Patents by Inventor Kaoru Gonoi

Kaoru Gonoi 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).

  • Pigment and process for producing the same
    Patent number: 5238492
    Abstract: Disclosed are a pigment, a production process therefor, a production process therefor and for improving its weather resistance, and a metallic paint made therefrom. The pigment includes a transparent or semi-transparent scaly substrate, a TiO.sub.2 layer coated on an entire surface of the substrate, light absorbing portions formed on a surface of the TiO.sub.2 layer in a scattering manner and including low order oxides of titanium, and glossy portions formed on a surface of the TiO.sub.2 layer in a scattering manner and having a metallic glossy effect. The pigment produces a metallic glossy effect resulting from the glossy portions, strong interference colors resulting from the TiO.sub.2 layer and substance colors resulting from the light absorbing portions, and it exhibits a great covering power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1993
    Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Nisshin Steel Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Itoh, Yuji Tanaka, Koji Kuroyanagi, Eiki Takeshima, Kaoru Gonoi, Takashi Shirokura, Noriyuki Suzuki