Chrome-plated part and manufacturing method of the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11248300-B2
Application number	US-201916291586-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 4, 2019
Priority date	Feb 13, 2009
Publication date	Feb 15, 2022
Grant date	Feb 15, 2022

Abstract

The present invention is to provide a chrome-plated part having a corrosion resistance in normal and specific circumstances and not requiring additional treatments after chrome plating, and to provide a manufacturing method of such a chrome-plated part.The chrome-plated part 1 includes: a substrate 2; a bright nickel plating layer 5b formed over the substrate 2; a noble potential nickel plating layer 5a formed on the bright nickel plating layer 5b. An electric potential difference between the bright nickel plating layer 5b and the noble potential nickel plating layer 5a is within a range from 40 mV to 150 mV. The chrome-plated part 1 further includes: a trivalent chrome plating layer 6 formed on the noble potential nickel plating layer 5a and having at least any one of a microporous structure and a microcrack structure.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method of manufacturing a chrome-plated part, comprising:
forming a bright nickel plating layer over a substrate;
forming a noble potential nickel plating layer on the bright nickel plating layer, wherein an electric potential difference between the bright nickel plating layer and the noble potential nickel plating layer is within a range from 40 mV to 120 mV, and the electric potential of the bright nickel plating layer is a base potential with respect to the noble potential nickel plating layer; and
forming a trivalent chrome plating layer on the noble potential nickel plating layer, the trivalent chrome plating layer having at least any one of a microporous structure or a microcrack structure,
wherein the trivalent chrome plating layer has a microporous density of 10,000/cm 2 or more,
wherein the trivalent chrome plating layer is amorphous,
wherein the bright nickel plating layer comprises using a first brightening agent and a second brightening agent,
wherein the first brightening agent comprises 1,5-sodium naphthalene disulfonate, 1,3,6-sodium naphthalene trisulfonate, saccharin, or paratoluene sulfonamide, and
wherein the second brightening agent comprises formaldehyde, 1,4-butynediol, propargyl alcohol, ethylene cyanohydrin, coumarin, thiourea, or sodium allylsulfonate.

2. The method of manufacturing a chrome-plated part according to claim 1 , wherein the noble potential nickel plating layer is formed via a first plating bath into which aluminum oxide is dispersed.

3. The method of manufacturing a chrome-plated part according to claim 1 , wherein the electric potential difference between the bright nickel plating layer and the noble potential nickel plating layer is within a range from 60 mV to 120 mV.

4. A method of manufacturing a chrome-plated part, comprising:
forming a bright nickel plating layer over a substrate;
forming a noble potential nickel plating layer on the bright nickel plating layer, wherein an electric potential difference between the bright nickel plating layer and the noble potential nickel plating layer is within a range from 40 mV to 120 mV, and the electric potential of the bright nickel plating layer is a base potential with respect to the noble potential nickel plating layer; and
forming a trivalent chrome plating layer on the noble potential nickel plating layer, the trivalent chrome plating layer having at least any one of a microporous structure or a microcrack structure,
wherein the trivalent chrome plating layer has a microporous density of 10,000/cm 2 or more,
wherein the trivalent chrome plating layer is amorphous, and
wherein an amount of an electric potential adjuster added in a first plating bath to form the noble potential nickel plating layer is adjusted to be more than that added in a second plating bath to form the bright nickel plating layer.

5. The method of manufacturing a chrome-plated part according to claim 4 , wherein the noble potential nickel plating layer is formed via the first plating bath into which aluminum oxide is dispersed.

6. The method of manufacturing a chrome-plated part according to claim 4 , wherein the electric potential difference between the bright nickel plating layer and the noble potential nickel plating layer is within a range from 60 mV to 120 mV.

7. A method of manufacturing a chrome-plated part, comprising:
forming a bright nickel plating layer over a substrate;
forming a noble potential nickel plating layer on the bright nickel plating layer, wherein an electric potential difference between the bright nickel plating layer and the noble potential nickel plating layer is within a range from 40 mV to 120 mV, and the electric potential of the bright nickel plating layer is a base potential with respect to the noble potential nickel plating layer; and
forming a trivalent chrome plating layer on the noble potential nickel plating layer, the trivalent chrome plating layer having at least any one of a microporous structure or a microcrack structure,
wherein the trivalent chrome plating layer has a microporous density of 10,000/cm 2 or more,
wherein the trivalent chrome plating layer is amorphous, and
wherein the noble potential nickel plating layer is formed via a first plating bath into which a compound comprising at least any one of silicon or aluminum is dispersed.

8. The method of manufacturing a chrome-plated part according to claim 7 , wherein the noble potential nickel plating layer is formed via the first plating bath into which aluminum oxide is dispersed.

9. The method of manufacturing a chrome-plated part according to claim 7 , wherein the electric potential difference between the bright nickel plating layer and the noble potential nickel plating layer is within a range from 60 mV to 120 mV.

Assignees

• Nissan Motor
• Atotech Deutschland Gmbh

Inventors

• Sugawara Soichiro
• Sakai Hiroshi
• Hartmann Philip

Classifications

• C25D5/14 Primary

  two or more layers being of nickel or chromium, e.g. duplex or triplex layers · CPC title

• C25D5/625

  Discontinuous layers, e.g. microcracked layers · CPC title

• C25D5/619

  Amorphous layers · CPC title

• C23C28/322 Primary

  only coatings of metal elements only · CPC title

• C25D3/12

  of nickel or cobalt · CPC title