IP Library Granted Patent US 12,448,581
Granted Patent B2
US 12,448,581 · App. 18/564,198 · Granted Oct 21, 2025

Agent, oil country tubular goods, and threaded joint for oil country tubular goods

Inventors: Yasuhide Ishiguro (Tokyo, JP); Seigo Goto (Tokyo, JP); Takashi Koga (Tokyo, JP); Takamasa Kawai (Tokyo, JP); Seiji Ozaki (Tokyo, JP); Hideo Sato (Tokyo, JP); Sachiko Fujimoto (Tokyo, JP); Koichi Shoda (Tokyo, JP); Akira Okubo (Tokyo, JP); Ryota Kobayashi (Tokyo, JP); Ryota Kubo (Tokyo, JP); Kota Toyosawa (Tokyo, JP)
Assignees: JFE STEEL CORPORATION; TOYO DRILUBE CO., LTD.
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Patent No.
US 12,448,581
App. No.
18/564,198
Granted
Oct 21, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An agent for forming a solid lubricating coating film on a tightening surface of a thread portion, in which a solid lubricant is dispersed in a binder resin as a matrix component, a main component of the solid lubricant is melamine cyanurate, and an average particle diameter of the melamine cyanurate is 0.1 μm or more and 10.0 μm or less, the binder resin contains an alkyd resin and nitrocellulose, and the alkyd resin and nitrocellulose are contained in an amount of 85 wt % or more of the total binder resin component weight, and a total weight of the solid lubricant is 10 parts by weight or more and 100 parts by weight or less based on 100 parts by weight of a total weight of the binder resin.

Claims (56)

1. An agent for forming a solid lubricating coating film on a thread portion of oil country tubular goods, wherein

a solid lubricant is dispersed in a binder resin,

a main component of the solid lubricant is melamine cyanurate, and an average particle diameter of the melamine cyanurate is 0.1 μm or more and 10.0 μm or less,

the binder resin contains an alkyd resin and nitrocellulose, and the alkyd resin and nitrocellulose are contained in an amount of 85 wt % or more of the total binder resin component weight, and

a total weight of the solid lubricant is 10 parts by weight or more and 100 parts by weight or less based on 100 parts by weight of a total weight of the binder resin.

2. The agent according to claim 1 , wherein a weight of the nitrocellulose is 0.5 times or more and 3 times or less a weight of the alkyd resin.

3. The agent according to claim 1 , comprising

a solvent, wherein

the solvent contains one or more materials selected from mineral spirits, aromatics, alcohols, ester-based solvents, and ketone-based solvents, and

a weight of the solvent is 20% or more and 80% or less of the total weight of the solid lubricant and the binder resin.

4. The agent according to claim 1 , wherein an oil length of the alkyd resin is 10 to 60.

5. The agent according to claim 1 , comprising:

one or more materials selected from dibutyl phthalate (DBP), dimethyl phthalate (DMP), and diethyl phthalate (DEP) as a plasticizer; and

the plasticizer in an amount of 10 parts by weight or more and 20 parts by weight or less based on 100 parts by weight of the nitrocellulose.

6. Oil country tubular goods with a lubricating coating film including a solid lubricating coating film formed on a thread portion, wherein

the solid lubricating coating film includes a solid lubricant dispersed in a binder resin,

a main component of the solid lubricant is melamine cyanurate, and an average particle diameter of the melamine cyanurate is 0.1 μm or more and 10.0 μm or less,

the binder resin contains an alkyd resin and nitrocellulose, and the alkyd resin and nitrocellulose are contained in an amount of 85 wt % or more of the total binder resin component weight,

the total weight of the solid lubricant is 10 parts by weight or more and 100 parts by weight or less with respect to 100 parts by weight of the total weight of the binder resin, and

a thickness of the solid lubricating coating film is 10 μm or more and 150 μm or less.

7. The oil country tubular goods according to claim 6 , wherein

the lubricating coating film includes a base layer between a tightening surface of the thread portion and the solid lubricating coating film, and

the base layer includes a Mn phosphate chemical conversion treatment film, a zinc phosphate chemical conversion treatment film, or an electroplating film containing one or more metals selected from Cu, Sn, and Zn.

8. The oil country tubular goods according to claim 6 , wherein

the solid lubricating coating film has a pencil hardness of 2 B or more.

9. A threaded joint for oil country tubular goods connecting a box having a female thread and a pin having a male thread, wherein

at least one oil country tubular goods of the box and the pin includes the oil country tubular goods on which the lubricating coating film is formed according to claim 6 .

10. The threaded joint for oil country tubular goods according to claim 9 , wherein

the lubricating coating film including the solid lubricating coating film is formed on a thread portion of one of the box and the pin, and

a second solid lubricating coating film that is softer than the solid lubricating coating film is formed on a thread portion of the other of the box and the pin.

11. The threaded joint for oil country tubular goods according to claim 10 , wherein

the second solid lubricating coating film is formed by dispersing a second solid lubricant in a second binder resin,

the second binder resin contains a fluorine-based organic compound as a main component, and

the second solid lubricant contains one or more compounds using a material selected from fatty acids in the following group X and a material selected from metal elements in the following group Y:

Group X: stearic acid, isostearic acid, behenic acid, lauric acid, and 12-hydroxystearic acid;

Group Y: Li, Na, Mg, Al, Ca, Zn, and Ba.

12. The threaded joint for oil country tubular goods according to claim 10 , wherein the second solid lubricating coating film has a pencil hardness of 3 B or less.

13. The agent according to claim 2 , comprising

a solvent, wherein

the solvent contains one or more materials selected from mineral spirits, aromatics, alcohols, ester-based solvents, and ketone-based solvents, and

a weight of the solvent is 20% or more and 80% or less of the total weight of the solid lubricant and the binder resin.

14. The agent according to claim 2 , wherein an oil length of the alkyd resin is 10 to 60.

15. The agent according to claim 3 , wherein an oil length of the alkyd resin is 10 to 60.

16. The agent according to claim 13 , wherein an oil length of the alkyd resin is 10 to 60.

17. The agent according to claim 2 , comprising:

one or more materials selected from dibutyl phthalate (DBP), dimethyl phthalate (DMP), and diethyl phthalate (DEP) as a plasticizer; and

the plasticizer in an amount of 10 parts by weight or more and 20 parts by weight or less based on 100 parts by weight of the nitrocellulose.

18. The agent according to claim 3 , comprising:

one or more materials selected from dibutyl phthalate (DBP), dimethyl phthalate (DMP), and diethyl phthalate (DEP) as a plasticizer; and

the plasticizer in an amount of 10 parts by weight or more and 20 parts by weight or less based on 100 parts by weight of the nitrocellulose.

19. The agent according to claim 4 , comprising:

one or more materials selected from dibutyl phthalate (DBP), dimethyl phthalate (DMP), and diethyl phthalate (DEP) as a plasticizer; and

the plasticizer in an amount of 10 parts by weight or more and 20 parts by weight or less based on 100 parts by weight of the nitrocellulose.

20. The agent according to claim 13 , comprising:

one or more materials selected from dibutyl phthalate (DBP), dimethyl phthalate (DMP), and diethyl phthalate (DEP) as a plasticizer; and

the plasticizer in an amount of 10 parts by weight or more and 20 parts by weight or less based on 100 parts by weight of the nitrocellulose.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 27, 2023
From: ISHIGURO, YASUHIDE; GOTO, SEIGO; KOGA, TAKASHI; KAWAI, TAKAMASA; OZAKI, SEIJI; SATO, HIDEO; FUJIMOTO, SACHIKO; SHODA, KOICHI; OKUBO, AKIRA; KOBAYASHI, RYOTA; KUBO, RYOTA; TOYOSAWA, KOTA
To: JFE STEEL CORPORATION; TOYO DRILUBE CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-091464 · May 31, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
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