Patents by Inventor Shintarou Kouno

Shintarou Kouno 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: 10676839
    Abstract: In an electrodeposition system, the final quality of a coating is prevented from being degraded due to a coating material-containing aqueous solution flowing out of a steel plate mating portion during a drying process, while derivative problems such as an increase in the size of the system, an increase in the initial costs and the running costs, and a decrease in reliability are avoided. A washing zone that is subsequent to an electrodeposition zone in which an object to be coated is immersed in a coating material solution for electrodeposition so that a coating is formed on a surface of the object to be coated is provided with: a hot water washing tank in which the coated object is washed by being immersed in high-temperature washing water in the tank; and a spray washer that sprays a steel plate mating portion of the coated-object with high-temperature washing water, subsequent to washing in the hot water washing tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignees: Mazda Motor Corporation, Taikisha Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuo Katayama, Hiroyuki Nakagawa, Hiroaki Tsuji, Akira Kawanami, Shintarou Kouno, Shigetaka Tooka, Shizuko Kurokawa
  • Publication number: 20180202064
    Abstract: In an electrodeposition system, the final quality of a coating is prevented from being degraded due to a coating material-containing aqueous solution flowing out of a steel plate mating portion during a drying process, while derivative problems such as an increase in the size of the system, an increase in the initial costs and the running costs, and a decrease in reliability are avoided. A washing zone that is subsequent to an electrodeposition zone in which an object to be coated is immersed in a coating material solution for electrodeposition so that a coating is formed on a surface of the object to be coated is provided with: a hot water washing tank in which the coated object is washed by being immersed in high-temperature washing water in the tank; and a spray washer that sprays a steel plate mating portion of the coated-object with high-temperature washing water, subsequent to washing in the hot water washing tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2016
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Inventors: Katsuo Katayama, Hiroyuki Nakagawa, Hiroaki Tsuji, Akira Kawanami, Shintarou Kouno, Shigetaka Tooka, Shizuko Kurokawa