Aluminum member and method for producing same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12546023-B2
Application number	US-202118032802-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 14, 2021
Priority date	Oct 23, 2020
Publication date	Feb 10, 2026
Grant date	Feb 10, 2026

Abstract

Provided is an aluminum member including: a substrate formed of aluminum or an aluminum alloy. The aluminum member includes an anodic oxide coating that includes a barrier layer in contact with a surface of the substrate, a first porous layer in contact with a surface of the barrier layer on an opposite side to the substrate, and a second porous layer in contact with a surface of the first porous layer on an opposite side to the barrier layer and including multiple pores aligned and linearly extending from a surface in contact with the first porous layer toward an exposed surface. The first porous layer includes at least one of: multiple branching pores; or multiple pores having an average pore diameter larger than that of the second porous layer.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1 . An aluminum member comprising:
a substrate formed of aluminum or an aluminum alloy; and an anodic oxide coating that includes a barrier layer in contact with a surface of the substrate, a first porous layer in contact with a surface of the barrier layer on an opposite side to the substrate, and a second porous layer in contact with a surface of the first porous layer on an opposite side to the barrier layer and including multiple pores aligned and linearly extending from a surface in contact with the first porous layer toward an exposed surface, wherein the first porous layer includes at least one of: multiple branching pores; or multiple pores having an average pore diameter larger than that of the second porous layer, a thickness of the barrier layer is less than 300 nm, the aluminum member has an L* value of 82.5 to 100, an a* value of −1 to +1, and a b* value of −1.5 to +1.5, where the L* value, the a* value, and the b* value are values in a L*a*b* color system measured from a side of the anodic oxide coating, a ratio of a maximum reflection intensity to a minimum reflection intensity is 400 or less when reflection intensity on a side of the anodic oxide coating is measured using a goniophotometer at a detector angle of −80 to +10 degrees.

2 . The aluminum member according to claim 1 , wherein
an arithmetical mean height Sa of a surface of the substrate is 0.1 to 0.5 μm, a maximum height Sz is 0.2 to 5 μm, and a mean width of roughness profile elements RSm is 0.5 to 10 μm.

3 . The aluminum member according to claim 1 , wherein
a thickness of the first porous layer is 10 nm or more and 5000 nm or less.

4 . The aluminum member according to claim 1 , wherein
the first porous layer has an average pore diameter larger than that of the second porous layer.

5 . The aluminum member according to claim 1 , wherein
a average pore diameter of the second porous layer is 100 nm or less.

6 . A method for producing an aluminum member according to claim 1 , comprising:
performing a first anodization on a substrate formed of aluminum or an aluminum alloy, using an electrolytic solution that is capable of forming multiple pores aligned and extending linearly; and performing a second anodization on the substrate that has been subjected to the first anodization, using an electrolytic solution, wherein the electrolytic solution for the second anodization is capable of forming at least one of: multiple branching pores; or multiple pores having an average pore diameter larger than that of the multiple pores linearly extending.

7 . The method for producing an aluminum member according to claim 5 , wherein
the electrolytic solution for the first anodization is an acidic electrolytic solution, and the electrolytic solution for the second anodization is an acidic or alkaline electrolytic solution.

8 . The method for producing an aluminum member according to claim 5 , further comprising:
performing roughening for forming irregularities on a surface of the substrate, wherein in the first anodization, the substrate on which the irregularities have been formed is subjected to the first anodization.

9 . The method for producing an aluminum member according to claim 7 , wherein
in the roughening, particles having an average particle diameter of 20 μm or less are made to hit against the surface of the substrate to form the irregularities.

10 . The method for producing an aluminum member according to claim 5 , wherein
the electrolytic solution for the first anodization contains at least one selected from the group consisting of sulfuric acid, amide sulfuric acid, and a compound having a carboxyl group.

11 . The method for producing an aluminum member according to claim 5 , wherein
the electrolytic solution for the second anodization contains at least one selected from the group consisting of a compound having a carboxyl group, phosphoric acid, and each salt thereof.

12 . The method for producing an aluminum member according to claim 5 , wherein
the electrolytic solution for the second anodization contains at least one selected from the group consisting of sodium, potassium, and ammonia.

Assignees

• Nippon Light Metal Co

Inventors

• Yamaguchi Takayuki
• Taguchi Yoshihiro

Classifications

• C25D11/16

  Pretreatment {, e.g. desmutting} · CPC title

• C25D11/14

  Producing integrally coloured layers · CPC title

• C25D11/12

  Anodising more than once, e.g. in different baths · CPC title

• C21D8/0278

  involving a particular surface treatment  (C21D8/0294 takes precedence) · CPC title

• C22C21/00

  Alloys based on aluminium · CPC title