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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2020
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Mohamed Youssef, Aachen, DE;
Matthias Warkentin, Jülich, DE;
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B22D 21/00 (2006.01); B22D 21/04 (2006.01); B22D 17/00 (2006.01); C22C 21/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B22D 21/007 (2013.01); B22D 17/007 (2013.01); C22C 21/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for producing a component from an aluminum alloy using a semisolid method is provided. The alloy contains less than 1.3% by weight of iron and no more than 0.2% by weight of silicon, and the component has sufficient ductility such that the component can be joined to other components by self-piercing riveting, flow drilling, high-speed tack setting, friction welding and/or weld riveting.