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EP 1 213 366 A3 |
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EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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Date of publication A3: |
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31.07.2002 Bulletin 2002/31 |
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Date of publication A2: |
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12.06.2002 Bulletin 2002/24 |
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Date of filing: 14.09.2001 |
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Designated Contracting States: |
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AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR |
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Designated Extension States: |
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AL LT LV MK RO SI |
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Priority: |
26.09.2000 JP 2000293086
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Applicants: |
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- RYOBI LTD.
Fuchu-shi, Hiroshima-ken (JP)
- HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Minato-ku Tokyo (JP)
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Inventors: |
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- Komazaki, Toru
Tokyo (JP)
- Nishi, Naomi
Tokyo (JP)
- Sasaki, Hideto
Hiroshima-ken, (JP)
- Fukuchi, Fumiaki, c/o K.K. Honda Gijutsu Kenkyusho
Wako-shi, Saitama-ken (JP)
- Mikasa, Tetsuo, c/o K.K. Honda Gijutsu Kenkyusho
Wako-shi, Saitama-ken (JP)
- Kubo, Nobuo, c/o K.K. Honda Gijutsu Kenkyusho
Wako-shi, Saitama-ken (JP)
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Representative: Kyle, Diana |
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Elkington and Fife Prospect House 8 Pembroke Road Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 1XR Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 1XR (GB) |
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Aluminum alloy for high pressure die-casting, product and method |
(57) An aluminum alloy for die-casting capable of being used in high pressure die-casting
method, and capable of providing a product having a sufficiently high strength and
elongation without T6 treatment after casting and endurable under a corrosive atmosphere.
Such aluminum alloy is used as a material of a subordinate frame for an automobile.
The aluminum alloy contains from 8.0 to 9.0 mass % of Si, from 0.35 to 0.45 mass %
of Mg, from 0.3 to 0.4 mass % of Mn, from 0.002 to 0.008 mass % of Be, less than 0.20
mass % of Fe, not more than 0.2 mass % of Cu, not more than 0.1 mass % of Zn, not
more than 0.1 mass % of Ni, not more than 0.1 mass % of Sn, and remainders of Al and
inevitable impurities. High pressure die casting is performed with this alloy by a
die-casting machine provided with a seal ring disposed over a plunger tip, liquidized
gaskets, a sealing rubber and a pin seal plate those being capable of providing high
sealability and high vacuum in a mold cavity.