Patents by Inventor Akira Matsuzaki

Akira Matsuzaki 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: 20130177779
    Abstract: A zinc or zinc alloy coated steel excellent in various properties including corrosion resistance and adhesion properties and, in particular, good conductivity is provided. A method for manufacturing a zinc or zinc alloy coated steel sheet includes: preparing a surface-treatment liquid for a the steel sheet, containing following components, by blending the including: (A) a specific resin emulsion; (B) a tetraalkoxysilane; (C) at least one type of silane coupling agent; (D) a chelating agent; (E) a vanadate compound; (F) a titanium compound; and water; and applying by coating the surface-treatment liquid to a surface of the steel sheet, heating and drying the surface of the steel sheet such that a coating amount per one surface is 200 to 1,000 mg/m2 to form a surface treatment coating film on the surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2011
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Matsuda, Akira Matsuzaki, Katsutoshi Takashima
  • Patent number: 8304092
    Abstract: An aqueous surface-treatment liquid is a treatment liquid containing a water-soluble zirconium compound, water-dispersive particulate silica, a silane coupling agent, a vanadic acid compound, a phosphoric acid compound, a nickel compound, and an acrylic resin emulsion in particular proportions. A surface-treated galvanized steel sheet produced using the treatment liquid is a galvanized steel sheet having a surface-treatment coating on a surface thereof, and the coating contains a zirconium compound, particulate silica, a silane-coupling-agent-derived component, a vanadic acid compound, a phosphoric acid compound, a nickel compound, and an acrylic resin in particular proportions. The amount of coating on a zirconium basis is 10 to 200 mg/m2. This surface-treated galvanized steel sheet is chromate-free and has superior flat-portion corrosion resistance, blackening resistance, and appearance and corrosion resistance after press forming.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhisa Okai, Rie Umebayashi, Etsuo Hamada, Akira Matsuzaki, Satoru Ando
  • Publication number: 20120208043
    Abstract: There is provided a galvanized steel sheet that has various properties such as corrosion resistance and adhesion and allows for high conductivity at a low contact pressure. A first layer film is formed by applying a surface treatment solution having a pH of 8 to 10 onto the surface of the galvanized steel sheet and drying the surface treatment solution by heating, the surface treatment solution containing a water-soluble zirconium compound, a tetraalkoxysilane, an epoxy group-containing compound, a chelating agent, a silane coupling agent, vanadic acid, and a metal compound in a specific ratio. Subsequently, a second layer film is formed by applying a surface treatment solution containing an organic resin onto the surface of the first layer film and drying the surface treatment solution by heating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2010
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Matsuda, Akira Matsuzaki, Masato Sasaki, Katsutoshi Takashima, Satoru Ando
  • Publication number: 20120088122
    Abstract: A galvanized steel sheet includes a surface-treatment film with 50 to 1200 mg/m2, wherein the surface-treatment film is obtained by applying a surface-treatment agent to a surface of a galvanized steel sheet and drying the surface-treatment agent by heating; and the surface-treatment agent is prepared as a mixture having a pH of 8 to 10 and containing, with specific proportions, a water-soluble zirconium compound, a tetraalkoxysilane, an epoxy-group-containing compound, a chelating agent, a silane coupling agent, vanadic acid, and a metal compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Matsuda, Akira Matsuzaki, Masato Sasaki, Katsutoshi Takashima
  • Publication number: 20110287186
    Abstract: A method for making a phosphate-treated galvanized steel sheet, including forming a phosphate film on the surface of a galvanized layer of a galvanized steel sheet using a phosphate treatment solution containing Zn2+ and Mg2+ so as to satisfy 2.0<Zn2+?5.0 g/L, 2.0?Mg2+?5.0 g/L, and 0.4?Mg2+/Zn2+?2.5, and satisfying 0.020?free acidity/total acidity<0.10. The method allows for the quick formation of a uniform phosphate film, whereby a phosphate-treated galvanized steel sheet having excellent corrosion resistance and blackening resistance is obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2011
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoru Ando, Chiyoko Tada, Hiroki Nakamaru, Kenichi Sasaki, Nobue Fujibayashi, Akira Matsuzaki
  • Patent number: 8012599
    Abstract: The surface-treated steel sheet has a zinc-based plated steel sheet, a surface-treatment coating being formed on the surface of the zinc-based steel sheet by applying and drying a surface treatment coating composition thereon, and a top coating being formed by applying and drying a coating composition for top coating on the surface-treatment coating. The surface treatment coating composition contains a water-epoxy resin dispersion, a silane coupling agent, and phosphoric acid and/or a hexafluorometal acid. The coating composition for top coating contains a high molecular weight epoxy group-containing resin having number average molecular weights ranging from 6000 to 20000.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignees: JFE Steel Corporation, Kansai Paint Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Miyoshi, Kenichi Sasaki, Naoto Yoshimi, Akira Matsuzaki, Kazuhisa Okai, Takao Ooshima, Takashi Nakano, Masahiro Murata, Syoichi Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20110154839
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to keep an appropriate high pressure side pressure in a refrigerant circuit while reducing noises of an operation of a blower in a refrigerating apparatus which obtains a critical pressure on a high pressure side. The refrigerating apparatus in which the refrigerant circuit is constituted of a compressor, a gas cooler, reducing means and an evaporator to obtain a supercritical pressure on the high pressure side comprises a blower which air-cools the gas cooler and a control device which controls this blower. This control device controls a revolution speed of the blower based on an outdoor temperature and an evaporation temperature of a refrigerant in the evaporator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Mihara, Hidetaka Sasaki, Setsu Hasegawa, Ken Kawakubo, Masahisa Otake, Takashi Sato, Akira Matsuzaki
  • Patent number: 7842400
    Abstract: The present invention provides a surface treated steel sheet including a steel sheet; a plating layer containing at least one metal selected from the group consisting of zinc and aluminum on a surface of the steel sheet; and a film on the plating layer, the film containing at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Al, Mg, and Zn, a tetravalent vanadium compound, and a phosphoric acid group. This surface treated steel sheet exhibits excellent corrosion resistance and excellent surface appearance without containing hazardous substances, such as hexavalent chromium, in the film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Takafumi Yamaji, Reiko Yamaji, legal representative, Akira Matsuzaki, Kazuhisa Okai, Keiji Yoshida, Masaaki Yamashita, Yuichi Fukushima, Toshiyuki Okuma
  • Publication number: 20100035055
    Abstract: An aqueous surface-treatment liquid is a treatment liquid containing a water-soluble zirconium compound, water-dispersive particulate silica, a silane coupling agent, a vanadic acid compound, a phosphoric acid compound, a nickel compound, and an acrylic resin emulsion in particular proportions. A surface-treated galvanized steel sheet produced using the treatment liquid is a galvanized steel sheet having a surface-treatment coating on a surface thereof, and the coating contains a zirconium compound, particulate silica, a silane-coupling-agent-derived component, a vanadic acid compound, a phosphoric acid compound, a nickel compound, and an acrylic resin in particular proportions. The amount of coating on a zirconium basis is 10 to 200 mg/m2. This surface-treated galvanized steel sheet is chromate-free and has superior flat-portion corrosion resistance, blackening resistance, and appearance and corrosion resistance after press forming.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2007
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Inventors: Kazuhisa Okai, Rie Umebayashi, Etsuo Hamada, Akira Matsuzaki, Satoru Ando
  • Patent number: 7527876
    Abstract: A surface-treated steel sheet is disclosed, including a zinc based plated steel sheet having thereon a surface-treated film containing titanium, nickel, aluminum and fluorine and having a film thickness of from 0.05 to 1.0 ?m, the surface-treated film having a titanium deposition amount of from 0.01 to 0.5 g/m2 and containing from 0.01 to 5 parts by mass of nickel, from 0.1 to 25 parts by mass of aluminum and from 1 to 500 parts by mass of fluorine relative to 100 parts by mass of titanium. This surface-treated steel sheet does not contain hexavalent chromium in the film thereof at all and has excellent heat discoloration resistance, corrosion resistance and resistance to blackening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2009
    Assignees: JFE Steel Corporation, Kansai Paint Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobue Fujibayashi, Akira Matsuzaki, Satoru Ando, Syuji Nomura, Takahiro Kubota, Yoshikazu Morohoshi, Takashi Nakano, Takashi Okubo, Jun Akui
  • Patent number: 7517591
    Abstract: The surface-treated steel sheet has a zinc-based plated steel sheet, a surface-treatment coating being formed on the surface of the zinc-based steel sheet by applying and drying a surface treatment coating composition thereon, and a top coating being formed by applying and drying a coating composition for top coating on the surface-treatment coating. The surface treatment coating composition contains a water-epoxy resin dispersion, a silane coupling agent, and phosphoric acid and/or a hexafluorometal acid. The coating composition for top coating contains a high molecular weight epoxy group-containing resin having number average molecular weights ranging from 6000 to 20000.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignees: JFE Steel Corporation, Kansai Paint Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Miyoshi, Kenichi Sasaki, Naoto Yoshimi, Akira Matsuzaki, Kazuhisa Okai, Takao Ooshima, Takashi Nakano, Masahiro Murata, Syoichi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 7348068
    Abstract: A surface-treated steel sheet includes a steel sheet; a plating layer containing at least one metal selected from zinc and aluminum; a first layer film containing (?) 1 to 2000 mg/m2 of silica in terms of SiO2, (?) a total of 1 to 1000 mg/m2 of phosphoric acid groups in terms of P, (?) a total of 0.5 to 800 mg/m2 of at least one metal selected from Mg, Mn, and Al, and (?) 0.1 to 50 mg/m2 of a tetravalent vanadium compound; and a second layer film formed to a thickness of 0.1 to 5 ?m on the first layer film and containing a resin (A) having at least one type of functional group selected from OH and COOH groups, and at least one rust-proofing additive (B) selected from (a) a phosphate, (b) Ca ion-exchanged silica, (c) a molybdate, (d) silicon oxide, and (e) at least one organic compound selected from triazoles, thiols, thiadiazoles, thiazoles, and thiurams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2008
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Matsuda, Akira Matsuzaki, Kazuhisa Okai
  • Publication number: 20080070018
    Abstract: A surface-treated steel sheet has a zinc-based or an aluminum-based plated steel sheet, a surface-treatment coating being formed on the surface of the zinc-based or aluminum-based steel sheet by applying and drying a surface treatment coating composition thereon, and a top coating being formed by applying and drying a coating composition for top coating on the surface-treatment coating. The surface treatment coating composition contains a water-epoxy resin dispersion, a water dispersed polyurethane resin, a silane coupling agent, and phosphoric acid and/or a hexafluorometal acid. The coating composition for a top coating contains a high molecular weight epoxy group-containing resin average molecular weight of 6,000 to 20,000.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2007
    Publication date: March 20, 2008
    Applicants: JFE STEEL CORPORATION, KANSAI PAINT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Miyoshi, Kenichi Sasaki, Naoto Yoshimi, Akira Matsuzaki, Kazuhisa Okai, Takao Ooshima, Takashi Nakano, Masahiro Murata, Syoichi Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20080063896
    Abstract: A surface-treated steel sheet is disclosed, including a zinc based plated steel sheet having thereon a surface-treated film containing titanium, nickel, aluminum and fluorine and having a film thickness of from 0.05 to 1.0 ?m, the surface-treated film having a titanium deposition amount of from 0.01 to 0.5 g/m2 and containing from 0.01 to 5 parts by mass of nickel, from 0.1 to 25 parts by mass of aluminum and from 1 to 500 parts by mass of fluorine relative to 100 parts by mass of titanium. This surface-treated steel sheet does not contain hexavalent chromium in the film thereof at all and has excellent heat discoloration resistance, corrosion resistance and resistance to blackening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2007
    Publication date: March 13, 2008
    Applicants: JFE STEEL CORPORATION, KANSAI PAINT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobue Fujibayashi, Akira Matsuzaki, Satoru Ando, Syuji Nomura, Takahiro Kubota, Yoshikazu Morohoshi, Takashi Nakano, Takashi Okubo, Jun Akui
  • Patent number: 7291402
    Abstract: The invention is to provide a surface-treated steel sheet of good white rust resistance with no chromium in its surface treatment film, and it has realized a surface-treated steel sheet of higher-level corrosion resistance by forming a reaction layer of plating metal with a barrier layer effective for anticorrosion not in a two-layered film but in a single-layered film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2007
    Assignees: JFE Steel Corporation, Kansai Paint Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Okai Kazuhisa, Akira Matsuzaki, Naoto Yoshimi, Takahiro Kubota, Masaaki Yamashita, Hisato Noro, Haruo Nakamichi, Kaoru Sato, Hiroyasu Matsuki, Reijiro Nishida, Masahiro Murata, Shoichi Tanaka, Yoshikazu Morohoshi, Shingo Amaki
  • Publication number: 20060182988
    Abstract: The present invention provides a surface treated steel sheet including a steel sheet; a plating layer containing at least one metal selected from the group consisting of zinc and aluminum on a surface of the steel sheet; and a film on the plating layer, the film containing at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Al, Mg, and Zn, a tetravalent vanadium compound, and a phosphoric acid group. This surface treated steel sheet exhibits excellent corrosion resistance and excellent surface appearance without containing hazardous substances, such as hexavalent chromium, in the film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2004
    Publication date: August 17, 2006
    Inventors: Takafumi Yamaji, Akira Matsuzaki, Kazuhisa Okai, Keiji Yoshida, Masaaki Yamashita, Yuichi Fukeshima, Toshiyuki Okuma
  • Publication number: 20060177685
    Abstract: The present invention provides a surface-treated steel sheet including a steel sheet; a plating layer provided on at least one of the surfaces of the steel sheet, the plating layer containing at least one metal selected from the group consisting of zinc and aluminum; a first layer film provided on the surface of the plating layer and containing (?) 1 to 2000 mg/m2 of silica in terms of SiO2, (?) a total of 1 to 1000 mg/m2 of phosphoric acid groups in terms of P, (?) a total of 0.5 to 800 mg/m2 of at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Mg, Mn, and Al in terms of a metal element, and (?) 0.1 to 50 mg/m2 of a tetravalent vanadium compound in terms of V; and a second layer film formed to a thickness of 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2004
    Publication date: August 10, 2006
    Inventors: Takeshi Matsuda, Akira Matsuzaki, Kazuhisa Okai
  • Publication number: 20060141230
    Abstract: The surface-treated steel sheet has a zinc-based plated steel sheet, a surface-treatment coating being formed on the surface of the zinc-based steel sheet by applying and drying a surface treatment coating composition thereon, and a top coating being formed by applying and drying a coating composition for top coating on the surface-treatment coating. The surface treatment coating composition contains a water-epoxy resin dispersion, a silane coupling agent, and phosphoric acid and/or a hexafluorometal acid. The coating composition for top coating contains a high molecular weight epoxy group-containing resin having number average molecular weights ranging from 6000 to 20000.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2004
    Publication date: June 29, 2006
    Applicant: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuya Miyoshi, Kenichi Sasaki, Naoto Yoshimi, Akira Matsuzaki, Kazuhisa Okai, Takao Ooshima, Takashi Nakano, Masahiro Murata, Syoichi Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20050147832
    Abstract: The invention is to provide a surface-treated steel sheet of good white rust resistance with no chromium in its surface treatment film, and it has realized a surface-treated steel sheet of higher-level corrosion resistance by forming a reaction layer of plating metal with a barrier layer effective for anticorrosion not in a two-layered film but in a single-layered film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2003
    Publication date: July 7, 2005
    Inventors: Kazuhisa Okai, Akira Matsuzaki, Naoto Yoshimi, Takahiro Kubota, Masaaki Yamashita, Hisato Noro, Haruo Nakamichi, Kaoru Sato, Hiroyasu Matsuki, Reijiro Nishida, Masahiro Murata, Shoichi Tanaka, Yoshikazu Morohoshi, Shingo Amaki
  • Patent number: 6677053
    Abstract: A surface-treated steel sheet includes a steel sheet, an Al—Zn-base alloy plating layer formed on the steel sheet, a chemical conversion film provided on the alloy plating layer, and a concentric layer of a Cr compound that is formed on the alloy plating layer of the chemical conversion film. The surface-treated steel sheet may include a steel sheet, an zinc-base plating layer formed on the steel sheet, and a film that contains chromium and calcium and that is formed on the zinc-base plating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: NKK Corporation
    Inventors: Takafumi Yamaji, Kenji Morita, Akira Matsuzaki, Masaaki Yamashita, Etsuo Hamada