Patents by Inventor Naotaka Kitamura

Naotaka Kitamura 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: 9393592
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a process for forming a multiple layered coating film in three wet coating method, which the multiple layered coating film has excellent chipping resistance while maintaining smoothness between the coating films. The present invention provides a process for forming a multiple layered coating film comprising the steps of forming an uncured first base coating film; an uncured second base coating film and an uncured clear coating film in order on an automobile body having an electrodeposition coating film on the surface thereof, and then simultaneously heating and curing the uncured coating films to form a multiple layered coating film, wherein the multiple layered coating film comprising the first base coating film having the dry coating film thickness of 25 ?m, the second base coating film having the dry coating film thickness of 10 ?m and the clear coating film having the dry coating film thickness of 30 ?m has an elongation at 20° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignees: NIPPON PAINT CO., LTD, HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirokazu Togai, Naotaka Kitamura, Keisuke Kojima, Takamasa Aoki, Takeshi Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20150079293
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a process for forming a multiple layered coating film in three wet coating method, which the multiple layered coating film has excellent chipping resistance while maintaining smoothness between the coating films. The present invention provides a process for forming a multiple layered coating film comprising the steps of forming an uncured first base coating film; an uncured second base coating film and an uncured clear coating film in order on an automobile body having an electrodeposition coating film on the surface thereof, and then simultaneously heating and curing the uncured coating films to form a multiple layered coating film, wherein the multiple layered coating film comprising the first base coating film having the dry coating film thickness of 25 ?m, the second base coating film having the dry coating film thickness of 10 ?m and the clear coating film having the dry coating film thickness of 30 ?m has an elongation at 20° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2013
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicants: NIPPON PAINT CO., LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirokazu Togai, Naotaka Kitamura, Keisuke Kojima, Takamasa Aoki, Takeshi Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20120027938
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cured electrodeposition coating film which can be applied on a substrate such as an automobile body. The cured electrodeposition coating film has a dynamic glass transition temperature of 105 to 120° C. and a crosslink density of 1.2×10?3 to 2.0×10?3 mole/cc, and phenol structural part represented with the formula: —C6H4—O— within a range of 0.12 to 0.24 mole in molar number based on a resin solid content of 100 g in the cured electrodeposition coating film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2011
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Inventors: Naotaka KITAMURA, Yoichiro Enoki, Tsutomu Shigenaga
  • Publication number: 20080289969
    Abstract: The present invention provides a cationic electrodeposition coating composition having good appearance of coated film and high throwing power, and a method for making an amine-modified epoxy resin used for the cationic electrodeposition coating composition. The present invention relates to a method for making an amine-modified epoxy resin comprised in a cationic electrodeposition coating composition comprising the steps of: providing a half blocked isocyanate by reaction of an isocyanate compound with a blocking agent, preparing a blocked prepolymer by reaction of the half blocked isocyanate with a polyol, forming an epoxy resin containing oxazolidone ring by reaction of the blocked prepolymer with a diglycidyl ether type epoxy resin, chain-extending the epoxy resin containing oxazolidone ring with at least saturated or non-saturated hydrocarbon group containing dicarboxylic acid, and modifying the chain-extended epoxy resin with an amine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2008
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Inventors: Shinsuke Shirakawa, Toshiaki Indou, Yasuo Mihara, Naotaka Kitamura
  • Publication number: 20060280949
    Abstract: The present invention provides a cationic electrodeposition coating composition having good appearance of coated film and high throwing power, and a method for making an amine-modified epoxy resin used for the cationic electrodeposition coating composition. The present invention relates to a method for making an amine-modified epoxy resin comprised in a cationic electrodeposition coating composition comprising the steps of: providing a half blocked isocyanate by reaction of an isocyanate compound with a blocking agent, preparing a blocked prepolymer by reaction of the half blocked isocyanate with a polyol, forming an epoxy resin containing oxazolidone ring by reaction of the blocked prepolymer with a diglycidyl ether type epoxy resin, chain-extending the epoxy resin containing oxazolidone ring with at least saturated or non-saturated hydrocarbon group containing dicarboxylic acid, and modifying the chain-extended epoxy resin with an amine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2006
    Publication date: December 14, 2006
    Inventors: Shinsuke Shirakawa, Toshiaki Indou, Yasuo Mihara, Naotaka Kitamura
  • Publication number: 20050279633
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cationic electrodeposition coating composition which hardly shows poor appearance on a coating film and has high throwing power. The present invention provides a cationic electrodeposition coating composition comprising a binder resin composed of an amine-modified bisphenol epoxy resin and a blocked isocyanate curing agent in emulsification state, wherein the emulsification of the binder resin is conducted by either an amine-modified bisphenol epoxy resin having a quaternary ammonium group or an emulsifying resin having a quaternary ammonium group as an additional component other than the binder resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2005
    Publication date: December 22, 2005
    Inventors: Teruzo Toi, Naotaka Kitamura, Mitsuo Yamada
  • Publication number: 20050282936
    Abstract: The present invention provides a cationic electrodeposition coating composition which can provide an electrodeposition coating film having low specular gloss and excellent finished appearance. The present invention relates to a cationic electrodeposition coating composition comprising a cationic emulsion (A) which comprises (a) a cationic epoxy resin and (c) a blocked isocyanate curing agent, and a cationic emulsion (B) which comprises (b) at least one resin selected from the group consisting of a cation-modified acrylic resin and a cationic epoxy resin other than the cationic epoxy resin (a) and (d) a blocked isocyanate curing agent, wherein a difference ??A-B between a solubility parameter ?A of a resin component in the cationic emulsion (A) and a solubility parameter ?B of a resin component in the cationic emulsion (B) is within a range of from 0.5 to 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2005
    Publication date: December 22, 2005
    Inventors: Teruzo Toi, Naotaka Kitamura, Mitsuo Yamada
  • Publication number: 20050279254
    Abstract: The present invention provides a cationic electrodeposition coating composition having controlled electric conductivity and controlled average particle size of the binder resin emulsion. One embodiment of the present invention provides a cationic electrodeposition coating composition comprising a binder resin emulsion, wherein the binder resin emulsion comprises; (a) amine-modified epoxy resin having an amino group, (b) blocked isocyanate curing agent, and (c) modified epoxy resin having an onium group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2005
    Publication date: December 22, 2005
    Inventors: Teruzo Toi, Naotaka Kitamura, Mitsuo Yamada