Patents by Inventor Kimio Kobori

Kimio Kobori 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: 5429880
    Abstract: An organic composite coated steel sheet having a high cosmetic corrosion resistance and excellent image clarity which is desired on, for example, the outside of an outer plate forming an automobile body. The steel sheet has a chromate layer formed on the surface of a zinc or a zinc alloy plate steel sheet, and containing a specific weight of chromium, and an organic resin film formed on the chromate layer from a mixture in specific proportions of a blocked urethane-modified epoxy resin and a rust-preventing additive, and having a thickness of 0.2 to 2 microns. The resin is a mixture in specific proportions of a modified epoxy resin (A) which consists of an epoxy resin and a polyfunctional amine, and may further contain a monoisocyanate, or phosphoric acid, and a blocked urethane (B) which consists of a high molecular weight polyol having a molecular weight of 400 or more, a polyisocyanate and a blocking agent. A process for manufacturing the strip is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 4, 1995
    Assignee: NKK Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro Kubota, Masaaki Yamashita, Toyofumi Watanabe, Yoshio Kikuta, Kimio Kobori, Hideaki Ogata