Patents by Inventor Ryuichi Imai

Ryuichi Imai 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: 10626345
    Abstract: In a threaded joint for pipes constituted by a pin and a box, each having a contact surface comprising a threaded portion and an unthreaded metal contact portion, the contact surface of the pin has a solid corrosion protective, preferably transparent coating based on a UV-curable resin and the contact surface of the box has a solid lubricating coating having plastic or viscoplastic rheological behavior which is preferably formed by the hot melt technique from a composition comprising a thermoplastic polymer, a wax, a metal soap, a corrosion inhibitor, a water-insoluble liquid resin, and a solid lubricant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignees: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION, VALLOUREC MANNESMANN OIL & GAS FRANCE
    Inventors: Kunio Goto, Takayuki Kamimura, Masaru Takahashi, Keishi Matsumoto, Michihiko Iwamoto, Ryuichi Imai, Stephanie Rai
  • Publication number: 20160230119
    Abstract: In a threaded joint for pipes constituted by a pin and a box, each having a contact surface comprising a threaded portion and an unthreaded metal contact portion, the contact surface of the pin has a solid corrosion protective, preferably transparent coating based on a UV-curable resin and the contact surface of the box has a solid lubricating coating having plastic or viscoplastic rheological behavior which is preferably formed by the hot melt technique from a composition comprising a thermoplastic polymer, a wax, a metal soap, a corrosion inhibitor, a water-insoluble liquid resin, and a solid lubricant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Inventors: Kunio GOTO, Takayuki KAMIMURA, Masaru TAKAHASHI, Keishi MATSUMOTO, Michihiko IWAMOTO, Ryuichi IMAI, Stephanie RAI
  • Patent number: 9321982
    Abstract: In a threaded joint for pipes constituted by a pin and a box, each having a contact surface comprising a threaded portion and an unthreaded metal contact portion, the contact surface of the pin has a solid corrosion protective, preferably transparent coating based on a UV-curable resin and the contact surface of the box has a solid lubricating coating having plastic or viscoplastic rheological behavior which is preferably formed by the hot melt technique from a composition comprising a thermoplastic polymer, a wax, a metal soap, a corrosion inhibitor, a water-insoluble liquid resin, and a solid lubricant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignees: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION, VALLOUREC MANNESMANN OIL & GAS FRANCE
    Inventors: Kunio Goto, Takayuki Kamimura, Masaru Takahashi, Keishi Matsumoto, Michihiko Iwamoto, Ryuichi Imai, Stéphanie Raï
  • Patent number: 8741406
    Abstract: A threaded joint for steel pipes for use in an oil well which has improved galling resistance and which is protected from rusting comprises a pin and a box each having a contact surface including a threaded portion and an unthreaded metal contact portion. The contact surface of at least one of the pin and the box has a lower layer of a viscous liquid or semisolid lubricating coating comprising at least wax and a fatty acid alkaline earth metal salt and not containing a harmful heavy metal such as lead and an upper layer of a dry solid coating formed from an aqueous resin coating composition, an organic solvent type coating composition, or an ultraviolet curing coating composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignees: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation, Vallourec Mannesmann Oil & Gas France
    Inventors: Kunio Goto, Ryuichi Imai
  • Patent number: 8586644
    Abstract: A thin and highly transparent coating having excellent air tightness, adhesion to a substrate, lubricating properties, galling resistance, and corrosion resistance is formed on the surface of a metal substrate and particularly on the surface of a threaded joint which is used for connection of oil country tubular goods. A photocurable composition comprising (A) a photocurable (meth)acrylate resin, (B) a (meth)acrylate monomer selected from a monofunctional (meth)acrylate monomer and a difunctional (meth)acrylate monomer, (C) a trifunctional or higher multifunctional (meth)acrylate monomer, (D) a photopolymerization initiator, (E) a benzotriazole anticorrosive agent, (F) an anticorrosive pigment selected from a phosphate anticorrosive pigment and calcium ion-exchanged silica, and (G) a phosphate ester is used to form a photocured coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignees: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation, Vallourec Mannesmann Oil & Gas France, Chugoku Marine Paints, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomomitsu Nagareo, Yoshinori Kameda, Keishi Matsumoto, Takayuki Kamimura, Masaru Takahashi, Kunio Goto, Ryuichi Imai
  • Patent number: 8420581
    Abstract: A lubricating coating which is free from harmful heavy metals is formed on a premium threaded joint for pipes constituted by a pin and a box each having a contact surface comprising a threaded portion and an unthreaded metal contact portion (a sealing surface and shoulder) in order to provide the joint with galling resistance, gas-tightness, and anticorrosive properties such that the unthreaded metal contact portion is prevented from yielding even when the joint is made up with a high torque. The lubricating coating comprises one or both of a rosin and calcium fluoride; metal soap; wax; and a basic metal salt of an aromatic organic acid, and preferably it further includes a lubricating powder, magnesium carbonate, and/or a carbohydrate, particularly a cyclodextrin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignees: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation, Vallourec Mannesmann Oil & Gas France
    Inventors: Kunio Goto, Ryuichi Imai, Shigeki Fukumoto, Yasuhiro Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 8409718
    Abstract: A threaded joint for steel pipes for use in an oil well which has galling resistance and which is protected from rusting comprises a pin and a box each having a contact surface including a threaded portion and an unthreaded metal contact portion. The contact surface of at least one of the pin and the box has a lower layer of a viscous liquid or semisolid lubricating coating comprising at least wax and a fatty acid alkaline earth metal salt and not containing a harmful heavy metal such as lead and an upper layer of a dry solid coating formed from an aqueous resin coating composition, an organic solvent type coating composition, or an ultraviolet curing coating composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignees: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation, Vallourec Mannesmann Oil & Gas Grance
    Inventors: Kunio Goto, Ryuichi Imai
  • Patent number: 8276946
    Abstract: A threaded joint for steel tubes has a contact surface (30) including a threaded portion and a non-threaded metal-to-metal contact portion. The contact surface of at least one of a pin and a box of the joint is coated with a first plating layer (34) made of a Cu—Zn alloy or a Cu—Zn-M1 alloy (wherein M1 is at least one element selected from Sn, Bi, and In). An undercoat (32) of one or both of a Ni plating layer (32a) and a Cu plating layer (32b) and an overcoat of a Sn-M2 alloy plating layer (36) (wherein M2 is one or more elements selected from Bi, In, Ni, Zn, and Cu) may be formed below and above the first layer, respectively. A solid lubricating coating (38a) and a viscous liquid or semisolid lubricating coating (38b) may also be formed atop the plating layer as a lubricating coating (38).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignees: Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd., Vallourec Mannesmann Oil & Gas France
    Inventors: Masanari Kimoto, Kunio Goto, Masaru Takahashi, Kunihiro Fukui, Shigeo Nagasaku, Ryuichi Imai, Shigeo Onishi, Hiroaki Ikegami
  • Publication number: 20120112456
    Abstract: A thin and highly transparent coating having excellent air tightness, adhesion to a substrate, lubricating properties, galling resistance, and corrosion resistance is formed on the surface of a metal substrate and particularly on the surface of a threaded joint which is used for connection of oil country tubular goods. A photocurable composition comprising (A) a photocurable (meth)acrylate resin, (B) a (meth)acrylate monomer selected from a monofunctional (meth)acrylate monomer and a difunctional (meth)acrylate monomer, (C) a trifunctional or higher multifunctional (meth)acrylate monomer, (D) a photopolymerization initiator, (E) a benzotriazole anticorrosive agent, (F) an anticorrosive pigment selected from a phosphate anticorrosive pigment and calcium ion-exchanged silica, and (G) a phosphate ester is used to form a photocured coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2011
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicants: SUMITOMO METAL INDUSTRIES, LTD., CHUGOKU MARINE PAINTS, LTD., VALLOUREC MANNESMANN OIL & GAS FRANCE
    Inventors: Tomomitsu NAGAREO, Yoshinori Kameda, Keishi Matsumoto, Takayuki Kamimura, Masaru Takahashi, Kunio Goto, Ryuichi Imai
  • Publication number: 20110163538
    Abstract: A threaded joint for steel pipes for use in an oil well which has improved galling resistance and which is protected from rusting comprises a pin and a box each having a contact surface including a threaded portion and an unthreaded metal contact portion. The contact surface of at least one of the pin and the box has a lower layer of a viscous liquid or semisolid lubricating coating comprising at least wax and a fatty acid alkaline earth metal salt and not containing a harmful heavy metal such as lead and an upper layer of a dry solid coating formed from an aqueous resin coating composition, an organic solvent type coating composition, or an ultraviolet curing coating composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2011
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Applicant: SUMITOMO METAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kunio GOTO, Ryuichi Imai
  • Patent number: 7883118
    Abstract: A threaded joint for steel pipes for use in an oil well which has enhanced galling resistance and which is protected from rusting comprises a pin and a box each having a contact surface including a threaded portion and an unthreaded metal contact portion. The contact surface of at least one of the pin and the box has a lower layer of a viscous liquid or semisolid lubricating coating comprising at least wax and a fatty acid alkaline earth metal salt and not containing a harmful heavy metal such as lead and an upper layer of a dry solid coating formed from an aqueous resin coating composition, an organic solvent type coating composition, or an ultraviolet curing coating composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignees: Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd., Vallourec Mannesmann Oil & Gas France
    Inventors: Kunio Goto, Ryuichi Imai
  • Publication number: 20110025052
    Abstract: A threaded joint for steel pipes for use in an oil well which has improved galling resistance and which is protected from rusting comprises a pin and a box each having a contact surface including a threaded portion and an unthreaded metal contact portion. The contact surface of at least one of the pin and the box has a lower layer of a viscous liquid or semisolid lubricating coating comprising at least wax and a fatty acid alkaline earth metal salt and not containing a harmful heavy metal such as lead and an upper layer of a dry solid coating formed from an aqueous resin coating composition, an organic solvent type coating composition, or an ultraviolet curing coating composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2010
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicants: SUMITOMO METAL INDUSTRIES, LTD., VALLOUREC MANNESMANN OIL & GAS FRANCE
    Inventors: Kunio Goto, Ryuichi Imai
  • Patent number: 7866706
    Abstract: A threaded joint for a steel pipe comprises a pin and a box with a contact surface having a threaded part and a unthreaded metal contact part, wherein a solid lubricating film containing one or more kinds of lubricating powders selected from graphite, mica, calcium carbonate and kaolin, a copper powder, and a binder is formed on at least one contact surface of the pin and the box. An object of the present invention is to provide a threaded joint for a steel pipe which allows for repeated fastening and loosening of a threaded joint without adversely influencing on a human body and environment, and is excellent in galling resistance, rust preventing property and gas tightness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kunio Goto, Ryuichi Imai, Yasuhiro Ogawa, Junichi Minami
  • Publication number: 20100301600
    Abstract: In a threaded joint for pipes constituted by a pin and a box, each having a contact surface comprising a threaded portion and an unthreaded metal contact portion, the contact surface of the pin has a solid corrosion protective, preferably transparent coating based on a UV-curable resin and the contact surface of the box has a solid lubricating coating having plastic or viscoplastic rheological behavior which is preferably formed by the hot melt technique from a composition comprising a thermoplastic polymer, a wax, a metal soap, a corrosion inhibitor, a water-insoluble liquid resin, and a solid lubricant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2010
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Inventors: Kunio Goto, Takayuki Kamimura, Masaru Takahashi, Keishi Matsumoto, Michihiko Iwamoto, Ryuichi Imai, Stephanie Rai
  • Publication number: 20100264649
    Abstract: A lubricating coating which is free from harmful heavy metals is formed on a premium threaded joint for pipes constituted by a pin and a box each having a contact surface comprising a threaded portion and an unthreaded metal contact portion (a sealing surface and shoulder) in order to provide the joint with galling resistance, gas-tightness, and anticorrosive properties such that the unthreaded metal contact portion is prevented from yielding even when the joint is made up with a high torque. The lubricating coating comprises one or both of a rosin and calcium fluoride; metal soap; wax; and a basic metal salt of an aromatic organic acid, and preferably it further includes a lubricating powder, magnesium carbonate, and/or a carbohydrate, particularly a cyclodextrin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Inventors: Kunio Goto, Ryuichi Imai, Shigeki Fukumoto, Yasuhiro Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 7770935
    Abstract: A threaded joint for steel pipes comprises a pin (1) and a box (2) each having a threaded portion (3a or 3b) and an unthreaded metal-to-metal contact portion (4a or 4b) as contact surfaces which contact each other when the joint is fastened. The contact surfaces (3a and 4a and/or 3b and 4b) of at least one of the pin (1) and the box (2) are coated with a lower layer of a solid lubricating coating containing a solid lubricating powder (e.g., molybdenum disulfide, tungsten disulfide, or graphite) and a binder (e.g., an epoxy or other organic resin) and an upper layer of a solid corrosion protective coating formed by an organic resin which does not contain solid particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignees: Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd., Vallourec Mannesmann Oil & Gas France
    Inventors: Ryuichi Imai, Kunio Goto, Kaoru Takanashi, Yasuhiro Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20100059986
    Abstract: A pin-box type threaded joint for steel tubes having a contact surface (30) including a threaded portion and a nonthreaded metal-to-metal contact portion has improved leak resistance, galling resistance, and corrosion resistance particularly to crevice corrosion. The contact surface of at least one of the pin and the box is coated with a first plating layer (34) made of a Cu—Zn alloy or a Cu—Zn-M1 alloy (wherein M1 is at least one element selected from Sn, Bi, and In). Optionally, an undercoat (32) of one or both of a Ni plating layer (32a) and a Cu plating layer (32b) and an overcoat of a Sn-M2 alloy plating layer (36) (wherein M2 is one or more elements selected from Bi, In, Ni, Zn, and Cu) may be formed below and above the first layer, respectively. A solid lubricating coating (38a) and a viscous liquid or semisolid lubricating coating (38b) may also be formed atop the plating layer as a lubricating coating (38).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2009
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Inventors: Masanari Kimoto, Kunio Goto, Masaru Takahashi, Kunihiro Fukui, Shigeo Nagasaku, Ryuichi Imai, Shigeo Onishi, Hiroaki Ikegami
  • Publication number: 20090264326
    Abstract: A tubular threaded joint for connecting tubing or casing used to excavate oil wells have a lubricating coating formed from a lubricating coating composition comprising one or more basic lubricants selected from a basic sulfonate salt, a basic salicylate salt, a basic phenate salt, and a basic carboxylate salt and having biodegradability value (BOD) of at least 20% when measured after 28 days in seawater. The joint can be used without application of a compound grease containing heavy metals even in a country or region having severe environmental regulations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2009
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Inventors: Ryuichi Imai, Kunio Goto
  • Publication number: 20080277925
    Abstract: A threaded joint for a steel pipe comprises a pin and a box with a contact surface having a threaded part and a unthreaded metal contact part, wherein a solid lubricating film containing one or more kinds of lubricating powders selected from graphite, mica, calcium carbonate and kaolin, a copper powder, and a binder is formed on at least one contact surface of the pin and the box. An object of the present invention is to provide a threaded joint for a steel pipe which allows for repeated fastening and loosening of a threaded joint without adversely influencing on a human body and environment, and is excellent in galling resistance, rust preventing property and gas tightness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2005
    Publication date: November 13, 2008
    Applicant: SUMITOMO METAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kunio Goto, Ryuichi Imai, Yasuhiro Ogawa, Junichi Minami
  • Publication number: 20060228505
    Abstract: A threaded joint for steel pipes for use in an oil well which has improved galling resistance and which is protected from rusting comprises a pin and a box each having a contact surface including a threaded portion and an unthreaded metal contact portion. The contact surface of at least one of the pin and the box has a lower layer of a viscous liquid or semisolid lubricating coating comprising at least wax and a fatty acid alkaline earth metal salt and not containing a harmful heavy metal such as lead and an upper layer of a dry solid coating formed from an aqueous resin coating composition, an organic solvent type coating composition, or an ultraviolet curing coating composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2006
    Publication date: October 12, 2006
    Inventors: Kunio Goto, Ryuichi Imai