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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2013
Applicant:
Uacj Corporation, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
UACJ CORPORATION, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 35/28 (2006.01); C22F 1/05 (2006.01); C22C 21/08 (2006.01); B23K 20/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 35/288 (2013.01); B23K 20/122 (2013.01); B23K 20/128 (2013.01); C22C 21/08 (2013.01); C22F 1/05 (2013.01); B23K 2201/006 (2013.01); B23K 2201/34 (2013.01); B23K 2203/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
An aluminum alloy member including a sheet-like aluminum alloy member having ends joined by friction stir welding, and forming an anodic oxidation coating on a weld front surface or a weld back surface, the aluminum alloy member including 0.3 to 1.5 mass % of Mg, 0.2 to 1.2 mass % of Si, 0.5 mass % or less of Cu, and 0.2 mass % or less of Fe, with the balance being Al and unavoidable impurities, Fe-containing second phase particles having a particle size (circle equivalent diameter) of more than 1 μm, among second phase particles dispersed in a matrix of the aluminum alloy member, having an average particle size of 5 μm or less.