IP Library Granted Patent US 10,100,389
Granted Patent B2
US 10,100,389 · App. 14/854,351 · Granted Oct 16, 2018

Hollow connector of aluminum alloy extrusion material which is excellent in extrusion property and sacrificial anode property

Inventors: Satoshi Wakaguri (Tokyo, JP); Akira Ichinose (Tokyo, JP); Toshiyuki Kakinoki (Tokyo, JP); Tatsuhito Matsumoto (Aichi-ken, JP)
Assignees: UACJ Corporation; Denso Corporation; Denso Air Systems Corporation
C22C21/10B32B15/016C22C21/08F28F21/084
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Patent No.
US 10,100,389
App. No.
14/854,351
Granted
Oct 16, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

An aluminum alloy connector which is excellent in extrusion property and sacrificial anode property, the connector being extruded in a hollow shape from an aluminum alloy extrusion material consisting of 0.2 to 0.8% (hereinafter, “%” means “mass %”) of Si, 0.45 to 0.9% of Mg, 1.0 to 3.5% of Zn, 0.001 to 0.2% of Ti and the balance of Al plus unavoidable impurities. An electric potential of said aluminum alloy extrusion connector is lower than an electric potential of a pipe member made of an Al—Mg—Si series alloy or an Al—Mn series alloy which is to be swaged to the connector, by 100 mV or more.

Claims (13)

1. An aluminum alloy swaging connector which is excellent in extrusion property and sacrificial anode property, the connector being extruded in a hollow, swaging shape from an aluminum alloy extrusion material consisting of 0.2 to 0.8% (hereinafter, “%” means “mass %”) of Si, 0.45 to 0.9% of Mg, 1.0 to 3.5% of Zn, 0.001 to 0.2% of Ti and the balance of Al plus unavoidable impurities, wherein an electric potential of said aluminum alloy extrusion swaging connecter is lower than an electric potential of a pipe member made of an Al—Mg—Si series alloy or an Al—Mn series alloy by 100 mV or more, and wherein said aluminum alloy extrusion swaging connecter is swaged to the pipe member made of an Al—Mg—Si series alloy or an Al—Mn series alloy so as to connect the pipe member with the swaging connecter.

2. An aluminum alloy swaging connector which is excellent in extrusion property and sacrificial anode property, the connector being extruded in a hollow, swaging shape from an aluminum alloy extrusion material consisting of 0.2 to 0.8% (hereinafter, “%” means “mass %”) of Si, 0.45 to 0.9% of Mg, 1.5 to 2.5% of Zn, 0.001 to 0.2% of Ti and the balance of Al plus unavoidable impurities, wherein an electric potential of said aluminum alloy extrusion swaging connecter is lower than an electric potential of a pipe member made of an Al—Mg—Si series alloy or an Al—Mn series alloy by 100 mV or more, and wherein said aluminum alloy extrusion swaging connecter is swaged to the pipe member made of an Al—Mg—Si series alloy or an Al—Mn series alloy so as to connect the pipe member with the swaging connecter.

3. The aluminum alloy swaging connector of claim 1 , wherein the pipe member is made of A6063 alloy in the Al—Mg—Si series alloy, or A3003 alloy or A3004 alloy in the Al—Mn series alloy.

4. The aluminum alloy swaging connector of claim 1 , wherein the swaging connector is directly extruded to include concave-convex trenches formed at an inner surface of the hollow, swaging shape.

5. The aluminum alloy swaging connector of claim 2 , wherein the pipe member is made of A6063 alloy in the Al—Mg—Si series alloy, or A3003 alloy or A3004 alloy in the Al—Mn series alloy.

6. The aluminum alloy swaging connector of claim 2 , wherein the swaging connector is directly extruded to include concave-convex trenches formed at an inner surface of the hollow, swaging shape.

7. A connecting structure of a swaging connecter and a pipe, comprising:

an aluminum alloy swaging connector made of an aluminum alloy extrusion material consisting of 0.2 to 0.8% (hereinafter, “%” means “mass %”) of Si, 0.45 to 0.9% of Mg, 1.0 to 3.5% of Zn, 0.001 to 0.2% of Ti and the balance of Al plus unavoidable impurities, the swaging connector being extruded in a hollow, swaging shape from the aluminum alloy extrusion material; and

a pipe member made of an Al—Mg—Si series alloy or an Al—Mn series alloy, the pipe member being connected with the swaging connecter by swaging to the swaging connecter,

wherein an electric potential of said aluminum alloy extrusion swaging connecter is lower than an electric potential of the pipe member by 100 mV or more.

8. The connecting structure of claim 7 , wherein the aluminum alloy extrusion material contains 1.5 to 2.5% of Zn.

9. The connecting structure of claim 5 , wherein the pipe member is made of A6063 alloy in the Al—Mg—Si series alloy, or A3003 alloy or A3004 alloy in the Al—Mn series alloy.

10. The connecting structure of claim 7 , wherein the swaging connecter is directly extruded to include concave-convex trenches formed at an inner surface of the hollow, swaging shape.

Assignments (4)
MERGER Recorded Jan 31, 2025
From: UACJ EXTRUSION CORPORATION
To: UCAJ CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 070078/0207 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 22, 2021
From: UACJ CORPORATION
To: UACJ EXTRUSION CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 055997/0383 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 10, 2020
From: UACJ CORPORATION
To: UACJ CORPORATION; UACJ EXTRUSION CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 053729/0154 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 18, 2015
From: FURUKAWA-SKY ALUMINUM CORP
To: UACJ CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 037145/0297 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2010-024616 · Feb 5, 2010 · national
JP 2010-115284 · May 19, 2010 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 12828681 · Jul 1, 2010
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