Zinc Containing Patents (Class 420/540)
  • Patent number: 10183362
    Abstract: A clad aluminum alloy material exhibiting favorable corrosion resistance and brazeability in an alkaline environment is shown by a clad aluminum alloy material with excellent brazeability and corrosion resistance in which one surface of an aluminum alloy core material is clad with a sacrificial anode material and the other surface is clad with brazing filler material. The core material includes an aluminum alloy of Si: 0.3-1.5%, Fe: 0.1-1.5%, Cu: 0.2-1.0%, Mn: 1.0-2.0%, and Si content+Fe content ?0.8%, wherein the 1-20 ?m equivalent circle diameter Al—Mn—Si—Fe-based intermetallic compound density is 3.0×105 to 1.0×106 pieces/cm2, and the 0.1 ?m to less than 1 ?m equivalent circle diameter Al—Mn—Si—Fe-based intermetallic compound density is at least 1.0×107 pieces/cm2. The sacrificial anode material includes an aluminum alloy containing Si: 0.1-0.6%, Zn: 1.0-5.0%, and Ni: 0.1-2.0%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: UACJ Corporation
    Inventor: Wataru Narita
  • Patent number: 9702032
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy fin material for a heat exchanger having suitable strength before brazing enabling easy fin formation, having high strength after brazing, having a high thermal conductivity (electrical conductivity) after brazing, and having superior sag resistance, erosion resistance, self corrosion prevention, and sacrificial anode effect, a method of production of the same, and a method of production of a heat exchanger using the fin material are provided, that is, an aluminum alloy fin material having a chemical composition of Si: 0.7 to 1.4 wt %, Fe: 0.5 to 1.4 wt %, Mn: 0.7 to 1.4 wt %, and Zn: 0.5 to 2.5 wt %, Mg as an impurity limited to 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Nippon Light Metal Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki Suzuki, Tomohiro Sasaki, Masae Nagasawa, Nobuki Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20150096893
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy for die-casting, a metal case for a portable electrical device, and a method of manufacturing the metal case are disclosed. The aluminum alloy for die-casting includes about 1.95% to about 4.10% by weight of manganese, about 0.1% to about 2.0% by weight of zinc, about 0.3% to about 0.8% by weight of zircon, about 0.03% to about 0.09% by weight of titanium, and a remainder of aluminum. Thus, the aluminum alloy may provide a mechanical property and a glossiness that are appropriate for a case of a portable electrical device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventors: Jong Hoon JEONG, Dong Sung SHIN
  • Publication number: 20150068713
    Abstract: The invention relates to a solder powder for connecting components made of aluminium or aluminium alloys by brazing, in particular a brazing powder for connecting heat exchanger components. The solder powder consists of powder particles on an aluminium-silicon base having a weight fraction of more than 12% by weight of silicon, wherein the powder particles have been produced by a rapid solidification and contain uniformly distributed silicon primary crystal precipitations in the eutectic aluminium-silicon alloy structure. Coating with such a solder powder leads to a uniform distribution of the silicon on the surface of the component coated with solder powder and thus to the same good soldering results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2013
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Inventors: Norbert William Sucke, Lothar Löchte, Martin Grzesik
  • Publication number: 20150064058
    Abstract: Provided are a method of manufacturing an aluminum-zinc-based alloy sheet using twin-roll casting and an aluminum-zinc-based alloy sheet manufactured thereby. Specifically, a method of manufacturing an aluminum-zinc-based alloy sheet, including preparing a melt by melting elements corresponding to an aluminum alloy including 0.5 wt % to 10 wt % of zinc, inevitable impurities and aluminum as a balance (step 1); and twin-roll casting by introducing the melt prepared in step 1 between a pair of rotating cooling rolls (step 2), and an aluminum-zinc-based alloy sheet manufactured thereby are provided. The present invention may manufacture an aluminum-zinc-based alloy sheet, in which twin-roll casting is known to be difficult due to a wide solid-liquid coexistence region, by twin-roll casting by using cooling rolls having high thermal conductivity and controlling a reduction force by the rotational speed of the rolls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2013
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: KOREA INSTITUTE OF MACHINERY AND MATERIALS
    Inventors: Hyoung-Wook KIM, Yun-Soo LEE, Cha Yong LIM, Jae Hyung CHO
  • Patent number: 8961870
    Abstract: The invention relates to an aluminum alloy lithographic sheet product having an enhanced electrolytic graining response in which Zn between 0.5 and 2.5 wt % is added to an aluminum base alloy, in particular an alloy of the 1XXX, 3XXX or 5XXX series alloys. The invention also relates to a method of producing a lithographic sheet product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Novelis Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Coleman, David S. Wright, Nicolas Kamp, Jeremy Mark Brown
  • 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: 20150000597
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein generally relate to an aluminum alloy showerhead with a reduced zinc content for use in semiconductor processing chambers. The showerhead may be utilized in processing chambers adapted for making low temperature polysilicon (LTPS) liquid crystal displays (LCD) or LTPS organic light emitting diode (OLED) displays which may be controlled by thin film transistors (TFT). More specifically, embodiments described herein relate to a reduced zinc showerhead.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Nishil NAMBIAR, Kinya AMADA
  • Publication number: 20140334969
    Abstract: A wear-resistant alloy having a complex microstructure is provided. from the microstructure includes a range of about 19 to about 27 wt % of zinc (Zn), a range of about 3 to about 5 wt % of tin (Sn), a range of about 7.6 to about 11 wt % of silicon (Si), and a balance of aluminum (Al).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventor: Hee Sam Kang
  • Publication number: 20140334971
    Abstract: A wear-resistant alloy having a complex microstructure is provided. The microstructure includes a range of about 28 to about 38 wt % of zinc (Zn),a range of about 1 to about 3 wt % of tin (Sn), a range of about 6.2 to about 9.4 wt % of silicon (Si), and a balance of aluminum (Al).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventor: Hee Sam Kang
  • Publication number: 20140334972
    Abstract: A wear-resistant alloy having a complex microstructure, which may include a range of about 28 to 38 wt % of zinc (Zn), a range of about 1 to 3 wt % of tin (Sn), a range of about 0.4 to 1.4 wt of iron (Fe) and a balance of aluminum (Al), is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventor: Hee Sam Kang
  • Publication number: 20140334970
    Abstract: A wear-resistant aluminum alloy having a complex microstructure may include a range of about 19 to 27 wt % of zinc (Zn); a range of about 3 to 5 wt % of tin (Sn); a range of about 0.6 to 2.0 wt % of iron (Fe); and a balance of aluminum (Al).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventor: Hee Sam Kang
  • Publication number: 20140334973
    Abstract: A wear-resistant alloy is provided that has a complex microstructure. from the microstructure includes a range of about 8 to about 17 wt % of zinc (Zn), a range of about 5 to about 8 wt % of tin (Sn), a range of about 1.0 to about 2.0 wt % of iron (Fe), and a balance of aluminum (Al).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventor: Hee Sam Kang
  • 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
  • Patent number: 8828314
    Abstract: The invention relates to a special hot-dip plating alloy for a coating on the surface of a titanium alloy part, wherein the hot-dip plating alloy contains the following components by mass percentage: 8-24% of Si, 1.2-3.1% of Zn, 0.02-0.5% of RE, 0.5-3.2% of Mg, 0.05-1% of Fe, 0.05-0.5% of Cu, 1.0-2.0% of Mn, 0.5-2.0% of Cr, 0.02-0.5% of Zr, 1-2% of nano-oxide particle reinforcing agent and the balance of Al and inevitable impurities, and the nano-oxide particle reinforcing agent is selected from one or two of TiO2 and CeO2. The adoption of the hot-dip plating alloy produced by the invention can form the coating which has corrosion resistance and good wear resistance, and is well metallurgically bonded with a matrix on the surface of the titanium alloy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Jiangsu Linlong New Materials Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Lixin Feng, Minyan Zhang, Pingze Zhang
  • Publication number: 20140234159
    Abstract: Disclosed is high thermal conductivity Al—Si—Fe—Zn alloy for die casting which comprises 1.0 weight % to 2.0 weight % of silicon (Si), 0.5 weight % to 1.6 weight % of iron (Fe), 0.6 weight % to 1.6 weight % of zinc (Zn), with the remainder being aluminum (Al) and inevitable impurities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2012
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Inventors: Ki Tae Kim, Je Sik Shin, Se Hyun Ko
  • Publication number: 20130084208
    Abstract: In an aspect the disclosure relates to an alloy comprising, by weight, about 0.15% to about 1.00% zinc, 0% to about 0.20% gallium, and the balance aluminum and incidental elements and impurities, wherein the alloy has a corrosion potential from about ?0.85 V to about ?0.73 V relative to a saturated calomel electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2012
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Applicant: QUESTEK INNOVATIONS LLC
    Inventor: Quest Tek Innovations LLC
  • 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
  • Patent number: 8313590
    Abstract: An aluminium extrusion having a minimum section thickness and made from an aluminium alloy includes, in weight percent, between approximately 1.0 and 1.7 manganese, and between approximately 0.5 and 1.1 silicon, less than 0.3 iron with the balance being Al and inevitable impurities each less than 0.05 weight % and totaling less than 0.15 weight %, the extrusion being formed with an extrusion ratio less than 125 to retain a fibrous grain structure in which less than 40% of the minimum section thickness is recrystallized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Rio Tinto Alcan International Limited
    Inventors: Nicholas Charles Parson, Martin Fortier
  • Patent number: 8226781
    Abstract: A heat exchanger use high strength aluminum alloy fin material having a high strength and excellent in thermal conductivity, elusion resistance, sag resistance, sacrificial anodization effect, and self corrosion resistance, characterized by containing Si: 0.8 to 1.4 wt %, Fe: 0.15 to 0.7 wt %, Mn: 1.5 to 3.0 wt %, and Zn: 0.5 to 2.5 wt %, limiting the Mg as an impurity to 0.05 wt % or less, and having a balance of ordinary impurities and Al in chemical composition, having a metal structure before brazing of a fibrous crystal grain structure, a tensile strength before brazing of not more than 240 MPa, a tensile strength after brazing of not less than 150 MPa, and a recrystallized grain size after brazing of 500 ?m or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Nippon Light Metal Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki Suzuki, Yoshito Oki, Tomohiro Sasaki, Masae Nagasawa
  • Publication number: 20120138481
    Abstract: The invention relates to an aluminium alloy lithographic sheet product having an enhanced electrolytic graining response in which Zn between 0.5 and 2.5 wt % is added to an aluminium base alloy, in particular an alloy of the 1XXX, 3XXX or 5XXX series alloys. The invention also relates to a method of producing a lithographic sheet product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2010
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Inventors: Andrew Coleman, David S. Wright, Nicolas Kamp, Jeremy Mark Brown
  • 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: 20120107228
    Abstract: There is provided a hydrogen gas generating member which safely facilitates the hydrogen gas generation reaction by bringing an Al alloy which is subjected to rolling treatment or powdering treatment into contact with water. A hydrogen gas generating member 20 includes a texture in which Al is finely dispersed in a metal matrix, where hydrogen gas is generated by bringing the hydrogen gas generating member into contact with water. A fixing member 14 for mounting the hydrogen gas generating member 20 is provided in a hydrogen generating apparatus 10 and is brought into contact with a water 15 that is stored inside. The hydrogen gas generated from the surface is supplied outside through a hydrogen gas collecting, pipe 12 and stored in a storage tank (not shown).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2008
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: Japan Science and Technology Agency
    Inventors: Kiyohito Ishida, Ryosuke Kainuma, Ikuo Ohnuma, Toshihiro Omori, Yoshikazu Takaku, Takehito Hagisawa
  • Publication number: 20120085470
    Abstract: The invention includes the hot thermo-mechanical processing of heat-treatable aluminum alloys comprising preparation of the billet material, heating the billet to obtain the temperature for solution treatment, holding the billet at this temperature a sufficient amount of time required for the dissolution of soluble elements, cooling the billet to the temperature necessary for plastic deformation with essential preservation of the solid solution, plastic deformation, immediate quenching of the billet after plastic deformation, and then billet aging at the corresponding temperature and time. Additional plastic deformation may be used between stages of quenching and aging. An embodiment specifies cooling rate, forging temperature and strain rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Applicant: ENGINEERED PERFORMANCE MATERIALS COMPANY, LLC
    Inventor: Vladimir M. Segal
  • Patent number: 8147585
    Abstract: A metal alloy feedstock and method for metal injection molding is disclosed. The alloy includes at least two components, such as a first component and a second component. The first component has a first melting point and the second component has a second melting point higher than the first melting point. The first melting point and the second melting point match to the temperature gradient of the heated barrel of an injection molding machine whereby when fed into the injection molding machine the first component melts prior to the second component melts and enables the second component to solute into the first component. Additional components may also be used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Cool Polymers, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin A. McCullough, James D. Miller
  • Patent number: 8142575
    Abstract: [PROBLEMS] To provide an aluminum alloy fin material for a heat exchanger, which has high strength and high heat conductivity after brazing, and is excellent in the resistance to sagging, erosion and self-corrosion and the in the sacrificial anode effect. [MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS] A method for producing an aluminum alloy fin material for a heat exchanger which comprises providing a molten aluminum alloy having a chemical composition, in wt %, that Si: 0.5 to 1.5%, Fe: 0.15 to 1.00%, Mn: 0.8 to 3.0%, Zn: 0.5 to 2.5%, with the proviso that the content of Mg as an impurity is limited to 0.05 wt % or less, and the balance: Al and inevitable impurities, casting the molten alloy continuously into a thin slab having a thickness of 5 to 10 mm by the use of a twin belt casting machine, winding up the slab into a roll, cold-rolling the slab into a sheet having a thickness of 0.05 to 2.0 mm, subjecting the sheet to an inter annealing at 350 to 500° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Nippon Light Metal Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshito Oki, Hideki Suzuki, Haruo Sugiyama, Toshiya Anami, Tomohiro Sasaki
  • Patent number: 8105449
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy extruded product includes an aluminum alloy including 6.0 to 7.2 mass % of Zn, 1.0 to 1.6 mass % of Mg, 0.1 to 0.4 mass % of Cu, at least one component selected from the group consisting of Mn, Cr, and Zr in a respective amount of 0.25 mass % or less and a total amount of 0.15 to 0.25 mass %, 0.20 mass % or less of Fe, and 0.10 mass % or less of Si, with the balance substantially being aluminum, the aluminum alloy extruded product having a hollow cross-sectional shape, a recrystallization rate of 20% or less of a cross-sectional area of the extruded product, and a 0.2% proof stress of 370 to 450 MPa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Aisin Keikinzoku Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Arata Yoshida, Shinji Makino, Tomoo Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20110293468
    Abstract: A heat exchanger use high strength aluminum alloy fin material having a high strength and excellent in thermal conductivity, elusion resistance, sag resistance, sacrificial anodivation effect, and self corrosion resistance, characterized by containing Si: 0.8 to 1.4 wt %, Fe: 0.15 to 0.7 wt %, Mn: 1.5 to 3.0 wt %, and Zn: 0.5 to 2.5 wt %, limiting the Mg as an impurity to 0.05 wt % or less, and having a balance of ordinary impurities and Al in chemical composition, having a metal structure before brazing of a fibrous crystal grain structure, a tensile strength before brazing of not more than 240 MPa, a tensile strength after brazing of not less than 150 MPa, and a recrystallized grain size after brazing of 500 ?m or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2011
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Inventors: Hideki Suzuki, Yoshito Oki, Tomohiro Sasaki, Masae Nagasawa
  • Patent number: 8002913
    Abstract: An AA7000-series alloy including 3 to 10% Zn, 1 to 3% Mg, at most 2.5% Cu, Fe <0.25%, and Si >0.12 to 0.35%, and a method of manufacturing these aluminum alloy products. More particularly, disclosed are aluminum wrought products in relatively thick gauges, in particular 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: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Aleris Aluminum Koblenz GmbH
    Inventors: Sunil Khosla, Andrew Norman, Hugo Van Schoonevelt
  • Publication number: 20110165014
    Abstract: ALUMINIUM-BASED GRAIN REFINER, which contains zinc, titanium and carbon, synthesized by means of aluminium fusion and the subsequent addition of titanium, zinc and carbon. The microstructure of the master alloy is comprised by an alpha-aluminium matrix, intermetallic phase of TiAl3 and fine particles of a ternary compound of titanium-zinc-carbide. The titanium content is at least 1% and at the most 20%, the carbon content is at least 0.01% (100 ppm) and at the most 3% and the zinc content is equal to or over 1%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2009
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Applicant: ASTURIANA DE ALEACIONES, S.A.
    Inventor: Abinash Banerji
  • Publication number: 20110064599
    Abstract: A method for producing a high strength aluminum alloy brackets, cases, tubes, ducts, beams, spars and other parts containing L12 dispersoids from an aluminum alloy powder containing the L12 dispersoids. The powder is consolidated into a billet having a density of about 100 percent. The billet is extruded using an extrusion die shaped to produce the component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2009
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Applicant: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventor: Awadh B. Pandey
  • Publication number: 20100254850
    Abstract: A method for producing high strength aluminum alloy consolidated billets containing L12 dispersoids by Ceracon forging is disclosed. The method comprises forming an aluminum alloy powder compact preform containing L12 dispersoid forming elements therein and encompassing the preform in a flowable pressure transmitting medium in a die in a hydraulic press. The die, pressure transmitting medium and preform are then heated and the preform is forged by applying pressure to the pressure transmitting medium by the ram of the hydraulic press. The unequal axial and radial strain resulting from this type of forging results in improved mechanical properties of L12 aluminum alloys.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2009
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Applicant: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventor: Awadh B. Pandey
  • Patent number: 7789978
    Abstract: There is disclosed an Al alloy suitable for processing into a lithographic sheet, the alloy having a composition in wt %: Fe up to 0.4; Si up to 0.25; Ti up to 0.05; Cu up to 0.05; Zr up to 0.005; Cr up to 0.03; Ni up to 0.006; V up to 0.03; Zn up to 0.008 to 0.15; Mg up to 0.30; Mn up to 1.5. Unavoidable impurities up to 0.05 wt % total Al balance. The alloy allows production of the required surface for lithographic sheet over a wide range of process conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: Novelis Inc.
    Inventor: John Andrew Ward
  • Publication number: 20100202280
    Abstract: There are provided an aluminum-alloy reflection film for optical information-recording, having low thermal conductivity, low melting temperature, and high corrosion resistance, capable of coping with laser marking, an optical information-recording medium comprising the reflection film described, and an aluminum-alloy sputtering target for formation of the reflection film described. The invention includes (1) an aluminum-alloy reflection film for optical information-recording, containing an element Al as the main constituent, 1.0 to 10.0 at. % of at least one element selected from the group of rare earth elements, and 0.5 to 5.0 at. % of at least one element selected from the group consisting of elements Cr, Ta, Ti, Mo, V, W, Zr, Hf, Nb, and Ni, (2) an optical information-recording medium comprising any of the aluminum-alloy reflection films described as above, and (3) a sputtering target having the same composition as that for any of the aluminum-alloy reflection films described as above.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2010
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Junichi NAKAI, Yuuki TAUCHI, Katsutoshi TAKAGI
  • Publication number: 20100172792
    Abstract: Inventors of the present invention have found that, by manufacturing a stress-buffering material with a Ca-containing aluminum alloy including 0.1 to 12 at % of Ca, the stress-buffering material at low cost, capable of expanding its use in various fields, and having low Young's modulus that is beyond a conventional level, can be obtain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2008
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD
    Inventors: Fumihiko Gejima, Hiroki Sakamoto, Mamoru Sayashi
  • Publication number: 20090246072
    Abstract: The present invention has been made by the fact that the wettability with lubricant increases when tin grains are broken within a certain range. In an aluminum-based bearing alloy containing from 2 to 20 mass % of tin, the tin grains in a sliding surface have a size not less than 20 ?m2 but not more than 50 ?m2 expressed in region partitioned areas of the tin grains measured in accordance with a region partitioning method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2009
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Applicant: DAIDO METAL COMPANY LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki NIRASAWA, Naohisa KAWAKAMI, Yukihiko KAGOHARA, Shigeru INAMI
  • Publication number: 20090233118
    Abstract: Provided are a pasty composition for aluminum brazing which has excellent coating properties, is capable of attaining favorable dimensional accuracy of products obtained after brazing, causes less erosion, and allows favorable external appearances of brazed portions (fillets); an aluminum-containing member coated with the pasty composition for aluminum brazing; and a method, using the pasty composition for aluminum brazing, for brazing the aluminum-containing members. The pasty composition for aluminum brazing contains an aluminum-containing powder. In a case where on a cumulative grading curve of the aluminum-containing powder, a particle diameter D ?m which corresponds to a Q volume % is indicated as D(Q) ?m, D(50) ?m is greater than or equal to 20 ?m and less than or equal to 150 ?m; and D(90) ?m/D(10) ?m is less than or equal to 5. A mass percentage of particles, in the aluminum-containing powder, which pass through a screen mesh having an opening of 45 ?m is less than or equal to 50%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2007
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Applicant: Toyo Aluminium Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Haruzo Katoh, Takashi Watsuji, Ken Matsumura
  • 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
  • Patent number: 6840435
    Abstract: A method for brazing aluminum alloy-assembled articles with a filler alloy having a liquidus temperature of 540° C. or lower and a difference of temperature between the liquidus temperature and the solidus temperature being 100° C. or lower, wherein the highest temperature reached in the assembled article at the time of heating for brazing being set 40° C. or more higher than the liquidus temperature but 585° C. or lower. An aluminum alloy-filler alloy usable at low temperature for brazing, which comprises Si in an amount of 4.0 wt % to 8.0 wt %, Zn in an amount of 7.0 wt % to 20.0 wt % and Cu in an amount of 10.0 wt % to 35.0 wt %, with the balance being made of aluminum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2005
    Assignees: The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd., Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuaki Ohara, Takeyoshi Doko, Masaki Shimizu, Satoshi Nohira, Hiroshi Nishikawa, Hiroshi Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20040191111
    Abstract: The present invention relates to Er-containing aluminum alloys with greatly improved strength properties without significant deterioration of the toughness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2003
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Applicant: Beijing University of Technology
    Inventors: Zuoren Nie, Tounan Jin, Jingxia Zou, Tieyong Zuo
  • Publication number: 20040151614
    Abstract: A material includes 94% of Aluminum, 0.01 to 0.19% of Scandium, and addition alloys which can be Magnesium alloy, Manganese alloy, Silicon alloy, Copper alloy or Nickel alloy. The material can be extruded to be desired shapes of solid or hollow tube and the variety of addition alloys provide the material various features.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2003
    Publication date: August 5, 2004
    Inventor: Chung-Chih Hsiao
  • Publication number: 20040040634
    Abstract: The tamperproof closing device for a receptacle having a threaded collar comprises a screw cap (1) consisting of a bottom (8) and a cylindrical skirt (9) having inner threading for co-operation with the corresponding threading (5) on the collar (2) and extended by a tamperproof ring (13) which is attached by frangible means (20). The collar has a plurality of outer radial notches arranged at the base thereof. Said notches are circumferentially oriented and the ring comprises a plurality of inner radial reliefs (15) whose profile is complementary to that of the notches (7). The orientations and dimensions of the notches (7) and reliefs (15) are determined in such a way that the second items can pass onto the first items in the direction of screwing as a result of elastic deformation of the constitutive material and can prevent the same from occurring in the opposite direction. The reliefs (15) are formed on an annular lip (14) which is turned back and originates from the tamperproof ring (13).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2003
    Publication date: March 4, 2004
    Inventors: Bruce Morere, Isabelle Ronga, Jean-Louis Querbes
  • Publication number: 20040038071
    Abstract: A sacrificial material, which has a cladding material and is laminated on one side of a core material, is made of an aluminum alloy comprising 1.0% to 10.0% by weight of Zn, 0.3% to 0.5% by weight of Si, 0.4% to 3.0% by weight of Ni, and the balance of Al and unavoidable impurities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2003
    Publication date: February 26, 2004
    Applicant: CALSONIC KANSEI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuji Yoshidomi
  • Patent number: 6673309
    Abstract: An alloy for a sacrificial anode according to a first preferred aspect of the present invention includes about 10% to about 50% of Zn, about 0.03% to about 0.6% of In, and about 0.0005% to about 0.05% of Zr. The balance may be Al and any unavoidable impurities. An alloy according to a second preferred aspect of the present application includes about 10% to about 50% of Zn, about 0.03% to about 0.6% of In, and about 0.05% to about 0.3% of Si. The balance may be Al and any unavoidable impurities. An alloy according to a third preferred aspect of the present invention includes about 10% to about 50% of Zn, about 0.03% to about 0.6% of In, and about 0.02% to about 0.2% of Ce. The balance may be Al and any unavoidable impurities. An alloy according to a fourth preferred aspect of the present invention includes about 10% to about 50% of Zn, about 0.03% to about 0.6% of In, about 0.005% to about 0.1% of Ti, and about 0.001% to about 0.02% of B. The balance may be Al and any unavoidable impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2004
    Assignee: Corrpro Companies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kunio Watanabe, Shozo Takeya
  • Publication number: 20030165397
    Abstract: An aluminium-based alloy consisting of 0.05-1.00% by weight of iron, 0.05-0.60% by weight of silicon, less than 0.50% by weight of copper, up to 1.20% by weight of manganese, 0.02 to 0.20% by weight of zirconium, up to 0.50% by weight of chromium, 0.02 to 1.00% by weight of zinc, 0.02 to 0.20% by weight of titanium, 0.02 to 0.20% by weight of vanadium, up to 2.00% by weight of magnesium, up to 0.10% by weight of antimony, up to 0.02% by weight of incidental impurities and the balance aluminium, the total amount of Ti plus Cr plus V being less than 0.3% by weight and the amount of V being lower than the amount of Cr, said aluminium-based alloy exhibiting high corrosion resistance and high extradability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2003
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Inventors: Lars Auran, Trond Furu, Ole Daaland
  • Publication number: 20030133825
    Abstract: The present invention provides an aluminum alloy foil for fins used in heat exchangers. The aluminum alloy composition consists essentially of about 0.25% to about 0.6% by weight of Si; about 0.15% to about 0.50% by weight of Fe; about 0.20% to about 0.70% by weight of Mn; less than about 0.05% Cu; and less than about 0.05% Mg, with the balance aluminum including unavoidable impurities. The alloy composition may also contain less than 0.10% Zn or 0.50-2.00% Zn. The invention also provides a method for making an aluminum alloy wherein during cold rolling interanneal is carried out at a gauge such that the cold work after internanneal is between about 30-70%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2002
    Publication date: July 17, 2003
    Inventors: Tom Davisson, Sadashiv Nadkarni, Dave Wilbur
  • Publication number: 20030082068
    Abstract: The invention relates to an aluminium brazing alloy, ideally suitable as fin stock material, having the composition, in weight %: Si 0.4-1.0, Mn 0.7-1.2, Mg up to 0.10, Fe up to 0.8, Zn up to 3.0, Ni 0.5-0.9, Cu up to 0.15, optionally one or more selected from the group consisting of 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, other elements up to 0.05 each, up to 0.15 in total, Al balance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2002
    Publication date: May 1, 2003
    Inventors: Adrianus Jacobus Wittebrood, Achim Burger, Klaus Vieregge, Job Anthonius Van Der Hoeven, Scott W. Haller
  • Publication number: 20030029533
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy article containing the alloying amounts of iron, silicon, manganese, titanium, and zinc has controlled levels of iron and manganese to produce an alloy article that combines excellent corrosion resistant with good formability. The alloy article composition employs a controlled ratio of manganese to iron and controlled total amounts of iron and manganese to form intermetallic compounds in the final alloy article. The electrolytic potential of the intermetallic compounds match the aluminum matrix of the article to minimize corrosion. The levels of iron and manganese are controlled so that the intermetallic compounds are present in a volume fraction that allows the alloy article to be easily formed. The aluminum alloy composition is especially adapted for extrusion processes, and tubing that are used in heat exchanger applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2002
    Publication date: February 13, 2003
    Inventors: Baolute Ren, Subhasish Sircar, William A. Cassada
  • Patent number: 6517954
    Abstract: The invention relates to an aluminium alloy, in particular for a layer of a friction bearing, for example, which, apart from aluminium and smelt-related impurities, additionally contains soft-phase formers, e.g. Sn, Pb, Bi, Sb or similar. The alloy contains added quantities of at least one element from the group of elements consisting of Sc, Y, Hf, Nb, Ta, La, lanthanides and actinides in a maximum of 10% by weight, preferably 4% by weight, in particular between 0.015% by weight and 3.25% by weight, relative to 100% by weight of alloy, the remainder being aluminium with smelt-related impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2003
    Assignee: Miba Gleitlager Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Robert Mergen, Markus Manner