IP Library Granted Patent US 11,268,172
Granted Patent B2
US 11,268,172 · App. 16/544,545 · Granted Mar 8, 2022

Aluminum alloy material, and fastening component, structural component, spring component, conductive member and battery member including the aluminum alloy material

Inventors: Akiyoshi Araki (Tokyo, JP); Hiroshi Kaneko (Tokyo, JP); Kyota Susai (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
C22C21/08H01B1/023
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Patent No.
US 11,268,172
App. No.
16/544,545
Granted
Mar 8, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An aluminum alloy material of the present disclosure has an alloy composition containing Mg: 0.50% by mass or more and 6.0% by mass or less, Fe: 0% by mass or more and 1.50% by mass or less, Si: 0% by mass or more and 1.0% by mass or less, one or more selected from Cu, Ag, Zn, Ni, Ti, Co, Au, Mn, Cr, V, Zr and Sn: 0% by mass or more and 2.0% by mass or less in total, with the balance being Al and inevitable impurities. The aluminum alloy material has a fibrous metallographic structure in which crystal grains extend so as to be aligned in one direction, and an average value of sizes perpendicular to longitudinal direction of the crystal grains is 310 nm or less in a cross section parallel to the one direction.

Claims (15)

1. An aluminum alloy material having an alloy composition comprising; Mg: 2.0% by mass or more and 6.0% by mass or less, Fe: 0% by mass or more and 1.50% by mass or less, Si: 0% by mass or more and 1.0% by mass or less, one or more selected from Cu, Ag, Zn, Ni, Ti, Co, Au, Mn, Cr, V, Zr and Sn: 0% by mass or more and 2.0% by mass or less in total, with the balance being Al and inevitable impurities,

wherein the aluminum alloy material has a fibrous metallographic structure in which crystal grains extend so as to be aligned in one direction,

an average value of grain sizes perpendicular to longitudinal direction of the crystal grains is 180 nm or less in a cross section parallel to the one direction,

the aluminum alloy material has a Vickers hardness (HV) of 155 to 280, and

the aluminum alloy material is in the form of a wire rod and the wire rod has a diameter of 10 mm or less.

2. The aluminum alloy material according to claim 1 , comprising Mg: 3.0% by mass or more.

3. The aluminum alloy material according to claim 1 , comprising one or more selected from Cu, Ag, Zn, Ni, Ti, Co, Au, Mn, Cr, V, Zr and Sn: 0.06% by mass or more in total.

4. The aluminum alloy material according to claim 1 , comprising one or more members selected from the group consisting of Cu: 0.05% by mass or more and 0.20% by mass or less, Mn: 0.3% by mass or more and 1.0% by mass or less, Cr: 0.05% by mass or more and 0.20% by mass or less and Zr: 0.02% by mass or more and 0.20% by mass or less.

5. The aluminum alloy material according to claim 1 , wherein the aluminum alloy material has a tensile strength of 300 MPa or more as measured after being heated at 110° C. for 24 hours.

6. A fastening component comprising the aluminum alloy material according to claim 1 .

7. A structural component comprising the aluminum alloy material according to claim 1 .

8. A spring component comprising the aluminum alloy material according to claim 1 .

9. A conductive member comprising the aluminum alloy material according to claim 1 .

10. A battery member comprising the aluminum alloy material according to claim 1 .

11. The aluminum alloy material according to claim 1 , comprising one or more members selected from the group consisting of Cu: 0.05% by mass or more and 0.20% by mass or less, Mn: 0.3% by mass or more and 1.0% by mass or less, Cr: 0.14% by mass or more and 0.20% by mass or less, and Zr: 0.02% by mass or more and 0.20% by mass or less.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 19, 2019
From: ARAKI, AKIYOSHI; KANEKO, HIROSHI; SUSAI, KYOTA
To: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 050092/0547 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP JP2017-032434 · Feb 23, 2017 · national
JP JP2017-032435 · Feb 23, 2017 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2018006372 · Feb 22, 2018
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