Patents by Inventor Shigeyasu Morkiawa

Shigeyasu Morkiawa 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: 20050003226
    Abstract: A chemically processed steel sheet comprises a steel base coated with an Al—Si alloy plating layer, whose Si content is preferably adjusted to 5-13 mass % as a whole and to 7-80 mass % at a surface, and a converted layer generated on the surface of the plating layer. The converted layer contains both soluble and scarcely-soluble compounds. The soluble compound, such as a manganese oxide or hydroxide, or a valve metal fluoride, is once dissolved into water in an atmosphere and then re-precipitated as scarcely-soluble compounds at defective parts of the converted layer. The scarcely-soluble compounds act as a barrier for corrosion prevention of a base steel. Due to the re-precipitation, i.e., self-repairing faculty, excellent corrosion resistance of the converted layer is still maintained even after defects are introduced therein during plastic deformation of the steel sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2004
    Publication date: January 6, 2005
    Inventors: Masaya Yamamoto, Mitsuo Asabuki, Shigeyasu Morkiawa, Shinya Furukawa, Hirofumi Taketsu