IP Library Granted Patent US 11,020,824
Granted Patent B2
US 11,020,824 · App. 16/916,469 · Granted Jun 1, 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
B23K35/286B23K35/0238B32B15/016C22C21/02B23K2101/14
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Patent No.
US 11,020,824
App. No.
16/916,469
Granted
Jun 1, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

An Al—Si—Mg—Bi-based brazing material containing Si: 6.0% to 14.0%, Fe: 0.05% to 0.3%, Mg: 0.02% to 1.5%, Bi: 0.05% to 0.25%, Sr: 0.0001% to 0.1%, and a balance of Al and inevitable impurities, and satisfies (Bi+Mg)×Sr≤0.1, is disposed on both surfaces of a core material, Mg—Bi-based compounds of the brazing material with a diameter of 0.1 μm or more and less than 5.0 μm in terms of equivalent circle diameter are more than 20 in number in 10,000 μm 2 and the Mg—Bi-based compounds with diameter of 5.0 μm or more are less than 2 in number in 10,000 μm 2 , the core material contains Mn: 0.8% to 1.8%, Si: 0.01% to 1.0%, Fe: 0.1% to 0.5%, and a balance of Al and inevitable impurities, and a cathode current density of a brazing material layer after a brazing heat treatment is 0.1 mA/cm 2 or less.

Claims (26)

1. An aluminum alloy clad material comprising:

an Al—Si—Mg—Bi brazing material disposed on both surfaces of a core material wherein the Al—Si—Mg—B brazing material comprises, by mass %, from 6.0% to 14.0% of Si, from 0.05% to 0.3% of Fe, from 0.02% 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 satisfies 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

the core material comprises, by mass %, from 0.8% to 1.8% of Mn, from 0.01% to 1.0% of Si, from 0.1% to 0.5% of Fe, and a balance consisting of Al and inevitable impurities, and a cathode current density of a brazing material layer measured at room temperature in a 5% NaCl solution at a pH of 3 after a brazing heat treatment is 0.1 mA/cm 2 or less.

2. The aluminum alloy clad material according to claim 1 , wherein the core material further comprises, by mass %, from 0.005% to 0.3% of Cu.

3. The aluminum alloy clad material according to claim 1 , wherein the core material further comprises, by mass %, from 0.1% to 0.7% of Mg.

4. The aluminum alloy clad material according to claim 2 , wherein the core material further comprises, by mass %, from 0.1% to 0.7% of Mg.

5. The aluminum alloy clad material according to claim 1 , wherein the core material further comprises, by mass %, from 0.2% to 1.6% of Zn.

6. The aluminum alloy clad material according to claim 2 , wherein the core material further comprises, by mass %, from 0.2% to 1.6% of Zn.

7. The aluminum alloy clad material according to claim 3 , wherein the core material further comprises, by mass %, from 0.2% to 1.6% of Zn.

8. The aluminum alloy clad material according to claim 4 , wherein the core material further contains, by mass %, from 0.2% to 1.6% of Zn.

9. The aluminum alloy clad material according to claim 1 , wherein the brazing material further comprises, by mass %, from 0.05% to 0.3% of Mn.

10. The aluminum alloy clad material according to claim 2 , wherein the brazing material further comprises, by mass %, from 0.05% to 0.3% of Mn.

11. The aluminum alloy clad material according to claim 3 , wherein the brazing material further comprises, by mass %, from 0.05% to 0.3% of Mn.

12. The aluminum alloy clad material according to claim 4 , wherein the brazing material further comprises, by mass %, from 0.05% to 0.3% of Mn.

13. The aluminum alloy clad material according to claim 5 , wherein the brazing material further comprises, by mass %, from 0.05% to 0.3% of Mn.

14. The aluminum alloy clad material according to claim 6 , wherein the brazing material further comprises, by mass %, from 0.05% to 0.3% of Mn.

15. The aluminum alloy clad material according to claim 7 , wherein the brazing material further comprises, by mass %, from 0.05% to 0.3% of Mn.

16. The aluminum alloy clad material according to claim 8 , wherein the brazing material further comprises, by mass %, from 0.05% to 0.3% of Mn.

17. 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%.

18. 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%.

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

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

21. The aluminum alloy clad material according to claim 1 , wherein the Al—Si—Mg—B brazing material comprises, by mass %, from 0.03% to 1.5% of Mg.

22. The aluminum alloy clad material according to claim 1 , wherein the Al—Si—Mg—B brazing material comprises, by mass %, from 0.05% to 1.5% of Mg.

23. The aluminum alloy clad material according to claim 1 , wherein the Al—Si—Mg—B brazing material comprises, by mass %, from 0.1% 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 Dec 14, 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 054640/0336 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2019-124416 · Jul 3, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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