IP Library Granted Patent US 10,215,950
Granted Patent B2
US 10,215,950 · App. 14/834,655 · Granted Feb 26, 2019

High-strength titanium copper foil and method for producing same

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Patent No.
US 10,215,950
App. No.
14/834,655
Granted
Feb 26, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

To provide a high-strength titanium-copper foil suitable as a conductive spring material that can be used in an electronic device component such as an autofocus camera module. A titanium copper foil containing Ti in an amount of 2.0 to 4.0 mass %, a remainder being copper and unavoidable impurities, said foil having a 0.2 % yield strength of 1200 MPa or more in both directions parallel and perpendicular to a rolling direction, and a spring limit value of 800 MPa or more in both directions parallel and perpendicular to the rolling direction.

Claims (19)

1. A titanium copper foil containing Ti in an amount of 2.0 mass % to 4.0 mass %, optionally containing one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Ag, B, Co, Fe, Mg, Mn, Mo, Ni, P, Si, Cr, and Zr in a total amount of 0 mass % to 1.0 mass %, a remainder being copper and unavoidable impurities, said foil having a 0.2% yield strength of 1200 MPa or more in both directions parallel and perpendicular to a rolling direction, and a spring limit value of 800 MPa or more in both directions parallel and perpendicular to the rolling direction.

2. The titanium copper foil according to claim 1 , having a 0.2% yield strength of 1300 MPa or more in both directions parallel and perpendicular to the rolling direction.

3. The titanium copper foil according to claim 1 , having a spring limit value of 1000 MPa or more in a direction perpendicular to the rolling direction.

4. The titanium copper foil according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the foil is 0.1 mm or less.

5. A method for producing titanium copper foil according to claim 1 , comprising steps of:

making an ingot containing Ti in an amount of 2.0 mass % to 4.0 mass %, optionally containing one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Ag, B, Co, Fe, Mg, Mn, Mo, Ni, P, Si, Cr, and Zr in a total amount of 0 mass % to 1.0 mass %, a remainder being copper and unavoidable impurities; sequentially performing hot and cold rolling on the ingot;

then performing a solution treatment for 5 seconds to 30 minutes at 700° C. to 1000° C.;

then performing cold rolling with 95% or more total rolling reduction;

then performing aging treatment in which a temperature is raised at a rate of 15° C./h or less and kept in a range of 200° C. to 400° C. for 1 to 20 hours, and

then performing cooling down to 150° C. at a rate of 15° C./h or less.

6. A wrought copper product provided with the titanium copper foil according to claim 1 .

7. An electronic device component provided with the titanium copper foil according to claim 1 .

8. The electronic device component according to claim 7 , wherein the electronic device component is an autofocus camera module.

9. An autofocus camera module comprising:

a lens,

a spring member for elastically biasing the lens toward an initial position in an optical axis direction, and

an electromagnetic driving means capable of driving the lens in the optical axis direction by generating an electromagnetic force against the biasing force of the spring member,

wherein the spring member is made of the titanium copper foil according to claim 1 .

10. The titanium copper foil according to claim 1 , having a settling amount in a direction parallel to the rolling direction measured by a procedure described in the specification of 0.1 mm or less.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Aug 11, 2021
From: JX NIPPON MINING & METALS CORPORATION
To: JX NIPPON MINING & METALS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 057453/0937 →
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Aug 11, 2021
From: JX NIPPON MINING & METALS CORPORATION
To: JX NIPPON MINING & METALS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 057160/0114 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 28, 2015
From: NAGANO, MASAYUKI
To: JX NIPPON MINING & METALS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 036449/0242 →