Patents by Inventor Tsukasa NIWA

Tsukasa NIWA 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: 20250207285
    Abstract: The additive for an acidic zinc alloy plating bath according to the present invention is used for obtaining an acidic zinc alloy plating bath capable of obtaining a zinc alloy plating film with a good appearance and contains as active ingredients a glycine-containing water-soluble substance and an aliphatic polyamine whose carbon number is 12 or less. The glycine/polyamine ratio, which is a ratio of a glycine-equivalent molar concentration of the glycine-containing water-soluble substance to a molar concentration of the aliphatic polyamine, may be preferably 0.1 or more and 40 or less. The present invention also provides an acidic zinc alloy plating bath containing the above additive, and a zinc alloy plating film that is formed using the above acidic zinc alloy plating bath.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Publication date: June 26, 2025
    Inventors: Shogo NISHIHARA, Tsukasa NIWA, Toshihiro SUGIURA, Yasunori AOKI
  • Patent number: 11851767
    Abstract: As a rust prevention member that has excellent corrosion resistance, while being provided with a coating film that contains Si, a rust prevention member which is provided with a base material, a zinc-based plating layer that is provided on the base material, and a chemical conversion coating film that contains Si and is provided on the zinc-based plating layer is described. This rust prevention member is characterized in that the chemical conversion coating film has an Si-rich region on the surface side, said Si-rich region having an atomic ratio of the Si content to the Zn content of 1 or more, while having a thickness of 100 nm or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: YUKEN INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsukasa Niwa, Toshihiro Sugiura, Yoshiki Hiramatsu, Hiroki Yoshida
  • Patent number: 11851766
    Abstract: The chemical conversion treatment liquid according to the present invention, which is cobalt-free and is capable of forming a chemical conversion film having excellent corrosion resistance, contains a water-soluble trivalent chromium-containing substance, a water-soluble titanium-containing substance, and a water-soluble lactic acid-containing substance as essential components and may optionally contain a component at least a part of which is any of a water-soluble glycolic acid-containing substance and a water-soluble ineffective organic acid-containing substance. The water-soluble ineffective organic acid-containing substance is a water-soluble organic acid-containing substance based on an ineffective organic acid that is an organic acid other than lactic acid and other than glycolic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Inventors: Tsukasa Niwa, Masayuki Ooguchi, Yoshiki Hiramatsu
  • Publication number: 20230144193
    Abstract: The chemical conversion treatment liquid according to the present invention, which is cobalt-free and is capable of forming a chemical conversion film having excellent corrosion resistance, contains a water-soluble trivalent chromium-containing substance, a water-soluble titanium-containing substance, and a water-soluble lactic acid-containing substance as essential components and may optionally contain a component at least a part of which is any of a water-soluble glycolic acid-containing substance and a water-soluble ineffective organic acid-containing substance. The water-soluble ineffective organic acid-containing substance is a water-soluble organic acid-containing substance based on an ineffective organic acid that is an organic acid other than lactic acid and other than glycolic acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Tsukasa NIWA, Masayuki OOGUCHI, Yoshiki HIRAMATSU
  • Publication number: 20230140575
    Abstract: A reactive chemical conversion treatment liquid capable of forming a Si-containing chemical conversion film is provided. The chemical conversion treatment liquid contains colloidal silica, a trivalent chromium-containing water-soluble substance, and a high pKa organic acid-containing water-soluble substance such as a hydroxymonocarboxylic acid and may further contain a film-formable metal-containing water-soluble substance in a preferred embodiment, and the pH of the chemical conversion treatment liquid is 3.0 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Tsukasa NIWA, Toshihiro SUGIURA, Yoshiki HIRAMATSU, Hiroki YOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20220411950
    Abstract: The alkaline zinc-iron plating bath according to the present invention includes a zinc compound, an alkali hydroxide, a metal salt containing iron, and a complexing agent, in which the complexing agent is an aliphatic compound having five or more hydroxy groups. When the aliphatic compound having a chain structure and five or more hydroxy groups is used as the complexing agent, for example, due to an inhibitor effect thereof, redissolution of a deposited plating film is prevented; and as a result, a thick plating film can be efficiently formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Mari ASANO, Kiyohiko WATABE, Tsukasa NIWA
  • Patent number: 11504686
    Abstract: A synthesis device comprises a plurality of pipes, a feeding unit, a reaction vessel, and a measurement mechanism. The pipes extend from a plurality of storage containers, respectively, in which a plurality of types of solutions are stored. The feeding unit is configured to feed the solutions in the storage containers through the pipes. The solutions selectively fed from the storage containers are put in the reaction vessel to generate a synthesized product by chemical synthesis. The measuring mechanism is provided between the storage containers and the reaction vessel in a middle of an overall flow path including the pipes, the measuring mechanism being configured to measure the solutions fed to the reaction vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: TORAY ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chisa Inaka, Tsukasa Niwa, Takashi Iwade, Kazunori Nakakita
  • Patent number: 10981133
    Abstract: A chemical synthesis device includes a reaction vessel, a waste liquid tank and an intermediate container. A chemical is supplied to the reaction vessel. The waste liquid tank is configured to hold waste liquid discharged from the reaction vessel. The intermediate container has a smaller capacity than the waste liquid tank. The intermediate container is provided between the reaction vessel and the waste liquid tank, via a waste liquid pipe. The pressure of the intermediate container is adjusted to adjust the flow supplied to the reaction vessel and the flow discharged from the reaction vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: TORAY ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsukasa Niwa, Chisa Inaka
  • Patent number: 10874785
    Abstract: A component concentration sensing system includes a first component concentration sensor, a collector and a second component concentration sensor. The first component concentration sensor is provided to a channel through which flows a liquid whose component concentration is to be sensed, and is configured to irradiate the liquid with light and sense the component concentration in the liquid from a degree of light absorption. The collector is arranged to collect the liquid flowing through the channel. The second component concentration sensor is configured to irradiate the liquid collected in the collector with light and sense the component concentration in the liquid from the degree of light absorption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: TORAY ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tsukasa Niwa
  • Publication number: 20200254410
    Abstract: A synthesis device comprises a plurality of pipes, a feeding unit, a reaction vessel, and a measurement mechanism. The pipes extend from a plurality of storage containers, respectively, in which a plurality of types of solutions are stored. The feeding unit is configured to feed the solutions in the storage containers through the pipes. The solutions selectively fed from the storage containers are put in the reaction vessel to generate a synthesized product by chemical synthesis. The measuring mechanism is provided between the storage containers and the reaction vessel in a middle of an overall flow path including the pipes, the measuring mechanism being configured to measure the solutions fed to the reaction vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Chisa INAKA, Tsukasa NIWA, Takashi IWADE, Kazunori NAKAKITA
  • Publication number: 20200179890
    Abstract: A chemical synthesis device includes a reaction vessel, a waste liquid tank and an intermediate container. A chemical is supplied to the reaction vessel. The waste liquid tank is configured to hold waste liquid discharged from the reaction vessel. The intermediate container has a smaller capacity than the waste liquid tank. The intermediate container is provided between the reaction vessel and the waste liquid tank, via a waste liquid pipe. The pressure of the intermediate container is adjusted to adjust the flow supplied to the reaction vessel and the flow discharged from the reaction vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Tsukasa NIWA, Chisa INAKA
  • Publication number: 20200115803
    Abstract: As a rust prevention member that has excellent corrosion resistance, while being provided with a coating film that contains Si, a rust prevention member which is provided with a base material, a zinc-based plating layer that is provided on the base material, and a chemical conversion coating film that contains Si and is provided on the zinc-based plating layer is described. This rust prevention member is characterized in that the chemical conversion coating film has an Si-rich region on the surface side, said Si-rich region having an atomic ratio of the Si content to the Zn content of 1 or more, while having a thickness of 100 nm or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Applicant: YUKEN INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsukasa NIWA, Toshihiro SUGIURA, Yoshiki HIRAMATSU, Hiroki YOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20200023114
    Abstract: A component concentration sensing system includes a first component concentration sensor, a collector and a second component concentration sensor. The first component concentration sensor is provided to a channel through which flows a liquid whose component concentration is to be sensed, and is configured to irradiate the liquid with light and sense the component concentration in the liquid from a degree of light absorption. The collector is arranged to collect the liquid flowing through the channel. The second component concentration sensor is configured to irradiate the liquid collected in the collector with light and sense the component concentration in the liquid from the degree of light absorption.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Inventor: Tsukasa NIWA