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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2018
Ykk Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Kentaro Yarino, Kurobe, JP;
Itaru Hasegawa, Kurobe, JP;
YKK Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A black metal fastener member can be manufactured at low cost. The fastener member comprises a base material made of a copper alloy containing zinc at a concentration of 30% by mass or more and 43% by mass or less, and a black copper oxide coating covering at least a part of the base material. The black copper oxide coating has a lower layer and an upper layer. The lower layer is a layer below a center line with respect to the thickness of the black copper oxide coating and the upper layer is a layer above the center line. The porosity of the lower layer is smaller than the porosity of the upper layer. In some cases, the difference between the porosity of the lower layer and the porosity of the upper layer is 10% or more.