Patents Assigned to AGC Inc.
  • Publication number: 20250118942
    Abstract: A side window cap is configured to cover and seal a light emitting element onto a substrate where the light emitting element is mounted. The side window cap has a cross sectional shape of an inverted recess having an upper wall portion, four side wall portions, and a lower opening. One of the four side wall portions is a window made of a transparent material. Three of the four side wall portions and the upper wall portion are made of glass ceramic. The transparent material and the glass ceramic are directly bonded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Applicant: AGC INC.
    Inventors: Nanako NISHIMOTO, Ryota MURAKAMI
  • Publication number: 20250115512
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an alkali borosilicate glass, in which a content of total iron in terms of Fe2O3 is 0.03% or more in mol % in terms of oxides, a ratio of three-coordinated boron to a total amount of the three-coordinated boron and four-coordinated boron is 61% or less, the alkali borosilicate glass is substantially free of Se and CoO, when a thickness of the alkali borosilicate glass is converted into 2.0 mm, a solar transmittance Te specified in ISO-9050:2003 is 90% or less, a dominant wavelength Dw measured using a standard C light source specified in JIS Z 8701:1999 is 520 nm or more and 574 nm or less, and an excitation purity Pe measured using the standard C light source specified in JIS Z 8701:1999 is 4.0% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Takato KAJIHARA, Shigeki SAWAMURA
  • Publication number: 20250116803
    Abstract: An optical filter includes a glass substrate having a first main surface, a second main surface opposite the first main surface, and an end surface connecting the first and second main surfaces, the glass substrate being a phosphate glass containing an absorbent, and a first antireflection layer disposed directly or indirectly on the first main surface of the glass substrate, wherein the first main surface of the glass substrate is coated with a first inorganic film, and a second inorganic film is provided directly or indirectly on the second main surface of the glass substrate, with the end surface being coated with a third inorganic film, and wherein the first inorganic film is a film that is closest to the glass substrate among films constituting the first antireflection layer, or a film that is different from a film composed of a plurality of films constituting the first antireflection layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko SHIONO, Yayoi YAMAMORI, Takahiro SAKAGAMI, Takashi NAGATA, Katsushi KAMIJYO
  • Publication number: 20250116802
    Abstract: An optical filter includes a glass substrate having a first main surface and a second main surface opposite each other and including phosphoric acid glass, a first antireflective layer disposed directly or indirectly on the first main surface of the glass substrate, and a resin layer, containing dye, disposed as one or more layers directly or indirectly on the second main surface of the glass substrate, wherein the glass substrate includes a predetermined range of amount of oxides, wherein the dye has a maximum absorption wavelength in the resin layer at a wavelength range of 690 to 800 nm, wherein thickness of the resin layer is 10 ?m or less, wherein the optical filter has all spectral characteristics specified in (a-1) to (a-6), and wherein a Haze value of the optical filter is 2% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko SHIONO, Takuro SHIMADA, Yuichiro ORITA, Takahiro SAKAGAMI, Takashi NAGATA, Katsushi KAMIJYO
  • Publication number: 20250116920
    Abstract: An electroconductive-film-coated substrate includes a glass substrate and an electroconductive film disposed on one main surface of the glass substrate. The electroconductive film has an inclined portion in a peripheral edge. A distance from a position in the inclined portion where a thickness of the electroconductive film is 10% of a film thickness of a center of the electroconductive film to an edge end of the glass substrate is 3.00 mm or less. A distance from an end of the inclined portion to the edge end of the glass substrate is longer than 0.00 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Sotaro NAKAMURA, Masayoshi MIZOGUCHI, Takeshi TOMIZAWA, Takahira MIYAGI, Ryusuke MORITA
  • Publication number: 20250115101
    Abstract: A glass diaphragm includes: a glass plate structure; a mounting member fixed to the glass plate structure; a connection member that is attached to the mounting member and is to be fixed to an exciter for vibrating the glass plate structure; and a first adhesive layer and a second adhesive layer, each of the first adhesive layer and the second adhesive layer being disposed between the glass plate structure and the mounting member, in which a material of the first adhesive layer is different from a material of the second adhesive layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Kento SAKURAI, Jun AKIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20250115507
    Abstract: According to the present invention, provided is a heater including a heat generating member being conductive and configured to radiate heat rays by being fed with electric power, a tubular member constituted by a metal and accommodating the heat generating member, and an intermediate member arranged between the heat generating member and the tubular member and constituted by an electrically insulating material, wherein the intermediate member is arranged and/or configured to allow, among the heat rays radiated from the heat generating member, at least light having a wavelength of from 1 ?m to 2 ?m to pass through the intermediate member to reach the tubular member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Terutaka MAEHARA, Akifumi NIWA, Shuntaro HYODO, Takashi ENOMOTO, Takeshi YAMAZAKI, Yoji DOI, Roger PAULI, Lawrence KEEN
  • Patent number: 12271012
    Abstract: A glass for an optical filter, the glass being a phosphate glass including Cu, in which the glass has: an average transmittance of 80% or more at a wavelength of 430 nm to 550 nm; an average transmittance of 2% or less at a wavelength of 800 nm to 950 nm; an average transmittance of 3% or less at a wavelength of 1000 nm to 1200 nm; an average transmittance of 5% or less at a wavelength of 700 nm to 1200 nm; a transmittance of 25% or more at a wavelength of 1550 nm; and a wavelength at which a transmittance is 50% of 615 nm or more in a wavelength range of 600 nm to 800 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventor: Takahiro Sakagami
  • Patent number: 12269769
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a chemically strengthened glass having a thickness t (mm), in which a first-order derivative CSx? of a stress value CSx (MPa) is ?4.7 or larger in a range of CSx?0 in a profile of the stress value CSx (MPa), in which the stress value CSx (MPa) is a function of depth x (?m) from a glass surface, and in which the stress value CSx (MPa) is measured by a scattered light photoelastic stress meter, and a manufacturing method thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: AGC INC.
    Inventors: Kaname Sekiya, Yusuke Fujiwara
  • Publication number: 20250107977
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a silica powder for a cosmetic material, including: amorphous silica particles, in which the silica particles have an average circularity of 0.75 or more, and the silica powder satisfies at least one of the following conditions (1) to (3), (1) a degree of aggregation of 60% or more, (2) an angle of difference between an angle of repose and an angle of collapse of 15 degrees or less, or (3) a degree of dispersion of 50% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2024
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Applicants: AGC Inc., AGC SI-TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinnosuke ARIMITSU, Hajime KATAYAMA, Masashi KONDO, Kohta FUKUMOTO, Hiromichi KAMO, Daisuke YAMAZUMI
  • Publication number: 20250109056
    Abstract: A circular glass substrate including first and second main surfaces opposite each other, an edge portion between the first and second main surfaces, and a notch at a part of the edge portion. The glass substrate has a specific gravity of 3.00 or more; a radius r of 75 mm or more; a refractive index nd of 1.800 or more; and a ratio (Tf/Tg) of a fictive temperature Tf (° C.) to a glass transition temperature Tg (° C.) of 1.00 or more. In a relationship of an internal transmittance to a wavelength, when converted for a thickness of 10 mm, a shortest wavelength ?70 at which the internal transmittance becomes 70% is 440 nm or less; and a ratio (g/r) of deviation g (mm), of a center of mass (G) relative to a center (P), to the radius r, in a top view, is in a range of 0.05% to 1.2%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2024
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Shigeki SAWAMURA, Naoki KANNO
  • Publication number: 20250110340
    Abstract: A circular glass substrate including first and second main surfaces opposite each other, an edge portion between the first and second main surfaces, and a notch at a part of the edge portion. The glass substrate has a specific gravity of 3.00 or more; a radius r of 75 mm or more; a refractive index nd of 1.800 or more; and a ratio (Tf/Tg) of a fictive temperature Tf (° C.) to a glass transition temperature Tg (° C.) of less than 1.00. In a relationship of an internal transmittance to a wavelength, when converted for a thickness of 10 mm, a shortest wavelength ?70 at which the internal transmittance becomes 70% is 425 nm or less; and a ratio (g/r) of deviation g (mm), of a center of mass (G) relative to a center (P), to the radius r, in a top view, is in a range of 0.05% to 1.2%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2024
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Shigeki SAWAMURA, Naoki Kanno
  • Patent number: 12263555
    Abstract: A method of producing a glass article includes holding a carrier having a circular shape, in which a glass substrate having a circular shape is retained, with an upper surface plate and a lower surface plate; and polishing the glass substrate by rotating the carrier with respect to the upper surface plate and the lower surface plate, to obtain the glass article. The glass substrate is disposed in the carrier such that, in a top plan view, a center of the carrier is included in a region of the glass substrate, and a center of the glass substrate is shifted from the center of the carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: AGC INC.
    Inventors: Toru Momose, Osamu Sato, Hirofumi Yamamoto, Nobuhiko Takeshita
  • Patent number: 12264257
    Abstract: The composition containing a compound represented by the formula (1) and a compound represented by the formula (2), Rf1—(OX1)m1—O—Rf2—Y1—[Si(R1)n1L13-n1]g1??(1) [L23-n2(R2)n2Si]g2—Y2—Rf3—(OX2)m2—O—Rf4—Y3—[Si(R3)n3L33-n3]g3??(2), where Rf1 to Rf4, X1 to X2, Y1 to Y3, R1 to R3, L1 to L3, m1 to m2, n1 to n3, and g1 to g3 are as defined in the disclosure. An article, containing a substrate and a surface layer formed of the composition on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Keigo Matsuura, Taiki Hoshino, Kiyotaka Takao, Makoto Uno, Eiichiro Anraku, Motoshi Aoyama, Naoki Katsuki, Yusuke Tomiyori, Toyokazu Enta, Hiromasa Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 12265202
    Abstract: To appropriately suppress reflection of far-infrared rays, and appropriately form an antireflection film. A far-infrared ray transmission member (20) includes a base material (30) that transmits far-infrared rays, and a functional film (32) that is formed on the base material (30) and includes a low refractive index layer (34) containing oxide as a principal component and having a refractive index equal to or smaller than 1.5 with respect to light at a wavelength of 10 ?m. The low refractive index layer (34) contains MgO as a principal component, and a content of MgO is equal to or larger than 50 mass % and equal to or smaller than 100 mass % with respect to the entire low refractive index layer (34).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: AGC INC.
    Inventors: Yoji Yasui, Kazunobu Maeshige, Takahiro Mashimo, Takuji Oyama, Nobutaka Aomine, Manaya Kubono
  • Patent number: 12264238
    Abstract: To provide a method for producing crosslinked rubber excellent in hardness and transparency. The method for producing crosslinked rubber of the present invention is a method for producing crosslinked rubber, which comprises crosslinking a fluorinated copolymer in a composition comprising the fluorinated copolymer, a crosslinking agent and a crosslinking co-agent, wherein the fluorinated copolymer is a copolymer having units based on tetrafluoroethylene and units based on a perfluoro(alkyl vinyl ether), the content of the units based on tetrafluoroethylene is from 65 to 90 mol % to all units of the fluorinated copolymer, in the composition, the content of the crosslinking agent is from 0.03 to 0.7 part by mass to 100 parts by mass of the fluorinated copolymer, the content of the crosslinking co-agent is from 0.1 to 2.5 parts by mass to 100 parts by mass of the fluorinated copolymer, and the hardness is from 65 to 100.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Yukiko Hattori, Tsuyoshi Kawai, Takeshi Yamada, Takehiro Kose
  • Publication number: 20250101150
    Abstract: The present invention provides a crosslinkable fluororesin composition with which it is possible to obtain a molded body, a crosslinked molded body, and a coated wire which have excellent heat resistance and are less likely to have a problem of staining. A crosslinkable fluororesin composition according to the present invention comprises: a fluororesin having a unit based on ethylene and a unit based on tetrafluoroethylene, is melt-moldable, and has a melting point of 210° C. or higher; a crosslinking agent having a plurality of unsaturated carbon bonds; and an antioxidant having at least one of a phenol group and a phosphorus atom and has a molecular weight 10 of 600 or more. A molded body, a crosslinked molded body, and a coated wire according to the present invention are obtained from the crosslinkable fluororesin composition according to the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Masatoshi ABE, Kosuke SHIBASAKI, Toru SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20250100890
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a spherical silica powder, the method including, firing a spherical and porous silica precursor in a state where particles of the silica precursor are in contact with each other, in which the silica precursor has a sodium concentration of 1 ppm by mass to 300 ppm by mass and assuming the sodium concentration as x (ppm by mass) and a heat treatment temperature as y (° C.), the silica precursor is subjected to the heat treatment at a temperature satisfying ?0.97x+1180<y<?0.97x+1310, or the silica precursor has a pore volume of 0.1 ml/g to 2.0 ml/g and a specific surface area of 200 m2/g to 1000 m2/g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Applicants: AGC Inc., AGC SI-TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hajime KATAYAMA, Kohta FUKUMOTO, Masashi KONDO, Hiromichi KAMO, Shinnosuke ARIMITSU
  • Patent number: 12261367
    Abstract: An antenna unit to be used by being installed so as to face window glass for a building includes a radiating element, a phase control member situated on an exterior-side with reference to the radiating element and configured to control a phase of an electromagnetic wave radiated from the radiating element, and a conductor situated on an interior-side with reference to the radiating element, wherein the phase control member is a member including a dielectric and a plurality of conductor portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignees: AGC Inc., AGC GLASS EUROPE, AGC FLAT GLASS NORTH AMERICA, INC., AGC Vidros do Brasil Ltda.
    Inventors: Ryuta Sonoda, Masaki Horie
  • Patent number: 12261335
    Abstract: To provide a liquid composition capable of forming a polymer electrolyte membrane which is excellent in the initial power generation characteristics when made into a membrane electrode assembly, and which is excellent in durability and has few defects. This liquid composition comprises a liquid medium, a sulfonic acid group-containing fluorocarbon polymer and a hardly soluble cerium compound, wherein the ion exchange capacity of the sulfonic acid group-containing fluorocarbon polymer is from 1.36 to 2.50 meq/g dry resin, the average particle size of the hardly soluble cerium compound is from 1 nm to 3,000 nm, and the ratio of the total number of moles of cerium atoms in the hardly soluble cerium compound to the total number of moles of sulfonic acid groups in the sulfonic acid group-containing fluorocarbon polymer is from 0.001 to 0.3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Susumu Saito, Takumi Okuyama, Hiroyuki Watabe