Patents by Inventor Shigeki Fukumoto

Shigeki Fukumoto 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: 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
  • 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