IP Library Granted Patent US 12,421,577
Granted Patent B2
US 12,421,577 · App. 18/031,024 · Granted Sep 23, 2025

Aluminum alloy for sliding components, and sliding component

Inventor: Takumi Maruyama (Kitakata, JP)
Assignee: Resonac Corporation
C22C21/02F04C18/0246F04C2230/25
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Patent No.
US 12,421,577
App. No.
18/031,024
Granted
Sep 23, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An aluminum alloy for sliding components contains 8.0-11.5% by mass of Si, 0.7-1.2% by mass of Cu, 0.2-0.6% by mass of Mg, 0.30-0.60% by mass of Mn, 0.10-0.30% by mass of Fe, 0.01-0.03% by mass of Cr, and balance Al with inevitable impurities, in which a tensile strength at 25° C. is within a range of 330 MPa or more and 380 MPa or less, the aluminum alloy does not contain, per 1182 μm 2 , two or more crystallized products containing 1% by mass or more of Cu and having a circle equivalent diameter exceeding 5 μm, and the aluminum alloy does not contain, per 1182 μm 2 , two or more Cr-containing intermetallic compounds having a length of 8 μm or more, and does not contain, per 4726 μm 2 , two or more primary crystal Si particles having a circle equivalent diameter exceeding 10 μm.

Claims (12)

1. An aluminum alloy for sliding components containing Si in a range of 8.0% by mass or more and 11.5% by mass or less, Cu in a range of 0.7% by mass or more and 1.2% by mass or less, Mg in a range of 0.2% by mass or more and 0.6% by mass or less, Mn in a range of 0.30% by mass or more and 0.60% by mass or less, Fe in a range of 0.10% by mass or more and 0.30% by mass or less, Cr in a range of 0.01% by mass or more and 0.03% by mass or less, and balance Al with inevitable impurities, wherein

a tensile strength at 25° C. is within a range of 330 MPa or more and 380 MPa or less,

the aluminum alloy does not contain, per 1182 μm 2 , two or more crystallized products containing 1% by mass or more of Cu and having a circle equivalent diameter exceeding 5 μm, and

the aluminum alloy does not contain, per 1182 μm 2 , two or more Cr-containing intermetallic compounds having a length of 8 μm or more, and

the aluminum alloy does not contain, per 4726 μm 2 , two or more primary crystal Si particles having a circle equivalent diameter exceeding 10 μm.

2. The aluminum alloy for sliding components according to claim 1 , wherein the aluminum alloy contains Si in a range of 8.5% by mass or more and 10.5% by mass or less, Cu in a range of 0.8% by mass or more and 1.1% by mass or less, and Mg in a range of 0.4% by mass or more and 0.6% by mass or less.

3. A sliding component made of the aluminum alloy for sliding components according to claim 1 .

4. The sliding component according to claim 3 , wherein the sliding component is a forged product.

5. The sliding component according to claim 3 , wherein the sliding component has an anodized aluminum film having a Vickers hardness of 400 HV or more as a surface thereof.

6. The sliding component according to claim 3 , wherein the sliding component is a sliding component for compressors.

7. The sliding component according to claim 3 , wherein the sliding component is a sliding component for scroll compressors.

8. The sliding component according to claim 3 , wherein the sliding component is a sliding component for electric scroll compressors.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Feb 9, 2024
From: RESONAC CORPORATION
To: RESONAC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 066547/0677 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 10, 2023
From: MARUYAMA, TAKUMI
To: RESONAC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 063270/0779 →