Patents by Inventor Soichiro Sugawara

Soichiro Sugawara 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: 11788191
    Abstract: A sliding member includes, on a surface of a metal substrate, a surface-treated layer including a zinc-electroplated layer, a chemical conversion-treated layer, and a topcoat layer sequentially stacked on the metal substrate. The chemical conversion-treated layer includes chromium and oxygen. The topcoat layer includes at least one material selected from the group consisting of a silica compound, acrylic resin, polyurethane resin, epoxy resin, phenol resin, and melamine resin. A method of manufacturing the sliding member includes a step of forming, on a surface of the chemical conversion-treated layer, the topcoat layer including at least one material selected from the group consisting of a silica compound, acrylic resin, polyurethane resin, epoxy resin, phenol resin, and melamine resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Watanabe, Soichiro Sugawara, Ikuo Konno
  • Patent number: 11248300
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a chrome-plated part having a corrosion resistance in normal and specific circumstances and not requiring additional treatments after chrome plating, and to provide a manufacturing method of such a chrome-plated part. The chrome-plated part 1 includes: a substrate 2; a bright nickel plating layer 5b formed over the substrate 2; a noble potential nickel plating layer 5a formed on the bright nickel plating layer 5b. An electric potential difference between the bright nickel plating layer 5b and the noble potential nickel plating layer 5a is within a range from 40 mV to 150 mV. The chrome-plated part 1 further includes: a trivalent chrome plating layer 6 formed on the noble potential nickel plating layer 5a and having at least any one of a microporous structure and a microcrack structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignees: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD., ATOTECH DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Soichiro Sugawara, Hiroshi Sakai, Philip Hartmann
  • Publication number: 20210130961
    Abstract: A sliding member includes, on a surface of a metal substrate, a surface-treated layer including a zinc-electroplated layer, a chemical conversion-treated layer, and a topcoat layer sequentially stacked on the metal substrate. The chemical conversion-treated layer includes chromium and oxygen. The topcoat layer includes at least one material selected from the group consisting of a silica compound, acrylic resin, polyurethane resin, epoxy resin, phenol resin, and melamine resin. A method of manufacturing the sliding member includes a step of forming, on a surface of the chemical conversion-treated layer, the topcoat layer including at least one material selected from the group consisting of a silica compound, acrylic resin, polyurethane resin, epoxy resin, phenol resin, and melamine resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi WATANABE, Soichiro SUGAWARA, Ikuo KONNO
  • Publication number: 20190264345
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a chrome-plated part having a corrosion resistance in normal and specific circumstances and not requiring additional treatments after chrome plating, and to provide a manufacturing method of such a chrome-plated part. The chrome-plated part 1 includes: a substrate 2; a bright nickel plating layer 5b formed over the substrate 2; a noble potential nickel plating layer 5a formed on the bright nickel plating layer 5b. An electric potential difference between the bright nickel plating layer 5b and the noble potential nickel plating layer 5a is within a range from 40 mV to 150 mV. The chrome-plated part 1 further includes: a trivalent chrome plating layer 6 formed on the noble potential nickel plating layer 5a and having at least any one of a microporous structure and a microcrack structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Applicants: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD., ATOTECH DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Soichiro SUGAWARA, Hiroshi Sakai, Philip Hartmann
  • Patent number: 10266957
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a chrome-plated part having a corrosion resistance in normal and specific circumstances and not requiring additional treatments after chrome plating, and to provide a manufacturing method of such a chrome plated part. The chrome-plated part 1 includes: a substrate 2; a bright nickel plating layer 5b formed over the substrate 2; a noble potential nickel plating layer 5a formed on the bright nickel plating layer 5b. An electric potential difference between the bright nickel plating layer 5b and the noble potential nickel plating layer 5a is within a range from 40 mV to 150 mV. The chrome-plated part 1 further includes: a trivalent chrome plating layer 6 formed on the noble potential nickel plating layer 5a and having at least any one of a microporous structure and a microcrack structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignees: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD., ATOTECH DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Soichiro Sugawara, Hiroshi Sakai, Philip Hartmann
  • Patent number: 9650722
    Abstract: An nickel plating layer (5a) intended for corrosion current distribution is formed over a body (2), and a 0.05 to 2.5 micrometers thick surface chrome plating layer (6) made of trivalent chromium is formed on the surface thereof using basic chromium sulfate as a source of metal. Further on the same, a not less than 7 nm thick chromium compound film (7) is formed by cathode acidic electrolytic chromatin. The corrosion distribution nickel plating layer (5a) has a function of forming a microporous structure, a microcrack structure, or the both of the same in the surface chrome plating layer (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignees: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD., ATOTECH DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Soichiro Sugawara, Hiroaki Koyasu, Hiroshi Sakai, Jens-Eric Geissler, Grant Keers
  • Publication number: 20140284218
    Abstract: An nickel plating layer (5a) intended for corrosion current distribution is formed over a body (2), and a 0.05 to 2.5 micrometers thick surface chrome plating layer (6) made of trivalent chromium is formed on the surface thereof using basic chromium sulfate as a source of metal. Further on the same, a not less than 7 nm thick chromium compound film (7) is formed by cathode acidic electrolytic chromatin. The corrosion distribution nickel plating layer (5a) has a function of forming a microporous structure, a microcrack structure, or the both of the same in the surface chrome plating layer (6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicants: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD., ATOTECH DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Soichiro Sugawara, Hiroaki Koyasu, Hiroshi Sakai, Jens-Eric Geissler, Grant Keers
  • Publication number: 20130130056
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a corrosion-protective composition containing a wax, an unsubstituted or substituted polyaniline in a doped form and a liquid paraffin, and articles comprising the composition applied on a substrate. It also relates to a process for manufacturing the composition, wherein i) a first dispersion of a polyaniline in a doped form is prepared; and ii) the first dispersion of the polyaniline is combined with a wax component to sufficiently disperse the polyaniline therein, and to the use of the composition as a single layer coating for the protection against corrosion of a substrate in need thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2011
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicants: ENTHONE INC., NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Kimura, Hideaki Yaegashi, Shinji Matsuda, Bernhard Wessling, Jörg Posdorfer, Monika Schwarzenberg, Stephan Nissen, Soichiro Sugawara
  • Publication number: 20120052319
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a chrome-plated part having a corrosion resistance in normal and specific circumstances and not requiring additional treatments after chrome plating, and to provide a manufacturing method of such a chrome plated part. The chrome -plated part 1 includes: a substrate 2; a bright nickel plating layer 5b formed over the substrate 2; a noble potential nickel plating layer 5a formed on the bright nickel plating layer 5b. An electric potential difference between the bright nickel plating layer 5b and the noble potential nickel plating layer 5a is within a range from 40 mV to 150 mV. The chrome-plated part 1 further includes: a trivalent chrome plating layer 6 formed on the noble potential nickel plating layer 5a and having at least any one of a microporous structure and a microcrack structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2009
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicants: ATOTECH DEUTSCHLAND GMBH, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Soichiro Sugawara, Hiroshi Sakai, Philip Hartmann
  • Publication number: 20110117380
    Abstract: An nickel plating layer (5a) intended for corrosion current distribution is formed over a body (2), and a 0.05 to 2.5 micrometers thick surface chrome plating layer (6) made of trivalent chromium is formed on the surface thereof using basic chromium sulfate as a source of metal. Further on the same, a not less than 7 nm thick chromium compound film (7) is formed by cathode acidic electrolytic chromatin. The corrosion distribution nickel plating layer (5a) has a function of forming a microporous structure, a microcrack structure, or the both of the same in the surface chrome plating layer (6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2008
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Inventors: Soichiro Sugawara, Hiroaki Koyasu, Hiroshi Sakai, Jens-Eric Geissler, Grant Keers