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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2011
Karin Shibata, Oyabe, JP;
Tomoo Yoshida, Namerikawa, JP;
Hiroshi Tabuchi, Tsukuba, JP;
Hidetoshi Takagi, Toyama, JP;
Karin Shibata, Oyabe, JP;
Tomoo Yoshida, Namerikawa, JP;
Hiroshi Tabuchi, Tsukuba, JP;
Hidetoshi Takagi, Toyama, JP;
Aisin Keikinzoku Co., Ltd., , JP;
Abstract
A method includes: preparing a molten aluminum alloy consisting of 0.3-0.8 mass % Mg, 0.5-1.2 mass % Si, 0.3 mass % or more excess Si relative to the MgSi stoichiometric composition, 0.05-0.4 mass % Cu, 0.2-0.4 mass % Mn, 0.1-0.3 mass % Cr, 0.2 mass % or less Fe, 0.2 mass % or less Zr, and 0.005-0.1 mass % Ti, with the balance being aluminum and unavoidable impurities; casting the alloy into a billet at a speed of 80 mm/min or more and a cooling rate of 15° C./sec or more; extruding the billet into an extruded product; water cooling the product immediately after extrusion at 500° C./min or more; and artificially aging the product, thereby yielding an extruded product with fatigue strength of 140 MPa or more, fatigue ratio of 0.45 or more, an interval between striations on a fatigue fracture surface of 5.0 μm or less, and a maximum length of Al—Fe—Si crystallized products of 10 μm or less.