Patents by Inventor Kunio Goto

Kunio Goto has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20120112456
    Abstract: A thin and highly transparent coating having excellent air tightness, adhesion to a substrate, lubricating properties, galling resistance, and corrosion resistance is formed on the surface of a metal substrate and particularly on the surface of a threaded joint which is used for connection of oil country tubular goods. A photocurable composition comprising (A) a photocurable (meth)acrylate resin, (B) a (meth)acrylate monomer selected from a monofunctional (meth)acrylate monomer and a difunctional (meth)acrylate monomer, (C) a trifunctional or higher multifunctional (meth)acrylate monomer, (D) a photopolymerization initiator, (E) a benzotriazole anticorrosive agent, (F) an anticorrosive pigment selected from a phosphate anticorrosive pigment and calcium ion-exchanged silica, and (G) a phosphate ester is used to form a photocured coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2011
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicants: SUMITOMO METAL INDUSTRIES, LTD., CHUGOKU MARINE PAINTS, LTD., VALLOUREC MANNESMANN OIL & GAS FRANCE
    Inventors: Tomomitsu NAGAREO, Yoshinori Kameda, Keishi Matsumoto, Takayuki Kamimura, Masaru Takahashi, Kunio Goto, Ryuichi Imai
  • Publication number: 20120025518
    Abstract: A solid lubricating coating formed on a contact surface of a threaded joint for pipes has a matrix of a lubricating oil-containing polymer. The lubricating oil-containing polymer has either a uniform composition or a gradient composition in which the concentration of lubricating oil decreases towards the contact surface and in which there is substantially no lubricating oil in the vicinity of the contact surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2011
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicants: VALLOUREC MANNESMANN OIL & GAS FRANCE, SUMITOMO METAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takao Kuranishi, Kunio Goto, Keishi Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20110285124
    Abstract: A film-forming lubrication composition for make-up of threaded connections, intended to cover at least one threading (FE, FI) and a make-up abutment (BVM, BVF) of a threaded element (EM, EF) of a component (T2, T1) of a threaded tubular connection (JF) with a solid state film which adheres to the threading (FE, FI) and to said make-up abutment (BVM, BVF), said make-up abutment (BVM, BVF) being intended to bear against another abutment (BVF, BVM) of another component (T1, T2) of said threaded tubular connection (JF) during the terminal make-up phase, and said lubrication composition comprising a matrix. The matrix further comprises at least one rheoresistant material selected so as to endow said composition, as a complement to lubrication, with a shouldering torque which is at least equal to a threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2009
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicants: SUMITOMO METAL INDUSTRIES, LTD., VALLOUREC MANNESMANN OIL & GAS FRANCE
    Inventors: Eliette Pinel, Eric Gard, Kunio Goto
  • Publication number: 20110163538
    Abstract: A threaded joint for steel pipes for use in an oil well which has improved galling resistance and which is protected from rusting comprises a pin and a box each having a contact surface including a threaded portion and an unthreaded metal contact portion. The contact surface of at least one of the pin and the box has a lower layer of a viscous liquid or semisolid lubricating coating comprising at least wax and a fatty acid alkaline earth metal salt and not containing a harmful heavy metal such as lead and an upper layer of a dry solid coating formed from an aqueous resin coating composition, an organic solvent type coating composition, or an ultraviolet curing coating composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2011
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Applicant: SUMITOMO METAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kunio GOTO, Ryuichi Imai
  • Publication number: 20110146847
    Abstract: A chemical conversion treatment liquid which can stably form a phosphate-type chemical conversion film on a steel material for a joint portion of an oil well steel pipe containing 0.5-13% Cr is developed. Using a chemical conversion treatment liquid to which a prescribed amount of potassium is added, a chemical conversion film containing a prescribed amount of potassium compounds and having a prescribed thickness can be formed on the threaded surface of a joint portion of an oil well steel pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2011
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: SUMITOMO METAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masaru IZAWA, Kunio GOTO
  • Patent number: 7918945
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a surface treated oil well pipe comprising performing chemical conversion treatment on an oil well pipe having a steel composition containing 0.5-13% Cr using a chemical conversion treatment liquid containing zinc and phosphoric acid or manganese and phosphoric acid and further containing potassium tetraborate to form a chemical conversion film of a zinc-phosphate type or a manganese phosphate type, wherein the chemical conversion treatment is carried out in the absence of fluoride ions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaru Izawa, Kunio Goto
  • Patent number: 7883118
    Abstract: A threaded joint for steel pipes for use in an oil well which has enhanced galling resistance and which is protected from rusting comprises a pin and a box each having a contact surface including a threaded portion and an unthreaded metal contact portion. The contact surface of at least one of the pin and the box has a lower layer of a viscous liquid or semisolid lubricating coating comprising at least wax and a fatty acid alkaline earth metal salt and not containing a harmful heavy metal such as lead and an upper layer of a dry solid coating formed from an aqueous resin coating composition, an organic solvent type coating composition, or an ultraviolet curing coating composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignees: Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd., Vallourec Mannesmann Oil & Gas France
    Inventors: Kunio Goto, Ryuichi Imai
  • Publication number: 20110025052
    Abstract: A threaded joint for steel pipes for use in an oil well which has improved galling resistance and which is protected from rusting comprises a pin and a box each having a contact surface including a threaded portion and an unthreaded metal contact portion. The contact surface of at least one of the pin and the box has a lower layer of a viscous liquid or semisolid lubricating coating comprising at least wax and a fatty acid alkaline earth metal salt and not containing a harmful heavy metal such as lead and an upper layer of a dry solid coating formed from an aqueous resin coating composition, an organic solvent type coating composition, or an ultraviolet curing coating composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2010
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicants: SUMITOMO METAL INDUSTRIES, LTD., VALLOUREC MANNESMANN OIL & GAS FRANCE
    Inventors: Kunio Goto, Ryuichi Imai
  • Patent number: 7866706
    Abstract: A threaded joint for a steel pipe comprises a pin and a box with a contact surface having a threaded part and a unthreaded metal contact part, wherein a solid lubricating film containing one or more kinds of lubricating powders selected from graphite, mica, calcium carbonate and kaolin, a copper powder, and a binder is formed on at least one contact surface of the pin and the box. An object of the present invention is to provide a threaded joint for a steel pipe which allows for repeated fastening and loosening of a threaded joint without adversely influencing on a human body and environment, and is excellent in galling resistance, rust preventing property and gas tightness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kunio Goto, Ryuichi Imai, Yasuhiro Ogawa, Junichi Minami
  • Publication number: 20100301600
    Abstract: In a threaded joint for pipes constituted by a pin and a box, each having a contact surface comprising a threaded portion and an unthreaded metal contact portion, the contact surface of the pin has a solid corrosion protective, preferably transparent coating based on a UV-curable resin and the contact surface of the box has a solid lubricating coating having plastic or viscoplastic rheological behavior which is preferably formed by the hot melt technique from a composition comprising a thermoplastic polymer, a wax, a metal soap, a corrosion inhibitor, a water-insoluble liquid resin, and a solid lubricant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2010
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Inventors: Kunio Goto, Takayuki Kamimura, Masaru Takahashi, Keishi Matsumoto, Michihiko Iwamoto, Ryuichi Imai, Stephanie Rai
  • Patent number: 7839063
    Abstract: To provide a display panel having such a structure that a color filter is unlikely to suffer damage due to a heat treatment in a reducing atmosphere in the fabrication process for display device. A display panel (anode panel AP) includes a fluorescent region formed on a substrate, and an electrode (anode electrode), formed on the fluorescent region, wherein electrons emitted from an electron source penetrate the electrode and collide with the fluorescent region to allow the fluorescent region to emit light to obtain a desired image, wherein a color filter and a color filter protective film are formed in this order from the side of the substrate between the substrate and the fluorescent region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Akemi Matsuo, Kunio Goto, Yasushi Ito, Shinjiro Kida, Takahide Ishii
  • Publication number: 20100264649
    Abstract: A lubricating coating which is free from harmful heavy metals is formed on a premium threaded joint for pipes constituted by a pin and a box each having a contact surface comprising a threaded portion and an unthreaded metal contact portion (a sealing surface and shoulder) in order to provide the joint with galling resistance, gas-tightness, and anticorrosive properties such that the unthreaded metal contact portion is prevented from yielding even when the joint is made up with a high torque. The lubricating coating comprises one or both of a rosin and calcium fluoride; metal soap; wax; and a basic metal salt of an aromatic organic acid, and preferably it further includes a lubricating powder, magnesium carbonate, and/or a carbohydrate, particularly a cyclodextrin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Inventors: Kunio Goto, Ryuichi Imai, Shigeki Fukumoto, Yasuhiro Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 7770935
    Abstract: A threaded joint for steel pipes comprises a pin (1) and a box (2) each having a threaded portion (3a or 3b) and an unthreaded metal-to-metal contact portion (4a or 4b) as contact surfaces which contact each other when the joint is fastened. The contact surfaces (3a and 4a and/or 3b and 4b) of at least one of the pin (1) and the box (2) are coated with a lower layer of a solid lubricating coating containing a solid lubricating powder (e.g., molybdenum disulfide, tungsten disulfide, or graphite) and a binder (e.g., an epoxy or other organic resin) and an upper layer of a solid corrosion protective coating formed by an organic resin which does not contain solid particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignees: Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd., Vallourec Mannesmann Oil & Gas France
    Inventors: Ryuichi Imai, Kunio Goto, Kaoru Takanashi, Yasuhiro Ogawa
  • Patent number: 7740285
    Abstract: A threaded joint for steel pipes comprised of a pin (1) and a box (2) each having a threaded portion (1a, 2b) and an unthreaded contact portion (1b, 2a) exhibits adequate leakage resistance and galling resistance when used for makeup of oil country tubular goods with application of a green dope or even without any dope. The threaded joint has a first plating layer of Sn—Bi—Cu alloy plating formed on the contact surface of at least one of the pin (1) or the box (2). The first plating layer may have a second plating layer selected from Sn plating, Cu plating, and Ni plating on its lower side and at least one layer of a lubricating coating, and particularly a solid lubricating coating on its upper side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignees: Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd., Vallourec Mannesmann Oil & Gas France
    Inventors: Shigeo Nagasaku, Kunio Goto, Shigeo Onishi, Hiroaki Ikegami
  • Publication number: 20100066818
    Abstract: In a three-dimensional video image projecting device and projecting method for projecting on a screen, by means of video image projectors, a three-dimensional video image which can be three-dimensionally viewed through three-dimensional glasses having a first polarizing filter and a second polarizing filter arranged thereon, the screen is obtained as a cylindrical body, with an inner circumferential face being a screen face, a plurality of video image projectors are disposed to be opposed to the screen face, and the video image projectors produce a continuous, three-dimensional video image in a circumferential direction, by projecting, from the video image projectors, three-dimensional video images, each of which has an angle of 30 degrees in a circumferential direction of the screen face, arranged horizontally along the circumferential direction of the screen face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2009
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Applicant: SYSTEM PRO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kunio GOTO
  • Publication number: 20100059986
    Abstract: A pin-box type threaded joint for steel tubes having a contact surface (30) including a threaded portion and a nonthreaded metal-to-metal contact portion has improved leak resistance, galling resistance, and corrosion resistance particularly to crevice corrosion. The contact surface of at least one of the pin and the box is coated with a first plating layer (34) made of a Cu—Zn alloy or a Cu—Zn-M1 alloy (wherein M1 is at least one element selected from Sn, Bi, and In). Optionally, an undercoat (32) of one or both of a Ni plating layer (32a) and a Cu plating layer (32b) and an overcoat of a Sn-M2 alloy plating layer (36) (wherein M2 is one or more elements selected from Bi, In, Ni, Zn, and Cu) may be formed below and above the first layer, respectively. A solid lubricating coating (38a) and a viscous liquid or semisolid lubricating coating (38b) may also be formed atop the plating layer as a lubricating coating (38).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2009
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Inventors: Masanari Kimoto, Kunio Goto, Masaru Takahashi, Kunihiro Fukui, Shigeo Nagasaku, Ryuichi Imai, Shigeo Onishi, Hiroaki Ikegami
  • Publication number: 20090264326
    Abstract: A tubular threaded joint for connecting tubing or casing used to excavate oil wells have a lubricating coating formed from a lubricating coating composition comprising one or more basic lubricants selected from a basic sulfonate salt, a basic salicylate salt, a basic phenate salt, and a basic carboxylate salt and having biodegradability value (BOD) of at least 20% when measured after 28 days in seawater. The joint can be used without application of a compound grease containing heavy metals even in a country or region having severe environmental regulations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2009
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Inventors: Ryuichi Imai, Kunio Goto
  • Publication number: 20090236850
    Abstract: A threaded joint for steel pipes having excellent galling resistance, rust preventing properties, and airtightness without using a compound grease comprises a pin and a box each having a threaded portion and an unthreaded metal-to-metal contact portion serving as contact surfaces. The contact surfaces of at least one of the pin and the box are coated with a multi-layered structure comprising, from the bottom, a first layer formed from a first metal or alloy, a second layer formed from a second metal or alloy which is softer than the first metal or alloy, and an uppermost layer of a solid lubricating coating comprising a lubricating powder in an organic or inorganic binder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2009
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Inventors: Kunio Goto, Shigeo Nagasaku, Shigeo Onishi, Hiroaki Ikegami
  • Publication number: 20080277925
    Abstract: A threaded joint for a steel pipe comprises a pin and a box with a contact surface having a threaded part and a unthreaded metal contact part, wherein a solid lubricating film containing one or more kinds of lubricating powders selected from graphite, mica, calcium carbonate and kaolin, a copper powder, and a binder is formed on at least one contact surface of the pin and the box. An object of the present invention is to provide a threaded joint for a steel pipe which allows for repeated fastening and loosening of a threaded joint without adversely influencing on a human body and environment, and is excellent in galling resistance, rust preventing property and gas tightness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2005
    Publication date: November 13, 2008
    Applicant: SUMITOMO METAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kunio Goto, Ryuichi Imai, Yasuhiro Ogawa, Junichi Minami
  • Publication number: 20080217916
    Abstract: A threaded joint for steel pipes comprised of a pin 1 and a box 2 each having a threaded portion (1a, 2a) and an unthreaded metal contact portion (1b, 2b) exhibits adequate leakage resistance and galling resistance when used for makeup of oil country tubular goods with application of a green dope or even without any dope. The threaded joint has a first plating layer of Sn—Bi alloy plating or Sn—Bi—Cu alloy plating formed on the contact surface of at least one of the pin 1 and the box 2. The first plating layer may have a second plating layer selected from Sn plating, Cu plating, and Ni plating on its lower side and at least one layer of a lubricating coating, and particularly a solid lubricating coating, on its upper side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2008
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Inventors: Shigeo Nagasaku, Kunio Goto, Shigeo Onishi, Hiroaki Ikegami