Patents by Inventor Hitoshi Mishiro

Hitoshi Mishiro 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).

  • Patent number: 11644706
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a glass plate which is provided with a first main surface, and a second main surface which faces the first main surface. An antiglare portion and a non-antiglare portion are provided to the first main surface. The average lengths (RSm) of elements of roughness curves of the antiglare portion and the non-antiglare portion are respectively 1 ?m or higher. The difference between the RSm of the antiglare portion and the RSm of the non-antiglare portion is 100 ?m or lower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: AGC INC.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Mishiro, Takehiko Nose, Minoru Tamada, Yohei Kawai, Naoya Wada
  • Publication number: 20220185112
    Abstract: A glass substrate unit includes a glass substrate and a glass deformation device for deforming the glass substrate. The glass substrate includes a thin portion and a thick portion, the thin portion having a first main surface and a second main surface opposite to the first main surface, the thick portion having a first main surface and a second main surface opposite to the first main surface and having a sheet thickness larger than a sheet thickness of the thin portion. The glass deformation device deforms the glass substrate by moving one of the thin portion and the thick portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Izuru KASHIMA, Yusuke FUJIWARA, Hitoshi MISHIRO
  • Patent number: 11339087
    Abstract: An antiglare glass substrate includes a glass substrate having a first main surface and a second main surface that is opposite to the first main surface. The first main surface has undergone an antiglare treatment and a fluorine-containing organosilicon compound coating film as an antifouling film is laminated thereon. The first main surface partly includes a non-antiglare-treated portion that has not undergone the antiglare treatment. The non-antiglare-treated portion has a surface roughness Ra of less than 10 nm. A difference in height along a plate thickness direction of the glass substrate between the antiglare-treated portion that has undergone the antiglare treatment and the non-antiglare-treated portion is 10 ?m or larger and 200 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: AGC INC.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Mishiro, Keiko Koyama, Minoru Tamada
  • Publication number: 20210293995
    Abstract: A cover glass includes a glass substrate and an antireflection film disposed on at least one of main surfaces of the glass substrate, and the at least one of main surfaces of the glass substrate has one or more cracks formed therein, the crack(s) each having a length of 5 ?m or less, and a difference ?a* in a* value between any two points within a surface of the cover glass on the side where the antireflection film has been disposed and a difference ?b* in b* value between any two points within the surface of the cover glass on the side where the antireflection film has been disposed satisfy the following expression: ?{(?a*)2+(?b*)2}?4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Kensuke FUJII, Shinji KOBUNE, Minoru TAMADA, Hitoshi MISHIRO
  • Publication number: 20210284571
    Abstract: A cover glass includes: a glass substrate having a convex and concave shape formed on at least one of surfaces thereof by an antiglare treatment; and an antireflection film disposed on the surface of the glass substrate, the surface having the convex and concave shape. In the cover glass, a difference ?a* in a* value between any two points within a surface of the cover glass on the side where the antireflection film is present and a difference ?b* in b*value between any two points within the surface of the cover glass on the side where the antireflection film is present satisfy the following expression: ?{(?a*)2+(?b*)2}?4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Kensuke FUJII, Shinji KOBUNE, Minoru TAMADA, Hitoshi MISHIRO
  • Publication number: 20210122672
    Abstract: An antiglare glass substrate includes a glass substrate having a first main surface and a second main surface that is opposite to the first main surface. The first main surface has undergone an antiglare treatment and a fluorine-containing organosilicon compound coating film as an antifouling film is laminated thereon. The first main surface partly includes a non-antiglare-treated portion that has not undergone the antiglare treatment. The non-antiglare-treated portion has a surface roughness Ra of less than 10 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Hitoshi MISHIRO, Keiko KOYAMA, Minoru TAMADA
  • Patent number: 10981827
    Abstract: An antiglare glass substrate includes a glass substrate having a first main surface and a second main surface that is opposite to the first main surface. The first main surface has undergone an antiglare treatment and a fluorine-containing organosilicon compound coating film as an antifouling film is laminated thereon. The first main surface partly includes a non-antiglare-treated portion that has not undergone the antiglare treatment. The non-antiglare-treated portion has a surface roughness Ra of less than 10 nm. A difference in height along a plate thickness direction of the glass substrate between the antiglare-treated portion that has undergone the antiglare treatment and the non-antiglare-treated portion is 10 ?m or larger and 200 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: AGC INC.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Mishiro, Keiko Koyama, Minoru Tamada
  • Publication number: 20200124908
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a glass plate which is provided with a first main surface, and a second main surface which faces the first main surface. An antiglare portion and a non-antiglare portion are provided to the first main surface. The average lengths (RSm) of elements of roughness curves of the antiglare portion and the non-antiglare portion are respectively 1 ?m or higher. The difference between the RSm of the antiglare portion and the RSm of the non-antiglare portion is 100 ?m or lower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Applicant: AGC INC.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Mishiro, Takehiko Nose, Minoru Tamada, Yohei Kawai, Naoya Wada
  • Publication number: 20180339939
    Abstract: A glass article includes a glass plate including a rugged surface configured to diffuse and reflect an external light formed on at least one of main surfaces; and a functional film formed on the rugged surface. A transmission haze of the glass article is 28% or less. On a surface of the functional film opposite to the glass plate, within a region with a visual field area of 60000 ?m2 observed by using a laser microscope, a pore representative diameter is less than 12 ?m. An area ratio of a surface area A (?m2) of the surface of the functional film within the region to the visual field area (A/60000) is 1.02 or more and 1.07 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Kyohei Hashimoto, Tomohiro Takano, Hitoshi Mishiro, Minoru Tamada
  • Publication number: 20180273425
    Abstract: An antiglare glass substrate includes a glass substrate having a first main surface and a second main surface that is opposite to the first main surface. The first main surface has undergone an antiglare treatment and a fluorine-containing organosilicon compound coating film as an antifouling film is laminated thereon. The first main surface partly includes a non-antiglare-treated portion that has not undergone the antiglare treatment. The non-antiglare-treated portion has a surface roughness Ra of less than 10 nm. A difference in height along a plate thickness direction of the glass substrate between the antiglare-treated portion that has undergone the antiglare treatment and the non-antiglare-treated portion is 10 ?m or larger and 200 ?m or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Hitoshi MISHIRO, Keiko KOYAMA, Minoru TAMADA
  • Publication number: 20170184762
    Abstract: A cover glass includes a glass substrate and an antireflection film disposed on at least one of main surfaces of the glass substrate, and the at least one of main surfaces of the glass substrate has one or more cracks formed therein, the crack(s) each having a length of 5 ?m or less, and a difference ?a* in a* value between any two points within a surface of the cover glass on the side where the antireflection film has been disposed and a difference ?b* in b* value between any two points within the surface of the cover glass on the side where the antireflection film has been disposed satisfy the following expression: ?{(?a*)2+(?b*)2}?4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Kensuke FUJII, Shinji KOBUNE, Minoru TAMADA, Hitoshi MISHIRO
  • Publication number: 20170129806
    Abstract: A cover glass includes: a glass substrate having a convex and concave shape formed on at least one of surfaces thereof by an antiglare treatment; and an antireflection film disposed on the surface of the glass substrate, the surface having the convex and concave shape. In the cover glass, a difference ?a* in a* value between any two points within a surface of the cover glass on the side where the antireflection film is present and a difference ?b* in b* value between any two points within the surface of the cover glass on the side where the antireflection film is present satisfy the following expression: ?{(?a*)2+(?b*)2}?4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Kensuke FUJII, Shinji KOBUNE, Minoru TAMADA, Hitoshi MISHIRO
  • Publication number: 20170101340
    Abstract: To provide an adhesive layer-equipped transparent plate, which satisfies both visibility and impact resistance, and which is suitable for protection of an in-vehicle display device. The adhesive layer-equipped transparent plate according to the present invention comprises a transparent plate and an adhesive layer provided on one surface of the transparent plate. The transparent plate is a plate glass having a plate thickness of from 0.4 to 3.0 mm. The adhesive layer has a storage shear modulus of at most 30 MPa at a temperature of 25° C. and at a frequency of 1 Hz, a storage shear modulus of at least 50 MPa at a temperature of 25° C. and at a frequency of 40 kHz, and a loss tangent tan? of at least 0.1 at a temperature of 25° C. and at a frequency of 40 kHz.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Atsushi INOUE, Isao YAMAMOTO, Kyohei HASHIMOTO, Hitoshi MISHIRO, Tomohiro TAKANO, Hiroshi SAKAMOTO, Satoshi OKI, Junichi KAKUTA, Takashi SHIBUYA
  • Publication number: 20110189506
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a glass substrate for a magnetic recording medium, which is a disk-shaped glass substrate for a magnetic recording medium having a circular hole at the center thereof, in which the glass substrate for a magnetic recording medium has an inner peripheral side surface, an outer peripheral side surface and both main surfaces, and the both main surfaces have parallelism of 3.2 ?m or less in at least a recording and reproducing region thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2011
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Kazuo Mannami, Hitoshi Mishiro, Norihito Shida, Masabumi Ito, Hiroyuki Masuda, Toru Momose
  • Patent number: 7665367
    Abstract: A method for measuring the shape of a heating treatment jig to be held by a holding portion of a vertical heat treatment apparatus includes measuring the shape of the heat treatment jig in a state that the position of a supporting portion for supporting the heat treatment jig is set to be the same as the position of the holding portion for the heat treatment jig in the vertical heat treatment apparatus. The heat treatment jig can be used for placing a semiconductor wafer to be subjected to heat treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Hitoshi Mishiro, Atsushi Nakamura
  • Patent number: 7629089
    Abstract: A low-expansion glass substrate for a reflective mask, wherein the glass substrate is suited for a base material of a reflective mask employed in a lithographic process in semiconductor fabrication, comprises a lateral surface, a chamfered portion and a notched portion formed along an outer periphery thereof, at least one of the lateral surface, the chamfered portion and the notched portion being provided with a mirror-finished surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2009
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Masabumi Ito, Hitoshi Mishiro
  • Patent number: 7491475
    Abstract: It is to provide a photomask substrate which has a low birefringence and with which polarized illumination can be employed or immersion exposure can be carried out. A photomask substrate made of a synthetic quartz glass to be used for production of a semiconductor employing a light source having an exposure wavelength of at most about 200 nm, which has a birefringence of at most 1 nm/6.35 mm at the exposure wavelength, and of which the amount of decrease in light transmittance is at most 1.0% as a difference in light transmittance at a wavelength of 217 nm, between before and after irradiation with Xe excimer lamp with an illuminance of 13.2 mW/cm2 for 20 minutes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2009
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Shinya Kikugawa, Keigo Hino, Hitoshi Mishiro
  • Publication number: 20080178685
    Abstract: A method for measuring the shape of a heating treatment jig to be held by a holding portion of a vertical heat treatment apparatus includes measuring the shape of the heat treatment jig in a state that the position of a supporting portion for supporting the heat treatment jig is set to be the same as the position of the holding portion for the heat treatment jig in the vertical heat treatment apparatus. The heat treatment jig can be used for placing a semiconductor wafer to be subjected to heat treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2008
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Hitoshi Mishiro, Atsushi Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20070066066
    Abstract: To provide a polishing method for a glass substrate required to have extremely high surface smoothness and surface precision, like a glass substrate to be used for e.g. a reflective mask for extreme ultra violet lithography. A surface of a glass substrate containing SiO2 as the main component, is polished with a polishing slurry comprising colloidal silica having an average primary particle size of at most 50 nm, an acid and water, and having the pH adjusted to be within a range of from 0.5 to 4, so that the surface roughness Rms will be at most 0.15 nm as measured by an atomic force microscope.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2006
    Publication date: March 22, 2007
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kojima, Hitoshi Mishiro, Masabumi Ito
  • Publication number: 20070009812
    Abstract: A low-expansion glass substrate for a reflective mask, wherein the glass substrate is suited for a base material of a reflective mask employed in a lithographic process in semiconductor fabrication, comprises a lateral surface, a chamfered portion and a notched portion formed along an outer periphery thereof, at least one of the lateral surface, the chamfered portion and the notched portion being provided with a mirror-finished surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2006
    Publication date: January 11, 2007
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Masabumi Ito, Hitoshi Mishiro