Patents by Inventor Hirofumi Taketsu

Hirofumi Taketsu 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).

  • Patent number: 10202676
    Abstract: A hot-dip Zn alloy plating layer is formed on a surface of a base steel sheet by immersing the base steel sheet in a hot-dip Zn alloy plating bath containing Al and Mg. An aqueous solution containing a polyatomic ion including Si4+ and/or a polyatomic ion including Cr6+ is then contacted with a surface of the hot-dip Zn alloy plating layer. All of the aqueous solution coating the surface of the hot-dip Zn alloy plating layer is removed with a squeeze roller. The aqueous solution contains the polyatomic ion in a concentration of 0.01 g/L or more in terms of atom of Si and Cr. A surface temperature of the hot-dip Zn alloy plating layer when the aqueous solution is contacted with the surface of the hot-dip Zn alloy plating layer is 100° C. or above and equal to or less than a solidifying point of the plating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: NISSHIN STEEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsuo Shimizu, Masanori Matsuno, Masaya Yamamoto, Hirofumi Taketsu
  • Publication number: 20190040512
    Abstract: A method of producing a hot-dip Zn alloy-plated steel sheet comprising: dipping a base steel sheet in a hot-dip Zn alloy plating bath to form a hot-dip Zn alloy plating layer on a surface of the base steel sheet; and contacting an aqueous solution containing a vanadium compound with a surface of the hot-dip Zn alloy plating layer to cool the base steel sheet and the hot-dip Zn alloy plating layer having a raised temperature through formation of the hot-dip Zn alloy plating layer, and to form a composite oxide film on the surface of the hot-dip Zn alloy plating layer. A temperature of the hot-dip Zn alloy plating layer when the aqueous solution is to be contacted with the hot-dip Zn alloy plating layer is equal to or more than 100° C. and equal to or less than a solidifying point of the hot-dip Zn alloy plating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventors: Atsuo SHIMIZU, Masanori MATSUNO, Masaya YAMAMOTO, Hirofumi TAKETSU
  • Patent number: 10167542
    Abstract: A hot-dip Zn alloy plating layer is formed on a surface of a base steel sheet by immersing the base steel sheet in a hot-dip Zn alloy plating bath containing Al and Mg. An aqueous solution containing one of or two or more of polyatomic ions selected from the group consisting of a polyatomic ion including V5+, a polyatomic ion including Si4+, and a polyatomic ion including Cr6+ is then contacted with a surface of the hot-dip Zn alloy plating layer. The aqueous solution contains the polyatomic ion in a concentration of 0.01 g/L or more in terms of one of or two or more of atoms selected from the group consisting of V, Si, and Cr.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: NISSHIN STEEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsuo Shimizu, Masanori Matsuno, Masaya Yamamoto, Hirofumi Taketsu
  • Patent number: 10161047
    Abstract: Provided is a method for obtaining a chemical conversion coating-treated zinc-aluminum-magnesium alloy-plated steel sheet having extremely excellent in corrosion resistance and adhesiveness to a resin coating film. The method is for treating the surface of a zinc-aluminum-magnesium alloy-plated steel sheet with a metal surface treatment agent, in which the metal surface treatment agent contains a compound (A) having a zirconyl ([Zr?O]2+) structure, a vanadium compound (B), a titanium fluorocomplex compound (C), an organic phosphorus compound (Da) containing a phosphoric acid group and/or a phosphonic acid group, an inorganic phosphorus compound (Db), a specific aqueous acrylic resin (E), and an oxazoline group-containing polymer (F) as a curing agent, each in a predetermined amount, and the pH of the metal surface treatment agent is 3 to 6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignees: NIPPON PAINT SURF CHEMICALS CO., LTD., NISSHIN STEEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke Miura, Shintaro Nakamura, Tadashi Nakano, Masaya Yamamoto, Hirofumi Taketsu
  • Patent number: 10125414
    Abstract: A method of producing a hot-dip Zn alloy-plated steel sheet includes: dipping a base steel sheet in a hot-dip Zn alloy plating bath to form a hot-dip Zn alloy plating layer on a surface of the base steel sheet; and contacting an aqueous solution containing a water-soluble corrosion inhibitor with a surface of the hot-dip Zn alloy plating layer to cool the base steel sheet and the hot-dip Zn alloy plating layer having a raised temperature through formation of the hot-dip Zn alloy plating layer. A temperature of the surface of the hot-dip Zn alloy plating layer when the aqueous solution is to be contacted with the surface of the hot-dip Zn alloy plating layer is equal to or more than 100° C. and equal to or less than a solidifying point of the plating layer. The aqueous solution containing the water-soluble corrosion inhibitor satisfies the Equation [{(Z0?Z1)/Z0}100?20].
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: NISSHIN STEEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsuo Shimizu, Masanori Matsuno, Masaya Yamamoto, Hirofumi Taketsu
  • Patent number: 9890461
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a chemically treated zinc-based plated steel sheet that is superior in weather resistance, water resistance, blackening resistance and film adhesion. A chemical conversion film having a thickness 0.5-10 ?m is formed by coating and drying a chemical treatment solution on a surface of an aluminum-containing zinc-based alloy plated steel sheet. The chemical treatment solution contains a fluororesin containing 0.05-5% by weight of a hydrophilic functional group selected from the group consisting of a carboxyl group and a sulfonic acid group and 7-20% by weight of a fluorine atom, the fluororesin in which a number-average molecular weight is 1,000-2,000,000, and an oxoate, a fluoride, a hydroxide, an organic salt, a carbonate or a peroxygenated salt of a group 4A metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: NISSHIN STEEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masanori Matsuno, Koichiro Ueda, Masaya Yamamoto, Hirofumi Taketsu
  • Patent number: 9863027
    Abstract: A black-plated steel sheet has a Zn-plating layer containing molten Al and Mg, containing Al in the amount of 1.0-22.0 mass %, containing Mg in the amount of 1.3-10.0 mass %, and having a Zn black oxide distributed in a lamella pattern in the plating layer. The Zn black oxide is a Zn oxide derived from a Zn2Mg phase. The brightness of the surface of the Zn-plating layer containing the molten Al and Mg has an L* value of 60 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: NISSHIN STEEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tadashi Nakano, Masaya Yamamoto, Hirofumi Taketsu
  • Publication number: 20170260614
    Abstract: A method of producing a hot-dip Zn alloy-plated steel sheet includes: dipping a base steel sheet in a hot-dip Zn alloy plating bath to form a hot-dip Zn alloy plating layer on a surface of the base steel sheet; and contacting an aqueous solution containing a water-soluble corrosion inhibitor with a surface of the hot-dip Zn alloy plating layer to cool the base steel sheet and the hot-dip Zn alloy plating layer having a raised temperature through formation of the hot-dip Zn alloy plating layer. A temperature of the surface of the hot-dip Zn alloy plating layer when the aqueous solution is to be contacted with the surface of the hot-dip Zn alloy plating layer is equal to or more than 100° C. and equal to or less than a solidifying point of the plating layer. The aqueous solution containing the water-soluble corrosion inhibitor satisfies the Equation [{(Z0?Z1)/Z0}100?201.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventors: Atsuo SHIMIZU, Masanori MATSUNO, Masaya YAMAMOTO, Hirofumi TAKETSU
  • Publication number: 20170211188
    Abstract: Provided is a method for obtaining a chemical conversion coating-treated zinc-aluminum-magnesium alloy-plated steel sheet having extremely excellent in corrosion resistance and adhesiveness to a resin coating film. The method is for treating the surface of a zinc-aluminum-magnesium alloy-plated steel sheet with a metal surface treatment agent, in which the metal surface treatment agent contains a compound (A) having a zirconyl ([Zr?O]2+) structure, a vanadium compound (B), a titanium fluorocomplex compound (C), an organic phosphorus compound (Da) containing a phosphoric acid group and/or a phosphonic acid group, an inorganic phosphorus compound (Db), a specific aqueous acrylic resin (E), and an oxazoline group-containing polymer (F) as a curing agent, each in a predetermined amount, and the pH of the metal surface treatment agent is 3 to 6.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2014
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Applicants: NIPPON PAINT SURF CHEMICALS CO., LTD., NISSHIN STEEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke MIURA, Shintaro NAKAMURA, Tadashi NAKANO, Masaya YAMAMOTO, Hirofumi TAKETSU
  • Patent number: 9598759
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to a method for producing a black-plated steel sheet capable of being blackened in a short amount of time, and exhibiting an excellent ability to maintain a black appearance after processing. As an original sheet, the sheet used is a Zn-plating steel sheet which contains molten Al and Mg and has a Zn-plating layer containing molten Al and Mg, containing Al in the amount of 0.1-22.0 mass %, inclusive, and containing Mg in the amount of 0.1-1.5 mass %, inclusive. The plating layer is blackened by causing the molten-plating steel sheet to contact water vapor inside a tightly sealed container. When doing so, the concentration of oxygen inside the tightly sealed container is 13% or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: NISSHIN STEEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tadashi Nakano, Masaya Yamamoto, Hirofumi Taketsu
  • Patent number: 9598773
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to a method for producing a black-plated steel sheet capable of being blackened in a short amount of time, and exhibiting an excellent ability to maintain a black appearance after processing. As an original sheet, the sheet used is a Zn-plating steel sheet which contains molten Al and Mg and has a Zn-plating layer containing molten Al and Mg, containing Al in the amount of 1.0-22.0 mass %, inclusive, and containing Mg in the amount of 1.5-10.0 mass %, inclusive. The plating layer is blackened by causing the molten-plating steel sheet to contact water vapor inside a tightly sealed container. When doing so, the concentration of oxygen inside the tightly sealed container is 13% or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: NISSHIN STEEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tadashi Nakano, Masaya Yamamoto, Hirofumi Taketsu
  • Publication number: 20160305003
    Abstract: This hot-dip Zn-alloy-plated steel sheet comprises: a steel sheet; a hot-dip Zn-alloy-plated layer arranged on a surface of the steel sheet; and a complex oxide coating film arranged on a surface of the hot-dip Zn-alloy-plated layer. The complex oxide coating film includes vanadium and a constituent component of the hot-dip Zn-alloy-plated layer, and the entire surface of the coating film satisfies the following formula (1): S[Hydroxide]/(S[Hydroxide]+S[Oxide])×100?40. In formula (1): S[Oxide] is the area exhibited by a peak having a center at approximately 1022 eV ascribable to a Zn oxide in an intensity profile in XPS analysis of the surface of the complex oxide coating film; and S[Hydroxide] is the area exhibited by a peak having a center at approximately 1023 eV ascribable to a Zn hydroxide in an intensity profile in XPS analysis of the surface of the complex oxide coating film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: Nisshin Steel Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsuo SHIMIZU, Masanori MATSUNO, Masaya YAMAMOTO, Hirofumi TAKETSU
  • Publication number: 20160281201
    Abstract: This hot-dip Zn-alloy-plated steel sheet comprises: a steel sheet; and a hot-dip Zn-alloy-plated layer arranged on a surface of the steel sheet. The entire surface of the hot-dip Zn-alloy-plated layer satisfies the following formula (1): S[Zn(OH)2]/(S[Zn(OH)2]+S[Zn])×100?40. In formula (1): S[Zn] is the area exhibited by a peak having a center at approximately 1022 eV ascribable to metallic Zn in an intensity profile in XPS analysis of the surface of the hot-dip Zn-alloy-plated layer; and S[Zn(OH)2] is the area exhibited by a peak having a center at approximately 1023 eV ascribable to Zn(OH)2 in an intensity profile in XPS analysis of the surface of the hot-dip Zn-alloy-plated layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Atsuo SHIMIZU, Masanori MATSUNO, Masaya YAMAMOTO, Hirofumi TAKETSU
  • Patent number: 9260786
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a chemically treated zinc-based plated steel sheet that is superior in weather resistance, water resistance, blackening resistance and film adhesion. A chemical conversion film having a thickness 0.5-10 ?m is formed by coating and drying a chemical treatment solution on a surface of an aluminum-containing zinc-based alloy plated steel sheet. The chemical treatment solution contains a fluororesin containing 0.05-5% by weight of a hydrophilic functional group selected from the group consisting of a carboxyl group and a sulfonic acid group and 7-20% by weight of a fluorine atom, the fluororesin in which a number-average molecular weight is 1,000-2,000,000, and an oxoate, a fluoride, a hydroxide, an organic salt, a carbonate or a peroxygenated salt of a group 4A metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: NISSHIN STEEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masanori Matsuno, Koichiro Ueda, Masaya Yamamoto, Hirofumi Taketsu
  • Publication number: 20160040297
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a chemically treated zinc-based plated steel sheet that is superior in weather resistance, water resistance, blackening resistance and film adhesion. A chemical conversion film having a thickness 0.5-10 ?m is formed by coating and drying a chemical treatment solution on a surface of an aluminum-containing zinc-based alloy plated steel sheet. The chemical treatment solution contains a fluororesin containing 0.05-5% by weight of a hydrophilic functional group selected from the group consisting of a carboxyl group and a sulfonic acid group and 7-20% by weight of a fluorine atom, the fluororesin in which a number-average molecular weight is 1,000-2,000,000, and an oxoate, a fluoride, a hydroxide, an organic salt, a carbonate or a peroxygenated salt of a group 4A metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Masanori MATSUNO, Koichiro UEDA, Masaya YAMAMOTO, Hirofumi TAKETSU
  • Publication number: 20150292073
    Abstract: A hot-dip Zn alloy plating layer is formed on a surface of a base steel sheet by immersing the base steel sheet in a hot-dip Zn alloy plating bath containing Al and Mg. An aqueous solution containing a polyatomic ion including Si4+ and/or a polyatomic ion including Cr6+ is then contacted with a surface of the hot-dip Zn alloy plating layer. All of the aqueous solution coating the surface of the hot-dip Zn alloy plating layer is removed with a squeeze roller. The aqueous solution contains the polyatomic ion in a concentration of 0.01 g/L or more in terms of atom of Si and Cr. A surface temperature of the hot-dip Zn alloy plating layer when the aqueous solution is contacted with the surface of the hot-dip Zn alloy plating layer is 100° C. or above and equal to or less than a solidifying point of the plating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Inventors: Atsuo SHIMIZU, Masanori MATSUNO, Masaya YAMAMOTO, Hirofumi TAKETSU
  • Publication number: 20150259776
    Abstract: A hot-dip Zn alloy plating layer is formed on a surface of a base steel sheet by immersing the base steel sheet in a hot-dip Zn alloy plating bath containing Al and Mg. An aqueous solution containing one of or two or more of polyatomic ions selected from the group consisting of a polyatomic ion including V5+, a polyatomic ion including Si4+, and a polyatomic ion including Cr6+ is then contacted with a surface of the hot-dip Zn alloy plating layer. The aqueous solution contains the polyatomic ion in a concentration of 0.01 g/L or more in terms of one of or two or more of atoms selected from the group consisting of V, Si, and Cr.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Inventors: Atsuo Shimizu, Masanori Matsuno, Masaya Yamamoto, Hirofumi Taketsu
  • Publication number: 20150107722
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to a method for producing a black-plated steel sheet capable of being blackened in a short amount of time, and exhibiting an excellent ability to maintain a black appearance after processing. As an original sheet, the sheet used is a Zn-plating steel sheet which contains molten Al and Mg and has a Zn-plating layer containing molten Al and Mg, containing Al in the amount of 0.1-22.0 mass %, inclusive, and containing Mg in the amount of 0.1-1.5 mass %, inclusive. The plating layer is blackened by causing the molten-plating steel sheet to contact water vapor inside a tightly sealed container. When doing so, the concentration of oxygen inside the tightly sealed container is 13% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2013
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicant: NISSHIN STEEL CO., LTD
    Inventors: Tadashi Nakano, Masaya Yamamoto, Hirofumi Taketsu
  • Publication number: 20150083276
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to a method for producing a black-plated steel sheet capable of being blackened in a short amount of time, and exhibiting an excellent ability to maintain a black appearance after processing. As an original sheet, the sheet used is a Zn-plating steel sheet which contains molten Al and Mg and has a Zn-plating layer containing molten Al and Mg, containing Al in the amount of 1.0-22.0 mass %, inclusive, and containing Mg in the amount of 1.5-10.0 mass %, inclusive. The plating layer is blackened by causing the molten-plating steel sheet to contact water vapor inside a tightly sealed container. When doing so, the concentration of oxygen inside the tightly sealed container is 13% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: Tadashi Nakano, Masaya Yamamoto, Hirofumi Taketsu
  • Publication number: 20150072166
    Abstract: A black-plated steel sheet has a Zn-plating layer containing molten Al and Mg, containing Al in the amount of 1.0-22.0 mass %, containing Mg in the amount of 1.3-10.0 mass %, and having a Zn black oxide distributed in a lamella pattern in the plating layer. The Zn black oxide is a Zn oxide derived from a Zn2Mg phase. The brightness of the surface of the Zn-plating layer containing the molten Al and Mg has an L* value of 60 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicant: NISSHIN STEEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tadashi Nakano, Masaya Yamamoto, Hirofumi Taketsu