Patents by Inventor Tatsuo Tomomori

Tatsuo Tomomori 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: 11223069
    Abstract: A surface-treated steel sheet for battery cases is provided which comprises a nickel-cobalt alloy layer formed at the outermost surface of a plane to be an inner surface of a battery case, wherein a Co/Ni value at the surface of the nickel-cobalt alloy layer is within a range of 0.1 to 1.5 as determined by Auger electron spectroscopy analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: TOYO KOHAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuo Tomomori, Eiji Yamane, Shinichirou Horie, Koh Yoshioka
  • Patent number: 10665825
    Abstract: A surface-treated steel sheet for battery containers is provided. The surface-treated sheet is used to form a battery container for a battery. The battery uses a nonaqueous electrolytic solution as an electrolytic solution. The surface-treated steel sheet includes a base material made of steel and an iron-nickel diffusion layer formed by performing thermal diffusion treatment after forming a nickel plating layer at least on a surface of the base material to be located at the inner surface side of the battery container. The iron-nickel diffusion layer has an outermost layer of which a ratio of Ni and Fe is 7.5 or less as a molar ratio of Ni/Fe. The iron-nickel diffusion layer has a thickness of 0.6 ?m or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Toyo Kohan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinichirou Horie, Tatsuo Tomomori, Koh Yoshioka
  • Publication number: 20180145286
    Abstract: A surface-treated steel sheet for battery containers is provided. The surface-treated sheet is used to form a battery container for a battery. The battery uses a nonaqueous electrolytic solution as an electrolytic solution. The surface-treated steel sheet includes a base material made of steel and an iron-nickel diffusion layer formed by performing thermal diffusion treatment after forming a nickel plating layer at least on a surface of the base material to be located at the inner surface side of the battery container. The iron-nickel diffusion layer has an outermost layer of which a ratio of Ni and Fe is 7.5 or less as a molar ratio of Ni/Fe. The iron-nickel diffusion layer has a thickness of 0.6 ?m or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2018
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Inventors: Shinichirou HORIE, Tatsuo TOMOMORI, Koh YOSHIOKA
  • Patent number: 9911948
    Abstract: There is provided a surface-treated steel sheet for battery containers. The surface-treated sheet is used to form a battery container for a battery. The battery uses a nonaqueous electrolytic solution as an electrolytic solution. The surface-treated steel sheet is characterized by the features as below. The surface-treated steel sheet includes a base material made of steel and an iron-nickel diffusion layer formed by performing thermal diffusion treatment after forming a nickel plating layer at least on a surface of the base material to be located at the inner surface side of the battery container. The iron-nickel diffusion layer has an outermost layer of which a ratio of Ni and Fe is 7.5 or less as a molar ratio of Ni/Fe. The iron-nickel diffusion layer has a thickness of 0.6 ?m or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: TOYO KOHAN CO., LTD
    Inventors: Shinichirou Horie, Tatsuo Tomomori, Koh Yoshioka
  • Patent number: 9700928
    Abstract: Provided are a pipe which exhibits corrosion resistance against vapor of fuel such as gasoline, diesel oil, bioethanol or a biodiesel fuel, a method for manufacturing the pipe, and a steel sheet for manufacturing the pipe. A method for manufacturing a pipe having a bent portion which has excellent corrosion resistance against fuel vapor includes the steps of; preparing a steel sheet for manufacturing a pipe which is characterized by having a zinc-nickel (Zn—Ni) alloy layer where a nickel content is 4 to 16 at % on at least one surface of the steel sheet; forming the steel sheet for manufacturing a pipe into a tubular shape such that the Zn—Ni alloy layer forms an inner surface of the pipe, and applying bending to the pipe such that the elongation of the bent convex portion generated at the time of bending the pipe falls within 20%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: TOYO KOHAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuo Tomomori, Koh Yoshioka
  • Publication number: 20170033328
    Abstract: Provided are a surface-treated metal sheet which includes a nickel layer having improved corrosion resistance and a method of manufacturing a formed article. In a surface-treated metal sheet where a nickel layer is formed on a substrate, the proportion of the (200) plane to a total of the (111) plane, (200) plane, (220) plane and (311) plane with respect to the crystal plane orientations of the nickel layer is set to 40% or less. In a method of manufacturing a formed article using a surface-treated metal sheet where a nickel layer is formed on a substrate, the surface-treated metal sheet having the nickel layer where the proportion of the (200) plane to a total of the (111) plane, (200) plane, (220) plane and (311) plane is set to 40% or less with respect to the crystal plane orientations of the nickel layer is worked using a mold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventors: Tatsuo Tomomori, Koh Yoshioka
  • Patent number: 9498933
    Abstract: Provided are a surface-treated metal sheet which includes a nickel layer having improved corrosion resistance and a method of manufacturing a formed article. In a surface-treated metal sheet where a nickel layer is formed on a substrate, the proportion of (200) planes to a total of (111) planes, (200) planes, (220) planes and (311) planes with respect to the crystal plane orientations of the nickel layer is set to 40% or less. In a method of manufacturing a formed article using a surface-treated metal sheet where a nickel layer is formed on a substrate, the surface-treated metal sheet having the nickel layer where the proportion of (200) planes to a total of (111) planes, (200) planes, (220) planes and (311) planes is set to 40% or less with respect to the crystal plane orientations of the nickel layer is worked using a mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: TOYO KOHAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuo Tomomori, Koh Yoshioka
  • Patent number: 9194530
    Abstract: A nickel-plated steel sheet for manufacturing a pipe having corrosion resistance against fuel vapor; and a pipe and a fuel supply pipe. In the pipe and fuel supply pipe, a nickel plating layer having a plating thickness of 0.5 to 10 ?m is formed on an inner surface of a pipe formed of a steel sheet thus having corrosion resistance against fuel vapor. In the fuel supply pipe formed of a steel sheet for supplying fuel to a fuel tank, the fuel supply pipe includes: a large-diameter pipe portion through which the fuel passes; and a small-diameter pipe portion which makes an upper portion of the large-diameter pipe portion and a lower portion of the large-diameter pipe portion communicate with each other for ventilation, and a nickel plating layer having a plating thickness of 0.5 to 10 ?m is formed on an inner surface of at least the small-diameter pipe portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: TOYO KOHAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuo Tomomori, Koh Yoshioka, Hideyuki Minagi
  • Patent number: 9080692
    Abstract: Provided is a steel sheet for manufacturing a pipe having corrosion resistance against fuel vapor of fuel such as gasoline, light oil, bioethanol or bio-diesel fuel, and a pipe and a fuel supply pipe. In the steel sheet for manufacturing a pipe, a Fe—Ni diffusion layer and a softened Ni layer which is provided on the Fe—Ni diffusion layer are formed on a surface of a steel sheet, and a thickness of the softened Ni layer is set to a value which falls within a range of 0.9 to 8.1 ?m thus having corrosion resistance against fuel vapor. In the pipe and the fuel supply pipe, a Fe—Ni diffusion layer and a softened Ni layer which is provided on the Fe—Ni diffusion layer are formed on an inner surface of a pipe formed of a steel sheet, and a thickness of the softened Ni layer is set to a value which falls within a range of 0.9 to 8.1 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: TOYO KOHAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuo Tomomori, Koh Yoshioka, Hideyuki Minagi
  • Publication number: 20150162576
    Abstract: There is provided a surface-treated steel sheet for battery containers. The surface-treated sheet is used to form a battery container for a battery. The battery uses a nonaqueous electrolytic solution as an electrolytic solution. The surface-treated steel sheet is characterized by the features as below. The surface-treated steel sheet includes a base material made of steel and an iron-nickel diffusion layer formed by performing thermal diffusion treatment after forming a nickel plating layer at least on a surface of the base material to be located at the inner surface side of the battery container. The iron-nickel diffusion layer has an outermost layer of which a ratio of Ni and Fe is 7.5 or less as a molar ratio of Ni/Fe. The iron-nickel diffusion layer has a thickness of 0.6 ?m or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Inventors: Shinichirou HORIE, Tatsuo TOMOMORI, Koh YOSHIOKA
  • Patent number: 9017862
    Abstract: A surface-treated steel sheet for battery cases is provided which comprises a nickel-cobalt alloy layer formed at the outermost surface of a plane to be an inner surface of a battery case. When X-ray diffraction measurement using CuK? as a radiation source is performed for the nickel-cobalt alloy layer, an intensity ratio IA/IB=0.01 to 0.9. The intensity ratio IA/IB is a ratio of an intensity IA of a peak present at a diffraction angle 2? within a range of 41° or more and less than 43° to an intensity IB of a peak present at a diffraction angle 2? within a range of 43° or more and 45° or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Toyo Kohan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinichirou Horie, Tatsuo Tomomori, Koh Yoshioka
  • Publication number: 20140147735
    Abstract: A surface treated steel sheet for a battery case, which has a diffusion layer of a nickel-phosphorus alloy or a nickel-cobalt-phosphorus alloy formed on the outermost layer of the inside surface of a plated steel sheet for a battery case; a battery case which is produced through forming the surface-treated steel sheet having a diffusion layer of a nickel-phosphorus alloy or a nickel-cobalt-phosphorus alloy by the deep drawing method, the DI forming or the DTR forming: and a battery using the battery case. The battery case can be used for producing a battery excellent in battery characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: Toyo Kohan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hitoshi OHMURA, Tatsuo TOMOMORI, Yoshitaka HONDA
  • Publication number: 20140147734
    Abstract: A surface-treated steel sheet for battery cases is provided which comprises a nickel-cobalt alloy layer formed at the outermost surface of a plane to be an inner surface of a battery case. When X-ray diffraction measurement using CuK? as a radiation source is performed for the nickel-cobalt alloy layer, an intensity ratio IA/IB=0.01 to 0.9. The intensity ratio IA/IB is a ratio of an intensity IA of a peak present at a diffraction angle 2? within a range of 41° or more and less than 43° to an intensity IB of a peak present at a diffraction angle 2? within a range of 43° or more and 45° or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2012
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: TOYO KOHAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinichirou Horie, Tatsuo Tomomori, Koh Yoshioka
  • Publication number: 20140050971
    Abstract: A surface-treated steel sheet for battery cases is provided which comprises a nickel-cobalt alloy layer formed at the outermost surface of a plane to be an inner surface of a battery case, wherein a Co/Ni value at the surface of the nickel-cobalt alloy layer is within a range of 0.1 to 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2012
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: TOYO KOHAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuo Tomomori, Eiji Yamane, Shinichirou Horie, Koh Yoshioka
  • Publication number: 20130199657
    Abstract: Provided are a pipe which exhibits corrosion resistance against vapor of fuel such as gasoline, diesel oil, bioethanol or a biodiesel fuel, a method for manufacturing the pipe, and a steel sheet for manufacturing the pipe. A method for manufacturing a pipe having a bent portion which has excellent corrosion resistance against fuel vapor includes the steps of; preparing a steel sheet for manufacturing a pipe which is characterized by having a zinc-nickel (Zn—Ni) alloy layer where a nickel content is 4 to 16 at % on at least one surface of the steel sheet; forming the steel sheet for manufacturing a pipe into a tubular shape such that the Zn—Ni alloy layer forms an inner surface of the pipe, and applying bending to the pipe such that the elongation of the bent convex portion generated at the time of bending the pipe falls within 20%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2011
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Applicant: TOYO KOHAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuo Tomomori, Koh Yoshioka
  • Publication number: 20130086971
    Abstract: Provided are a surface-treated metal sheet which includes a nickel layer having improved corrosion resistance and a method of manufacturing a formed article. In a surface-treated metal sheet where a nickel layer is formed on a substrate, the proportion of (200) planes to a total of (111) planes, (200) planes, (220) planes and (311) planes with respect to the crystal plane orientations of the nickel layer is set to 40% or less. In a method of manufacturing a formed article using a surface-treated metal sheet where a nickel layer is formed on a substrate, the surface-treated metal sheet having the nickel layer where the proportion of (200) planes to a total of (111) planes, (200) planes, (220) planes and (311) planes is set to 40% or less with respect to the crystal plane orientations of the nickel layer is worked using a mold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2010
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: TOYO KOHAN CP., LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuo Tomomori, Koh Yoshioka
  • Publication number: 20120234428
    Abstract: Provided is a nickel-plated steel sheet for manufacturing a pipe having corrosion resistance against fuel vapor of fuel such as gasoline, light oil, bioethanol or bio-diesel fuel, and a pipe and a fuel supply pipe. In the nickel-plated steel sheet for manufacturing a pipe, a nickel plating layer having a plating thickness of 0.5 to 10 ?m is formed on a surface of a steel sheet thus having corrosion resistance against fuel vapor. In the pipe and the fuel supply pipe, a nickel plating layer having a plating thickness of 0.5 to 10 ?m is formed on an inner surface of a pipe formed of a steel sheet thus having corrosion resistance against fuel vapor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2010
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: Toyo Kohan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuo Tomomori, Koh Yoshioka, Hideyuki Minagi
  • Publication number: 20120234426
    Abstract: Provided is a steel sheet for manufacturing a pipe having corrosion resistance against fuel vapor of fuel such as gasoline, light oil, bioethanol or bio-diesel fuel, and a pipe and a fuel supply pipe. In the steel sheet for manufacturing a pipe, a Fe—Ni diffusion layer and a softened Ni layer which is provided on the Fe—Ni diffusion layer are formed on a surface of a steel sheet, and a thickness of the softened Ni layer is set to a value which falls within a range of 0.9 to 8.1 ?m thus having corrosion resistance against fuel vapor. In the pipe and the fuel supply pipe, a Fe—Ni diffusion layer and a softened Ni layer which is provided on the Fe—Ni diffusion layer are formed on an inner surface of a pipe formed of a steel sheet, and a thickness of the softened Ni layer is set to a value which falls within a range of 0.9 to 8.1 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2010
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: Toyo Kohan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuo Tomomori, Koh Yoshioka, Hideyuki Minagi
  • Publication number: 20120231329
    Abstract: A surface treated steel sheet for a battery case, which has a diffusion layer of a nickel-phosphorus alloy or a nickel-cobalt-phosphorus alloy formed on the outermost layer of the inside surface of a plated steel sheet for a battery case; a battery case which is produced through forming the surface-treated steel sheet having a diffusion layer of a nickel-phosphorus alloy or a nickel-cobalt-phosphorus alloy by the deep drawing method, the DI forming or the DTR forming: and a battery using the battery case. The battery case can be used for producing a battery excellent in battery characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2012
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: Toyo Kohan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Ohmura, Tatsuo Tomomori, Yoshitaka Honda
  • Publication number: 20120034488
    Abstract: A surface-treated steel sheet having a Co layer, wherein oxidation of the surface is prevented without deteriorating characteristics such as electrical conductivity. A surface-treated steel sheet which is provided with a Co layer on the surface is immersed in an antirust agent, which contains a fatty acid amine and uses water as a solvent, and then dried, thereby forming an antirust coating film on the surface of the surface-treated steel sheet. The antirust coating film containing the fatty acid amine has a thickness of 10-500 ? (in terms of SiO2) as determined by XPS depth analysis. Preferably, the fatty acid amine is benzenemethanamine or trimethylamine, and more preferably, the fatty acid amine additionally contains benzotriazole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2009
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicant: TOYO KOHAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Ishihara, Tatsuo Tomomori, Eiji Yamane, Hideyuki Minagi