Vehicle frame components exhibiting enhanced energy absorption, an alloy and a method for their manufacture
US5527404A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 5, 1994 |
| Grant date | Jun 18, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 5, 2014 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S296/90
- WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
An improved elongate aluminum alloy product, and a method of producing such a product, ideally suited for use as a component in a vehicle frame or subassembly, i.e., body-in-white. The alloy consists of essentially 0.45 to 0.7% magnesium, and about 0.35 to 0.6%, silicon, and about 0.1 to 0.35%, vanadium, and, 0.1-0.4% iron, preferably 0.15 to 0.3%, the balance substantially aluminum and incidental elements and impurities.
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