IP Library Granted Patent US 8,221,559
Granted Patent B2
US 8,221,559 · App. 12/077,464 · Granted Jul 17, 2012

Metal surface treatment liquid for cation electrodeposition coating

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Patent No.
US 8,221,559
App. No.
12/077,464
Granted
Jul 17, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A surface treatment with a zirconium ion that enables sufficient throwing power and superior anti-corrosion properties to be exhibited when thus surface treated metal base material is subjected to cation electrodeposition coating is provided. A metal surface treatment liquid thereof for cation electrodeposition coating includes zirconium ions, copper ions, and other metal ions, and having a pH of 1.5 to 6.5, in which: the other metal ions are at least one selected from the group consisting of tin ions, indium ions, aluminum ions, niobium ions, tantalum ions, yttrium ions and cerium ions; the concentration of zirconium ions is 10 to 10,000 ppm; the concentration ratio of the copper ions to the zirconium ions is 0.005 to 1 on a mass basis; and the concentration ratio of the other metal ions to the copper ions is 0.1 to 1,000 on a mass basis.

Claims (9)

1. A metal surface treatment liquid for cation electrodeposition coating which comprises zirconium ions, copper ions and other metal ions, and has a pH of 1.5 to 6.5, wherein:

the other metal ions are at least one selected from the group consisting of tin ions, indium ions, aluminum ions, niobium ions, tantalum ions, yttrium ions and cerium ions;

the concentration of zirconium ions is in the range of 10 to 10,000 ppm;

the concentration ratio of the copper ions to the zirconium ions is in the range of 0.005 to 1 on a mass basis; and

the concentration ratio of the other metal ions to the copper ions is in the range of 0.1 to 1,000 on a mass basis; and

further comprising a hydrolysis condensate of aminosilane.

2. A metal surface treatment liquid for cation electrodeposition coating according to claim 1 , wherein said other metal ions are tin ions and/or aluminum ions.

3. A metal surface treatment liquid for cation electrodeposition coating according to claim 1 further comprising a fluorine ion, wherein the amount of the free fluorine ion at a pH of 3.0 is in the range of 0.1 to 50 ppm.

4. A metal surface treatment liquid for cation electrodeposition coating according to claim 1 further comprising a chelate compound.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 27, 2016
From: NIPPON PAINT CO., LTD.
To: NIPPON PAINT HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 040775/0377 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 27, 2016
From: NIPPON PAINT HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
To: NIPPON PAINT SURF CHEMICALS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 040775/0936 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 6, 2008
From: INBE, TOSHIO; KAMEDA, HIROSHI; KOLBERG, THOMAS
To: NIPPON PAINT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 021090/0706 →