Patents by Inventor Yukio Kimura

Yukio Kimura 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: 7629040
    Abstract: To provide a laminated glass for a vehicle window which can prevent the temperature increase in a vehicle. An infrared reflection glass plate which is a glass plate with an infrared reflection film, wherein the infrared reflection film has a stacked coating film (X) having a coating film (1) made of a high refractive index inorganic material having a refractive index of at least 1.90 and a coating film (2) made of a low refractive index inorganic material having a refractive index of at most 1.56 alternately stacked in this order from the glass plate side; the total number of the coating film (1) and the coating film (2) is at least 3; and the geometrical thickness of the coating film (1) is from 70 to 150 nm and the geometrical thickness of the coating film (2) is from 100 to 200 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2009
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Kazuya Yaoita, Takahira Miyagi, Yoshihito Katayama, Yukio Kimura
  • Publication number: 20090104107
    Abstract: A method of making scorodite includes the following steps: (1) an acidic aqueous solution containing pentavalent As and trivalent Fe is heated at a temperature for a time, the temperature and the time being effective for synthesis of crystalline scorodite; (2) the synthesized scorodite is separated from the post-reaction solution by solid-liquid separation; and (3) the scorodite is washed with water and is separated from the washing solution by solid-liquid separation. Step (3) is repeated until the concentration of at least one component of the post-reaction solution contained in the washing solution used for washing the scorodite decreases to a predetermined level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2008
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Applicant: NIPPON MINING & METALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yukio Kimura, Shigeo Katsura
  • Publication number: 20090078584
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a process for producing a scorodite that can shorten the time required for synthesizing the scorodite, and further can improve the yield of arsenic and iron into the scorodite. Accordingly, a process for producing a crystalline scorodite from an acidic aqueous solution containing pentavalent As and trivalent Fe, wherein the synthesis of the crystalline scorodite is performed after the molar ratio of trivalent Fe to pentavalent As contained in the acidic aqueous solution is adjusted to be equal to or more than 0.9 and equal to or less than 1.1 is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2008
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Applicant: NIPPON MINING & METALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yukio Kimura, Shigeo Katsura
  • Patent number: 7435374
    Abstract: A surface treatment apparatus for a metal sheet has a blasting device for blasting solid particles having an average particle diameter of 300 ?m or less onto the metal sheet which is continuously transferred, a blast chamber in which the blasting device is disposed, and cleaning means provided at the downstream side of the blast chamber for cleaning a surface of the metal sheet. At an inlet side of the blasting device, a deposits removing device for removing deposits on the surface of the metal sheet may be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2008
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Yukio Kimura, Masayasu Ueno, Yasuhiro Sodani, Shogo Tomita
  • Publication number: 20080233023
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for manufacturing scorodite in which scorodite may be obtained at high production efficiency and a high As concentration ratio. The present invention provides a method for manufacturing crystalline scorodite from acidic aqueous solution containing pentavalent As and trivalent Fe, the method comprising a step for adding a basic sodium compound to the acidic aqueous solution such that the sodium concentration in the acidic aqueous solution becomes larger than 0 g/L and equal to or less than 4 g/L.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2008
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventors: Yukio Kimura, Shigeo Katsura
  • Publication number: 20080206533
    Abstract: To provide a laminated glass for a vehicle window which can prevent the temperature increase in a vehicle. A laminated glass for a vehicle window which comprises a glass plate 12 to be disposed on the car exterior side when the laminated glass 1 is assembled in a vehicle, and an infrared reflection film 21 provided on the side of an infrared shielding interlayer 30 having infrared shielding fine particles dispersed therein, of the glass plate 12, wherein the reflectance to light at all wavelengths of from 900 to 1,100 nm is from 30 to 50%, the absorptivity to light at all wavelengths of from 1,100 to 1,300 nm is from 35 to 60%, and the transmittance to light at all wavelengths of from 900 to 1,500 nm is at most 30%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2008
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuya YAOITA, Takahira Miyagi, Yoshihito Katayama, Yukio Kimura
  • Publication number: 20080199670
    Abstract: To provide a laminated glass for a vehicle window which can prevent the temperature increase in a vehicle. An infrared reflection glass plate which is a glass plate with an infrared reflection film, wherein the infrared reflection film has a stacked coating film (X) having a coating film (1) made of a high refractive index inorganic material having a refractive index of at least 1.90 and a coating film (2) made of a low refractive index inorganic material having a refractive index of at most 1.56 alternately stacked in this order from the glass plate side; the total number of the coating film (1) and the coating film (2) is at least 3; and the geometrical thickness of the coating film (1) is from 70 to 150 nm and the geometrical thickness of the coating film (2) is from 100 to 200 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2008
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Kazuya YAOITA, Takahira Miyagi, Yoshihito Katayama, Yukio Kimura
  • Publication number: 20080199671
    Abstract: A glass substrate with antireflection film is provided, which has sufficient antireflection performance for obliquely incident light, high visible light transmittance, sufficient abrasion resistance and good transmittance for electromagnetic waves, which is sufficiently durable against heat treatment in the production process, to which treatment after film-forming is applicable, and which has smaller number of films and thus is producible at low cost. A glass sheet with antireflection film, comprising a glass sheet and an antireflection film composed of at least two layers and provided on a surface of the glass sheet, wherein the antireflection film comprises a film (a) made of a high refractive index material having a refractive index of from 1.8 to 2.6 and an extinction coefficient of from 0.01 to 0.65 in a wavelength region of from 380 to 780 nm, and a film (b) made of a low refractive index material having a refractive index of at most 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2008
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Takahira MIYAGI, Yoshihito KATAYAMA, Yukio KIMURA
  • Publication number: 20070279750
    Abstract: To provide a substrate with an antireflection film having a high visible light transmittance, a low reflectance and a high film resistivity, and having no cracking even when subjected to heat treatment. A substrate with an antireflection film comprising a transparent substrate and an antireflection film having even number layers in total of a coating film made of a high refractive material having a refractive index of at least 1.90 and a coating film made of a low refractive material having a refractive index of at most 1.56 laminated in this order from the transparent substrate side, wherein at least one coating film made of a high refractive material is a single layer film (a) of a titanium oxynitride layer, a laminated film (b) containing a titanium oxide layer and a zirconium oxide layer or a laminated film (c) containing a titanium oxynitride layer and a zirconium oxide layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2007
    Publication date: December 6, 2007
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Kazuya Yaoita, Yoshihito Katayama, Yukio Kimura
  • Patent number: 7276263
    Abstract: The present invention provides a low reflection glass plate which has an effect of reducing reflectance against light even at an incident angle of 60° sufficiently, in high yield. A process for producing a low reflection glass plate, characterized by the use of a treating fluid (1) comprising a resin B1, fine gold particles, an organic metal compound of at least one metal (M1) selected from the group consisting of iron, titanium and zirconium, and an organic solvent, and a treating fluid (2) comprising a film-forming compound, a resin B2 having the same thermal decomposition temperature as the resin B1 or a higher thermal decomposition temperature than the resin B1, wherein said process comprises applying the treating fluid (1) on the surface of a transparent glass substrate, followed by drying at a temperature of from 50 to 250° C. to remove the organic solvent, further applying the treating fluid (2), followed by drying at from 50 to 250° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2007
    Assignees: Asahi Glass Company, Limited, Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukio Kimura, Yoshiya Tsutsui, Kazuo Gotou
  • Publication number: 20050243426
    Abstract: The present invention provides a low reflection glass plate which has an effect of reducing reflectance against light even at an incident angle of 60° sufficiently, in high yield. A process for producing a low reflection glass plate, characterized by the use of a treating fluid (1) comprising a resin B1, fine gold particles, an organic metal compound of at least one metal (M1) selected from the group consisting of iron, titanium and zirconium, and an organic solvent, and a treating fluid (2) comprising a film-forming compound, a resin B2 having the same thermal decomposition temperature as the resin B1 or a higher thermal decomposition temperature than the resin B1, wherein said process comprises applying the treating fluid (1) on the surface of a transparent glass substrate, followed by drying at a temperature of from 50 to 250° C. to remove the organic solvent, further applying the treating fluid (2), followed by drying at from 50 to 250° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2005
    Publication date: November 3, 2005
    Applicants: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY LIMITED, MITSUBOSHI BELTING LTD.
    Inventors: Yukio Kimura, Yoshiya Tsutsui, Kazuo Gotou
  • Publication number: 20050160780
    Abstract: A surface treatment apparatus for metallic sheet has at least one centrifugal blasting machine to blast solid particles having 30 to 300 ?m of mean particle diameter against the continuously traveling metallic sheet. The blasting machine is structured by a centrifugal rotor having a rotation axis. The line of intersection between the plane vertical to the rotation axis and the plane of the metallic sheet is positioned in parallel to or at 45° or smaller angle to the travel direction of the metallic sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2003
    Publication date: July 28, 2005
    Inventors: Yukio Kimura, Masayasu Ueno, Yasuhiro Sodani
  • Publication number: 20050116397
    Abstract: A surface treatment apparatus for a metal sheet has a blasting device for blasting solid particles having an average particle diameter of 300 ?m or less onto the metal sheet which is continuously transferred, a blast chamber in which the blasting device is disposed, and cleaning means provided at the downstream side of the blast chamber for cleaning a surface of the metal sheet. At an inlet side of the blasting device, a deposits removing device for removing deposits on the surface of the metal sheet may be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2002
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Applicant: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Yukio Kimura, Masayasu Ueno, Yasuhiro Sodani, Shogo Tomita
  • Patent number: 6797411
    Abstract: The method for manufacturing galvanized steel sheet has a step of adjusting the surface texture thereof by blasting solid particles against the surface thereof. The surface texture is defined by at least one parameter selected from the group of parameters consisting of mean roughness Ra on the surface of steel sheet, peak count PPI on the surface of steel sheet, and filtered centerline waviness Wca on the surface of steel sheet. The galvanized steel sheet has a surface in dimple-pattern texture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2004
    Assignee: NKK Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Sodani, Yukio Kimura, Masayasu Ueno, Shogo Tomita, Hisato Noro, Kaoru Sato, Yoshiharu Sugimoto, Satoru Ando, Masaki Tada, Junichi Inagaki, Masaaki Yamashita, Yuji Yamasaki
  • Publication number: 20030219621
    Abstract: The method for manufacturing galvanized steel sheet has a step of adjusting the surface texture thereof by blasting solid particles against the surface thereof. The surface texture is defined by at least one parameter selected from the group of parameters consisting of mean roughness Ra on the surface of steel sheet, peak count PPI on the surface of steel sheet, and filtered centerline waviness Wca on the surface of steel sheet. The galvanized steel sheet has a surface in dimple-pattern texture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2003
    Publication date: November 27, 2003
    Applicant: NKK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Sodani, Yukio Kimura, Masayasu Ueno, Shogo Tomita, Hisato Noro, Kaoru Sato, Yoshiharu Sugimoto, Satoru Ando, Masaki Tada, Junichi Inagaki, Masaaki Yamashita, Yuji Yamasaki
  • Patent number: 6572990
    Abstract: An antireflection film for a window of a transport, which comprises a light absorbing film consisting essentially of a nitride and having a film thickness of from 3 to 12 nm, and an oxide film having a refractive index of from 1.45 to 1.70 and a film thickness of from 70 to 140 nm, formed in this order on a substrate, and which has adequately low reflection performance to the oblique incident light, an adequate abrasion resistance and a high transmittance of visible light, a glass provided with said film, a laminated glass and its production process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2003
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Takuji Oyama, Kazuyoshi Noda, Yoshihito Katayama, Yukio Kimura
  • Patent number: 6570709
    Abstract: The present invention provides a substrate with antireflection films, which has excellent antireflection properties to incident light at an oblique angle from the film face side and high transmittance. Moreover, the antireflection films of the present invention provide a reflection color tone that does not tend to be bluish. This object is achieved where the substrate with antireflection films comprises a transparent substrate and at least two antireflection film layers deposited on one side of the transparent substrate as described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2003
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Yoshihito Katayama, Yukio Kimura, Mikako Maekawa, Eiji Shidoji, Kazuyoshi Noda
  • Publication number: 20030012978
    Abstract: The method for manufacturing galvanized steel sheet has a step of adjusting the surface texture thereof by blasting solid particles against the surface thereof. The surface texture is defined by at least one parameter selected from the group of parameters consisting of mean roughness Ra on the surface of steel sheet, peak count PPI on the surface of steel sheet, and filtered centerline waviness Wca on the surface of steel sheet. The galvanized steel sheet has a surface in dimple-pattern texture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2002
    Publication date: January 16, 2003
    Applicant: NKK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Sodani, Yukio Kimura, Masayasu Ueno, Shogo Tomita, Hisato Noro, Kaoru Sato, Yoshiharu Sugimoto, Satoru Ando, Masaki Tada, Junichi Inagaki, Masaaki Yamashita, Yuji Yamasaki
  • Patent number: 6497127
    Abstract: A method for supplying rolling oil for cold rolling is provided wherein emulsion rolling oil is supplied using both: (i) a first rolling oil supply system for sypplying the emulsion rolling oil to a roll and a steel sheet being rolled in a recirculation mode, and (ii) a second rolling oil supply system for supplying the emulsion rolling oil to only the front and back surface of the stell sheet. The emulsion rolling oil supplied by the first and second supply systems comprise an emulsifier of a same type and concentration, and the second supply system is controlled so that an average particle diameter of emulsion is larger than an average particle diameter of emulsion of the first supply system. The emulsion of the second supply system, which has not stuck onto the steel sheet being rolled, is then joined to the emulsion of the first supply system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2002
    Assignee: NKK Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuo Nishiura, Yasuhiro Sodani, Yukio Kimura, Hiroyoshi Sakai, Yoshiki Sakurai, Shigehiro Tomotsune
  • Publication number: 20020121118
    Abstract: A method for supplying rolling oil for cold rolling comprises the steps of: supplying emulsion rolling oil using a first rolling oil supply system supplying the emulsion rolling oil to a roll and a steel sheet in a recirculation mode and a second rolling oil supply system supplying the emulsion rolling oil to only the front and back surface of the steel sheet, wherein the emulsion rolling oil, which is added with an emulsifier of the same type and concentration with respect to the amount of oil as those of the emulsifier of the first supply system and controlled so that the average particle diameter of emulsion is larger than that of emulsion of the first supply system, is supplied from the second supply system; and joining the emulsion of the second supply system to the emulsion of the first supply system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2001
    Publication date: September 5, 2002
    Applicant: NKK Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuo Nishiura, Yasuhiro Sodani, Yukio Kimura, Hiroyoshi Sakai, Yoshiki Sakurai, Shigehiro Tomotsune