Patents by Inventor Jun Akui

Jun Akui 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: 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
  • 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: 7077895
    Abstract: The present invention provides a coating composition for forming a titanium oxide film, comprising (A) a specific titanium-containing aqueous liquid and (B) at least one compound selected from the group consisting of organic acids and their salts. The present invention also provides a process for forming a titanium oxide film using the coating composition, and a metal substrate coated therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Assignee: Kansai Paint Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Akui, Akinori Nagai, Yasuhiko Haruta, Osamu Isozaki
  • Publication number: 20050205165
    Abstract: The present invention provides a coating composition for forming a titanium oxide film, comprising (A) a specific titanium-containing aqueous liquid and (B) at least one compound selected from the group consisting of organic acids and their salts. The present invention also provides a process for forming a titanium oxide film using the coating composition, and a metal substrate coated therewith.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2005
    Publication date: September 22, 2005
    Applicant: KANSAIPAINT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Akui, Akinori Nagai, Yasuhiko Haruta, Osamu Isozaki
  • Publication number: 20050112413
    Abstract: The present invention provides a gas barrier film comprising at least one titanium oxide film layer (B) laminated on one or both sides of a plastic film layer (A). The film of the invention has excellent barrier properties to gases such as oxygen, carbonic acid gas and water vapor, good UV screening properties, good flavor retention properties, and high transparency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2004
    Publication date: May 26, 2005
    Applicant: KANSAI PAINT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideki Masuda, Jun Akui, Osamu Isozaki
  • Patent number: 6881254
    Abstract: An inorganic film-forming coating composition prepared by adding a basic compound (B) to a titanium-containing water based solution (A) obtained by reacting a hydrogen peroxide water with at least one titanium compound selected from the group consisting of a hydrolizable titanium compound, a low condensation product of the hydrolizable titanium compound, titanium hydroxide and a low condensation product of the titanium hydroxide; and an inorganic film-forming method by use of the coating composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2005
    Assignee: Kansai Paint Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Akui, Hideo Kogure, Osamu Isozaki
  • Publication number: 20040244648
    Abstract: The present invention provides a coating composition for forming a titanium oxide film, comprising (A) a specific titanium-containing aqueous liquid and (B) at least one compound selected from the group consisting of organic acids and their salts. The present invention also provides a process for forming a titanium oxide film using the coating composition, and a metal substrate coated therewith.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2004
    Publication date: December 9, 2004
    Inventors: Jun Akui, Akinori Nagai, Yasuhiko Haruta, Osamu Isozaki
  • Publication number: 20040149168
    Abstract: An inorganic film-forming coating composition prepared by adding an orgnobasic compound (B) to a titanium-containing water based solution (A) obtained by reacting a hydrogen peroxide water with at least one titanium compound selected from the group consisting of a hydrolizable titanium compound, a low condensation product of the hydrolizable titanium compound, titanium hydroxide and a low condensation product of the titanium hydroxide; and an inorganic film-forming method by use of the coating composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2003
    Publication date: August 5, 2004
    Inventors: Jun Akui, Hideo Kogure, Osamu Isozaki
  • Patent number: 6736890
    Abstract: The present invention provides: a coating composition for forming a titanium oxide film, comprising (A) a titanium-containing aqueous liquid obtained by mixing at least one titanium compound selected from the group consisting of hydrolyzable titanium compounds, low condensates of hydrolyzable titanium compounds, titanium hydroxide and low condensates of titanium hydroxide with aqueous hydrogen peroxide, and (B) at least one halide selected from the group consisting of titanium halides, titanium halide salts, zirconium halides, zirconium halide salts, silicon halides and silicon halide salts; a process for forming a titanium oxide film, comprising applying the coating composition to a metal substrate and drying the resulting coat; and an undercoating material for metal substrates and a post-treating agent for phosphate undercoats on metal substrates, the material and agent being the above coating composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: Kansai Paint Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiko Haruta, Jun Akui, Osamu Isozaki
  • Publication number: 20030152704
    Abstract: The present invention provides: a coating composition for forming a titanium oxide film, comprising (A) a titanium-containing aqueous liquid obtained by mixing at least one titanium compound selected from the group consisting of hydrolyzable titanium compounds, low condensates of hydrolyzable titanium compounds, titanium hydroxide and low condensates of titanium hydroxide with aqueous hydrogen peroxide, and (B) at least one halide selected from the group consisting of titanium halides, titanium halide salts, zirconium halides, zirconium halide salts, silicon halides and silicon halide salts; a process for forming a titanium oxide film, comprising applying the coating composition to a metal substrate and drying the resulting coat; and an undercoating material for metal substrates and a post-treating agent for phosphate undercoats on metal substrates, the material and agent being the above coating composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2003
    Publication date: August 14, 2003
    Inventors: Yasuhiko Haruta, Jun Akui, Osamu Isozaki
  • Patent number: 6602651
    Abstract: The present invention provides an aqueous solder resist composition comprising: (a) A water-soluble or water-dispersible, photopolymerizable resin containing at least one polymerizable unsaturated group and at least one carboxyl group, the carboxyl group being neutralized with an amine compound, (b) a photoinitiator, (c) an amino resin, and (d) a low reactivity epoxy compound free of an epoxy group represented by the formula  wherein Y is oxygen or nitrogen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2003
    Assignee: Kansai Paint Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junya Yoshitake, Tetsuo Ogawa, Kenji Seko, Jun Akui, Satoru Furusawa, Yutaka Yoshikawa
  • Publication number: 20030104211
    Abstract: The present invention provides a gas barrier film comprising at least one titanium oxide film layer (B) laminated on one or both sides of a plastic film layer (A). The film of the invention has excellent barrier properties to gases such as oxygen, carbonic acid gas and water vapor, good UV screening properties, good flavor retention properties, and high transparency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2002
    Publication date: June 5, 2003
    Inventors: Hideki Masuda, Jun Akui, Osamu Isozaki
  • Patent number: 6420090
    Abstract: A liquid photocurable composition containing a photopolymerizable polyurethane compound having a repeating unit represented by the following formula: B—[X]n[Y]m—B, where X is represented by the formula: and Y is represented by the formula: —OOCHN—A—NHCOO(R2)—, A is a structural unit derived from a polyisocyanate compound, B is same or different and a structural unit derived from a hydroxy compound having at least one photopolymerizable unsaturated group at molecular terminals respectively and optionally containing an ether linkage, R1 is a structural unit derived from a carboxyl group-containing polyol compound, R2 is a structural unit derived from a polyol compound, n is an integer of 1 to 10, m is an integer of 1 to 10, provided that one X and one Y are bonded to each other, or three or more of X and/or Y are bonded to each other, and optionally containing a photopolymerizable compound other than the photopolymerizable polyurethane co
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2002
    Assignee: Kansai Paint Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daisuke Kojima, Genji Imai, Jun Akui, Hideo Kogure, Osamu Isozaki
  • Publication number: 20020042343
    Abstract: The present invention provides a coating composition for forming a titanium oxide, comprising (A) an aqueous peroxo titanic acid solution obtained by mixing, with aqueous hydrogen peroxide, a titanium compound containing a group or groups convertible to a hydroxyl group by hydrolysis and/or a low condensate of the compound and (B) polyethylene glycol; a process for forming a titanium oxide film, comprising applying the coating composition to a substrate and calcining the resulting coating at a temperature not lower than 200° C. to form a porous titanium oxide film; and a photocatalyst comprising a porous titanium oxide film formed on a substrate by the process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2001
    Publication date: April 11, 2002
    Applicant: KANSAI PAINT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Akui, Hideo Kogure, Osamu Isozaki
  • Patent number: 6331376
    Abstract: An organic solvent based photocurable resist composition containing a photopolymerizable polyurethane compound having a repeating unit represented by the following formula: B—[X]n[Y]m—B, where X is represented by the formula: and Y is represented by the formula: —OOCHN—A—NHCOO(R2)—, A is a structural unit derived from a polyisocyanate compound, B is same or different and a structural unit derived from a hydroxy compound having at least one photopolymerizable unsaturated group at molecular terminals respectively and optionally containing an ether linkage, R1 is a structural unit derived from a carboxyl group-containing polyol compound, R2 is a structural unit derived from a polyol compound, n is an integer of 1 to 10, m is an integer of 1 to 10, provided that one X and one Y are bonded to each other, or three or more of X and/or Y are bonded to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2001
    Assignee: Kansai Paint Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daisuke Kojima, Genji Imai, Jun Akui, Hideo Kogure, Osamu Isozaki