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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. 25, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 20, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Alcan International Limited, Montreal, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F28F 1/318 ; F28F 1/902 ; B21D 5/302 ; B23P 1/526 ; C22C 2/104 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F28F 1/318 ; F28F 1/902 ; B21D 5/302 ; B23P 1/526 ; C22C 2/104 ;
Abstract
An aluminum alloy containing (in wt. %): 0.2-0.5 Fe; 0.7-1.2 Si; 1.2-1.6 Mn; up to 0.3 Mg; up to 0.5 Cu; up to 0.2 Zn; up to 0.1 Ti is used to make the fins of heat exchangers particularly car radiators. The finstock has high post braze strength and thermal conductivity, and has a sufficiently electronegative potential as to be capable of acting as a sacrificial anode for the heat exchanger tubes. By virtue of the absence of Sn, In, and Cr, these heat exchangers can be scrapped and melted for re-use.