Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Aluminum alloy plate for battery cases, which has excellent moldability and weldability
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Application No.: US14412327Application Date: 2013-07-19
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Publication No.: US09885098B2Publication Date: 2018-02-06
- Inventor: Kenta Suzuki , Yasuyuki Oowada , Hisashi Hori , Keiji Kanamori
- Applicant: Nippon Light Metal Company, Ltd.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Nippon Light Metal Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Nippon Light Metal Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Millen, White, Zelano and Branigan, P.C.
- Priority: JP2012-250905 20121115
- International Application: PCT/JP2013/069678 WO 20130719
- International Announcement: WO2014/077003 WO 20140522
- Main IPC: C22C21/02
- IPC: C22C21/02 ; C22F1/047 ; C22C21/00 ; C22C21/14 ; H01M2/02

Abstract:
Provided is a 1000-series aluminum alloy plate which has high strength applicable to large-size lithium ion battery cases and also has excellent moldability and excellent laser weldability. An aluminum alloy plate produced from a DC cast slab. The aluminum alloy plate has such a chemical composition comprising 0.01 to 0.4 mass % of Si, 0.01 to 0.5 mass % of Fe, 0.002 to 0.3 mass % of Co and a remainder made up by Al and impurities, wherein the content of Cu, which is contained as an impurity, is limited to less than 0.2 mass %. The aluminum alloy plate has a metallic structure in which the number of second phase particles each having an equivalent circle diameter of 3 μm or more is 110 particles/mm2 or more and less than 1000 particles/mm2. A cold-rolled and annealed plate produced from the aluminum alloy plate has an elongation value of 30% or more.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150159243A1 ALUMINUM ALLOY PLATE FOR BATTERY CASES, WHICH HAS EXCELLENT MOLDABILITY AND WELDABILITY Public/Granted day:2015-06-11
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