Patents by Inventor Motoyuki Hirose
Motoyuki Hirose 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).
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Patent number: 11718553Abstract: An alkali-free glass substrate contains, as represented by mass % based on oxides: 54% to 68% of SiO2; 10% to 25% of Al2O3; 0.1% to 5.5% of B2O3; and 8% to 26% of MgO+CaO+SrO+BaO. The alkali-free glass substrate has ?-OH of 0.15 mm?1 to 0.35 mm?1, and a Cl content of 0.15 to 0.3 mass %. A bubble growth index I of the alkali-free glass substrate given by the following formula is 320 or more: I=590.5×[?-OH]+874.1×[Cl]?5.7×[B2O3]?33.3. In the formula, [?-OH] is ?-OH of the alkali-free glass substrate in mm?1, [Cl] is the Cl content of the alkali-free glass substrate in mass %, and [B2O3] is a B2O3 content of the alkali-free glass substrate in mass %.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2020Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: AGC INC.Inventors: Motoyuki Hirose, Takashi Enomoto
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Patent number: 11584680Abstract: An alkali-free glass substrate contains, as represented by mass % based on oxides: 54% to 66% of SiO2; 10% to 23% of Al2O3; 6% to 12% of B2O3; and 8% to 26% of MgO+CaO+SrO+BaO. The alkali-free glass substrate has ?-OH of 0.15 mm?1 to 0.5 mm?1, and a Cl content of 0.1 to 0.35 mass %. A bubble growth index I of the alkali-free glass substrate given by the following formula is 280 or more: I=590.5×[?-OH]+874.1×[Cl]?5.7×[B2O3]?33.3. In the formula, [?-OH] is ?-OH of the alkali-free glass substrate in mm?1, [Cl] is the Cl content of the alkali-free glass substrate in mass %, and [B2O3] is a B2O3 content of the alkali-free glass substrate in mass %.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2020Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: AGC INC.Inventors: Motoyuki Hirose, Takashi Enomoto
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Publication number: 20220234939Abstract: The present invention relates to a float glass substrate including an alkali-free glass, the float glass substrate having a Cl content of from 0.10 to 0.50 mass %, containing substantially no SnO2, and having a Pt content of, by mass, from 0.001 to 0.30 ppm. The float glass substrate may have a Rh content of, by mass, from 0.001 to 0.50 ppm.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2022Publication date: July 28, 2022Applicant: AGC INC.Inventor: Motoyuki HIROSE
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Patent number: 11053160Abstract: To provide an alkali-free glass, of which the compaction is low, the strain point is high, and the ultraviolet transmittance is high, and which is easy to melt. An alkali-free glass, which comprises, as represented by mol % based on oxides, SiO2 from 65 to 75, Al2O3 from 9 to 15, B2O3 from 0 to 3, MgO from 0 to 12, CaO from 0 to 8, SrO from 0 to 6, and BaO from 0 to 5, wherein MgO+CaO+SrO+BaO is from 12 to 22, and 4.84[Fe2O3]+5.65[Na2O]+4.03[K2O]+4.55[SnO2] is at most 0.55, and of which the compaction is at most 80 ppm.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2019Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: AGC Inc.Inventors: Hirofumi Tokunaga, Kazutaka Ono, Motoyuki Hirose
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Patent number: 10974986Abstract: The present invention relates to an alkali-free glass substrate in which when the alkali-free glass substrate is melted, and while holding a temperature at 1400° C., reduced in pressure from an atmospheric pressure to 33.33 kPa at a constant pressure reduction rate for 20 minutes and held at 33.33 kPa for 5 minutes, a diameter of a grown bubble is at least 3 times a diameter of an initial bubble. A bubble having a diameter of 0.1 to 0.3 mm contained in a molten glass at 1400° C. before starting pressure reduction is defined as the initial bubble. A bubble after held at 33.33 kPa for 5 minutes corresponding to the initial bubble is defined as a grown bubble.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2018Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: AGC INC.Inventors: Motoyuki Hirose, Takashi Enomoto
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Publication number: 20210024403Abstract: An alkali-free glass has a strain point of 650° C. or more, an average coefficient of thermal expansion at 50 to 350° C. of from 30×10?7 to 45×10?7/° C., and a temperature T2 at which a glass viscosity reaches 102 dPa·s of from 1,500 to 1,800° C. The alkali-free glass contains, as represented by mol % based on oxides, SiO2: from 62 to 70%, Al2O3: from 9 to 16% B2O3: from 0 to 12%, MgO: from 3 to 10%, CaO: from 4 to 12%, SrO: from 0 to 6%, and Fe2O3: from 0.001 to 0.04%, provided that MgO+CaO+SrO+BaO is from 12 to 25%. The alkali-free glass has a ?-OH value of from 0.35 to 0.85/mm.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2020Publication date: January 28, 2021Applicant: AGC Inc.Inventors: Hirofumi TOKUNAGA, Kazutaka ONO, Motoyuki HIROSE
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Publication number: 20200299180Abstract: An alkali-free glass substrate contains, as represented by mass % based on oxides: 54% to 66% of SiO2; 10% to 23% of Al2O3; 6% to 12% of B2O3; and 8% to 26% of MgO+CaO+SrO+BaO. The alkali-free glass substrate has ?-OH of 0.15 mm?1 to 0.5 mm?1, and a Cl content of 0.1 to 0.35 mass %. A bubble growth index I of the alkali-free glass substrate given by the following formula is 280 or more: I=590.5×[?-OH]+874.1×[Cl]5.7×[B2O3]?33.3. In the formula, [?-OH] is ?-OH of the alkali-free glass substrate in mm?1, [Cl] is the Cl content of the alkali-free glass substrate in mass %, and [B2O3] is a B2O3 content of the alkali-free glass substrate in mass %.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2020Publication date: September 24, 2020Applicant: AGC INC.Inventors: Motoyuki HIROSE, Takashi ENOMOTO
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Publication number: 20200299179Abstract: An alkali-free glass substrate contains, as represented by mass % based on oxides: 54% to 68% of SiO2; 10% to 25% of Al2O3; 0.1% to 5.5% of B2O3; and 8% to 26% of MgO+CaO+SrO+BaO. The alkali-free glass substrate has ?-OH of 0.15 mm?1 to 0.35 mm?1, and a Cl content of 0.15 to 0.3 mass %. A bubble growth index I of the alkali-free glass substrate given by the following formula is 320 or more: I=590.5×[?-OH]+874.1×[Cl]?5.7×[B2O3]?33.3. In the formula, [?-OH] is ?-OH of the alkali-free glass substrate in mm?1, [Cl] is the Cl content of the alkali-free glass substrate in mass %, and [B2O3] is a B2O3 content of the alkali-free glass substrate in mass %.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2020Publication date: September 24, 2020Applicant: AGC INC.Inventors: Motoyuki HIROSE, Takashi ENOMOTO
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Patent number: 10730786Abstract: The present invention relates to an alkali-free glass and a method for producing the same. More specifically, the present invention relates to an alkali-free glass suitable as a glass for substrates of various displays such as liquid crystal display, and a method for producing the same. According to the present invention, an alkali-free glass suitable as a glass for display substrates, in which inclusion of bubbles is greatly reduced by virtue of containing a refining agent and suppressing the stirring reboil, is obtained.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2019Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: AGC INC.Inventors: Hirofumi Tokunaga, Kazutaka Ono, Motoyuki Hirose
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Publication number: 20190248697Abstract: The present invention relates to an alkali-free glass and a method for producing the same. More specifically, the present invention relates to an alkali-free glass suitable as a glass for substrates of various displays such as liquid crystal display, and a method for producing the same. According to the present invention, an alkali-free glass suitable as a glass for display substrates, in which inclusion of bubbles is greatly reduced by virtue of containing a refining agent and suppressing the stirring reboil, is obtained.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2019Publication date: August 15, 2019Applicant: AGC Inc.Inventors: Hirofumi TOKUNAGA, Kazutaka Ono, Motoyuki Hirose
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Publication number: 20190185368Abstract: To provide an alkali-free glass, of which the compaction is low, the strain point is high, and the ultraviolet transmittance is high, and which is easy to melt. An alkali-free glass, which comprises, as represented by mol % based on oxides, SiO2 from 65 to 75, Al2O3 from 9 to 15, B2O3 from 0 to 3, MgO from 0 to 12, CaO from 0 to 8, SrO from 0 to 6, and BaO from 0 to 5, wherein MgO+CaO+SrO+BaO is from 12 to 22, and 4.84[Fe2O3]+5.65[Na2O]+4.03[K2O]+4.55[SnO2] is at most 0.55, and of which the compaction is at most 80 ppm.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2019Publication date: June 20, 2019Applicant: AGC Inc.Inventors: Hirofumi TOKUNAGA, Kazutaka ONO, Motoyuki HIROSE
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Publication number: 20190084860Abstract: The present invention relates to an alkali-free glass substrate in which when the alkali-free glass substrate is melted, and while holding a temperature at 1400° C., reduced in pressure from an atmospheric pressure to 33.33 kPa at a constant pressure reduction rate for 20 minutes and held at 33.33 kPa for 5 minutes, a diameter of a grown bubble is at least 3 times a diameter of an initial bubble. A bubble having a diameter of 0.1 to 0.3 mm contained in a molten glass at 1400° C. before starting pressure reduction is defined as the initial bubble. A bubble after held at 33.33 kPa for 5 minutes corresponding to the initial bubble is defined as a grown bubble.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2018Publication date: March 21, 2019Applicant: AGC INC.Inventors: Motoyuki Hirose, Takashi Enomoto
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Publication number: 20060068209Abstract: To provide a glass for a display substrate which has solved yellowing problems. A glass plate for a display substrate, which contains at least one member selected from the group consisting of Ti, Mn, Zn, Y, Nb, La, Ce and W in an amount of from 0.1 to 10 mass % as calculated as oxides.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2005Publication date: March 30, 2006Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Motoyuki Hirose, Tetsuya Nakashima, Kei Maeda
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Patent number: 7008891Abstract: A crystallized glass for an optical filter substrate, which has an average linear expansion coefficient ?L of from 95×10?7/° C. to 130×10?7/° C. at from ?30° C. to 70° C. and which has a crystal or the like of Na4-xKxAl4Si4O16 (1<x?4) precipitated therein. Further, a crystallized glass for an optical filter substrate, which comprises from 35 to 60% of SiO2, from 10 to 30% of Al2O3, from 1 to 15% of TiO2+ZrO2, from 4 to 20% of Na2O, from 4 to 20% of K2O, from 0.1 to 10% of CaO+SrO+Bao, from 0 to 10% of MgO, etc., and which has ?L of from 95×10?7/° C. to 130×10?7/° C. and which has a crystal or solid solution precipitated therein.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2003Date of Patent: March 7, 2006Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, LimitedInventors: Tomoyuki Kobayashi, Kei Maeda, Motoyuki Hirose
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Publication number: 20040116268Abstract: A crystallized glass for an optical filter substrate, which has an average linear expansion coefficient &agr;L of from 95×10−7/° C. to 130×10−7/° C. at from −30° C. to 70° C. and which has a crystal or the like of Na4-xKxAl4Si4O16 (1<x≦4) precipitated therein. Further, a crystallized glass for an optical filter substrate, which comprises from 35 to 60% of SiO2, from 10 to 30% of Al2O3, from 1 to 15% of TiO2+ZrO2, from 4 to 20% of Na2O, from 4 to 20% of K20, from 0.1 to 10% of CaO+SrO+Bao, from 0 to 10% of MgO, etc., and which has &agr;L of from 95×10−7/° C. to 130×10−7/° C. and which has a crystal or solid solution precipitated therein.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2003Publication date: June 17, 2004Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY LIMITEDInventors: Tomoyuki Kobayashi, Kei Maeda, Motoyuki Hirose