US3713903A - Trim members and production thereof - Google Patents
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- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C23—COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; CHEMICAL SURFACE TREATMENT; DIFFUSION TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL; INHIBITING CORROSION OF METALLIC MATERIAL OR INCRUSTATION IN GENERAL
- C23F—NON-MECHANICAL REMOVAL OF METALLIC MATERIAL FROM SURFACE; INHIBITING CORROSION OF METALLIC MATERIAL OR INCRUSTATION IN GENERAL; MULTI-STEP PROCESSES FOR SURFACE TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL INVOLVING AT LEAST ONE PROCESS PROVIDED FOR IN CLASS C23 AND AT LEAST ONE PROCESS COVERED BY SUBCLASS C21D OR C22F OR CLASS C25
- C23F13/00—Inhibiting corrosion of metals by anodic or cathodic protection
- C23F13/02—Inhibiting corrosion of metals by anodic or cathodic protection cathodic; Selection of conditions, parameters or procedures for cathodic protection, e.g. of electrical conditions
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- the present invention relates to stainless steel composites in the form of trim members and to a method for producing them and more particularly to conversioncoated, aluminum-striped stainless steel composites in the form of trim members and to a method for producing them. It further relates to conversion-coated, aluminumstriped stainless steel composites suitable for fabrication into trim members and to assemblies comprised of conversion-coated, aluminum-striped stainless steel trim members in combination with body members.
- Stainless steel is known to serve a particularly good purpose in those applications where brightness and stain resistance to a variety of contaminants is required and is ideally suited for use as automotive trim.
- the use of stainless steel can result in galvanic corrosion.
- Carbon steel is anodic to stainless steel and generally corrodes in the vicinity of stainless steel in the presence of an electrolyte, such as moisture.
- FIG. 1 is a sectional view of a stainless steel trim member
- FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a stainless steel trim member.
- the present invention encompasses a composite suitable for fabrication into a stainless steel trim member, a composite in the form of a stainless steel trim member, a method for producing stainless steel trim members and an assembly comprising a stainless steel trim member in combination with a body member.
- the body member is comprised of metal, e.g., plain carbon steel, which is less noble in the electromotive series than stainless steel.
- metal is interpreted as including metal which is painted and coated as well as bare.
- the stainless steel trim member has a contact surface and an exposure surface.
- the contact surface abuts the body member after assembly and the exposure surface is subject to view.
- Adhered to the contact surface is a layer of aluminum.
- the aluminum is generally at least 0.5 of a mil thick and preferably between 3 and 5 mils. Covering the aluminum is a conversion coating from the group consisting of chromate and phosphate conversion coatmgs.
- FIGS. 1 and 2 are respectively a sectional and perspective view of a stainless steel trim member 1 which meets the requirements of this invention. It comprises an exposed surface 2, contact surfaces 4, aluminum strips 6, and conversion coatings 8.
- the method of this invention includes the steps of shaping a stainless steel sheet into a trim member having an exposed surface and at least one contact surface and adhering aluminum to those portions of the sheet which are the contact surfaces of the finally formed trim member. Any of the well-known methods of shaping, e.g., roll forming, and adhering; e.g., roll pressure bonding, are within the scope of this invention.
- the method additionally involves the step of applying a conversion coating to the aluminum either before or after shaping. It can be any of the well-known chromate or phosphate conversion coatings.
- a typical chromate conversion coating consists of 0.99 ounce of sodium dichromate, 0.132 ounce of sodium flouride, 0.66 ounce of potassium ferricyanide, 3 cubic centimeters of nitric acid, and 1 gallon of water. It is applied at a temperature between ambient and F. for a period of time between 5 seconds and 8 minutes.
- a typical phosphate conversion coating consists of 1 gallon of water and 10-20 ounces of solution composed of 61.7% ammonium phosphate, 22.9% ammonium flouride, and 15.4% potassium dichromate. It is applied at a temperature between 110 and 120 F. for a period of time between one and five minutes.
- a number of stainless steel trim members were prepared with stripes of aluminum adhered to their contact surface. Half of the trim members were assembled onto carbon steel body members without further treatment. The other half were given a chromate conversion coating prior to assembly. Coating was accomplished by dipping the aluminum stripes into a bath maintained at ambient temperature. Immersion times ranged from 1 to 3 minutes. The bath contained Iridite No. 14-2, a chromate conversion coating sold by Allied Research Products, Inc., Baltimore, Md.
- All of the assemblies i.e., those with and those without chromate conversion coatings, were subject to salt spray tests in order to demonstrate the efiectiveness of the conversion coatings. These tests are considered to be accelerated tests insofar as they produce corrosive conditions far more severe than those encountered by automotive bodies under normal road conditions.
- Aluminum corrosion products were well in evidence on the untreated assemblies, i.e., those without chromate conversion coat ings, after 24 hours of testing.
- the treated assemblies i.e., those with chromate conversion coatings, were essentially free of aluminum corrosion products after 80 hours of testing and provided the carbon steel body member with galvanic protection equivalent to that provided by the untreated assemblies.
- a stainless steel strip is shaped into a trim member having an exposed surface and at least one contact surface and wherein an aluminum layer having a thickness in excess of 0.5 of a mil is adhered to portions of said stainless steel which become contact surfaces of the finally shaped trim member, the improvement which comprises: applying a conversion coating from the group consisting of chromate and phosphate conversion coatings onto the aluminum.
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THE APPLICATION DESCRIBES ASSEMBLIES COMPRISED OF A BODY MEMBER IN COMBINATION WITH A STAINLESS STEEL TRIM MEMBER HAVING A CONTACT SURFACE WHICH ABUTS THE BOODY MEMBER AND AN EXPOSURE SURFACE SUBJECT TO VIEW. ADHERED TO THE CONTACT SURFACE AND LOCATED BETWEEN THE CONTACT SURFACE AND THE BODY MEMBER IS A LAYER OF ALUMINUM WHICH PROVIDES GALVANIC PROTECTION FOR THE BODY MEMBER. COVERINGS THE ALUMINUM IS A CHROMATE OR PHOSPHATE CONVERSION COATING WHICH PROVIDES PROTECTION AGAINST ALUMINUM GALVANIC CORROSION WITHOUT DETRIMENTALLY AFFECTING THE GALVANIC PROTECTION WHICH ALUMINUM PROVIDES FOR THE BODY MEMBER. ALSO DESCRIBED ARE CONVERSION-COATED,
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US3948689A (en) * | 1969-06-30 | 1976-04-06 | Alloy Surfaces Company, Inc. | Chromic-phosphoric acid coated aluminized steel |
JPS5192742A (en) * | 1975-02-13 | 1976-08-14 | FUNTAITOSONOMAESHORIHOHO | |
JPS5576077A (en) * | 1978-12-01 | 1980-06-07 | Nippon Paint Co Ltd | Pretreatment of brazed iron or steel prior to painting |
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US3948689A (en) * | 1969-06-30 | 1976-04-06 | Alloy Surfaces Company, Inc. | Chromic-phosphoric acid coated aluminized steel |
JPS5192742A (en) * | 1975-02-13 | 1976-08-14 | FUNTAITOSONOMAESHORIHOHO | |
JPS55472B2 (en) * | 1975-02-13 | 1980-01-08 | ||
JPS5576077A (en) * | 1978-12-01 | 1980-06-07 | Nippon Paint Co Ltd | Pretreatment of brazed iron or steel prior to painting |
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Owner name: ALLEGHENY LUDLUM CORPORATION Free format text: CHANGE OF NAME;ASSIGNOR:ALLEGHENY LUDLUM STEEL CORPORATION;REEL/FRAME:004779/0642 Effective date: 19860805 |
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Owner name: PITTSBURGH NATIONAL BANK Free format text: SECURITY INTEREST;ASSIGNOR:ALLEGHENY LUDLUM CORPORATION;REEL/FRAME:004855/0400 Effective date: 19861226 |
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Owner name: PITTSBURGH NATIONAL BANK Free format text: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST. RECORDED ON REEL 4855 FRAME 0400;ASSIGNOR:PITTSBURGH NATIONAL BANK;REEL/FRAME:005018/0050 Effective date: 19881129 |