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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 1988
Filed:
Feb. 23, 1984
Applicant:
Inventors:
Eiki Usui, Tichigi, JP;
Takashi Inaba, Tochigi, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho, Kobe, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C22F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
148-2 ; 148 / ; 148 / ; 148417 ; 148439 ;
Abstract
Disclosed herein are: (1) a formable bake-hardening type aluminum alloy sheet, containing 0.2-0.7 wt % of Fe, 0.05-0.5 wt % of Cu, 0.5-2.5 wt % of Mg, 0.5-2.0 wt % of Mn and optionally 0.05-1 wt % of Zn under the condition of Fe wt % +(Mn wt %.times.1.07)+(Mg wt %.times.0.27).ltoreq.3.0, and intermetallic compounds of less than 45 microns in size and an areal rate of 0.5-5% as observed from the surface of a rolled sheet and an average crystal grain width smaller than 25 microns; and (2) a method for producing such bake-hardening type aluminum alloy sheets.