Patents by Inventor Kouichi Sawafuji

Kouichi Sawafuji 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).

  • Publication number: 20210094869
    Abstract: A glass container has a container main body made of glass and a coating film formed on a surface of the container main body. The coating film is made of tin oxide or titanium oxide, and the film thickness of the coating film ranges from 40 nm to 50 nm. In the depth profile obtained by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) analysis, an atomic percentage of sodium at a point where a tin or titanium profile intersects a silicon profile is 2% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Noriaki SHIBATA, Kouichi SAWAFUJI, Toshiyuki MISU
  • Publication number: 20190135685
    Abstract: A glass container has a container main body made of glass and a coating film formed on a surface of the container main body. The coating film is made of tin oxide or titanium oxide, and the film thickness of the coating film ranges from 40 nm to 50 nm. In the depth profile obtained by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) analysis, an atomic percentage of sodium at a point where a tin or titanium profile intersects a silicon profile is 2% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Noriaki SHIBATA, Kouichi SAWAFUJI, Toshiyuki MISU
  • Publication number: 20090235696
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a GRIN lens includes a forming a wet gel from an alcohol solution containing a silicon alkoxide, a dopant alkoxide, and an aluminum alkoxide; dissolving by leaching the dopant and aluminum away from an outer peripheral surface of the wet gel to provide a refractive index distribution; forming a dry gel by drying the wet gel; forming a glass preform by firing the dry gel; and wire-drawing the perform. In the step of leaching, most aluminum dissolves from the wet gel, thereby increasing the porosity of the dry gel and preventing cracking during sintering and foaming during wire-drawing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2007
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Inventors: Tomomi Ichinose, Toru Achiwa, Kouichi Sawafuji