Patents Assigned to Central Glass Company
  • Patent number: 11563263
    Abstract: Provided is a glass antenna having an improved circularly polarized wave reception bandwidth in a frequency range from 1 to 2 GHz. The glass antenna has a core-side feeding part, a ground-side feeding part arranged adjacent to the core-side feeding part, a first element extending from the ground-side feeding part, and a parasitic element including a first wire, a second wire arranged parallel or substantially parallel to the first wire and a third wire connecting the first and second wires. The parasitic element is disposed to surround the core-side and ground-side feeding parts between an edge of a metal body part adjacent to the core-side and ground-side feeding parts and the third wire. A blank portion is provided between the parasitic element and the first element such that the parasitic element and the first element allow resonance with a radio wave in any arbitrary frequency band within the frequency range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Central Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Kazuhito Toonoe, Kanya Hirabayashi
  • Publication number: 20220396125
    Abstract: A vehicle glazing according to this disclosure comprises a glass sheet or glass sheets, and an ultraviolet light sensor for sensing an amount of ultraviolet light transmitted through the glass sheet or sheets. The ultraviolet light sensor may be provided on a glass surface as to receive light transmitted through at least one of the glass sheets and may be formed with an indicator showing information of the interior UV status.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Applicant: Central Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Linda Anne Leonard, Emily Anne Curtis, Michael Bard
  • Patent number: 11518705
    Abstract: A nozzle tip for producing glass fibers has a pair of long-side walls and a pair of short-side walls, each of the long-side walls and the short-side walls containing platinum or a platinum alloy, and a nozzle orifice for discharging the glass melt, the nozzle orifice being formed by the long-side walls and the short-side walls. The nozzle orifice has a flat hole shape in horizontal cross-section. Each of the long-side walls has a cut-out on a discharge side of the glass melt, a width of the cut-out being 10-55% of a length of a longitudinal center axis of the flat hole shape of the nozzle orifice. The pair of long-side walls has a symmetrical shape about the center axis of the nozzle orifice. This nozzle tip makes it possible to efficiently produce glass fibers having a desired cross-sectional shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Central Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Fujii, Masanori Saito
  • Patent number: 11519557
    Abstract: The method for producing a filled container of the present invention includes: providing a metal storage container, at least an inner surface of which is formed of a manganese steel and in which the inner surface has a surface roughness Rmax of 10 ?m or less; performing fluorination by bringing the inner surface of the storage container into contact with a gas containing at least one first fluorine-containing gas selected from the group consisting of ClF3, IF7, BrF5, F2, and WF6 at 50° C. or lower; purging the inside of the storage container with an inert gas; and filling the inside of the storage container with at least one second fluorine-containing gas selected from the group consisting of ClF3, IF7, BrF5, F2, and WF6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Central Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Akifumi Yao, Masakiyo Nagatomo, Shinya Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20220348477
    Abstract: A tungsten hexafluoride manufacturing method of the present invention includes a reaction step of reacting tungsten with a gas of a fluorine element-containing compound so as to obtain a mixture that contains tungsten hexafluoride and hydrogen fluoride-containing impurities, and a discharge step of performing distillation of the mixture while performing a discharge operation at least two or more times during the distillation so as to obtain tungsten hexafluoride, the discharge operation being an operation in which a storage operation and a purge operation are alternately performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicant: CENTRAL GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Takashi SUENAGA, Takuya KITA, Ryuichi NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20220349837
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing optical distortion information of a vehicle glazing are disclosed. In one example, a method comprises obtaining and analyzing, via at least one processor of a computing device, optical characteristics of the vehicle glazing; generating digitized optical distortion information for the vehicle glazing based on analysis results; generating identification information for the vehicle glazing; and associating the digitized optical distortion information with the identification information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicant: CENTRAL GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Michael BARD, Markus Walter POHLEN, Donald Philip MICHELOTTI, Yu MATSUDA, Linda Anne LEONARD
  • Publication number: 20220347973
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an automotive glass product comprising a glazing having at least one glass substrate, a first image, and a second image separated in space from the first image, wherein the first image and the second image are at least partially aligned at an angle through the glass product, and wherein the first image and the second image provide a three-dimensional pictograph from at least one viewing angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicant: Central Glass Company, Limited
    Inventor: Michael Bard
  • Publication number: 20220324205
    Abstract: A method of preparing a glazing, comprising: stacking a first glass sheet, a first interlayer, a photopolymer film, a second interlayer, and a second glass sheet to provide a lamination stack; &airing the lamination stack; autoclaving the lamination stack to provide a laminated glazing; applying a reactive light to the photopolymer film in the laminated glazing, wherein reactive light is applied to the laminated glazing through a master holographic film; and bleaching the laminated glazing such that the photopolymer film is no longer reactive to light exposure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Applicant: CENTRAL GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Markus Walter POHLEN, Steven Scott CHRISTMAN, Emily Anne CURTIS, Yu MATSUDA, Michael BARD
  • Publication number: 20220314753
    Abstract: The vehicle rear information acquisition system of the disclosure includes: a back window at a rear of a vehicle; and an information acquisition device disposed inside the vehicle, opposing the back window, and configured to apply and/or receive light to acquire information from outside the vehicle, the back window including a glass plate and a coating film on at least a part of a surface of the glass plate, and having a privacy region for protecting privacy inside the vehicle and an information acquisition region opposing the information acquisition device and transmitting the light, the privacy region having the coating film on the surface of the glass plate, the privacy region having a visible light transmittance of 10% or less, the information acquisition region having a visible light transmittance of 25% or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: CENTRAL GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Nobuyuki NAKAI, Takuro KIDOKORO, Mizuki TETSUMURA, Yoshihiko OBARA
  • Patent number: 11447697
    Abstract: A substrate processing gas of the present invention contains IF5; and IF7, in which a content of the IF5 is equal to or more than 1 ppm and equal to or less than 2% on a volume basis with respect to a total amount of the IF5 and the IF7.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: CENTRAL GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Akifumi Yao, Yuuta Takeda, Jun Eto
  • Publication number: 20220288895
    Abstract: A laminated glazing is disclosed. Among other things, the laminated glazing includes a first glass sheet; a first interlayer; a photopolymer film; a second interlayer; and a second glass sheet, wherein the total thickness of the second glass sheet and the second interlayer is from 0.5 mm to 2.5 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: CENTRAL GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Markus Walter POHLEN, Steven Scott CHRISTMAN, Emily Anne CURTIS, Yu MATSUDA
  • Publication number: 20220289001
    Abstract: A defogging structure of a windowpane of a movable body in which an information acquisition device configured to acquire information from an exterior of the movable body by at least one of emitting light or receiving light can be arranged in an interior of the movable body, the defogging structure including: a windowpane having an information acquisition area through which at least one of light emitted by the information acquisition device or light to be received by the information acquisition device passes; a defogging sheet including a resin film and a defogger, the defogging sheet being adhered to the information acquisition area of the windowpane; and a transparent resin adhesive layer that allows the resin film of the defogging sheet to be adhered to the windowpane, wherein a resin constituting the transparent resin adhesive layer has a Tg of ?20° C. to ?50° C., and a shear storage modulus of 0.5×105 Pa to 2.0×105 Pa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: CENTRAL GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Sho KUBOTA, Naofumi TAKANOBU, Takahiro ASADA, Takeyuki KANEDA
  • Patent number: 11437237
    Abstract: Provided is a silicon-containing layer forming composition for forming a silicon-containing layer which exhibits an anti-reflective function during exposure in a multilayer resist process and, during dry etching, shows a high etching rate against a plasma of fluorine-based gas and a low etching rate against a plasma of oxygen-based gas. The silicon-containing layer forming composition includes a polysiloxane compound having a structural unit of the formula and a solvent. [(R1)bR2mSiOn/2] In the formula, R1 is a group represented by the following formula: (where a is an integer of 1 to 5; and a wavy line means that a line which the wavy line intersects is a bond); R2 is each independently a hydrogen atom, a C1-C3 alkyl group, a phenyl group, a hydroxy group, a C1-C3 alkoxy group or a C1-C3 fluoroalkyl group; b is an integer of 1 to 3; m is an integer of 0 to 2; n is an integer of 1 to 3; and a relationship of b+m+n=4 is satisfied).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Central Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Junya Nakatsuji, Kazuhiro Yamanaka
  • Publication number: 20220274466
    Abstract: A multi-part glazing according to this disclosure comprises a first glass piece (110) having an outer major surface, a second glass piece (120) having an outer major surface, and an attachment piece (140) provided between the first glass piece and the second glass piece to connect the first glass piece and the second glass piece. The outer major surface of the first glass piece is arranged in a continuous surface with the outer major surface of the second glass piece by a prescribed angle via an outer surface of the attachment piece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Applicant: CENTRAL GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Wladislaw BRONSTEIN, Olivier FARREYROL, Issam SABRA
  • Patent number: 11422294
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an improved glass product having a multifunctional coating or a durable top coat over a functional coating. The glass product may include a functional coating on that is most effective on a surface exposed to various mechanical and chemical elements. The disclosed coating provides a durable protective coating over the functional layer to provide protection over the functional layer on an exposed surface. Alternatively, the functional coating may be applied to the protective coating with a porous, nano-structured surface, which protects the functional coating applied thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: CENTRAL GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Michael Bard, Hiromi Hase
  • Patent number: 11417974
    Abstract: A car window glass includes a glass plate having a conductor layer, a connection terminal, and a power line. The connection terminal includes metal-plate first and second join parts joined to the conductor layer via the first and second solder layers, a metal-plate bridge section connected to the first and second join parts and spaced apart from the conductor layer, and a fixing part for fixing the power line to a bridge section main surface. The power line extends from the fixing part along a glass plate main surface, and the side opposite of the side facing the glass plate main surface is free of the bridge section, and the starting point of the power line extending from the fixing part is positioned in the upper direction of a virtual line connecting the center portions of the first and second join parts with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Central Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Kohei Seki, Jun Hamada, Kazunori Furuhashi
  • Publication number: 20220251008
    Abstract: By fluorinating 1,2,3,3-tetrachloro-1-propene (1230xd) using hydrogen fluoride as a fluorinating agent, an efficient method for producing 1,2-dichloro-3,3-difluoro-1-propene (1232xd) is provided. Through this composition including 1232xd, there are also provided an environmentally friendly composition having excellent ability to dissolve various organic matters, a method for cleaning an article using the composition, a method for producing a lubricant solution using the composition, and a method for producing a component provided with a lubricant coating film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicant: CENTRAL GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Masamune OKAMOTO, Kei MATSUNAGA, Hideaki IMURA, Shota KAWANO
  • Publication number: 20220242200
    Abstract: A method for producing an electrically connected coated substrate for vehicle glazing includes the steps of providing on a surface of a substrate a coating having a conducting layer, forming an opening in the coating, and applying an electrical connector having a conductive carrier on one side of the electrical connector to the coating directly over the opening, wherein the conductive carrier fills the opening to electrically connect the conducting layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: Central Glass Company, Limited
    Inventor: Katharina Boguslawski
  • Publication number: 20220247111
    Abstract: An automotive glazing including a glass substrate, an electrically connectable material positioned on the glass substrate, a connector comprising a base and a terminal, a conductive material positioned between the electrically connectable material and the connector, and an anchoring material at least partially surrounding the connector. The terminal of the connector at least partially extends out of the anchoring material, and the anchoring material provides pressure against the connector and binds the connector to the electrically connectable material on the glass substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: CENTRAL GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Wladislaw BRONSTEIN, Olivier FARREYROL, Jacob Daniel RIGELMAN, Hiromi HASE
  • Patent number: D962873
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: CENTRAL GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Kohei Seki, Jun Hamada