IP Library Granted Patent US 8,043,708
Granted Patent B2
US 8,043,708 · App. 11/107,272 · Granted Oct 25, 2011

Surface-treated metal, method for producing the same, exhaust component for two-wheeled vehicle or four-wheeled vehicle, and interior and exterior component for domestic appliance

Assignee: Nippon Steel & Sumikin Stainless Steel Corporation
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Patent No.
US 8,043,708
App. No.
11/107,272
Granted
Oct 25, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A surface-treated metal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention can include a metal base material, and an inorganic-organic composite film formed on at least a portion of a surface of the metal base material. The inorganic-organic composite film may have a siloxane bond as a main bond in a main skeleton. The film may further have, in bonds of either or both of the main skeleton and/or a side chain, either or both of an ether bond and/or an amino bond. The film may also include an alkyl group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, an aryl group, a carboxyl group, an amino group, and/or a hydroxyl group.

Claims (44)

1. A surface-treated metal, comprising:

a metal base material treated with an organic SiO 2 ; and

an inorganic-organic composite film provided on at least a portion of a surface of the metal base material treated with the organic SiO 2 , wherein the inorganic-organic composite film comprises:

a siloxane bond as a main bond in a main skeleton,

at least one of an ether bond or an amino bond in bonds of at least one of the main skeleton or a side chain,

at least one organic group which includes at least one of an alkyl group having approximately 1 to 12 carbon atoms, an aryl group, a carboxyl group, an amino group, or a hydroxyl group,

at least one phenyl group, and

at least one or more of oxides having at least one or more of Cu, Fe, Mn, Cr or Co as constituent components, carbon black, graphite powder, or carbon black subjected to a graphitization treatment,

wherein a percentage of an organic component in the inorganic-organic composite film to an overall composition of the inorganic-organic composite film is at least 0.5% by mass and at most 50% by mass, and

wherein a ratio of a content of the ether bond and the amino bond in the bonds in the inorganic-organic composite film to a content of the siloxane bond is 0.01 or more and 0.5 or less.

2. The surface-treated metal according to claim 1 , wherein the inorganic-organic composite film further comprises at least one of nickel particles or nickel oxide particles.

3. The surface-treated metal according to claim 1 , wherein the inorganic-organic composite film has zirconium in a molar ratio of zirconium to silicon Zr/Si of 1/20 to 2/3.

4. The surface-treated metal according to claim 1 , wherein the inorganic-organic composite film has the alkyl group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms as the organic group, and a portion of the alkyl group is a fluoro-substituted alkyl group.

5. The surface-treated metal according to claim 1 , wherein the metal base material is one of a plated steel sheet, a stainless steel sheet, a titanium sheet, an aluminum sheet, or an aluminum alloy sheet.

6. An exhaust component for a two-wheeled vehicle or a four-wheeled vehicle, comprising the surface-treated metal according to any one of claims 1 and 2 - 5 .

7. An interior and exterior component for a domestic appliance, comprising:

a surface-treated metal comprising a metal base material treated with an organic SiO 2 and an inorganic-organic composite film provided on at least a portion of a surface of the metal base material treated with the organic SiO 2 , wherein the inorganic-organic composite film comprises:

a siloxane bond as a main bond in a main skeleton,

at least one of an ether bond or an amino bond in bonds of at least one of the main skeleton or a side chain,

at least one organic group which includes at least one of an alkyl group having approximately 1 to 12 carbon atoms, an aryl group, a carboxyl group, an amino group, or a hydroxyl group,

at least one phenyl group, and

at least one or more of oxides having at least one or more of Cu, Fe, Mn, Cr or Co as constituent components, carbon black, graphite powder, or carbon black subjected to a graphitization treatment,

wherein a percentage of an organic component in the inorganic-organic composite film to an overall composition of the inorganic-organic composite film is at least 0.5% by mass and at most 50% by mass, and

wherein a ratio of a content of the ether bond and the amino bond in the bonds in the inorganic-organic composite film to a content of the siloxane bond is 0.01 or more and 0.5 or less.

8. An interior and exterior component for a domestic appliance, comprising:

a component body treated with an organic SiO 2 ; and

an inorganic-organic composite film provided on at least a portion of the surface of the component body treated with the organic SiO 2 , wherein the inorganic-organic composite film comprises:

a siloxane bond as a main bond in a main skeleton,

at least one of an ether bond or an amino bond in bonds of at least one of the main skeleton or a side chain,

at least one organic group of an alkyl group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, an aryl group, a carboxyl group, an amino group, or a hydroxyl group,

at least one phenyl group, and

at least one or more of oxides having at least one or more of Cu, Fe, Mn, Cr or Co as constituent components, carbon black, graphite powder, or carbon black subjected to a graphitization treatment,

wherein a percentage of an organic component in the inorganic-organic composite film to an overall composition of the inorganic-organic composite film is at least 0.5% by mass and at most 50% by mass, and

wherein a ratio of a content of the ether bond and the amino bond in the bonds in the inorganic-organic composite film to a content of the siloxane bond is 0.01 or more and 0.5 or less.

9. An exhaust component for a two-wheeled vehicle or a four-wheeled vehicle, comprising:

a component body treated with an organic SiO 2 ;

an inorganic-organic composite film formed on at least a portion of the surface of the component body treated with the organic SiO 2 , wherein the inorganic-organic composite film comprises:

a siloxane bond as a main bond in a main skeleton,

at least one of an ether bond or an amino bond in bonds of at least one of the main skeleton or a side chain,

at least one organic group of an alkyl group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, an aryl group, a carboxyl group, an amino group, or a hydroxyl group,

at least one phenyl group, and

at least one or more of oxides having at least one or more of Cu, Fe, Mn, Cr or Co as constituent components, carbon black, graphite powder, or carbon black subjected to a graphitization treatment,

wherein a percentage of an organic component in the inorganic-organic composite film to an overall composition of the inorganic-organic composite film is at least 0.5% by mass and at most 50% by mass, and

wherein a ratio of a content of the ether bond and the amino bond in the bonds in the inorganic-organic composite film to a content of the siloxane bond is 0.01 or more and 0.5 or less.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 8, 2021
From: NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN STAINLESS STEEL CORPORATION
To: NIPPON STEEL STAINLESS STEEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 056805/0030 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 15, 2005
From: KANAI, TAKAO; KANAI, HIROSHI
To: NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN STAINLESS STEEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 016482/0320 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP P 2004-121843 · Apr 16, 2004 · national
JP P 2004-352751 · Dec 6, 2004 · national
Continuity (1)
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