Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Aluminum—copper—lithium products
- Patent Title (中): 铝 - 铜 - 锂产品
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Application No.: US12617803Application Date: 2009-11-13
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Publication No.: US08366839B2Publication Date: 2013-02-05
- Inventor: Fabrice Heymes , Frank Eberl , Gaëlle Pouget
- Applicant: Fabrice Heymes , Frank Eberl , Gaëlle Pouget
- Applicant Address: FR Paris
- Assignee: Constellium France
- Current Assignee: Constellium France
- Current Assignee Address: FR Paris
- Agency: Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC
- Priority: FR0806339 20081114; WOPCT/FR2009/001299 20091110
- Main IPC: C22C21/16
- IPC: C22C21/16 ; C22F1/057

Abstract:
The present invention relates to extruded, rolled and/or forged products. Also provided are methods of making such products based on aluminum alloy wherein a liquid metal bath is prepared comprising 2.0 to 3.5% by weight of Cu, 1.4 to 1.8% by weight of Li, 0.1 to 0.5% by weight of Ag, 0.1 to 1.0% by weight of Mg, 0.05 to 0.18% by weight of Zr, 0.2 to 0.6% by weight of Mn and at least one element selected from Cr, Sc, Hf and Ti, the quantity of said element, if it is selected, being 0.05 to 0.3% by weight for Cr and for Sc, 0.05 to 0.5% by weight for Hf and 0.01 to 0.15% by weight for Ti, the remainder being aluminum and inevitable impurities. The products and methods of the present invention offer a particularly advantageous compromise between static mechanical strength and damage tolerance and are particularly useful in the field of aeronautical design.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100126637A1 Aluminum-Copper-Lithium Products Public/Granted day:2010-05-27
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