IP Library Granted Patent US 11,027,373
Granted Patent B2
US 11,027,373 · App. 16/916,441 · Granted Jun 8, 2021

Aluminum alloy clad material

Inventors: Yoshiki Mori (Kitamoto, JP); Hideyuki Miyake (Susono, JP); Michihide Yoshino (Susono, JP); Shohei Iwao (Susono, JP); Masakazu Edo (Susono, JP); Naoki Sugimoto (Anjo, JP); Nobuhiro Honma (Chita-gun, JP); Shogo Yamada (Nagoya, JP); Hayaki Teramoto (Okazaki, JP); Taketoshi Toyama (Anjo, JP)
Assignees: Mitsubishi Aluminum Co., Ltd.; DENSO CORPORATION
B23K35/286B23K35/0238B32B15/016C22C21/02B23K2101/14Y10T428/12764
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Patent No.
US 11,027,373
App. No.
16/916,441
Granted
Jun 8, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

An aluminum alloy clad material includes: a sacrificial material on one surface of a core material; and an Al—Si—Mg—Bi-based brazing material disposed on other surface of the core material, contains, by mass %, Si: 6.0% to 14.0%, Mg: 0.05% to 1.5%, Bi: 0.05% to 0.25%, Sr: 0.0001% to 0.1%, and a balance consisting of Al and inevitable impurities, and satisfies a relationship of (Bi+Mg)×Sr≤0.1 by mass %, in which Mg—Bi-based compounds contained in the Al—Si—Mg—Bi-based brazing material with a diameter of 0.1 μm or more and less than 5.0 μm are more than 20 in number per 10,000-μm 2 and the Mg—Bi-based compounds with a diameter of 5.0 μm or more are less than 2 in number, and the core material contains Mn: 0.9% to 1.7%, Si: 0.2% to 1.0%, Fe: 0.1% to 0.5%, Cu: 0.08% to 1.0%, and a balance consisting of Al and inevitable impurities.

Claims (30)

1. An aluminum alloy clad material comprising three layers comprising:

a sacrificial material disposed on one surface of a core material; and

an Al—Si—Mg—Bi brazing material which is disposed on the other surface of the core material, comprising, by mass %, from 6.0% to 14.0% of Si, from 0.05% to 1.5% of Mg, from 0.05% to 0.25% of Bi, from 0.0001% to 0.1% of Sr, and a balance consisting of Al and inevitable impurities, and satisfying a relationship of (Bi+Mg)×Sr≤0.1 in amounts of elements by mass %,

wherein the Al—Si—Mg—Bi brazing material comprises more than 20 in number per 10,000-μm 2 visual field of Mg—Bi compounds having a diameter of from 0.1 μm to less than 5.0 μm, in terms of equivalent circle diameter and less than 2 in number per 10,000-μm 2 visual field of the Mg—Bi compounds having a diameter of 5.0 μm or more, when observed in a surface layer plane direction before brazing, and

wherein the core material comprises, by mass %, from 0.9% to 1.7% of Mn, from 0.2% to 1.0% of Si, from 0.1% to 0.5% of Fe, from 0.08% to 1.0% of Cu, and a balance consisting of Al and inevitable impurities.

2. The aluminum alloy clad material according to claim 1 , wherein the core material further comprises from 0.1% to 0.7% of Mg and comprises a balance consisting of Al and inevitable impurities.

3. The aluminum alloy clad material according to claim 1 , wherein the core material further comprises from 0.05% to 0.3% of Ti and comprises a balance consisting of Al and inevitable impurities.

4. The aluminum alloy clad material according to claim 2 , wherein the core material further comprises from 0.05% to 0.3% of Ti and comprises a balance consisting of Al and inevitable impurities.

5. The aluminum alloy clad material according to claim 1 , wherein a concentration of Mg on a surface of the brazing material at a braze melting temperature is from 0.15% to 1.0%.

6. The aluminum alloy clad material according to claim 2 , wherein a concentration of Mg on a surface of the brazing material at a braze melting temperature is from 0.15% to 1.0%.

7. The aluminum alloy clad material according to claim 3 , wherein a concentration of Mg on a surface of the brazing material at a braze melting temperature is from 0.15% to 1.0%.

8. The aluminum alloy clad material according to claim 4 , wherein a concentration of Mg on a surface of the brazing material at a braze melting temperature is from 0.15% to 1.0%.

9. The aluminum alloy clad material according to claim 1 , wherein the sacrificial material comprises, by mass %, at least one of from 0.2% to 6.0% of Zn, from 0.3% to 1.3% of Mn, from 0.2% to 0.8% of Si from 0.02% to 0.3% of Mg, from 0.2% to 0.8% of Fe, from 0.05% to 0.5% of Cr, and from 0.05% to 0.3% of Ti, and comprises a balance consisting of Al and inevitable impurities, and

a concentration of Cu on a surface of the sacrificial material after brazing is 0.12% or less.

10. The aluminum alloy clad material according to claim 2 , wherein the sacrificial material comprises, by mass %, at least one of from 0.2% to 6.0% of Zn, from 0.3% to 1.3% of Mn, from 0.2% to 0.8% of Si, from 0.02% to 0.3% of Mg, from 0.2% to 0.8% of Fe, from 0.05% to 0.5% of Cr, and from 0.05% to 0.3% of Ti, and comprises a balance consisting of Al and inevitable impurities, and

a concentration of Cu on a surface of the sacrificial material after brazing is 0.12% or less.

11. The aluminum alloy clad material according to claim 3 , wherein the sacrificial material comprises, by mass %, at least one of from 0.2% to 6.0% of Zn, from 0.3% to 1.3% of Mn, from 0.2% to 0.8% of Si, from 0.02% to 0.3% of Mg, from 0.2% to 0.8% of Fe, from 0.05% to 0.5% of Cr, and from 0.05% to 0.3% of Ti, and comprises a balance consisting of Al and inevitable impurities, and

a concentration of Cu on a surface of the sacrificial material after brazing is 0.12% or less.

12. The aluminum alloy clad material according to claim 4 , wherein the sacrificial material comprises, by mass %, at least one of from 0.2% to 6.0% of Zn, from 0.3% to 1.3% of Mn, from 0.2% to 0.8% of Si, from 0.02% to 0.3% of Mg, from 0.2% to 0.8% of Fe, from 0.05% to 0.5% of Cr, and from 0.05% to 0.3% of Ti, and comprises a balance consisting of Al and inevitable impurities, and

a concentration of Cu on a surface of the sacrificial material after brazing is 0.12% or less.

13. The aluminum alloy clad material according to claim 5 , wherein the sacrificial material comprises, by mass % at least one of from 0.2% to 6.0% of Zn, from 0.3% to 1.3% of Mn, from 0.2% to 0.8% of Si, from 0.02% to 0.3% of Mg, from 0.2% to 0.8% of Fe, from 0.05% to 0.5% of Cr, and from 0.05% to 0.3% of Ti, and comprises a balance consisting of Al and inevitable impurities, and

a concentration of Cu on a surface of the sacrificial material after brazing is 0.12% or less.

14. The aluminum alloy clad material according to claim 6 , wherein the sacrificial material comprises, by mass %, at least one from 0.2% to 6.0% of Zn, from 0.3% to 1.3% of Mn, from 0.2% to 0.8% of Si from 0.02% to 0.3% of Mg, from 0.2% to 0.8% of Fe, from 0.05% to 0.5% of Cr, and from 0.05% to 0.3% of Ti, and comprises a balance consisting of Al and inevitable impurities, and

a concentration of Cu on a surface of the sacrificial material after brazing is 0.12% or less.

15. The aluminum alloy clad material according to claim 7 , wherein the sacrificial material comprises, by mass %, at least one of from 0.2% to 6.0% of Zn, from 0.3% to 1.3% of Mn, from 0.2% to 0.8% of Si, from 0.02% to 0.3% of Mg, from 0.2% to 0.8% of Fe, from 0.05% to 0.5% of Cr and from 0.05% to 0.3% of Ti, and comprises a balance consisting of Al and inevitable impurities, and

a concentration of Cu on a surface of the sacrificial material after brazing is 0.12% or less.

16. The aluminum alloy clad material according to claim 8 , wherein the sacrificial material comprises, by mass %, at least one of from 0.2% to 6.0% of Zn, from 0.3% to 1.3% of Mn, from 0.2% to 0.8% of Si, from 0.02% to 0.3% of Mg, from 0.2% to 0.8% of Fe, from 0.05% to 0.5% of Cr, and from 0.05% to 0.3% of Ti, and comprises a balance consisting of Al and inevitable impurities, and

a concentration of Cu on a surface of the sacrificial material after brazing is 0.12% or less.

17. The aluminum alloy clad material according to claim 1 , wherein the Al—Si—Mg—Bi brazing material comprises, by mass %, from 0.1% to 1.5% of Mg.

18. The aluminum alloy clad material according to claim 1 , wherein the Al—Si—Mg—Bi brazing material comprises, by mass %, from 0.2% to 1.5% of Mg.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 11, 2023
From: ALTEMIRA CO., LTD.
To: MA ALUMINUM CORPORATION; DENSO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 065186/0051 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 10, 2023
From: MMA COMPANY, LTD.
To: ALTEMIRA CO., LTD.; DENSO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 065164/0733 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 21, 2022
From: MITSUBISHI ALUMINUM CO., LTD.
To: MMA COMPANY, LTD.
Reel/Frame 062202/0216 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 9, 2020
From: MORI, YOSHIKI; MIYAKE, HIDEYUKI; YOSHINO, MICHIHIDE; IWAO, SHOHEI; EDO, MASAKAZU; SUGIMOTO, NAOKI; HONMA, NOBUHIRO; YAMADA, SHOGO; TERAMOTO, HAYAKI; TOYAMA, TAKETOSHI
To: MITSUBISHI ALUMINUM CO., LTD.; DENSO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 054310/0327 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP JP2019-124414 · Jul 3, 2019 · national
JP JP2020-078180 · Apr 27, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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