Patents Assigned to AGC Inc.
  • Publication number: 20240150224
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a glass ceramic including: a lithium disilicate-based crystal; and an SiO2-based crystal, in which a content of the lithium disilicate-based crystal and a content of the SiO2-based crystal are both equal to or greater than a content of crystal other than the lithium disilicate-based crystal and the SiO2-based crystal on a mass basis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuki KANEHARA, Yutaka KUROIWA, Shusaku AKIBA
  • Publication number: 20240151887
    Abstract: A retardation plate includes a transparent substrate, and a liquid crystal layer formed over the transparent substrate, wherein, when a tensile test is performed by pulling the retardation plate in a predetermined direction at a glass-transition temperature of the transparent substrate, a tensile elongation C defined by an equation of C=(B?A)/A×100 is 12% or more, where A is an initial size of the retardation plate in the predetermined direction, and B is a size of the retardation plate in the predetermined direction when a crack penetrating the liquid crystal layer in a thickness direction occurs over a length of 1 mm or more on a surface of the liquid crystal layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Kenta SEKIKAWA, Hiromichi NAGAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20240150683
    Abstract: To provide a solvent composition that can suppress corrosion of a metal, a cleaning method using the solvent composition, and a method for producing an article with a coating film. A solvent composition comprising, as a first component, 1-chloro-2,3,3-trifluoropropene and, as a second component, at least one member selected from the group consisting of 1,2,3,3-tetrachloropropene, 1,2,3-trichloro-3-fluoropropene, 1,3,3-trichloro-2-fluoropropene, 1,3-dichloro-2,3-difluoropropene, 2-chloro-3,3-difluoropropene, 2,3,3-trifluoropropene, 1,3-dichloro-1,2,2-trifluoropropane, 1-chloro-1,2,2,3-tetrafluoropropane, 2-chloro-1,1,3,3-tetrafluoropropane, 2-chloro-1,1,2-trifluoropropane and chloroform, characterized in that the ratio of the total content of the second component to the sum of the content of 1-chloro-2,3,3-trifluoropropene and the total content of the second component, is from 0.0001 to 1.0 mass %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventor: Satoshi KAWAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20240152044
    Abstract: A reflective mask blank includes a substrate; a multilayer reflective film that reflects EUV light; a phase shift film that shifts a phase of the EUV light, in this order. An opening pattern is to be formed in the phase shift film. The phase shift film has a refractive index of 0.920 or less with respect to the EUV light, an extinction coefficient of 0.024 or more with respect to the EUV light, a thickness of 50 nm or less, a normalized image log slope of 2.9 or more for a transferred image when a line-and-space pattern is formed on a target substrate, and a tolerance range of a focal depth of the transferred image is 60 nm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Daijiro AKAGI, Hiroaki IWAOKA, Shunya TAKI, Kenichi SASAKI, Ichiro ISHIKAWA, Toshiyuki UNO
  • Publication number: 20240150226
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a glass ceramic, in which a crystal contained in the largest amount on a mass basis is a lithium disilicate-based crystal, and a difference obtained by subtracting a ratio (mass %) of a content of a crystal contained in the second largest amount on a mass basis from a ratio (mass %) of a content of the lithium disilicate-based crystal is 20 mass % or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuki KANEHARA, Yutaka KUROIWA, Shusaku AKIBA
  • Publication number: 20240150530
    Abstract: To provide a resin composition, from which a molded body excellent in mechanical properties and having high elasticity, can be obtained, and the molded body obtained from such a resin composition. A resin composition comprising a melt-moldable fluororesin and inorganic fibers, wherein the ratio of the fluororesin to the sum of the fluororesin and the inorganic fibers is from 60 to 95 mass %, the inorganic fibers are inorganic fibers, of which at least a portion of the surface is treated with a sizing agent, and the mass loss ratio after heating the inorganic fibers at 400° C. for 60 minutes, is at most 3%; a method for producing the resin composition; and a molded body formed from the resin composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Norio OZAWA, Toru SASAKI, Masahide YODOGAWA
  • Publication number: 20240150633
    Abstract: To provide a working fluid for heat cycle having a low global warming potential, which can replace R410A, a composition for a heat cycle system comprising it, and a heat cycle system employing the composition. A working fluid for heat cycle, which comprises trifluoroethylene and 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, wherein the total proportion of trifluoroethylene and 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene based on the entire amount of the working fluid is from 70 to 100 mass %, and the proportion of trifluoroethylene based on the total amount of trifluoroethylene and 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene is from 35 to 95 mass %, a composition for a heat cycle system comprising the working fluid for heat cycle, and a heat cycle system employing the composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventor: Masato FUKUSHIMA
  • Publication number: 20240150225
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a glass ceramic, in which a crystal contained in the largest amount on a mass basis is a lithium disilicate-based crystal, and a ratio of Li ions in Li ion sites of the lithium disilicate-based crystal is less than 95%. The glass ceramic may have a light transmittance in terms of a thickness of 0.7 mm of 85% or more in a wavelength range of 400 nm to 1,000 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuki KANEHARA, Yutaka KUROIWA, Shusaku AKIBA
  • Publication number: 20240142680
    Abstract: An optical filter, includes: a substrate, a dielectric multilayer film 1 laid on or above one major surface of the substrate, and a dielectric multilayer film 2 laid on or above the other major surface of the substrate, in which the substrate includes a near infrared ray absorbing glass and a resin film, the resin film includes a resin and a pigment (NIR1), and the optical filter satisfies all of spectral characteristics (i-1) to (i-3), (i-6) to (i-8), and (i-10) to (i-13).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko SHIONO, Takashi NAGATA
  • Publication number: 20240145937
    Abstract: A radio wave control system includes a phase adjustment plate that transmits a radio wave from a second main surface to a first main surface and focuses the radio wave on a focal point; and a reflection plate installed at a position irradiated with the radio wave transmitted through the phase adjustment plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2024
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Akira KUMAGAI, Keisuke ARAI, Osamu KAGAYA, Yasuo MORIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240142681
    Abstract: An optical filter, includes: a substrate, a dielectric multilayer film 1 laid on or above one major surface of the substrate, and a dielectric multilayer film 2 laid on or above the other major surface of the substrate, in which the substrate includes a near infrared ray absorbing glass and a resin film, the resin film includes a resin and a pigment (NIR1), and the optical filter satisfies all of spectral characteristics (i-1) to (i-5), (i-7) to (i-10), (i-12) and (i-14).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko SHIONO, Takeru WAKABAYASHI, Takashi NAGATA
  • Publication number: 20240140855
    Abstract: An alkali free glass having an average coefficient of thermal expansion at 50 to 350° C. of 30×10?7 to 43×10?7/° C., a strain point of 650 to 725° C., a temperature T4 at which a viscosity reaches 104 dPa·s of 1,290° C. or lower, and a temperature T2 at which the viscosity reaches 102 dPa·s of 1,680° C. or lower, and including, as represented by mol % based on oxides: 62 to 67% of SiO2, 8 to 13% of MgO, 6 to 12% of CaO, 0.5 to 4% of SrO, and 0 to 0.5% of BaO, wherein MgO+CaO+SrO+BaO is 18 to 22%, and MgO/CaO is 0.8 or more, and the alkali free glass has a value expressed by the following Expression (I) of 4.6 or less: (7.87[A2O3]-8.5[B2O3]+11.35[MgO]+7.09[CaO]+5.52[SrO]?1.45[BaO])/[SiO2]?? Expression (I).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2024
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Hirofumi TOKUNAGA, Kazutaka ONO
  • Publication number: 20240141079
    Abstract: To provide a method for producing a perfluorinated compound, capable of easily producing a perfluorinated compound from which a high molecular weight polymer can be produced by a polymerization reaction, and a method for producing a fluorinated polymer using it.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: AGC INC.
    Inventors: Takeshi SHIONO, Takeshi Hirai
  • Publication number: 20240145924
    Abstract: An antenna and an antenna apparatus for vehicle that can achieve reduction in size are provided. The antenna includes a dielectric body, a radiation conductor disposed on a first principal surface side of the dielectric body, and a ground conductor disposed on a second principal surface side of the dielectric body. The ground conductor is a planar conductor disposed within a rectangular region having a length LG1 in a first direction and a length LG2 in a second direction. When the ground conductor is divided into a first region and a second region, the ground conductor includes a slit that starts extending toward the inside of the ground conductor starting from an outer edge of the ground conductor in the first region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2024
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Yusuke Kato, Shoichi Takeuchi, Hideaki Shoji, Toshiki Sayama
  • Patent number: 11969857
    Abstract: A method of producing a glass article includes holding a carrier having a circular shape, in which a glass substrate having a circular shape is retained, with an upper surface plate and a lower surface plate; and polishing the glass substrate by rotating the carrier with respect to the upper surface plate and the lower surface plate, to obtain the glass article. The glass substrate is disposed in the carrier such that, in a top plan view, a center of the carrier is included in a region of the glass substrate, and a center of the glass substrate is shifted from the center of the carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: AGC INC.
    Inventors: Toru Momose, Osamu Sato, Hirofumi Yamamoto, Nobuhiko Takeshita
  • Patent number: 11973259
    Abstract: An antenna unit to be used by being installed so as to face window glass of a building, the antenna unit including a radiating element, a reflective member configured to reflect electromagnetic waves radiated from the radiating element toward outside of the building, and a support unit configured to removably support the reflective member. An antenna unit attachment method includes installing an antenna unit so as to face window glass for a building, the antenna unit having a radiating element and a support unit, and supporting a reflective member that reflects electromagnetic waves radiated from the radiating element by the support unit on an outdoor side relative to the radiating element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignees: AGC Inc., AGC GLASS EUROPE, AGC FLAT GLASS NORTH AMERICA, INC., AGC Vidros do Brasil Ltda.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Hiramatsu, Mayu Ogawa, Ryuta Sonoda, Kentaro Oka, Ken Ebihara, Yuya Shimada
  • Publication number: 20240132718
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a curable composition that includes an oxyalkylene polymer A having an average of 4 to 8 terminal groups per molecule and having a reactive silicon group represented by: —SiXaR3-a (1) (in which R is a monovalent organic group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms and represents an organic group other than a hydrolyzable group, and X represents a halogen atom, a hydroxyl group, or a hydrolyzable group; a is an integer from 1 to 3; when a is 2 or more, X groups may be the same as or different from each other, and when a is 1, R groups may be the same as or different from each other), wherein the terminal group has the reactive silicon group, an unsaturated group, an isocyanate group or an active hydrogen-containing group, and the oxyalkylene polymer A has a hydroxyl group equivalent molecular weight of 500 to 1,750 per terminal group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuma KONNO, Takashi ITO, Daisuke KAKU, Yoshitaka SUNAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20240137075
    Abstract: A reflect array that sets a reflection angle of a radio wave to an angle that is different from an angle of specular reflection. The reflect array includes a plurality of cells arranged in an array. Each of the plurality of cells includes at least two main resonant elements and a parasitic resonant element coupled to the at least two main resonant elements. The parasitic resonant element is configured to adjust a resonant frequency of the parasitic resonant element and adjust a reflection phase of a surface of the reflect array by adjusting a resonant frequency of the at least two main resonant elements each adjacent to the parasitic resonant element, to which the parasitic resonant element is coupled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2024
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Akira KUMAGAI, Kotaro ENOMOTO, Osamu KAGAYA, Yutaka UI
  • Publication number: 20240134267
    Abstract: A reflective mask blank includes: a substrate; a Mo/Si multilayer reflection layer formed by alternately laminating a molybdenum (Mo) layer and a silicon (Si) layer on or above the substrate; an intermediate layer on or above the Mo/Si multilayer reflection layer; a barrier layer on or above the intermediate layer; a protective layer on or above the barrier layer; and an absorption layer on or above the protective layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2024
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Wataru NISHIDA, Masaru HORI, Takayoshi TSUTSUMI
  • Patent number: 11967768
    Abstract: A slot array antenna includes a dielectric layer, a power feeding unit, a first coplanar waveguide formed in a conductor layer provided on one surface of the dielectric layer, and a second coplanar waveguide formed in the conductor layer, wherein each of the first coplanar waveguide and the second coplanar waveguide includes a first end part connected to a point to which the power feeding unit is connected or situated in proximity and at least one second end part connected to at least one slot formed in the conductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: AGC INC.
    Inventors: Qiang Chen, Osamu Kagaya, Toshiki Sayama, Takeshi Motegi