US Patent Issued to HITACHI on July 29 for "Laminate, metal plating solution, and manufacturing process of laminate" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,792, issued on July 29, was assigned to HITACHI LTD. (Tokyo).

"Laminate, metal plating solution, and manufacturing process of laminate" was invented by Takuya Aoyagi (Tokyo), Hiroshi Kanemoto (Tokyo), Tomio Iwasaki (Tokyo), Toshinori Kawamura (Tokyo) and Hitoshi Suzuki (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The preset invention has as its object the provision of a laminate free of hexavalent chromium and excellent in corrosion resistance and wear resistance, and a manufacturing process of the laminate. To solve the above-described problems, a laminate according to the present invention includes a substrate, and a laminated film portio...