Patents by Inventor Etsuo Nomura

Etsuo Nomura has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method for manufacturing soil-resistant glass and soil-resistant glass
    Patent number: 8999447
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing soil-resistant glass the surface of which is covered with a coating film having a high hardness, and the soil-resistant glass are provided. A coating film comprising titania or/and titania-silica is formed by coating a glass surface with a photocatalyst solution comprising the titania or/and the titania-silica each having a photocatalytic function and heating the applied photocatalyst solution at a temperature higher than at least 100° C. The heating temperature may be a temperature higher than 100° C. and 300° C. or lower. The time of heating at the above-mentioned temperature may be at least 2 minutes or longer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Asaka Riken Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Morito, Katsuyuki Sasazaki, Katsuyuki Nakano, Etsuo Nomura
  • METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SOIL-RESISTANT GLASS AND SOIL-RESISTANT GLASS
    Publication number: 20120082792
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing soil-resistant glass the surface of which is covered with a coating film having a high hardness, and the soil-resistant glass are provided. A coating film comprising titania or/and titania-silica is formed by coating a glass surface with a photocatalyst solution comprising the titania or/and the titania-silica each having a photocatalytic function and heating the applied photocatalyst solution at a temperature higher than at least 100° C. The heating temperature may be a temperature higher than 100° C. and 300° C. or lower. The time of heating at the above-mentioned temperature may be at least 2 minutes or longer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2010
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Morito, Katsuyuki Sasazaki, Katsuyuki Nakano, Etsuo Nomura