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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:
Apr. 25, 1995
Filed:
Jun. 11, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C25D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
228120 ; 148240 ; 148269 ; 148272 ; 148275 ; 148254 ; 148285 ; 148415 ; 21912163 ; 228101 ; 428457 ; 428472 ;
Abstract
An aluminum sheet for use in spot welding has an anodic oxide film with a thickness of 50 .mu.m or less on at least one surface thereof. The anodic oxide film is preferably overlaid with a plating layer predominantly comprising at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Zn, Cr, Co, Ni, Fe, and Mn. The aluminum sheet can be produced by subjecting an aluminum or aluminum alloy sheet to anodic oxidation in an acidic solution having a pH of 4 or less conditions of from 2 to 200 V in voltage and from 0.2 to 200 seconds in duration, optionally followed by electroplating in an acidic plating bath.