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1.发明授权公开(公告)号：US11649529B2
公开(公告)日：2023-05-16
申请号：US16168016
申请日：2018-10-23
Applicant: Novelis Inc.
Inventor： Liangliang Li , Theresa Elizabeth MacFarlane , Sazol Kumar Das , Peter Lloyd Redmond , Changook Son , Dewei Zhu , Yudie Yuan , Luis Fanor Vega , Milan Felberbaum , Julio Malpica , Brian Paradis , Alp Manavbasi , Dechao Lin
IPC: C22C21/00 , B23K11/11 , C23F1/00 , C23F1/20 , C23F17/00 , C22F1/047 , B21B1/46 , C22C21/12 , C22C21/02 , C22F1/043 , C22F1/053 , B23K103/10 , C22C21/08
CPC classification number: C22C21/00 , B21B1/46 , B23K11/11 , C22C21/02 , C22C21/12 , C22F1/043 , C22F1/047 , C22F1/053 , C23F1/00 , C23F1/20 , C23F17/00 , B23K2103/10 , C22C21/08
Abstract: Disclosed are aluminum alloy products and methods of making and processing such products. Thus, disclosed are aluminum alloy products exhibiting controllable surface properties, including excellent bond durability, low contact resistance, and corrosion resistance. Aluminum alloy products described herein include a migrant element, a subsurface portion having a concentration of the migrant element, and a bulk portion having a concentration of the migrant element. The aluminum alloy product comprises an enrichment ratio of 4.0 or less, wherein the enrichment ratio is a ratio of the migrant element concentration in the subsurface portion to the concentration in the bulk portion. Additionally, the aluminum alloy products surface and/or subsurface can contain phosphorus (e.g., elemental phosphorus or oxidized phosphorus). The phosphorus containing surface provides reduced electronic stress on an electrode tip of a resistance spot welding apparatus, and an extended service lifetime (e.g., weld cycles to failure) of the electrode tip.
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公开(公告)号：US20230211401A1
公开(公告)日：2023-07-06
申请号：US18000705
申请日：2021-07-21
Applicant: Novelis Inc.
Inventor： Julio Malpica , Rajeev G. Kamat , Anna E. Janoff , Rajasekhar Talla , Brian Matthew Walczak , Debdutta Roy , David Anthony Gaensbauer , John Min Ho , Cullen Pearson , Adolfo Rais , Carolyn Grace Kidwell , Natasha Iyer , Julie Richard , David Leyvraz , Aude Celine Despois , Stefan Felix Kempa
Abstract: Systems and methods are described for roll-forming metal substrates. The metal substrates are subjected to induction heating during the roll-forming process by exposure to time-varying magnetic fields, such as by exposure to a rotating permanent magnet, or exposure to laser radiation from a laser source. Heating of the metal substrates allows improved formability or plasticity of the substrate in order to reduce or eliminate damage to the substrate during roll-forming to low bending radius to thickness ratios. Heating of the high-strength metal substrates can also function to temper the substrates and/or improve surface corrosion resistance and form high-strength end products with desirable properties.
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公开(公告)号：US20230166313A1
公开(公告)日：2023-06-01
申请号：US17912949
申请日：2021-03-22
Applicant: Novelis Inc.
Inventor： Winfried Wilhelm Kiefer , Julio Malpica , Carlos Nobrega , Jaesuk Park , Courtney Timms
CPC classification number: B21D22/201 , B21D22/08 , B21D35/008
Abstract: The invention relates to a system for making a metal product, comprising —a lubrication source (225) for applying a first lubricant (235) on a punch side of a sheet metal blank (205); —a controllable current source (250) for applying different amounts of current; and —a punch (215) and a die (220) for drawing the sheet metal blank (205) into a metal product, wherein the controllable current source (250) is electrically coupled to one or more of the punch (215), the die (220), or a contact point for applying current through the first lubricant (235) while the sheet metal blank (205) is drawn by the punch (215) and the die (220) into the metal product and while the metal product is being ejected from the punch (215). The application further relates to a method for making a metal product with a such system. The invention relates also to a container manufacturing system (700), comprising —a cylindrical ram (720) comprising a ram body (722) and a ram nose on a distal end of the ram body (722), the ram nose engageable with abase of a container preform; —a die (730) comprising an opening concentrically aligned with the cylindrical ram (720), the opening sized and shaped for receiving the container preform in response to the ram nose engaging with the base of the container preform and the cylindrical ram (720) driving the container preform through the die opening; and —an ultrasonic device (740) coupled with the die (730), wherein the ultrasonic device causes the die (730) to vibrate while the cylindrical ram (720) drives the container preform through the die opening. The application further relates to a method for forming an aluminium container with such system and a die (730) for forming an aluminium container.
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公开(公告)号：US12179248B2
公开(公告)日：2024-12-31
申请号：US17912949
申请日：2021-03-22
Applicant: Novelis Inc.
Inventor： Winfried Wilhelm Kiefer , Julio Malpica , Carlos Nobrega , Jaesuk Park , Courtney Timms
Abstract: The invention relates to a system for making a metal product, comprising—a lubrication source (225) for applying a first lubricant (235) on a punch side of a sheet metal blank (205);—a controllable current source (250) for applying different amounts of current; and—a punch (215) and a die (220) for drawing the sheet metal blank (205) into a metal product, wherein the controllable current source (250) is electrically coupled to one or more of the punch (215), the die (220), or a contact point for applying current through the first lubricant (235) while the sheet metal blank (205) is drawn by the punch (215) and the die (220) into the metal product and while the metal product is being ejected from the punch (215). The application further relates to a method for making a metal product with a such system. The invention relates also to a container manufacturing system (700), comprising—a cylindrical ram (720) comprising a ram body (722) and a ram nose on a distal end of the ram body (722), the ram nose engageable with abase of a container preform;—a die (730) comprising an opening concentrically aligned with the cylindrical ram (720), the opening sized and shaped for receiving the container preform in response to the ram nose engaging with the base of the container preform and the cylindrical ram (720) driving the container preform through the die opening; and—an ultrasonic device (740) coupled with the die (730), wherein the ultrasonic device causes the die (730) to vibrate while the cylindrical ram (720) drives the container preform through the die opening. The application further relates to a method for forming an aluminium container with such system and a die (730) for forming an aluminium container.
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公开(公告)号：US20190193185A1
公开(公告)日：2019-06-27
申请号：US16168016
申请日：2018-10-23
Applicant: Novelis Inc.
Inventor： Liangliang Li , Theresa Elizabeth MacFarlane , Sazol Kumar Das , Peter Lloyd Redmond , ChangOok Son , Dewei Zhu , Yudie Yuan , Luis Fanor Vega , Milan Felberbaum , Julio Malpica , Brian Paradis , Alp Manavbasi , Dechao Lin
CPC classification number: B23K11/11 , B23K2103/10 , C22C21/00 , C22C21/08 , C22F1/047 , C23F1/00 , C23F1/20 , C23F17/00
Abstract: Disclosed are aluminum alloy products and methods of making and processing such products. Thus, disclosed are aluminum alloy products exhibiting controllable surface properties, including excellent bond durability, low contact resistance, and corrosion resistance. Aluminum alloy products described herein include a migrant element, a subsurface portion having a concentration of the migrant element, and a bulk portion having a concentration of the migrant element. The aluminum alloy product comprises an enrichment ratio of 4.0 or less, wherein the enrichment ratio is a ratio of the migrant element concentration in the subsurface portion to the concentration in the bulk portion. Additionally, the aluminum alloy products surface and/or subsurface can contain phosphorus (e.g., elemental phosphorus or oxidized phosphorus). The phosphorus containing surface provides reduced electronic stress on an electrode tip of a resistance spot welding apparatus, and an extended service lifetime (e.g., weld cycles to failure) of the electrode tip.
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Patent Agency Ranking
公开(公告)号：US20180111217A1
公开(公告)日：2018-04-26
申请号：US15789423
申请日：2017-10-20
Applicant: NOVELIS INC.
Inventor： Xiao Chai , Julio Malpica , Hany Ahmed , Cyrille Bezencon , Corrado Bassi , Jörg Simon
IPC: B23K11/11
CPC classification number: B23K11/115 , B23K11/185 , B23K11/20 , B23K2101/18 , B23K2103/10 , B23K2103/166 , B23K2103/18
Abstract: Disclosed are welds formed from improved resistance spot welding. Resistance spot welding includes positioning a first metal sheet and a second metal sheet between two electrodes, contacting the two electrodes together on to opposing surfaces of the first metal sheet and the second metal sheet, and applying at least a minimum current to the first metal sheet and the second metal sheet through the two electrodes to form a weld having a minimum weld size to join the first metal sheet with the second metal sheet. At least one of the first metal sheet and the second metal sheet is a fusion alloy where the composition of at least one outer layer of the sheet is different from the composition of the core of the sheet.
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公开(公告)号：US20240401179A1
公开(公告)日：2024-12-05
申请号：US18691283
申请日：2022-09-21
Applicant: Novelis Inc.
Inventor： Alp Manavbasi , Chuong Nguyen , Stephen Buckingham , David James Anderson , Julio Malpica
IPC: C22F1/04
Abstract: Methods and metal products are described for simultaneously performing a solution heat treatment operation or continuous annealing operation and surface treatment operation using super-heated steam to produce a processed metal product. An elongated metal substrate can be subjected to a solution heat treatment operation or a continuous annealing operation. Additionally, the elongated metal substrate can be subjected to a surface treatment operation. The solution heat treatment operation or continuous annealing operation and the surface treatment operation can be performed simultaneously using super-heated steam to produce the processed metal product.
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公开(公告)号：US10508328B2
公开(公告)日：2019-12-17
申请号：US15716570
申请日：2017-09-27
Applicant: Novelis Inc.
Inventor： Julio Malpica , Cedric Wu , Rahul Vilas Kulkarni , Rodger Brown , Duane E. Bendzinski
IPC: B21D22/02 , C22F1/04 , B21C47/18 , B21C47/34 , H05B6/10 , B21C47/16 , B65H29/00 , B65H29/20 , B21D37/16 , C21D1/42 , F27D99/00 , H05B6/32 , H05B6/36 , B21B39/02 , B21B39/34 , B21C37/02 , C21D1/04 , C22C21/02 , C22C21/06 , C22C21/10 , C22C21/12 , B65G54/02 , C22F1/02 , H02N15/00 , F27D19/00
Abstract: Systems and methods of hot forming a metal blank include receiving the metal blank at a heater and positioning the blank adjacent a magnetic rotor of the heater. The systems and methods also include heating the metal blank through the magnetic rotor by rotating the magnetic rotor. Rotating the magnetic rotor induces a magnetic field into the metal blank such that the metal blank is heated.
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公开(公告)号：US20190047075A1
公开(公告)日：2019-02-14
申请号：US16101589
申请日：2018-08-13
Applicant: Novelis Inc.
Inventor： Courtney Timms , Brian Paradis , Louis Mitchell Nazro , Julio Malpica , Rainer Kossak , Samuel Robert Wagstaff , Xiao Chai , Patrick Lester , Dechao Lin
Abstract: Disclosed are welds formed from improved resistance spot welding, as well as methods of improved resistance spot welding. Resistance spot welding includes positioning a magnet carrier having a plurality of electromagnets on at least one electrode of two electrodes. The method includes positioning a first metal sheet and a second metal sheet between the two electrodes where at least one of the first metal sheet or the second metal sheet includes an aluminum alloy. The method includes positioning the forming a weld nugget by applying a magnetic field from the plurality of electromagnets through the weld while applying a current through the electrodes to stir a portion of the first metal sheet and the second metal sheet forming a weld nugget and adjusting the magnetic field to control at least one characteristic of the weld nugget. Forming the weld nugget joins the first metal sheet with the second metal sheet.
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公开(公告)号：US20180085810A1
公开(公告)日：2018-03-29
申请号：US15716570
申请日：2017-09-27
Applicant: Novelis Inc.
Inventor： Julio Malpica , Cedric Wu , Rahul Vilas Kulkarni , Rodger Brown , Duane E. Bendzinski
Abstract: Systems and methods of hot forming a metal blank include receiving the metal blank at a heater and positioning the blank adjacent a magnetic rotor of the heater. The systems and methods also include heating the metal blank through the magnetic rotor by rotating the magnetic rotor. Rotating the magnetic rotor induces a magnetic field into the metal blank such that the metal blank is heated.
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