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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2014
Shipston Aluminum Technologies (Michigan), Inc., Hampton, NH (US);
Jen C. Lin, Export, PA (US);
Moustapha Mbaye, Ada, MI (US);
Jan Ove Loland, Farsund, NO;
Russell S. Long, Murrysville, PA (US);
Xinyan Yan, Murrysville, PA (US);
SHIPSTON ALUMINUM TECHNOLOGIES (MICHIGAN), INC., Hampton, NH (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a casting having increased crashworthiness including an an aluminum alloy of about 6.0 wt % to about 8.0 wt % Si; about 0.12 wt % to about 0.25 wt % Mg; less than or equal to about 0.35 wt % Cu; less than or equal to about 4.0 wt % Zn; less than or equal to about 0.6 wt % Mn; and less than or equal to about 0.15 wt % Fe, wherein the cast body is treated to a T5 or T6 temper and has a tensile strength ranging from 100 MPa to 180 MPa and has a critical fracture strain greater than 10%. The present invention further provides a method of forming a casting having increased crashworthiness.