Patents by Inventor Nahoko Kitajima

Nahoko Kitajima 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).

  • Publication number: 20220170549
    Abstract: A material for gaskets is disclosed, wherein a metal surface coating layer, a primer layer and a rubber layer are formed, or a metal surface coating layer and a rubber layer are formed on at least a part of one side or both sides of a substrate formed of a metal plate sequentially from the metal plate side, and the metal surface coating layer comprises (A) one or more carbonates selected from the group consisting of Mg carbonate, Co carbonate, Zr carbonate, Mn carbonate, Ni carbonate, and Cu carbonate and (B) one or more selected from the group consisting of silica, alumina, zirconia, and titania.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Applicant: NICHIAS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuo Oohinata, Nahoko Kitajima
  • Patent number: 11193040
    Abstract: A coating agent for a rubber-coated cylinder head gasket contains a lubricant and a urethane resin. The lubricant is unsintered polytetrafluoroethylene resin particles having an average primary particle size of 1 ?m or less. The amount of the unsintered polytetrafluoroethylene resin particles in a solid content is 30 to 80% by volume. The present invention provides a coating agent for a rubber-coated cylinder head gasket that can form a coat that is highly wear-resistant under high contact pressure and high temperature conditions and with which a rubber layer is less likely to stick to the seal face of the cylinder block or the cylinder head after the use under high contact pressure and high temperature conditions, and a cylinder head gasket obtained using the coating agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: NICHIAS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomokazu Watanabe, Nahoko Kitajima, Hideaki Mori, You Nakajima
  • Patent number: 10882969
    Abstract: A method of producing a rubber molded article, involving utilizing a compound different from a compound that has been used as a crosslinking agent. The method of producing a rubber molded article includes a crosslinking step of crosslinking a rubber component by decomposing a compound to be used as a crosslinking agent for the rubber component, the compound including a structure represented by the following formula (I), in a rubber composition containing the rubber component and the compound, the rubber composition including a sulfur content of 2.0 wt % or less: ?-?-? . . . (I) (in the formula (I), ? represents a monovalent organic group, ? represents —N?N—, and ? represents hydrogen or a monovalent organic group).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: NICHIAS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomokazu Watanabe, Tetsuo Oohinata, Nahoko Kitajima
  • Patent number: 10752804
    Abstract: A coating agent includes a polyurethane and a hydrocarbon-based synthetic wax.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: NICHIAS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideharu Aoyagi, Tomokazu Watanabe, Hideaki Mori, Hirotaka Natori, Nahoko Kitajima, Mai Fujiwara, Jun Tachiki, Jun Oikawa
  • Patent number: 10563104
    Abstract: A sheet including exfoliated clay minerals, having a density of 1.6 g/cm3 or less and a compression ratio of 20% or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: NICHIAS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirotaka Natori, Tomokazu Watanabe, Nahoko Kitajima
  • Patent number: 10544864
    Abstract: A gasket including a sheet part that includes exfoliated clay minerals, wherein the exfoliated clay minerals are irregularly dispersed in the sheet part without being oriented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: NICHIAS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirotaka Natori, Tomokazu Watanabe, Nahoko Kitajima
  • Publication number: 20190309186
    Abstract: A coating agent for a rubber-coated cylinder head gasket contains a lubricant and a urethane resin. The lubricant is unsintered polytetrafluoroethylene resin particles having an average primary particle size of 1 ?m or less. The amount of the unsintered polytetrafluoroethylene resin particles in a solid content is 30 to 80% by volume. The present invention provides a coating agent for a rubber-coated cylinder head gasket that can form a coat that is highly wear-resistant under high contact pressure and high temperature conditions and with which a rubber layer is less likely to stick to the seal face of the cylinder block or the cylinder head after the use under high contact pressure and high temperature conditions, and a cylinder head gasket obtained using the coating agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Applicant: NICHIAS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomokazu Watanabe, Nahoko Kitajima, Hideaki Mori, You Nakajima
  • Publication number: 20180023706
    Abstract: A gasket including a sheet part that includes exfoliated clay minerals, wherein the exfoliated clay minerals are irregularly dispersed in the sheet part without being oriented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2016
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Applicant: Nichias Corporation
    Inventors: Hirotaka NATORI, Tomokazu WATANABE, Nahoko KITAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20170152397
    Abstract: A coating agent includes a polyurethane and a hydrocarbon-based synthetic wax.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2015
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Applicant: NICHIAS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideharu AOYAGI, Tomokazu WATANABE, Hideaki MORI, Hirotaka NATORI, Nahoko KITAJIMA, Mai FUJIWARA, Jun TACHIKI, Jun OIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20160194536
    Abstract: A sheet including exfoliated clay minerals, having a density of 1.6 g/cm3 or less and a compression ratio of 20% or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2014
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Inventors: Hirotaka Natori, Tomokazu Watanabe, Nahoko Kitajima
  • Publication number: 20150148495
    Abstract: Provided is a method of producing a rubber molded article, including crosslinking a rubber compound at a temperature lower than a usual crosslinking temperature (150° C. or more). The method includes a crosslinking step of crosslinking a rubber compound at a temperature of 100° C. or less, the rubber compound having a nitrile structure represented by the following formula (I) and an olefin structure represented by the following formula (II), in a rubber composition containing the rubber compound and a thiol compound having at least two thiol groups in a molecule thereof: provided that R in the formula (II) represents a divalent organic group having 4 or more carbon atoms and having an unsaturated bond represented by —C?C— in a structure thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2013
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Inventors: Tomokazu Watanabe, Nahoko Kitajima, Tomoya Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20150137408
    Abstract: A method of producing a rubber molded article, involving utilizing a compound different from a compound that has been used as a crosslinking agent. The method of producing a rubber molded article includes a crosslinking step of crosslinking a rubber component by decomposing a compound to be used as a crosslinking agent for the rubber component, the compound including a structure represented by the following formula (I), in a rubber composition containing the rubber component and the compound, the rubber composition including a sulfur content of 2.0 wt % or less: ?-?-? . . . (I) (in the formula (I), ? represents a monovalent organic group, ? represents —N?N—, and ? represents hydrogen or a monovalent organic group).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Tomokazu Watanabe, Tetsuo Oohinata, Nahoko Kitajima