Nippon Light Metal Inactive USPTO patentsUtility application

An aluminum member includes: a substrate formed of aluminum or an aluminum alloy that contains 0 to 10% by mass of magnesium, 0.1% by mass or less of iron, and 0.1% by mass or less of silicon and a balance of which is aluminum and unavoidable impurities; and an anodic oxide coating formed on a surface of the substrate.

A heat transfer plate manufacturing method in which a tip end-side pin of a rotation tool, as rotating, is inserted into a butt part, and friction stirring is performed with an outer peripheral surface of a base end-side pin in contact with a front surfaces of a base member and a lid plate, with the base end-side pin and a flat surface in contact with the base member and the lid plate, and with a tip end surface of a protrusion part in contact with only the base member, is provided.

Provided is a method for manufacturing a liquid cooling jacket including a jacket body and a sealing body joined to the jacket body.

When manufacturing an electrode for an electrolytic capacitor, in a first hydration step (ST1), an aluminum electrode is immersed in a first hydration processing solution having a temperature of at least 70° C. and comprising pure water or an aqueous solution to which phosphoric acid or a phosphate has been added so that the phosphorus concentration is no greater than 4 mass ppm.

Provided is a method for manufacturing a liquid-cooled jacket, to reduce the size of a recessed groove on a surface of a metal member and also to reduce roughness of a jointed surface.

Provided is a coated aluminum material having a coating film on a surface of an aluminum material, and capable of exerting excellent corrosion resistance even under severe use conditions while being chromium-free.

The present invention includes a preparation step in which a stepped portion including step bottom and step side surfaces is formed along an edge of a jacket body, a placing step in which a sealing body is placed on the jacket body forming first and second butted sections, and a main joining step in which friction stir welding (FSW) is performed by moving a rotary tool along the first butted section with only a stirring pin of the rotary tool in contact with only the sealing body.

A dosimeter container comprising a housing portion and a shield portion that surrounds the housing portion is provided.

Aluminum alloy sheet for battery lid use excellent in heat radiation ability, deformation resistance, and formability, which aluminum alloy sheet for battery lid use enabling formation of an integrated explosion-proof valve with little variation in operating pressure and excellent in cyclic fatigue resistance, and a method of production of the same are provided, the aluminum alloy sheet for battery lid use for forming an integrated explosion-proof valve having a component composition containing Fe: 1.05 to 1.50 mass %, Mn: 0.30 to 0.70 mass %, Ti: 0.002 to 0.15 mass %, and B: less than 0.04 mass %, having a balance of Al and impurities, having an Fe/Mn ratio restricted to 1.8 to 3.5, restricting, as impurities, Si to less than 0.20 mass %, Cu to less than 0.03 mass %, Mg to less than 0.05 mass %, and V to less than 0.03 mass %, having a conductivity of 53.0% IACS or more, having a 0.2% yield strength of 40 MPa or more, having a value of elongation of 40% or more, having a recrystallized structure, and having both a value of elongation after cold rolling by a rolling reduction of 80% and a value of elongation after cold rolling by a rolling reduction of 90% of 5.0% or more.

Provided is a joining method that can prevent a plastic flowing material from flowing out from a butt section and that can reduce the thickness and weight of metal members.

Provided is a coated aluminum material for joining having an adhesion layer on a surface, and can exert excellent adhesion strength and corrosion resistance performance even under severe use conditions while being chromium-free.

An Al—Si—Fe-based aluminum alloy casting material that is excellent in elongation while having characteristics of high rigidity and a method for producing the same are provided.

A die set for bending a metal plate workpiece includes a lower die for placing the workpiece, an upper die having a pressing surface which presses the workpiece toward the lower die by movement, a lower movable part provided in the lower die and being slidable in the same direction as the direction of the upper die movement, and a gas spring elastically supporting the lower movable part from below.

An electrode holder and a method for producing an electrode for an aluminum electrolytic capacitor are provided that enable prevention of exfoliation of a porous layer during chemical formation even when the porous layer is formed on an aluminum electrode so as to have a thickness of 200 micrometers or greater.

A jacket main body is formed of a first aluminum alloy.