Patents by Inventor Tomohiro Iko

Tomohiro Iko 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: 12540248
    Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing: a metal surface treatment agent which can form a film having excellent corrosion resistance and excellent hydrophilicity on or over a surface of a metal material; a method of producing a metal material having a film by using the metal surface treatment agent; and a metal material having a film, which is obtained by the method. A chemical agent, which contains prescribed amounts of a water-soluble or water-dispersible resin (A) and a compound (B) having a nitrile group and an amino group, is capable of forming a film having excellent corrosion resistance and excellent hydrophilicity on or over a surface of a metal material and, therefore, can solve the above-described problem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2026
    Assignee: Nihon Parkerizing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaru Tokue, Yohei Otsu, Tomohiro Iko
  • Publication number: 20250154368
    Abstract: A surface treatment agent capable of forming a film that has excellent corrosion resistance and hydrophilicity with suppressed odor is provided. A surface treatment agent includes: one or more selected from water-soluble inorganic oxides and salts thereof (A); one or more selected from hydrolysates and condensates of organoalkoxysilane (B); water-soluble resin (C); ether compound (D); and water and/or water-miscible solvent; wherein assuming a total mass of the one or more selected from water-soluble inorganic oxides and salts thereof (A), a total mass of the one or more selected from hydrolysates and condensates of organoalkoxysilane (B), a mass of the water-soluble resin (C), and a mass of the ether compound (D) are MA, MB, MC and MD, respectively, (MA+MB)/(MA+MB+MC+MD)=0.01 to 0.7 is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2023
    Publication date: May 15, 2025
    Inventors: Takeshi Sato, Kenta Kawamura, Tomohiro Iko
  • Publication number: 20240218520
    Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing, a metal surface treatment agent capable of exhibiting excellent corrosion resistance and excellent coating adhesion in painted metal materials; and a metal surface treatment method using the metal surface treatment agent. The problem is solved by a pretreatment agent that is used in a pretreatment of a chemical conversion treatment performed for forming a chemical conversion coating on/over a surface of a metal material, the pretreatment agent containing: a metal alkoxide (A) containing at least one metal element selected from zirconium, titanium, vanadium, and aluminum; and at least one sulfonic acid (B) selected from methanesulfonic acid, ethanesulfonic acid, hydroxymethanesulfonic acid, and hydroxyethanesulfonic acid. The problem is also solved by a chemical conversion treatment agent that contains a zirconium alkoxide (a) and a zirconium-containing ion supply source (b), and has a pH of 1.5 to 6.5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2024
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Inventors: Amane Suzuki, Tomohiro Iko, Hidekazu Fukushi
  • Patent number: 11965247
    Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing, a metal surface treatment agent capable of exhibiting excellent corrosion resistance and excellent coating adhesion in painted metal materials; and a metal surface treatment method using the metal surface treatment agent. The problem is solved by a pretreatment agent that is used in a pretreatment of a chemical conversion treatment performed for forming a chemical conversion coating on/over a surface of a metal material, the pretreatment agent containing: a metal alkoxide (A) containing at least one metal element selected from zirconium, titanium, vanadium, and aluminum; and at least one sulfonic acid (B) selected from methanesulfonic acid, ethanesulfonic acid, hydroxymethanesulfonic acid, and hydroxyethanesulfonic acid. The problem is also solved by a chemical conversion treatment agent that contains a zirconium alkoxide (a) and a zirconium-containing ion supply source (b), and has a pH of 1.5 to 6.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Nihon Parkerizing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Amane Suzuki, Tomohiro Iko, Hidekazu Fukushi
  • Publication number: 20220389237
    Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing: a metal surface treatment agent which can form a film having excellent corrosion resistance and excellent hydrophilicity on or over a surface of a metal material; a method of producing a metal material having a film by using the metal surface treatment agent; and a metal material having a film, which is obtained by the method. A chemical agent, which contains prescribed amounts of a water-soluble or water-dispersible resin (A) and a compound (B) having a nitrile group and an amino group, is capable of forming a film having excellent corrosion resistance and excellent hydrophilicity on or over a surface of a metal material and, therefore, can solve the above-described problem.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Masaru Tokue, Yohei Otsu, Tomohiro Iko
  • Patent number: 11377568
    Abstract: The present invention addresses a problem of providing, for example, a metal surface treatment agent capable of forming a coating film that exhibits good corrosion resistance at edges, such as cut portions, of a coated metal material. The problem is solved by a metal surface treatment agent comprising: an ion (A) containing at least one kind of metal selected from zirconium, titanium and hafnium at a metal-equivalent molar concentration of 0.1 mmol/L or higher; and an aqueous urethane resin (B) having a weight-average molecular weight of 50,000 or higher at a solid mass concentration of 0.5 to 10 g/L, in which the ratio of a solid mass (BM) of the resin (B) to a metal-equivalent mass (AM) of the ion (A), [BM/AM], is 0.7 or higher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Nihon Parkerizing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Amane Suzuki, Tomohiro Iko
  • Publication number: 20210172068
    Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing, a metal surface treatment agent capable of exhibiting excellent corrosion resistance and excellent coating adhesion in painted metal materials; and a metal surface treatment method using the metal surface treatment agent. The problem is solved by a pretreatment agent that is used in a pretreatment of a chemical conversion treatment performed for forming a chemical conversion coating on/over a surface of a metal material, the pretreatment agent containing: a metal alkoxide (A) containing at least one metal element selected from zirconium, titanium, vanadium, and aluminum; and at least one sulfonic acid (B) selected from methanesulfonic acid, ethanesulfonic acid, hydroxymethanesulfonic acid, and hydroxyethanesulfonic acid. The problem is also solved by a chemical conversion treatment agent that contains a zirconium alkoxide (a) and a zirconium-containing ion supply source (b), and has a pH of 1.5 to 6.5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Amane Suzuki, Tomohiro Iko, Hidekazu Fukushi
  • Publication number: 20210155810
    Abstract: The present invention addresses a problem of providing, for example, a metal surface treatment agent capable of forming a coating film that exhibits good corrosion resistance at edges, such as cut portions, of a coated metal material. The problem is solved by a metal surface treatment agent comprising: an ion (A) containing at least one kind of metal selected from zirconium, titanium and hafnium at a metal-equivalent molar concentration of 0.1 mmol/L or higher; and an aqueous urethane resin (B) having a weight-average molecular weight of 50,000 or higher at a solid mass concentration of 0.5 to 10 g/L, in which the ratio of a solid mass (BM) of the resin (B) to a metal-equivalent mass (AM) of the ion (A), [BM/AM], is 0.7 or higher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Amane Suzuki, Tomohiro Iko
  • Patent number: 10450468
    Abstract: An aqueous surface treatment composition for coated steel sheet securing sufficient working adhesion while causing the formation of a surface treatment layer imparting excellent overhang corrosion resistance even without containing chrome, that is, a surface treatment composition containing a specific organic silicon compound, hexafluorometallic acid, a urethane resin having specific cationic groups, a vanadium compound, and an aqueous medium and sufficiently securing working adhesion while imparting excellent overhang corrosion resistance by the urethane resin having cationic groups and a total amine value of specific values is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignees: NIHON PARKERIZING CO., LTD., NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN COATED SHEET CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeki Yamamoto, Tomohiro Iko, Eisuke Kudo, Hiromasa Nomura, Hiroyuki Oyokawa
  • Publication number: 20160083590
    Abstract: An aqueous surface treatment composition for coated steel sheet securing sufficient working adhesion while causing the formation of a surface treatment layer imparting excellent overhang corrosion resistance even without containing chrome, that is, a surface treatment composition containing a specific organic silicon compound, hexafluorometallic acid, a urethane resin having specific cationic groups, a vanadium compound, and an aqueous medium and sufficiently securing working adhesion while imparting excellent overhang corrosion resistance by the urethane resin having cationic groups and a total amine value of specific values is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2014
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventors: Shigeki YAMAMOTO, Tomohiro IKO, Eisuke KUDO, Hiromasa NOMURA, Hiroyuki OYOKAWA
  • Patent number: 9175403
    Abstract: A composition for adhesion layer that is used for obtaining a multi-layered surface treatment steel sheet in which an adhesion layer is formed onto at least one surface of the steel sheet, and an upper layer and/or an intermediate layer which has a design and which contains a rust preventive pigment and/or a colored pigment is formed onto the adhesion layer; the composition including a cationic urethane resin and a silicon compound in an aqueous medium, and the ratio between the temperature at which the logarithmic decrement for the mixture of the cationic urethane resin and the silicon compound in the rigid-body pendulum type free damped vibration method shows the maximum value and the temperature at which the logarithmic decrement for the cationic urethane resin alone in the rigid-body pendulum type free damped vibration method shows the maximum value is in the range of 1.2 to 3.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: NIHON PARKERIZING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hidehiro Yamaguchi, Shigeki Yamamoto, Tomohiro Iko, Wei Li
  • Publication number: 20120190790
    Abstract: A composition for adhesion layer that is used for obtaining a multi-layered surface treatment steel sheet in which an adhesion layer is formed onto at least one surface of the steel sheet, and an upper layer and/or an intermediate layer which has a design and which contains a rust preventive pigment and/or a colored pigment is formed onto the adhesion layer; the composition including a cationic urethane resin and a silicon compound in an aqueous medium, and the ratio between the temperature at which the logarithmic decrement for the mixture of the cationic urethane resin and the silicon compound in the rigid-body pendulum type free damped vibration method shows the maximum value and the temperature at which the logarithmic decrement for the cationic urethane resin alone in the rigid-body pendulum type free damped vibration method shows the maximum value is in the range of 1.2 to 3.0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2009
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: NIHON PARKERIZING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hidehiro Yamaguchi, Shigeki Yamamoto, Tomohiro Iko, Wei LI