Patents by Inventor Toshihiro NIIKURA

Toshihiro NIIKURA 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: 20230349063
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method and system of electroplating using an anode that can be prepared relatively easily without the need for ancillary equipment or anolyte management, and without the need for expensive metals or special metals. The present invention relates to a method of electroplating an article with metal, the method comprising the steps of: allowing a current to flow in a plating bath containing ions of the metal and an organic compound additive, wherein the plating bath comprises the article as a cathode and a conductive base material as an anode, a part of a surface of the conductive base material is covered with an insulating material, and a remaining part is exposed, and a current flowing portion is dispersedly present in the anode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: DIPSOL CHEMICALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshihiro NIIKURA, Alec CHAFFEE, Tarek NAHLAWI, Shuntaro TSUKIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20200263314
    Abstract: The present invention provides a zinc or zinc alloy electroplating method comprising: performing energizing in an alkaline zinc or zinc alloy electroplating bath provided with a cathode and an anode, wherein the anode is an anode in which a conductive substrate is coated in a conductive state with alkali-resistant ceramics, the alkaline zinc or zinc alloy electroplating bath is an alkaline zinc plating bath containing an organic compound additive or an alkaline zinc alloy electroplating bath containing an amine chelating agent or an organic compound additive, oxidation decomposition, on a surface of the anode caused by the energizing, of the organic compound additive in the alkaline zinc plating bath or the amine chelating agent and the organic compound additive in the alkaline zinc alloy electroplating bath is suppressed as compared with a case of using as an anode the same conductive substrate uncoated with the alkali-resistant ceramics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Toshihiro NIIKURA, Akira HASHIMOTO, Manabu INOUE
  • Patent number: 10156020
    Abstract: The present invention provides a zinc alloy electroplating method comprising applying a current through an alkaline zinc alloy electroplating bath comprising a cathode and an anode, wherein a cathode region including the cathode and an anode region including the anode are separated from each other by an anion exchange membrane, a catholyte contained in the cathode region is an alkaline zinc alloy plating liquid, and an anolyte contained in the anode region is an aqueous alkaline solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: DIPSOL CHEMICALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshihiro Niikura, Takahiro Fujimori, Akira Hashimoto, Manabu Inoue
  • Patent number: 9903038
    Abstract: The present invention provides a zinc alloy electroplating method comprising applying a current through an alkaline zinc alloy electroplating bath comprising a cathode and an anode, wherein a cathode region including the cathode and an anode region including the anode are separated from each other by a separator comprising an electrically conductive electrolyte gel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: DIPSOL CHEMICALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshihiro Niikura, Hirofumi Shiga, Manabu Inoue
  • Publication number: 20170022625
    Abstract: The present invention provides a zinc alloy electroplating method comprising applying a current through an alkaline zinc alloy electroplating bath comprising a cathode and an anode, wherein a cathode region including the cathode and an anode region including the anode are separated from each other by a separator comprising an electrically conductive electrolyte gel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Applicant: DIPSOL CHEMICALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshihiro NIIKURA, Hirofumi SHIGA, Manabu INOUE
  • Publication number: 20170022621
    Abstract: The present invention provides a zinc alloy electroplating method comprising applying a current through an alkaline zinc alloy electroplating bath comprising a cathode and an anode, wherein a cathode region including the cathode and an anode region including the anode are separated from each other by an anion exchange membrane, a catholyte contained in the cathode region is an alkaline zinc alloy plating liquid, and an anolyte contained in the anode region is an aqueous alkaline solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Applicant: DIPSOL CHEMICALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshihiro NIIKURA, Takahiro FUJIMORI, Akira HASHIMOTO, Manabu INOUE