Patents by Inventor Seiju Suzuki

Seiju Suzuki 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: 20230183513
    Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing: a metal plate coating material with which it is possible to form a coating film that has extremely high storage stability, that does not exhibit yellowing, and that is not prone to staining with rain streaks; and a method for producing a coated metal plate using the metal plate coating material. The metal plate coating material for solving the problem contains: at least one of a mixture of a fluorine-containing resin and a (meth)acrylic resin and a copolymer of a fluorine-containing monomer and a (meth)acrylic group-containing monomer; a silicone resin; and a zinc carboxylate salt catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Keiko TAKIGUCHI, Masaki SATOU, Seiju SUZUKI, Takafumi KAWAGOE
  • Patent number: 11241714
    Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a flame treatment device which is capable of performing a flame treatment on a metal-based base material without requiring a preheat treatment. For the purpose of solving the above-described problem, a flame treatment device according to the present invention comprises: a first temperature measurement unit which measures the temperature of a metal-based base material before a flame treatment; a control unit which determines the combustion energy of flame on the basis of the temperature before a flame treatment, said temperature having been measured by the first temperature measurement unit, so that the surface temperature of the metal-based base material during the flame treatment is 56° C. or higher; and a flame treatment unit which performs a flame treatment on the metal-based base material on the basis of the combustion energy, which has been determined by the control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaki Satou, Seiju Suzuki, Shuichi Sugita
  • Publication number: 20210340400
    Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a painted metal plate having rain-streak-stain resistance and a good appearance, and a method for producing the same. To solve this problem, the method for producing a painted metal plate includes a step for forming a coating by applying a paint containing a silicone resin and a fluorine-containing resin to the surface of a metal plate and curing the paint, and a step for performing flame treatment on the coating. The silicone resin contains 5 to 50 mol % of a silanol group with respect to the total molar mass of Si atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicant: Nippon Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Keiko TAKIGUCHI, Masaki SATOU, Seiju SUZUKI, Shuichi SUGITA
  • Patent number: 11091669
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a coating material that is for a coated metal plate, that has high storage stability, that is less likely to contaminate a heating device, and that can be used to produce a coated metal plate having a surface on which rain streaks are less likely to occur and having high scratch resistance. The coating material contains a silicone resin including 5-50 mol % of a silanol group with respect to the total number of moles of Si atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL NISSHIN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaki Satou, Seiju Suzuki, Shuichi Sugita
  • Publication number: 20210039132
    Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a flame treatment device which is capable of performing a flame treatment on a metal-based base material without requiring a preheat treatment. For the purpose of solving the above-described problem, a flame treatment device according to the present invention comprises: a first temperature measurement unit which measures the temperature of a metal-based base material before a flame treatment; a control unit which determines the combustion energy of flame on the basis of the temperature before a flame treatment, said temperature having been measured by the first temperature measurement unit, so that the surface temperature of the metal-based base material during the flame treatment is 56° C. or higher; and a flame treatment unit which performs a flame treatment on the metal-based base material on the basis of the combustion energy, which has been determined by the control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: Masaki SATOU, Seiju SUZUKI, Shuichi SUGITA
  • Patent number: 10751751
    Abstract: A method for treating a metal substrate surface before coating or printing thereof, the method including: preheating to 40° C. or above a specific metal substrate having a thermal conductivity of 10 W/mK or higher, and thereafter continuously performing a flame treatment on the substrate surface, prior to coating or printing of the surface of the substrate with a coating material or an ink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: NISSHIN STEEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaki Satou, Seiju Suzuki, Masaru Hiraku, Shuichi Sugita
  • Patent number: 10737293
    Abstract: A method for treating a metal substrate surface before coating or printing thereof, the method including preheating to 40° C. or above a specific metal substrate having a thermal conductivity of 10 W/mK or higher, and thereafter performing a flame treatment on the substrate surface, prior to coating or printing of the surface of the substrate with a coating material or an ink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: NISSHIN STEEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaki Satou, Seiju Suzuki, Masaru Hiraku, Shuichi Sugita
  • Publication number: 20200087537
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a coating material that is for a coated metal plate, that has high storage stability, that is less likely to contaminate a heating device, and that can be used to produce a coated metal plate having a surface on which rain streaks are less likely to occur and having high scratch resistance. The coating material contains a silicone resin including 5-50 mol % of a silanol group with respect to the total number of moles of Si atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Masaki SATOU, Seiju SUZUKI, Shuichi SUGITA
  • Publication number: 20200024476
    Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a production method for a coated metal plate which has superior rain-streak stain resistance and scratch resistance and which further provides favorable appearance. In order to address this problem, this coated metal plate production method comprises: a step for forming a coating film on the surface of a metal plate by applying and curing a silicone resin-containing coating; and a step for applying a flame treatment to the coating film. The silicone resin contains silanol groups in an amount of 5-50 mol % with respect to the total molar number of Si atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Inventors: Masaki SATOU, Seiju SUZUKI, Shuichi SUGITA
  • Patent number: 10507489
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a decorative construction plate, the method including subjecting a metal siding material including: a metallic substrate on which a recess-projection pattern having a height difference of 0.5 mm or more is formed and on which an ink receiving layer formed from a resin composition is provided; a core material; and a back-side material, to flame treatment by exposing the metal siding material to flame with an output of 250 kJ/h to 12000 kJ/h per 10-mm width of a flame port of a burner so that the surface temperature of the substrate does not exceed 300° C., followed by performing inkjet printing using an active ray curable ink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: NISSHIN STEEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaki Satou, Seiju Suzuki, Masaru Hiraku, Shuichi Sugita
  • Publication number: 20190168256
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a method for manufacturing a painted metal plate which is resistant to surface stain due to rain streaks. The painted metal plate manufacturing method comprises: a step of forming a coating film on a surface of a metal plate, the coating film having an arithmetic mean roughness Ra of 0.3 to 3.0 ?m as calculated according to JIS B0601:2013, and a surface Si atomic concentration of less than 1.0 atm % as measured by X-ray electron spectroscopy using an AlK? beam as an X-ray source; and a step of subjecting the coating film to flame processing at 30 to 1000 kJ/m2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: Masaki SATOU, Seiju SUZUKI, Masaru HIRAKU, Shuichi SUGITA
  • Patent number: 10156789
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a method for stripping a resist film, which includes a cured resin having a phosphate ester group or a carboxyl group, by using a resist stripping solution having high strippability, the method being characterized in that deterioration of the strippability of the resist stripping solution is suppressed and the phosphorus concentration in the resist stripping solution is not substantially increased. In this method, a resist stripping solution is brought into contact with a resist film, which includes a cured resin having a phosphate ester group or a carboxyl group and is disposed on a metal plate, and the resist film is stripped from the metal plate. In this method, the resist stripping solution contains a benzyl alcohol, water in a mass ratio to the benzyl alcohol of 0.3-2.5, and a surfactant, and is substantially free of caustic alkali components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: NISSHIN STEEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaki Satou, Seiju Suzuki, Shuichi Sugita
  • Publication number: 20180253009
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a method for stripping a resist film, which includes a cured resin having a phosphate ester group or a carboxyl group, by using a resist stripping solution having high strippability, the method being characterized in that deterioration of the strippability of the resist stripping solution is suppressed and the phosphorus concentration in the resist stripping solution is not substantially increased. In this method, a resist stripping solution is brought into contact with a resist film, which includes a cured resin having a phosphate ester group or a carboxyl group and is disposed on a metal plate, and the resist film is stripped from the metal plate. In this method, the resist stripping solution contains a benzyl alcohol, water in a mass ratio to the benzyl alcohol of 0.3-2.5, and a surfactant, and is substantially free of caustic alkali components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Inventors: Masaki SATOU, Seiju SUZUKI, Shuichi SUGITA
  • Publication number: 20180169695
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a decorative construction plate, the method including subjecting a metal siding material including: a metallic substrate on which a recess-projection pattern having a height difference of 0.5 mm or more is formed and on which an ink receiving layer formed from a resin composition is provided; a core material; and a back-side material, to flame treatment by exposing the metal siding material to flame with an output of 250 kJ/h to 12000 kJ/h per 10-mm width of a flame port of a burner so that the surface temperature of the substrate does not exceed 300° C., followed by performing inkjet printing using an active ray curable ink.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Masaki SATOU, Seiju SUZUKI, Masaru HIRAKU, Shuichi SUGITA
  • Publication number: 20180161809
    Abstract: A method for treating a metal substrate surface before coating or printing thereof, the method including: preheating to 40° C. or above a specific metal substrate having a thermal conductivity of 10 W/mK or higher, and thereafter continuously performing a flame treatment on the substrate surface, prior to coating or printing of the surface of the substrate with a coating material or an ink.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Applicant: NISSHIN STEEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaki SATOU, Seiju SUZUKI, Masaru HIRAKU, Shuichi SUGITA
  • Publication number: 20180154391
    Abstract: A method for treating a metal substrate surface before coating or printing thereof, the method including preheating to 40° C. or above a specific metal substrate having a thermal conductivity of 10 W/mK or higher, and thereafter performing a flame treatment on the substrate surface, prior to coating or printing of the surface of the substrate with a coating material or an ink.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Applicant: NISSHIN STEEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaki SATOU, Seiju SUZUKI, Masaru HIRAKU, Shuichi SUGITA
  • Patent number: 9931876
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a decorative building board, including: ejecting active ray-curable ink from an ink jet recording head onto a building board that includes a base material selected from a metallic base material and a ceramic base material and an ink receiving layer arranged on the base material, the ink receiving layer being obtained by curing a resin composition and having an arithmetic average roughness (Ra) specified under JIS B 0601:2001 of from 0.4 ?m to 3 ?m, to thereby perform printing on the ink receiving layer; and irradiating the active ray-curable ink with an active ray from 2.2 seconds to 30 seconds after the active ray-curable ink lands on the ink receiving layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: NISSHIN STEEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaki Satou, Seiju Suzuki, Hidenori Yoshida, Shuichi Sugita, Yuuichi Okada
  • Publication number: 20170028758
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a decorative building board, including: ejecting active ray-curable ink from an ink jet recording head onto a building board that includes a base material selected from a metallic base material and a ceramic base material and an ink receiving layer arranged on the base material, the ink receiving layer being obtained by curing a resin composition and having an arithmetic average roughness (Ra) specified under JIS B 0601:2001 of from 0.4 ?m to 3 ?m, to thereby perform printing on the ink receiving layer; and irradiating the active ray-curable ink with an active ray from 2.2 seconds to 30 seconds after the active ray-curable ink lands on the ink receiving layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2013
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Applicant: NISSHIN STEEL HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaki SATOU, Seiju SUZUKI, Hidenori YOSHIDA, Shuichi SUGITA, Yuuichi OKADA
  • Publication number: 20160318328
    Abstract: This printing material has: a substrate; an ink-accepting layer that is disposed on the substrate and is the cured product of a resin composition; and an ink layer that is disposed on the ink-accepting layer and is the cured product of an active-light-ray-curable cationic polymerizable ink. The ink-accepting layer is impermeable with respect to the active-light-ray-curable cationic polymerizable ink. Also, the active-light-ray-curable cationic polymerizable ink contains: a cationic polymerizable compound; 0.5-10.0 mass % of an epoxy-group-containing silane coupling agent; 10-50 mass % of a hydroxyl-group-containing oxetane compound; and a photoinitiator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Inventors: Masaki SATOU, Seiju SUZUKI, Masaru HIRAKU, Shuichi SUGITA, Akira NAKAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20150368489
    Abstract: This painting material has a base material and an ink-receiving layer arranged on the surface of the base material. The arithmetic average roughness (Ra1) of the ink-receiving layer surface, as measured in accordance with JISB0601, is 400-3,000 nm. The arithmetic average roughness (Ra2) of the ink-receiving layer surface measured using an atomic force microscope is 70-500 nm, using a measurement range of 30 ?m×30 ?m and pixel data of 512×512.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2013
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Inventors: Masaki SATOU, Seiju SUZUKI, Hidenori YOSHIDA, Shuichi SUGITA, Yuuichi OKADA