Patents by Inventor Mamoru Kouzaki

Mamoru Kouzaki 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: 11786931
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a coated material by using a composition that can be spray-coated, and that does not run downward after coating (i.e., rheology controllable). The method for producing a coated material includes step (1) of applying an electron beam-curable composition containing an ethylenically unsaturated group-containing compound to a substrate to form a coating film that has a surface viscosity of 1 Pa·s to 300 Pa·s as measured based on an electric-field pickup method, step (2) of drying the coating film obtained in step (1) to form a dry coating film when the electron beam-curable composition contains a volatile component, and step (3) of irradiating the substrate that has the coating film obtained in step (1) or the dry coating film obtained in step (2) with electron beams in an inert gas atmosphere to form a cured coating film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignees: TOAGOSEI CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Eiichi Okazaki, Kazuki Ofusa, Katsunobu Mochizuki, Shinya Kanbe, Nobuaki Koike, Keiji Ambo, Atsuo Nabeshima, Mamoru Kouzaki, Shuji Yomo, Kanji Mori
  • Patent number: 11604939
    Abstract: The coating quality prediction device includes: a learned model that has learned a relationship between characteristics of a paint, conditions at a time of applying the paint, and a smoothness of a surface of a coating film obtained by applying the paint under the conditions; and a calculation unit that uses the learned model to calculate the smoothness of the surface of the coating film from the characteristics of the paint and the conditions at the time of applying the paint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mamoru Kouzaki, Hideaki Morita, Akira Nishimura, Shin Yahiro, Kazuyuki Okazaki, Tomohiro Murai, Daichi Nishiwaki
  • Patent number: 11565280
    Abstract: Provided is a method of applying an electron beam curable aqueous coating material, including coating a surface of a material to be coated with the electron beam curable aqueous coating material to form a wet coating film; drying the wet coating film until a time integration value of a reciprocal of an average value of viscosities of a region from a surface of the wet coating film to a depth of one half a film thickness of the wet coating film is in a range of 0.30 (Pa·s)?1·min to 0.90 (Pa·s)?1·min, which is acquired by an electric field pick-up method, and a solid content concentration of the wet coating film is 90% by mass or greater; and curing the obtained dry coating film by irradiation with an electron beam after the wet coating film is dried.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shuji Yomo, Kanji Mori, Keiji Ambo, Mamoru Kouzaki, Atsuo Nabeshima, Eiichi Okazaki
  • Publication number: 20220106498
    Abstract: The present invention provides an electron beam curable coating composition comprising: an electron beam curable component (A) which contains 10% by mass or more of a multifunctional (meth)acrylate; and a room temperature curable component (B) which contains 1 to 15% by mass of an isocyanate group and is not cured by electron beam irradiation, wherein a solid content mass ratio of the component (B) to a total amount of the components (A) and (B) is 20 to 55% by mass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: Kanji MORI, Shuji YOMO, Keiji AMBO, Mamoru KOUZAKI, Atsuo NABESHIMA, Eiichi OKAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20210291223
    Abstract: Provided is a method of applying an electron beam curable aqueous coating material, including coating a surface of a material to be coated with the electron beam curable aqueous coating material to form a wet coating film; drying the wet coating film until a time integration value of a reciprocal of an average value of viscosities of a region from a surface of the wet coating film to a depth of one half a film thickness of the wet coating film is in a range of 0.30 (Pa·s)?1·min to 0.90 (Pa·s)?1·min, which is acquired by an electric field pick-up method, and a solid content concentration of the wet coating film is 90% by mass or greater; and curing the obtained dry coating film by irradiation with an electron beam after the wet coating film is dried.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shuji YOMO, Kanji MORI, Keiji AMBO, Mamoru KOUZAKI, Atsuo NABESHIMA, Eiichi OKAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20210279510
    Abstract: The coating quality prediction device includes: a learned model that has learned a relationship between characteristics of a paint, conditions at a time of applying the paint, and a smoothness of a surface of a coating film obtained by applying the paint under the conditions; and a calculation unit that uses the learned model to calculate the smoothness of the surface of the coating film from the characteristics of the paint and the conditions at the time of applying the paint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mamoru KOUZAKI, Hideaki MORITA, Akira NISHIMURA, Shin YAHIRO, Kazuyuki OKAZAKI, Tomohiro MURAI, Daichi NISHIWAKI
  • Publication number: 20210268541
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a coated material by using a composition that can be spray-coated, and that does not run downward after coating (i.e., rheology controllable). The method for producing a coated material includes step (1) of applying an electron beam-curable composition containing an ethylenically unsaturated group-containing compound to a substrate to form a coating film that has a surface viscosity of 1 Pa·s to 300 Pa·s as measured based on an electric-field pickup method, step (2) of drying the coating film obtained in step (1) to form a dry coating film when the electron beam-curable composition contains a volatile component, and step (3) of irradiating the substrate that has the coating film obtained in step (1) or the dry coating film obtained in step (2) with electron beams in an inert gas atmosphere to form a cured coating film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicants: TOAGOSEI CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Eiichi Okazaki, Kazuki Ofusa, Katsunobu Mochizuki, Shinya Kanbe, Nobuaki Koike, Keiji Ambo, Atsuo Nabeshima, Mamoru Kouzaki, Shuji Yomo, Kanji Mori