Patents Assigned to Nippon Paint Co., Ltd.
  • Publication number: 20180155571
    Abstract: Provided are: a two-pack air-drying type water-borne paint composition comprising a first agent and a second agent, wherein the first agent contains a water-borne epoxy-based amine resin (A) that has at least one amino group selected from the group consisting of a primary amino group and a secondary amino group in a molecule thereof and has an amine equivalent of 500 to 2000, and the second agent contains an epoxy resin emulsion (B); and a water-borne epoxy-based amine resin (A) that can be used for the paint composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2016
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Applicant: NIPPON PAINT CO., LTD
    Inventors: Takahiro UJII, Soichiro YAMASHITA
  • Publication number: 20180148597
    Abstract: Provided is an air-drying type water-borne paint composition including a water-borne resin (A) and an emulsion (B) of an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer having an ethylene content ratio of 5 to 50% by mass, wherein a content of the ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer is 5 to 50% by mass, relative to a resin solid content in the air-drying type water-borne paint composition. The air-drying type water-borne paint composition may be a two-pack water-borne paint composition including a first agent containing the water-borne resin (A) and a second solution containing a curing agent (C).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2016
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Applicant: NIPPON PAINT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro UJII, Soichiro YAMASHITA, Shinya KAWAKAMI
  • Patent number: 9752061
    Abstract: Provided is an adhesive sheet comprising a support substrate, an adhesive agent layer (X), a continuous void-containing layer composed of a composition containing an adhesive agent and silica particles, and an adhesive agent layer (Y) that are laminated in this order, wherein the adhesive sheet that has a content by mass of the silica particles in the continuous void-containing layer of 25 to 60%; and when affixed to a surface of various plastic molded articles, the adhesive sheet prevents swelling or lifting, in other words, blistering after a lapse of time, to allow the surface of its support substrate to be smooth and to have an excellent appearance, wherein the adhesive sheet can exhibit excellent blister resistance regardless of the type of adhesive agent, and is furthermore easy to manufacture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignees: LINTEC CORPORATION, NIPPON PAINT CO., LTD., NIPPON FINE COATINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Kiichiro Kato, Yumiko Amino
  • Patent number: 9393592
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a process for forming a multiple layered coating film in three wet coating method, which the multiple layered coating film has excellent chipping resistance while maintaining smoothness between the coating films. The present invention provides a process for forming a multiple layered coating film comprising the steps of forming an uncured first base coating film; an uncured second base coating film and an uncured clear coating film in order on an automobile body having an electrodeposition coating film on the surface thereof, and then simultaneously heating and curing the uncured coating films to form a multiple layered coating film, wherein the multiple layered coating film comprising the first base coating film having the dry coating film thickness of 25 ?m, the second base coating film having the dry coating film thickness of 10 ?m and the clear coating film having the dry coating film thickness of 30 ?m has an elongation at 20° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignees: NIPPON PAINT CO., LTD, HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirokazu Togai, Naotaka Kitamura, Keisuke Kojima, Takamasa Aoki, Takeshi Ogawa
  • Patent number: 9376574
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a multilayer coating film, which comprises steps of applying a waterborne intermediate coating composition on an electrodeposited coating film to form an intermediate coating film; applying a waterborne base coating composition on the intermediate coating film to form a base coating film; applying a clear coating composition on the base coating film to form a clear coating film; and simultaneously baking and curing the intermediate coating film, the base coating film applied thereon, and the clear coating film further applied thereon in order to form a multilayer coating film, wherein the waterborne intermediate coating composition comprises an emulsion of a hydroxyl group-containing acrylic resin comprising 27 to 65% by weight of a styrene monomer, wherein the emulsion has a water-tolerance within a range of from 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignees: NIPPON PAINT CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kouki Hayashi, Daichi Kato, Junya Ogawa
  • Patent number: 9259963
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for coating an aluminum wheel using a coating composition capable of forming a coating film having a superior cosmetic property as well as an anticorrosive property much enough for preventing corrosion even in the use in an area where the coating film is susceptible to salt damage, and an aluminum wheel obtained by the method. A method for coating an aluminum wheel including applying an anticorrosive coating composition onto the aluminum wheel, and thereafter applying a clear coating composition to form a transparent multilayer coating film, wherein the anticorrosive coating composition contains an acrylic resin (1) having a weight average molecular weight of 50,000 to 140,000, a glass transition point of 20 to 50° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignees: Nippon Paint Co., Ltd., Topy Industries Ltd.
    Inventors: Junya Uemura, Toru Shimizu, Koji Murakami, Tatsuya Oguri, Masafumi Maeda
  • Patent number: 9169403
    Abstract: A powder coating composition for PC strand coating which, when used for the coating of a PC strand, can advantageously form a coating film having an even thickness at low cost without causing uneven thickness or stringness is disclosed. The powder coating composition of this invention for PC strand coating is characterized by having a melt viscosity of 3,000-15,000 poise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignees: NIPPON PAINT CO., LTD., SUMITOMO (SEI) STEEL WIRE CORP.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Hirai, Yoshitaka Ishihara, Koichiro Natori, Toshihiko Niki, Yoshihiko Touda, Takayuki Yamagiwa
  • Publication number: 20150275037
    Abstract: An intermediate coating composition used in forming an intermediate coating layer directly overlaid on a surface of an electrodeposition coating layer constructing a vehicle outer panel, the coating composition containing as resin components: (a) 1% to 27% by mass of a polycaprolactonetriol; (b) 20% to 60% by mass of a blocked isocyanate; and (c) 1% to 20% by mass of a melamine resin, each at a percentage content in entire resin components, and the coating composition further containing as a pigment component: (d) 1% to 10% by mass of talc in terms of pigment mass concentration. As the resin component, (e) greater than 0% to 10% by mass of an epoxy resin is preferably contained. A urethane curing catalyst is preferably contained in an amount of greater than 0.01 parts to 2 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the entire resin components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicants: NIPPON PAINT CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideki ICHIMURA, Takashi IRIE, Yoshikazu KASAHARA, Yoshinobu WATANABE, Masahiko ISHII, Eisaku OKADA
  • Publication number: 20150275036
    Abstract: An intermediate coating composition used in forming an intermediate coating layer directly overlaid on the surface of an electrodeposition coating layer constructing a vehicle outer panel, wherein a coating film obtained by curing of the intermediate coating composition alone has following characteristics (1) to (4): (1) a loss tangent (tan ?) at ?20° C. as determined from a measurement of a dynamic viscoelasticity under a condition involving a rate of temperature rise of 2° C./min and a frequency of 8 Hz being 0.01 to 0.5; (2) a dynamic glass transition temperature being ?15° C. to 55° C.; (3) percentage of elongation at ?20° C. being 1% to 250%; and (4) a Young's modulus at ?20° C. being 400 kgf/cm2 to 50,000 kgf/cm2. The coating film obtained from the intermediate coating composition preferably further has the following characteristic (5): a tensile strength at ?20° C. being 200 kgf/cm2 to 1,200 kgf/cm2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicants: NIPPON PAINT CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideki ICHIMURA, Takashi Irie, Yoshikazu Kasahara, Yoshinobu Watanabe, Masahiko Ishii, Eisaku Okada
  • Patent number: 9139913
    Abstract: Disclosed is an anti-corrosion treatment method for a heat exchanger, in which even if an aluminum material-made heat exchanger having been flux-brazed by the NB process, in particular, an aluminum material-made heat exchanger to be used for automobile air conditioner is not subjected to a chemical conversion treatment in advance, not only corrosion resistance can be significantly enhanced without impairing hydrophilicity, but deodorizing properties can be enhanced. The anti-corrosion treatment method for an aluminum material-made heat exchanger includes bringing an aluminum material-made heat exchanger having been flux-brazed by the NOCOLOK brazing process into contact with a hydrophilic treatment liquid and then applying a baking treatment, thereby forming a hydrophilic film on the surface of the aluminum material-made heat exchanger, wherein the hydrophilic treatment liquid contains a hydrophilic resin and a lithium ion, and a lithium concentration in the hydrophilic film is from 0.05 to 25% by mass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: NIPPON PAINT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Norizumi Matsui, Hiroko Okamura
  • Publication number: 20150247064
    Abstract: Provided is an adhesive sheet comprising a support substrate, an adhesive agent layer (X), a continuous void-containing layer composed of a composition containing an adhesive agent and silica particles, and an adhesive agent layer (Y) that are laminated in this order, wherein the adhesive sheet that has a content by mass of the silica particles in the continuous void-containing layer of 25 to 60%; and when affixed to a surface of various plastic molded articles, the adhesive sheet prevents swelling or lifting, in other words, blistering after a lapse of time, to allow the surface of its support substrate to be smooth and to have an excellent appearance, wherein the adhesive sheet can exhibit excellent blister resistance regardless of the type of adhesive agent, and is furthermore easy to manufacture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Applicants: LINTEC CORPORATION, NIPPON PAINT CO., LTD., NIPPON FINE COATINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Kiichiro Kato, Yumiko Amino
  • Publication number: 20150129453
    Abstract: A surface treatment agent composition for non-chromium steel sheets for removing iron ions without reducing the amount of aluminum ions when subjecting the steel sheet to surface treatment by means of cathodic electrolysis using a surface treatment agent containing aluminum ions as the main component; and a method for producing a surface-treated steel sheet using the composition. A surface-treated steel sheet exhibiting high corrosion resistance, a surface-treated steel sheet with an organic coating, and a can lid, can body and seamless can produced using the surface-treated steel sheets. A surface treatment agent composition for steel sheets contains aluminum ions, fluorine ions and polycarboxylic acid and is used as the surface treatment bath used for forming a surface treatment coating film on the surface of the steel sheet by cathodic electrolysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2012
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicants: Nippon Paint Co., Ltd., Toyo Kohan Co., Ltd., Toyo Seikan Kaisha, Ltd.
    Inventors: Miwa Uchikawa, Masahiko Matsukawa, Tomio Hirano, Wataru Kurokawa, Munemitsu Hirotsu, Seitaro Kanazawa, Kunihiro Yoshimura, Shinichi Taya, Naomi Taguchi
  • Patent number: 9028667
    Abstract: A metal material is contacted with a treatment solution containing zirconium and/or titanium compound, and a polyamine compound having a number average molecular weight from 150 to 500,000 and containing from 0.1 mmol to 17 mmol of primary and/or secondary amino group per 1 g of solid content and at least one siloxane unit. Concentration of zirconium and/or titanium compound in the metal surface treatment composition is from 10 ppm to 10,000 ppm with respect to the metal element, and mass ratio of the zirconium and/or titanium element is from 0.1 to 100 with respect to the polyamine compound. The metal material is washed with water after contacted by the treatment solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignees: Nippon Paint Co., Ltd., Chemetall GmbH
    Inventors: Toshio Inbe, Thomas Kolberg
  • Publication number: 20150079293
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a process for forming a multiple layered coating film in three wet coating method, which the multiple layered coating film has excellent chipping resistance while maintaining smoothness between the coating films. The present invention provides a process for forming a multiple layered coating film comprising the steps of forming an uncured first base coating film; an uncured second base coating film and an uncured clear coating film in order on an automobile body having an electrodeposition coating film on the surface thereof, and then simultaneously heating and curing the uncured coating films to form a multiple layered coating film, wherein the multiple layered coating film comprising the first base coating film having the dry coating film thickness of 25 ?m, the second base coating film having the dry coating film thickness of 10 ?m and the clear coating film having the dry coating film thickness of 30 ?m has an elongation at 20° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2013
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicants: NIPPON PAINT CO., LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirokazu Togai, Naotaka Kitamura, Keisuke Kojima, Takamasa Aoki, Takeshi Ogawa
  • Patent number: 8980078
    Abstract: According to the present invention, provided is an electrodeposition coating composition, which can form an electrodeposition coating film having excellent corrosion resistance and coating film smoothness. The present invention relates to an electrodeposition coating composition comprising a soluble metal compound (A), amine-modified resin (B) and curing agent (C), wherein the resin (B) has an average molecular weight of 1,000 to 5,000, an amine value of 20 to 100 mgKOH/g and a hydroxyl value of 50 to 400 mgKOH/g, a theoretical residual hydroxyl value when the resin (B) and curing agent are reacted in an electrodeposition coating film is from 30 to 350 mgKOH/g, and the ratio (R) of the concentration of the theoretical residual hydroxyl value to the concentration of the compound (A) in the composition, based on the total of the solid content of the resin (B) and the curing agent in the composition satisfies the relationship (4,000<R<400,000).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Nippon Paint Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshio Inbe, Yohei Yoshimi, Ryuji Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 8937117
    Abstract: The present invention is a method for preparing an emulsion resin composition for a cationic electrodeposition paint, which reduces or eliminates time for desolvation. The emulsion resin composition for cationic electrodeposition paint includes a cationic epoxy resin and a blocked isocyanate curing agent. The method features the steps of: (1) a step of mixing water and the cationic resin to form a W/O emulsion, (2) a step of mixing the blocked isocyanate curing agent and the W/O emulsion to form a curing agent-containing W/O emulsion, and (3) a step of mixing water and the curing agent-containing W/O emulsion to form an O/W emulsion, via a phase inversion point from W/O emulsion to O/W emulsion. The method features a solid concentration by mass Xw/o (%) of the curing agent-containing W/O emulsion and a solid content by mass Xtra (%) at the phase inversion point from W/O emulsion to O/W emulsion satisfying a relation of Xw/o?Xtra>3%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: Nippon Paint Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Noriyuki Nakazawa, Masahiko Harada, Yotaro Abe
  • Publication number: 20140377581
    Abstract: A surface treatment agent composition which contains aluminum as the coating film formation component and exhibits excellent properties for removing tin ions within a treatment bath when subjecting a tin-plated steel to electrolytic surface treatment, thereby forming a coating film exhibiting excellent corrosion resistance and yellowing resistance. This surface treatment agent composition is used for subjecting a tin-plated steel or a tin-based alloy-plated steel to electrolytic surface treatment and contains aluminum ions, fluorine ions, and polycarboxylic acid. The tin ions that eluted from the tin-plated steel are precipitated within and removed from the treatment bath by using this surface treatment agent composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2012
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Applicant: NIPPON PAINT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Miwa Uchikawa, Masahiko Matsukawa, Tomio Hirano
  • Patent number: 8916006
    Abstract: A metal surface treatment method for a metal base material in order to improve the uniformity of a cathodic electrodeposition coating film, the method including: a surface treatment step for forming a chemical conversion film on a metal base material by contacting the metal base material with a metal surface treatment composition including zirconium and/or titanium ions and an adhesive imparting agent characterized in being at least one selected from the group consisting of (A) silicon-containing compound, (B) adhesive imparting metal ion, and (C) adhesive imparting resin; and a heating/drying step to heat and dry the metal base material, on which the chemical conversion film is formed, at 60° C. to 190° C. for at least 30 seconds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Nippon Paint Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshio Inbe, Kazuhiro Makino, Hiroshi Kameda, Masanobu Futsuhara
  • Publication number: 20140332397
    Abstract: To provide a bath for surface treatment capable of forming a surface-treating film having excellent corrosion resistance by a high-speed electrolytic treatment, and a method of producing a surface-treated steel plate having excellent corrosion resistance and closely adhering property to the coating maintaining good productivity. A bath for surface treatment used for forming a surface-treating film on the surface of a steel plate by cathodic electrolysis, the bath for surface treatment containing Zr and/or Ti, and a polycarboxylic acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicants: TOYO SEIKAN GROUP HOLDINGS, LTD., TOYO KOHAN CO., LTD., NIPPON PAINT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wataru KUROKAWA, Seitaro KANAZAWA, Shinichi TAYA, Kunihiro YOSHIMURA, Naomi IIDA, Miwa IIDA, Masahiko MATSUKAWA
  • Patent number: 8821651
    Abstract: A method for surface treating a heat exchanger, a hydrophilizing treatment agent used in this method, and an aluminum heat exchanger obtained from this method are provided that excel in the initial adherence, hydrophilicity, and odor suppressibility, and can maintain these abilities for an extended time, while having little burden on the environment and the human body. The method for surface treating an aluminum heat exchanger that is brazed includes (1) a pickling treatment step; (2) a chemical conversion treatment step; and (3) a hydrophilization treatment step, in which the acidic cleaning agent contains nitric acid and sulfuric acid and contains ferric salt in a predetermined amount, the hydrophilizing treatment agent contains silica grains coated with a vinyl alcohol polymer and a polyallylamine resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignees: Nippon Paint Co., Ltd., Showa Denko K.K.
    Inventors: Tatsuo Yoshida, Masahiko Matsukawa, Miwa Iida, Shintaro Nakagawa