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公开(公告)号:US11926886B2
公开(公告)日:2024-03-12
申请号:US17565634
申请日:2021-12-30
Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Inventor: Henry Zhan , Congjie Wang
Abstract: A master alloy including an alloy composition including magnesium (Mg) at a concentration of greater than or equal to about 1.00 wt. % to less than or equal to about 90 wt. %, boron (B) at a concentration of greater than or equal to about 0.01 wt. % to less than or equal to about 20 wt. %, and aluminum (Al) at a concentration of greater than or equal to about 0.1 wt. % to less than or equal to about 90 wt. %, wherein the alloy composition includes MgB2 particles at a volume fraction greater than or equal to about 0.01% to less than or equal to about 20%.
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公开(公告)号:US11766713B2
公开(公告)日:2023-09-26
申请号:US17481641
申请日:2021-09-22
Applicant: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
Inventor: Henry Zhan , Congjie Wang
Abstract: A method to form a magnesium article includes: heating materials including magnesium, aluminum, manganese and tin in a furnace to create an alloy having a composition of; the magnesium in an amount greater than or equal to 90% by weight of the materials; the aluminum ranging between approximately 2.0% up to approximately 4.0% by weight of the materials; the manganese ranging between approximately 0.43% up to approximately 0.6% by weight of the materials; and the tin ranging between approximately 1% up to approximately 3% by weight of the materials; chill casting the alloy to create a cast billet; and heating the cast billet at a temperature ranging from approximately 380° C. up to approximately 420° C. and maintaining the temperature for a time period between approximately 4 hours to 10 hours to homogenize element distribution.
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公开(公告)号:US11781197B2
公开(公告)日:2023-10-10
申请号:US17889807
申请日:2022-08-17
Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Inventor: Qi Lu , Congjie Wang , Jianfeng Wang , Zhisong Chai , Wei Xu
CPC classification number: C21D9/46 , B21D22/022 , C21D6/002 , C21D6/005 , C21D6/008 , C21D8/0205 , C21D8/0247 , C22C38/02 , C22C38/04 , C22C38/18 , C21D2211/001 , C21D2211/008
Abstract: A method of forming a component includes providing a work-piece blank from a formable material. The work-piece blank includes at least one section having a surface roughness greater than 1 μm configured to facilitate efficient radiation of thermal energy therefrom when the work-piece blank is heated. The method also includes austenitizing the work-piece blank via heating the work-piece blank at a predetermined temperature for a predetermined amount of time to achieve an austenite microstructure in the at least one section and forestall oxidation of the work-piece blank. The method additionally includes transferring the austenitized work-piece blank into a forming press. The method also includes forming the component via the forming press from the austenitized work-piece blank. The method additionally includes quenching the component formed from the austenitized work-piece blank and cooling the formed component.
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公开(公告)号:US20230243012A1
公开(公告)日:2023-08-03
申请号:US17889807
申请日:2022-08-17
Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Inventor: Qi Lu , Congjie Wang , Jianfeng Wang , Zhisong Chai , Wei Xu
CPC classification number: C21D9/46 , B21D22/022 , C21D6/002 , C21D6/005 , C21D6/008 , C21D8/0205 , C21D8/0247 , C22C38/02 , C22C38/04 , C22C38/18 , C21D2211/001 , C21D2211/008
Abstract: A method of forming a component includes providing a work-piece blank from a formable material. The work-piece blank includes at least one section having a surface roughness greater than 1 µm configured to facilitate efficient radiation of thermal energy therefrom when the work-piece blank is heated. The method also includes austenitizing the work-piece blank via heating the work-piece blank at a predetermined temperature for a predetermined amount of time to achieve an austenite microstructure in the at least one section and forestall oxidation of the work-piece blank. The method additionally includes transferring the austenitized work-piece blank into a forming press. The method also includes forming the component via the forming press from the austenitized work-piece blank. The method additionally includes quenching the component formed from the austenitized work-piece blank and cooling the formed component.
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公开(公告)号:US11548317B2
公开(公告)日:2023-01-10
申请号:US16903928
申请日:2020-06-17
Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Inventor: Henry Zhan , Jianfeng Wang , Congjie Wang , Ming Liu , Anil K. Sachdev
Abstract: A brake rotor includes a friction portion, a hat portion axially extending from the friction portion and including a top face that is axially displaced from the friction portion and a side wall that extends from the friction portion to the top face, and a nose portion which extends axially from the top face of the hat portion away from the friction portion.
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公开(公告)号:US20210394554A1
公开(公告)日:2021-12-23
申请号:US16903928
申请日:2020-06-17
Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Inventor: Henry Zhan , Jianfeng Wang , Congjie Wang , Ming Liu , Anil K. Sachdev
Abstract: A brake rotor includes a friction portion, a hat portion axially extending from the friction portion and including a top face that is axially displaced from the friction portion and a side wall that extends from the friction portion to the top face, and a nose portion which extends axially from the top face of the hat portion away from the friction portion.
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公开(公告)号:US12226815B2
公开(公告)日:2025-02-18
申请号:US17872766
申请日:2022-07-25
Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Inventor: Henry Zhan , Congjie Wang
Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method of forming an extruded billet from a coarse-grained magnesium alloy billet. The method includes extruding the coarse-grained magnesium alloy biller at temperatures greater than or equal to about 300° C. to less than or equal to about 360° C. to from the extruded billet. The coarse-grained magnesium alloy billet has an average grain size greater than or equal to about 800 μm, and has a low aluminum content. The coarse-grained magnesium alloy billet includes greater than or equal to about 0.5 wt. % to less than or equal to about 3 wt. % of aluminum. The extruded billet may have a plurality of twins with lenticular morphology, which occupies an area fraction greater than or equal to about 20% of a total area of the extruded billet.
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公开(公告)号:US11987864B2
公开(公告)日:2024-05-21
申请号:US17577199
申请日:2022-01-17
Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Inventor: Henry Zhan , Congjie Wang
IPC: C22C23/02
CPC classification number: C22C23/02
Abstract: A magnesium alloy matrix having an alloy composition including aluminum at a concentration of between 0.5 wt. % to 2.5 wt. %, manganese at a concentration of between 0.3 wt. % to 1.0 wt. %, the concentration of manganese is greater than or equal to a value of [Mn] determined by a linear function [Mn]=x[Al], where x is at least 0.6 when [Al]=0.5 and is at least 0.14 when [Al]=2.5, zinc at a concentration of between 0 wt. % to 3 wt. %, tin at a concentration of between 0 wt. % to 3 wt. %, calcium at a concentration of between 0 wt. % to 0.5%, rare earth metals at a concentration of between 0 wt. % to 5 wt. %, and a balance of the alloy composition being magnesium.
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公开(公告)号:US20230050499A1
公开(公告)日:2023-02-16
申请号:US17481641
申请日:2021-09-22
Applicant: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
Inventor: Henry Zhan , Congjie Wang
Abstract: A method to form a magnesium article includes: heating materials including magnesium, aluminum, manganese and tin in a furnace to create an alloy having a composition of; the magnesium in an amount greater than or equal to 90% by weight of the materials; the aluminum ranging between approximately 2.0% up to approximately 4.0% by weight of the materials; the manganese ranging between approximately 0.43% up to approximately 0.6% by weight of the materials; and the tin ranging between approximately 1% up to approximately 3% by weight of the materials; chill casting the alloy to create a cast billet; and heating the cast billet at a temperature ranging from approximately 380° C. up to approximately 420° C. and maintaining the temperature for a time period between approximately 4 hours to 10 hours to homogenize element distribution.
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