Aluminum alloy and component part prepared therefrom

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12545978-B2
Application number	US-202318171838-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 21, 2023
Priority date	Feb 25, 2022
Publication date	Feb 10, 2026
Grant date	Feb 10, 2026

Abstract

The disclosure relates to an aluminum alloy and a component part prepared therefrom. The aluminum alloy comprises: 7-9 wt % of silicon (Si), 0.2-0.7 wt % of manganese (Mn), 0.09-0.4 wt % of iron (Fe), 0.1-0.3 wt % of vanadium (V), 0.1-0.2 wt % of titanium (Ti), 0.01-0.03 wt % of strontium (Sr), and the balance being aluminum and inevitable impurities, wherein the weight ratio of the manganese (Mn) to the iron (Fe) is not less than 1. The aluminum alloy of the disclosure can be exempt from heat treatment process after casting in the processing process, so as to contribute to energy conservation and emission reduction, and the component part prepared therefrom can achieve desired mechanical properties.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An aluminum alloy, consisting of, relative to a total weight of the aluminum alloy: 7-9 wt % of silicon (Si), 0.2-0.7 wt % of manganese (Mn), 0.09-0.4 wt % of iron (Fe), 0.1-0.3 wt % of vanadium (V), 0.1-0.2 wt % of titanium (Ti), 0.01-0.03 wt % of strontium (Sr), and the balance being aluminum and inevitable impurities, wherein a weight ratio of the manganese (Mn) to the iron (Fe) is not less than 1, and wherein the aluminum alloy without any heat treatment after casting has a tensile strength of more than 255 MPa, a yield strength of more than 110 MPa, and an elongation of more than 9%.

2 . The aluminum alloy according to claim 1 , wherein relative to the total weight of the aluminum alloy, a content of the silicon is 7.2-8.6 wt %.

3 . The aluminum alloy according to claim 1 , wherein relative to the total weight of the aluminum alloy, a content of the manganese is 0.22-0.66 wt %.

4 . The aluminum alloy according to claim 1 , wherein relative to the total weight of the aluminum alloy, a content of the iron is 0.09-0.32 wt %.

5 . The aluminum alloy according to claim 1 , wherein relative to the total weight of the aluminum alloy, a content of the vanadium is 0.11-0.27 wt %.

6 . The aluminum alloy according to claim 1 , wherein relative to the total weight of the aluminum alloy, a content of the titanium is 0.11-0.18 wt %.

7 . The aluminum alloy according to claim 1 , wherein relative to the total weight of the aluminum alloy, a content of the strontium is 0.015-0.02 wt %.

8 . The aluminum alloy according to claim 1 , wherein an Mn content/V content ratio Z is less than 2.9.

9 . The aluminum alloy according to claim 1 , wherein a Mn content/V content ratio Z satisfies 2.9≤Z<4.5.

10 . The aluminum alloy according to claim 1 , wherein a Mn content/V content ratio Z is greater than 4.5.

11 . A component part, which is prepared from the aluminum alloy according to claim 1 .

12 . The component part according to claim 11 , wherein the component part is selected from a vehicle body, a chassis and other load-bearing parts.

Assignees

• Nio Technology Anhui Co Ltd
• Csmet Group Co Ltd

Inventors

• Liu Huachu
• Shi Chunmei
• Duan Zhenrong
• Li Shuo
• Huges Gary
• Du Yanjun
• Yang Fan
• Cheng Shuai
• Fu Wentao
• Zhang Yuebo

Classifications

• B62D29/008 Primary

  predominantly of light alloys, e.g. extruded · CPC title

• C22F1/043

  of alloys with silicon as the next major constituent · CPC title

• C22C21/02 Primary

  with silicon as the next major constituent · CPC title