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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:
Oct. 24, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 24, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B22D / ; C22F / ; C22F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
164 46 ; 148437 ; 148688 ; 420532 ; 420548 ; 164461 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a thixoformable Al alloy composites wherein Si is added to ASTM 2000 series aluminum alloy so that the total Si content thereof may be 1-5 at. % and also a manufacturing method of thixoformable Al alloy composites comprising: obtaining a matrix of the composite containing 1-5 at. % of the total Si content by adding Si to ASTM 2000 series aluminum alloy; holding the matrix in the temperature range of 560-610.degree. C. to obtain a liquid fraction of 40-70% and thereafter performing a thixoforming process.