • Publication number: 20140205856
    Abstract: A method of treating aluminum or aluminum alloy includes providing an aluminum or aluminum alloy substrate; depositing a first zincating layer on the substrate by zincate immersion; stripping off the first zincating layer; depositing a second zincating layer on the substrate by zincate immersion; stripping off the second zincating layer; and depositing a third zincating layer on the substrate by zincate immersion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: MONNAIE ROYALE CANADIENNE/ROYAL CANADIAN MINT
    Inventors: Taixiang Jiang, Xianyao Li, Hieu Cong Truong
  • Publication number: 20140197148
    Abstract: A bonded structure of aluminum and copper is formed by bonding a copper workpiece and an aluminum workpiece together along a joint via an arc welding process. The copper workpiece has a first coating, having a lower melting point than copper, applied to at least a portion of it. The first coating allows the copper workpiece to be wetted and brazed, while the aluminum workpiece is melted and fused along the joint. The arc welding process involves the cyclic alternating of a first stage, in which an electric current is supplied to a welding wire as it is moved toward the workpieces, and a second stage, in which the electric current is reduced and the welding wire is moved away from the workpieces, to generate and detach a plurality of molten droplets along the joint. Each molten droplet is formed from the welding wire in the first stage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2013
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicants: FRONIUS INTERNATIONAL GMBH, GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Chih-Chang Chen, Corey Simone
  • Patent number: 8765268
    Abstract: A coated article includes a substrate, a composite layer formed on the substrate, and a chromium-oxygen-nitrogen layer formed on the composite layer. The composite layer includes a plurality of nickel-aluminum-holmium layers and a plurality of iridium layers. Each nickel-aluminum-holmium layer interleaves with one iridium layer. A method for making the coated article is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Cheng-Shi Chen, Cong Li
  • Patent number: 8741445
    Abstract: Provided is an aluminum or aluminum alloy material having a surface treatment coating film on a surface of a substrate formed by an aluminum or aluminum alloy. The aluminum or aluminum alloy material has: a substrate formed by an aluminum or aluminum alloy; and a first protective layer and a second protective layer in the order on a surface of the substrate, wherein the first protective layer is a conversion coating film including vanadium and at least one or more types of metals selected from titanium, zirconium, and hafnium, the second protective layer is an organic coating film having a composition that includes (1) a chitosan derivative and a solubilizing agent, (2) a modified polyvinyl alcohol formed by graft polymerization of a hydrophilic polymer to a side chain of polyvinyl alcohol, and (3) a water-soluble crosslinking agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignees: Nihon Parkerizing Co., Ltd., Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Hirokatsu Bannai, Yoshiyuki Okamoto, Kenji Nakamura, Takayuki Hirose, Osamu Kasebe, Shin Nishiya, Kengo Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20140144613
    Abstract: A core material for an aluminum alloy clad material contains Si in a content of 0.3% to 1.5% (hereinafter “%” means “percent by mass”), Mn in a content of 0.3% t 2.0%, Cu in a content of 0.3% to 1.5%, Ti in a content of 0.01% to 0.5%, and B in a content of 0.001% to 0.1%, with the remainder including Al and inevitable impurities. The core material and an aluminum alloy clad material using the same ensure sufficient corrosion resistance and give a product having an extended life.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2014
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Shinji SAKASHITA, Takahiro OZAWA, Satoshi YOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20140141278
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a coated jewelry article or a coated component of a jewelry article, comprising a jewelry article or a component of a jewelry article, a first metallic coating, and a second metallic coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2014
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: Frederick Goldman, Inc.
    Inventor: Andrew Derrig
  • Publication number: 20140141277
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to jewelry articles comprising a substrate and a metallic, external coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2014
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: Frederick Goldman, Inc.
    Inventor: Andrew Derrig