Patents by Inventor Mihoko KIKUCHI

Mihoko KIKUCHI 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: 11932956
    Abstract: An aluminum member includes: a base material made of aluminum or an aluminum alloy; and an anodized coating including a barrier layer on a surface of the base material and a porous layer on the barrier layer, wherein the anodized coating contains phosphorus (P) and sulfur (S), and has a thickness of 100 ?m or less, and, in a depth direction heading from a surface of the anodized coating toward the base material, a depth providing a maximum content of S in a region situated at a depth of 500 nm or more from the surface of the anodized coating is larger than a depth providing a maximum content of P, and an inequality (the maximum content of S)>(the maximum content of P) holds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: UACJ CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mihoko Kikuchi, Junji Nunomura
  • Publication number: 20220290304
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy material having a base material formed from an aluminum alloy, and a chemical treatment film on the surface of the base material. In a cathode polarization curve obtained by measuring the aluminum alloy material at a sweeping speed of 20 mV/min by using a saturated KCl silver-silver chloride electrode as a reference electrode in a 5 wt % NaCl static aqueous solution at a temperature of 25° C. and a pH of 5.5, the electrode potential at which the absoute value of the current density reaches 10 ?A/cm2 is ?1350 to ?1150 mV.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: UACJ CORPORATION
    Inventors: YOSHIHIKO KYO, MIHOKO KIKUCHI
  • Publication number: 20210002783
    Abstract: An aluminum member includes: a base material made of aluminum or an aluminum alloy; and an anodized coating including a barrier layer on a surface of the base material and a porous layer on the barrier layer, wherein the anodized coating contains phosphorus (P) and sulfur (S), and has a thickness of 100 ?m or less, and, in a depth direction heading from a surface of the anodized coating toward the base material, a depth providing a maximum content of S in a region situated at a depth of 500 nm or more from the surface of the anodized coating is larger than a depth providing a maximum content of P, and an inequality (the maximum content of S)>(the maximum content of P) holds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Applicant: UACJ CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mihoko KIKUCHI, Junji NUNOMURA