Patents by Inventor Narutoshi Shimatani

Narutoshi Shimatani 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: 8658283
    Abstract: A laminated glass for windows has a multilayer structure, wherein plural sheets of glass are laminated through a resin layer. The sheet glasses are made of an alkali-free borosilicate glass. Each sheet glass has a thickness of 1 mm or less, and the total thickness of the sheet glasses is 2 to 10 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Narutoshi Shimatani
  • Patent number: 8142894
    Abstract: A laminated glass (10) has a structure in which seven sheet glasses (20) and six PVB resin layers (30) are laminated alternately. A laminated region from a transparent surface (10a) on one side to 4.0 mm comprises two 0.7 mm-thick glass layers formed of two sheet glasses (20), one 0.8 mm-thick glass layer formed of the portion (20c) of one 1.5 mm-thick sheet glass (20) positioned in the laminated region, and two adhesion layers (30) with thicknesses of 1.3 mm and 0.5 mm. Each of the adhesion layers is interposed between the glass layers and is adhered to the glass layers. The laminated region with a depth of 4.0 mm from a transparent surface (10b) on the other side also has the same laminated structure as that in the above laminated region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Narutoshi Shimatani, Seiji Hamada
  • Publication number: 20100209648
    Abstract: A laminated glass (10) has a structure in which seven sheet glasses (20) and six PVB resin layers (30) are laminated alternately. A laminated region from a transparent surface (10a) on one side to 4.0 mm comprises two 0.7 mm-thick glass layers formed of two sheet glasses (20), one 0.8 mm-thick glass layer formed of the portion (20c) of one 1.5 mm-thick sheet glass (20) positioned in the laminated region, and two adhesion layers (30) with thicknesses of 1.3 mm and 0.5 mm. Each of the adhesion layers is interposed between the glass layers and is adhered to the glass layers. The laminated region with a depth of 4.0 mm from a transparent surface (10b) on the other side also has the same laminated structure as that in the above laminated region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2008
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Applicant: NIPPON ELECTRIC CO., LTD
    Inventors: Narutoshi Shimatani, Seiji Hamada
  • Publication number: 20100151210
    Abstract: A laminated glass for windows has a multilayer structure, wherein plural sheets of glass are laminated through a resin layer. The sheet glasses are made of an alkali-free borosilicate glass. Each sheet glass has a thickness of 1 mm or less, and the total thickness of the sheet glasses is 2 to 10 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2008
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Inventor: Narutoshi Shimatani
  • Patent number: 7718929
    Abstract: A substrate is made of a crystallized glass having translucency and an average linear thermal expansion coefficient of ?5×10?7/° C. at 30 to 500° C. The substrate has a first surface (working surface) of a smooth surface having a surface roughness Rmax of less than 0.5 ?m, and a second surface (non-working surface) of a rough surface having a surface roughness Rmax of 4 ?m. A light shielding layer consisting of a light shielding film and an antioxidant film is formed on the second surface of the substrate through sputtering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Narutoshi Shimatani, Toshimasa Kanai, Ukon Ishihara, Takeshi Nagata, Tsutomu Imamura
  • Publication number: 20100028585
    Abstract: A laminated glass which is constituted of seven glass layers each formed of a 0.7 mm thick glass sheet and resin layers interposed between the glass layers respectively which resin layers are made of polyvinyl butyral (PVB) resin and have each a thickness of 0.5 mm with the total number of the glass layers and the resin layers being 13. Between a glass layer and a resin layer which are adjacent to each other, the thickness ratio of the resin layer to the glass layer (11) (the ratio of the thickness of the resin layer and the thickness of the glass layer) is 0.71. A base material resin constituting the resin layers may be ethylene/vinyl acetate copolymer (EVA) or methacrylic resin (PMA) as well as polyvinyl butyral (PVB) resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2008
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Inventor: Narutoshi Shimatani
  • Patent number: 7208703
    Abstract: A substrate is made of a crystallized glass having translucency and an average linear thermal expansion coefficient of ?5×10?7/° C. at 30 to 500° C. The substrate has a first surface (working surface) of a smooth surface having a surface roughness Rmax of less than 0.5 ?m, and a second surface (non-working surface) of a rough surface having a surface roughness Rmax of 4 ?m. A light shielding layer consisting of a light shielding film and an antioxidant film is formed on the second surface of the substrate through sputtering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2007
    Assignee: Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Narutoshi Shimatani, Toshimasa Kanai, Ukon Ishihara, Takeshi Nagata, Tsutomu Imamura
  • Publication number: 20070056961
    Abstract: A substrate is made of a crystallized glass having translucency and an average linear thermal expansion coefficient of ?5×10?7/° C. at 30 to 500° C. The substrate has a first surface (working surface) of a smooth surface having a surface roughness Rmax of less than 0.5 ?m, and a second surface (non-working surface) of a rough surface having a surface roughness Rmax of 4 ?m. A light shielding layer consisting of a light shielding film and an antioxidant film is formed on the second surface of the substrate through sputtering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2006
    Publication date: March 15, 2007
    Inventors: NARUTOSHI SHIMATANI, Toshimasa Kanai, Ukon Ishihara, Takeshi Nagata, Tsutomu Imamura
  • Patent number: 7041376
    Abstract: In a window member (10) to be used as a window of a combustion apparatus, adjusting means is bonded to a substrate (11) made of glass. The adjusting means adjusts an average transmittance of the window member so that the average transmittance at a thickness of 4 mm for an electromagnetic wave having a wavelength of 0.4–0.8 ?m falls within a range between 10 and 50%. The adjusting means may comprise a film member (12) bonded to a principal surface (11a) of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Assignee: Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Narutoshi Shimatani, Toshimasa Kanai
  • Publication number: 20050172829
    Abstract: A substrate is made of a crystallized glass having translucency and an average linear thermal expansion coefficient of ?5×10?7/° C. at 30 to 500° C. The substrate has a first surface (working surface) of a smooth surface having a surface roughness Rmax of less than 0.5 ?m, and a second surface (non-working surface) of a rough surface having a surface roughness Rmax of 4 ?m. A light shielding layer consisting of a light shielding film and an antioxidant film is formed on the second surface of the substrate through sputtering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2003
    Publication date: August 11, 2005
    Inventors: Narutoshi Shimatani, Toshimasa Kanai, Ukon Ishihara, Takeshi Nagata, Tsutomu Imamura
  • Patent number: 6660980
    Abstract: A top plate is provided for use in a cooking device having an induction heater alone or an infrared heater in addition, which comprises a transparent crystallized glass plate, a light-shading film on a bottom surface of the glass plate and an ornamental film formed on the top surface of the glass plate. The light-shading film is a porous layer of inorganic pigment powder dispersed in glass matrix. The light-shading film has small apertures at a portion corresponding to the infrared heater. Alternatively, it has a decreased thickness at the portion. In another alternative, a luster film is used in place of the inorganic pigment layer at the portion corresponding to the infrared heater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2003
    Assignee: Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Nagata, Narutoshi Shimatani, Shingo Nakane, Naohide Yamada
  • Publication number: 20030203215
    Abstract: In a window member (10) to be used as a window of a combustion apparatus, adjusting means is bonded to a substrate (11) made of glass. The adjusting means adjusts an average transmittance of the window member so that the average transmittance at a thickness of 4 mm for an electromagnetic wave having a wavelength of 0.4-0.8 &mgr;m falls within a range between 10 and 50%. The adjusting means may comprise a film member (12) bonded to a principal surface (11a) of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2003
    Publication date: October 30, 2003
    Applicant: NIPPON ELECTRIC GLASS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Narutoshi Shimatani, Toshimasa Kanai
  • Patent number: 6593258
    Abstract: In an Li2O—Al2O3—SiO2 transparent crystallized glass, &bgr;-quartz solid solution is produced as main crystals, an average coefficient of linear thermal expansion within a range between 30 and 380° C. is −10˜10×10−7/°C., and &bgr;-OH in an amount of 0.28/mm or more is contained. Preferably, the content of each component of Li2O, SiO2, and Al2O3 satisfies, by weight ratio, the relationship given by 0.058≧{Li2O/(SiO2+Al2O3)}≧0.031.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2003
    Assignee: Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Narutoshi Shimatani, Akihiko Sakamoto
  • Publication number: 20030006231
    Abstract: A top plate is provided for use in a cooking device having an induction heater alone or an infrared heater in addition, which comprises a transparent crystallized glass plate, a light-shading film on a bottom surface of the glass plate and an ornamental film formed on the top surface of the glass plate. The light-shading film is a porous layer of inorganic pigment powder dispersed in glass matrix. The light-shading film has small apertures at a portion corresponding to the infrared heater. Alternatively, it has a decreased thickness at the portion. In another alternative, a luster film is used in place of the inorganic pigment layer at the portion corresponding to the infrared heater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2002
    Publication date: January 9, 2003
    Applicant: NIPPON ELECTRIC GLASS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Nagata, Narutoshi Shimatani, Shingo Nakane, Naohide Yamada
  • Patent number: 6472338
    Abstract: Li2O—Al2O3—SiO2 crystallized glass is provided which has clarity and glass characteristics equivalent to or superior to a conventional crystallized glass, even when the content of As2O3 is decreased. The Li2O—Al2O3—SiO2 crystallized glass consists essentially of, by weight, 60 to 75% SiO2, 17 to 27% Al2O3, 3 to 5% Li2O, 0 to 0.9% MgO, 0 to 0.9% ZnO, 0.3 to 5% BaO, 0 to 3% Na2O, 0 to 3% K2O, 0 to 4% TiO2, 1 to 4% ZrO2, 0 to 4% P2O5, 0.05 to 2% Sb2O3, 0 to 0.9% MgO+ZnO, and 0 to 4% Na2O+K2O.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2002
    Assignee: Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Narutoshi Shimatani, Hiroyuki Yamada, Akihiko Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 6413906
    Abstract: Li2O—Al2O3—SiO2 crystallized glass is provided which has clarity and glass characteristics equivalent to or superior to a conventional crystallized glass, even when the content of As2O3 is decreased. The Li2O—Al2O3—SiO2 crystallized glass contains, by weight, 0.05 to 4% Sb2O3, in which the content of &bgr;-OH is 0.3 to 4/mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2002
    Assignee: Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Narutoshi Shimatani, Hiroyuki Yamada, Akihiko Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 5866239
    Abstract: A top plate (3) of a low-expansion crystallized glass of deep color, with a first enamel coating coated on a heating portion (5, 7, 9, 11) of the plate and a second enamel coating coated on a non-heating portion (13) around and other than the heating portion. The first enamel coating consists essentially, by weight, of 40 to 98% glass content, 5 to 55% at least one of ZrSiO.sub.4 and ZrO.sub.2 crystals, and 0 to 54% coloring pigment. The second enamel coating consists essentially, by weight, of 30 to 94% glass content, 5 to 69% TiO.sub.2 crystals, 0 to 34% coloring pigment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1999
    Assignee: Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Narutoshi Shimatani, Akihiko Sakamoto, Kiyoshi Katagi
  • Patent number: 5776613
    Abstract: In order to provide an enamel frit composition capable of preventing a hue of a low-expansion crystallized glass plate of a dark color from being seen through an enamel coating without increasing the thickness of the enamel coating and the mixing ratio of a coloring pigment as well as to provide an enamel-coated low-expansion crystallized glass plate using the above-mentioned composition, the enamel frit composition for a low-expansion crystallized glass essentially consists, by weight, of 30-94 wt % glass powder, 5-69 wt % TiO.sub.2 powder, and 0.05-34 wt % coloring pigment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1998
    Assignee: Nippon Electric Glass Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Narutoshi Shimatani, Kiyoshi Katagi, Akihiko Sakamoto