Patents by Inventor Nobuyuki Shimoda

Nobuyuki Shimoda 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: 9133346
    Abstract: A surface-coated aluminum and zinc plated steel sheet in accordance with the present invention includes: a plated steel sheet; a composite coating film formed by applying an aqueous surface treatment agent on the plated steel sheet and drying the aqueous surface treatment agent. The aqueous surface treatment agent contains a water dispersible resin (A), a cobalt compound (B), and water, and has a pH within a range of 7.5 to 10. The composite coating film contains the water dispersible resin (A) and the cobalt compound (B). A percentage by mass of the water dispersible resin (A) in the composite coating film is 90% or more. A mass of the composite coating film per one surface of the plated steel sheet falls within a range of 0.5 to 3.5 g/m2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignees: NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN COATED SHEET CORPORATION, NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION, NIHON PARKERIZING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuki Shiragaki, Tomokazu Sugitani, Hiroyuki Oyokawa, Satoru Yonetani, Hiroshi Kanai, Nobuyuki Shimoda, Ichiro Oura, Hitoshi Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 9080231
    Abstract: The present invention provides a hot-dipped steel 1 that demonstrates favorable corrosion resistance and formability, and has a favorable appearance of a plating layer. The hot-dipped steel of the present invention includes a steel substrate formed thereon with an aluminum-zinc alloy plating layer. The aluminum-zinc alloy plating layer contains Al, Zn, Si and Mg as constituent elements thereof and the Mg content is 0.1% to 10% by weight. The aluminum-zinc alloy plating layer contains 0.2% to 15% by volume of an Si—Mg phase, and the weight ratio of Mg in the Si—Mg phase to the total weight of Mg is 3% or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignees: NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN COATED SHEET CORPORATION, NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shiro Fujii, Yoshikazu Yamanaka, Nobuki Shiragaki, Hiroshi Kanai, Nobuyuki Shimoda, Yasuhide Morimoto, Yoshihiro Suemune, Tooru Oohashi
  • Publication number: 20150044498
    Abstract: A surface-coated aluminum and zinc plated steel sheet in accordance with the present invention includes: a plated steel sheet; a composite coating film formed by applying an aqueous surface treatment agent on the plated steel sheet and drying the aqueous surface treatment agent. The aqueous surface treatment agent contains a water dispersible resin (A), a cobalt compound (B), and water, and has a pH within a range of 7.5 to 10. The composite coating film contains the water dispersible resin (A) and the cobalt compound (B). A percentage by mass of the water dispersible resin (A) in the composite coating film is 90% or more. A mass of the composite coating film per one surface of the plated steel sheet falls within a range of 0.5 to 3.5 g/m2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: Nobuki Shiragaki, Tomokazu Sugitani, Hiroyuki Oyokawa, Satoru Yonetani, Hiroshi Kanai, Nobuyuki Shimoda, Ichiro Oura, Hitoshi Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 8911879
    Abstract: The present invention provides a Zn—Al—Mg—Cr alloy-coated steel material with excellent corrosion resistance. A molten Zn—Al—Mg—Si—Cr alloy-coated steel material which is a steel material having a Zn—Al—Mg—Cr alloy coating layer and which has an interfacial alloy layer formed of coating layer components and Fe at the coating layer-steel material interface, wherein the interfacial alloy layer has a multilayer structure consisting of an Al—Fe-based alloy layer and an Al—Fe—Si-based alloy layer and furthermore, the Al—Fe—Si-based alloy layer contains Cr.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Shimoda, Yasuhide Morimoto
  • Publication number: 20120282488
    Abstract: The present invention provides a hot-dipped steel 1 that demonstrates favorable corrosion resistance and formability, and has a favorable appearance of a plating layer. The hot-dipped steel of the present invention includes a steel substrate formed thereon with an aluminum-zinc alloy plating layer. The aluminum-zinc alloy plating layer contains Al, Zn, Si and Mg as constituent elements thereof and the Mg content is 0.1% to 10% by weight. The aluminum-zinc alloy plating layer contains 0.2% to 15% by volume of an Si—Mg phase, and the weight ratio of Mg in the Si—Mg phase to the total weight of Mg is 3% or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2011
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Applicants: Nippon Steel Corporation, Nippon Steel & Sumikin Coated Sheet Corporation
    Inventors: Shiro Fujii, Yoshikazu Yamanaka, Nobuki Shiragaki, Hiroshi Kanai, Nobuyuki Shimoda, Yasuhide Morimoto, Yoshihiro Suemune, Tooru Oohashi
  • Publication number: 20120070687
    Abstract: Disclosed is a high-strength Zn—Al coated steel wire for bridges with excellent corrosion resistance and fatigue properties, the Zn—Al coated steel wire includes: a steel wire; and a Zn—Al coating having a coating body layer and an Fe—Al alloy layer formed in an interface between a surface layer of the steel wire and the coating body layer, wherein a chemical composition of a core material of the steel wire includes, by mass %: C: 0.70% to 1.2%; Si: 0.01% to 2.5%; Mn: 0.01% to 0.9%; P: limited to 0.02% or less; S: limited to 0.02% or less; N: limited to 0.01% or less; and the balance including Fe and unavoidable impurities, wherein wire-drawn pearlite is most abundant microstructure among microstructures of the core material of the steel wire; wherein an average composition of the Zn—Al coating includes, by mass %, Al: 3.0 to 15.0%; and Fe: limited to 3.0% or less, and wherein the Fe—Al alloy layer has a thickness of 5 ?m or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2010
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Shimoda, Toshimi Tarui, Junichi Kodama, Makoto Kosaka, Shingo Yamasaki
  • Publication number: 20110274945
    Abstract: The present invention provides a Zn—Al—Mg—Cr alloy-coated steel material with excellent corrosion resistance. A molten Zn—Al—Mg—Si—Cr alloy-coated steel material which is a steel material having a Zn—Al—Mg—Cr alloy coating layer and which has an interfacial alloy layer formed of coating layer components and Fe at the coating layer-steel material interface, wherein the interfacial alloy layer has a multilayer structure consisting of an Al—Fe-based alloy layer and an Al—Fe—Si-based alloy layer and furthermore, the Al—Fe—Si-based alloy layer contains Cr.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2010
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Applicant: Nippon Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Shimoda, Yasuhide Morimoto