Patents Assigned to AGC Inc.
  • Publication number: 20240417312
    Abstract: Provided is a glass having a high refractive index and capable of suppressing a decrease in transmittance with respect to visible light. A glass (10) has a refractive index of 1.94 or more, an internal transmittance of 70% or more with respect to light having a wavelength of 440 nm at a plate thickness of 10 mm, and a degradation degree (?T) of 2.2% or less in an ultraviolet irradiation test.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2024
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Naoki KANNO, Shigeki SAWAMURA
  • Publication number: 20240416625
    Abstract: A laminated glass for an automobile window, the laminated glass including a first glass plate, an intermediate film, and a second glass plate in this order from outside of a vehicle to inside of the vehicle, wherein a plurality of heterogeneous regions formed by a laser are provided in a vicinity of a surface of the first glass plate, a surface of the second glass plate, or the surfaces of the first glass plate and the second glass plate, the surfaces facing the inside of the vehicle, being spaced apart in a plane direction, a ratio of a length in a thickness direction to a circle equivalent diameter in plan view of the heterogeneous regions is 2 or more and 1,000 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2024
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Isao SAITO, Akihiro SHIBATA, Masao FUKAMI
  • Publication number: 20240417307
    Abstract: A glass includes, as represented by mol % of element: 12% to 16% of P; 16% to 21% of Sn; 50% to 60% of O; 5% to 15% of F; 0% to 3% of Zn; 0% to 1% of Si; 0% to 1% of B; and 0% to 3% of Al, and (Sn+Zn)/P is 1.25 to 1.55. A glass transition temperature Tg is 80° C. to 200° C. When an absorbance per 1 mm thickness at a wave number of 3100 cm?1 is defined as A3100 and an absorbance per 1 mm thickness at a wave number of 3240 cm?1 is defined as A3240 in an infrared absorption spectrum, A3240/A3100 is 0.6 to 1.2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2024
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Naoya WADA, Hiroyuki YAMAMOTO, Jun MINAMIDATE
  • Publication number: 20240421486
    Abstract: An antenna unit includes a dielectric layer through which visible light transmits, a first conductor layer, a pseudo layer, and a second conductor layer provided separately from the first conductor layer. At least part of the pseudo layer is disposed around the second conductor layer in a plan view. The inequality |n1?n2|/N?1.09×10?1 holds where n1 and n2 (n1 and n2 are integers equal to or larger than zero) are N-level gradation values (N is a natural number) in a case where a first region that exists without overlapping the second conductor layer in the pseudo layer and a second region that exists without overlapping the pseudo layer in the second conductor layer, respectively, in the plan view are read at a resolution of 400 dpi.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2024
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Mayu OGAWA, Ryuta SONODA
  • Publication number: 20240418916
    Abstract: Optical filter-type glass contains a P component, a Cu component, and Mo component, is substantially free of F, and includes: in mass % on an oxide basis, 60% to 75% of P2O5; 9% to 16.5% of Al2O3; 4% to 20% of ?R2O, where R2O is one or more components selected from Li2O, Na2O, K2O, Rb2O, and Cs2O, and ?R2O is a total amount of R2O; 0% to 8% of ?R?O, where R?O is one or more components selected from CaO, MgO, BaO, SrO, and ZnO, and ?R?O is a total amount of R?O; more than 7% up to 20% of CuO; and 0.01% to 1.18% of MoO3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2024
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventor: Takahiro SAKAGAMI
  • Publication number: 20240419063
    Abstract: A reflective mask blank, which is a binary reflective mask blank, includes, in order: a substrate; a multilayer reflective film configured to reflect EUV light; and a pattern film. The pattern film has a laminated structure including a total of L layers each having a different refractive index where L is a natural number of 2 or more. When an absorption coefficient of an i-th layer in the pattern film from a side opposite to the substrate is defined as ki, a thickness of the i-th layer in the pattern film from the side opposite to the substrate is defined as di (nm), a total thickness of the pattern film is defined as d, an exposure wavelength is defined as ? (nm), and Pi is defined as 1?exp(?2?/?*diki), the following formula (1) is satisfied. ? i = 1 L ( Pi / d ) > 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2024
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventor: Takeshi OKATO
  • Patent number: 12168626
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a chemically strengthened glass having a sheet shape, having a compressive stress layer on a glass surface, having a compressive stress value on the glass surface of 800 MPa or more, having a sheet thickness (t) of 100 ?m or more, having a depth of the compressive stress layer (DOL) of (t×0.1) ?m or more, and satisfying: CSB>CSA>0, where DB is a depth in a range of 10 ?m or more and not more than DOL from the glass surface, at which a compressive stress value is maximum; CSB is the compressive stress value at the depth DB; D? is a depth in a range of equal to or less than DB from the glass surface, at which a compressive stress value is minimum; and CSA is the compressive stress value at the depth DA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuki Kanehara, Eriko Maeda, Takumi Umada, Kenji Imakita
  • Patent number: 12169300
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a light guide plate containing a glass plate and a resin layer that is formed on at least one major surface of the glass plate, in which the resin layer is made of a resin containing metal oxide fine particles dispersed, and an absolute value of a refractive index difference between the glass plate and the resin layer is 0.07 or smaller over an entire range of a wavelength of 430 nm to 700 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Takenori Someya, Tomoaki Sakurada
  • Patent number: 12168730
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an optical filter containing: an absorption layer containing a near-infrared absorbing dye (A) having a maximum absorption wavelength in dichloromethane being in a wavelength range of 850 to 1,100 nm and a transparent resin; and a reflection layer formed of a dielectric multilayer film, in which the near-infrared absorbing dye (A) satisfies the following Formulae (1) to (4). ABS400(A)DCM/ABS?max(A)DCM<0.10??(1), ABS550(A)DCM/ABS?max(A)DCM<0.04??(2), ABS400(A)TR/ABS?max(A)TR<0.15??(3), and ABS550(A)TR/ABS?max(A)TR<0.10??(4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Sayuri Yamada, Kazuhiko Shiono, Hiroki Hotaka
  • Publication number: 20240414991
    Abstract: A self-luminous display device includes an anti-reflective film-attached transparent substrate including a transparent substrate and an anti-reflective film on the transparent substrate. The anti-reflective film has a light absorption ability and has a laminated structure in which at least two dielectric layers having different refractive indices are laminated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2024
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Katsumi SUZUKI, Kazuya Takemoto
  • Publication number: 20240409795
    Abstract: Provided is a paste circuit comprising a circuit pattern and an adhesive agent layer, the paste circuit being excellent in long-lasting of appropriate adhesive force, without causing malfunction of a circuit such as a short circuit or corrosion. The paste circuit of the present invention is a paste circuit comprising a circuit pattern and an adhesive agent layer, in which an adhesive agent constituting the adhesive agent layer comprises a reaction product of a hydroxyl-terminated urethane prepolymer and a curing agent, the hydroxyl-terminated urethane prepolymer is a reaction product of an oxyalkylene polymer A having an average number of hydroxyl groups per molecule of 2.1 to 3.0, an oxyalkylene polymer B having the number of hydroxyl groups per molecule of 1, and a diisocyanate compound, and has a content of ethylene oxide units of 5% by mass or more, and the curing agent comprises a polyisocyanate compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2024
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Takuya KOMINE, Makito NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20240409452
    Abstract: Rate of thermal expansion is reduced, and also electrical resistance is reduced. A glass 10 has a conductivity parameter A of 1.3 or more, the conductivity parameter A being calculated from the composition and represented by Formula (1), and a thermal expansion parameter B of 2.0 or less, the thermal expansion parameter B being calculated from the composition and represented by Formula (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2024
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Rikiya KADO, Seiji INABA
  • Publication number: 20240409741
    Abstract: To provide a resin composition formable into a molded body excellent in friction properties and heat resistance and a molded body. A resin composition including: a non-fluorinated thermoplastic resin; a first tetrafluoroethylene polymer; and a second tetrafluoroethylene polymer having a melting point higher than or equal to 260° C. and lower than a melting point of the first tetrafluoroethylene polymer, wherein, relative to the total mass of the non-fluorinated thermoplastic resin, the first tetrafluoroethylene polymer and the second tetrafluoroethylene polymer, the content of the first tetrafluoroethylene polymer is from 4.0 to 32.0 mass %, and the content of the second tetrafluoroethylene polymer is from 0.5 to 10.0 mass %, and wherein the resin composition is obtained by melt-mixing a mixed powder of first particles of the first tetrafluoroethylene polymer and second particles of the second tetrafluoroethylene polymer with a powder of the non-fluorinated thermoplastic resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2024
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Yousuke OCHI, Masatoshi ABE, Toru SASAKI, Masahide YODOGAWA
  • Patent number: 12164127
    Abstract: A radio-wave transmitting substrate includes a dielectric substrate, and, on at least one main surface of the dielectric substrate, a heat-ray reflection film including an electroconductive film, and an opening where the electroconductive film is absent in a plan view. At least a part of the at least one main surface in a plan view is a radio-wave transmitting region. The radio-wave transmitting region is a region where every 1-cm square unit region in the region satisfies the following expression (a): L>802.6×S?503.7. L is an overall length (unit: mm/cm2) of a boundary between the heat-ray reflection film and the opening in the unit region, and S is a proportion of an area occupied by the heat-ray reflection film in the unit region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignees: AGC Inc., AGC FLAT GLASS NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Shimpei Morita, Kouichirou Takahashi, Osamu Kagaya, Takato Kajihara, Akiyo Nogami
  • Patent number: 12162966
    Abstract: To provide a sulfonic acid group-containing polymer which is capable of forming a low hydrogen permeable membrane, which shows a high ion exchange capacity, and which shows a proper softening temperature. The sulfonic acid group-containing polymer has units u1 represented by the following formula u1, units u2 represented by the following formula u2, and units u3 based on tetrafluoroethylene, in the formula u1, RF1 and RF2 are each independently a C1-3 perfluoroalkylene group, and Z+ is a hydrogen ion, a metal ion, or an ammonium ion, —[CF2—CF(CF2O—Rf1)]—??Formula u2 in the formula u2, Rf1 is a perfluoroalkyl group which may contain a SO3?Z+ group and/or an etheric oxygen atom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Takeshi Hirai, Hiroyuki Watabe, Susumu Saito
  • Patent number: 12162329
    Abstract: The present vehicle includes a projection device installed in the vehicle; and a laminated glass configured to transmit a light beam emitted from the projection device to a vehicle exterior side. The laminated glass includes a vehicle-interior-side glass plate; a vehicle-exterior-side glass plate; an interlayer bonding the vehicle-interior-side glass plate and the vehicle-exterior-side glass plate; and a scattering layer arranged between the vehicle-exterior-side glass plate and the vehicle-interior-side glass plate, and in contact with the interlayer, the scattering layer being configured to be irradiated with the light beam. A relationship between visible light transmittance Tv (%) of the laminated glass and an angle of incidence ? (degrees) to the scattering layer of each ray included in the light beam incident on the scattering layer satisfies Formula (1) described in the description.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Shunsuke Sadakane, Yusuke Nishizawa, Yuhei Gima, Risa Kimura
  • Publication number: 20240405412
    Abstract: To provide a vehicle antenna device which can secure desired antenna characteristics of both a satellite antenna and a communication antenna. A vehicle antenna device comprising a dielectric attached to a vehicle, a conductor plate placed adjacent to the dielectric plate, a satellite antenna disposed below the conductor plate, receiving radio waves which arrive from a satellite through the dielectric plate, and a communication antenna disposed below the satellite antenna, transmitting/receiving radio waves to/from outside the vehicle through the dielectric plate in a horizontal direction, wherein the satellite antenna comprises a radiating conductor which does not overlap the conductor plate from a vertical view, and a ground conductor positioned between the radiating conductor and the communication antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Hideaki SHOJI, Satoshi KANEKO
  • Publication number: 20240400737
    Abstract: A copolymer having a unit (A) having a reactive silyl group, a unit (B) having a group represented by formula (1) shown below, and a unit (C) represented by formula (2) shown below. In the formulas, n1 represents 2 or 3, and n2 represents an integer of 0 to 300, n3 represents 2 or 3, n4 represents an integer of 0 to 300, R6 represents an alkyl group, and the ratio represented by (n4+1)/(number of carbon atoms in R6) is at least 0.5 but less than 9.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Taihei TANIGUCHI, Hajime EGUCHI, Ryohei KOGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20240400462
    Abstract: Provided is a conventionally unavailable, novel SiSiC component. The SiSiC component has at least one long hole formed therein, wherein the long hole has a diameter of 2 mm or smaller, wherein the long hole has a length of 100 mm or longer, and wherein the content of elemental Si is 10 to 60 vol %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Rui HAYASHI, Shuhei OGAWA, Koki TANAKA, Hiroyuki YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240407089
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a silica glass substrate including: a first main surface and a second main surface that are facing each other, in which the silica glass substrate has a density of 2.0 g/cm3 or less, the silica glass substrate includes a plurality of bubbles, the silica glass substrate has an average diameter of first recessed portions of 30 ?m or less, the first recessed portions being formed by the bubbles exposed on the first main surface, and the silica glass substrate has the number of the first recessed portions of 200/mm2 or less on the first main surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: AGC INC.
    Inventors: Kent SUGA, Hidetoshi MATSUMOTO, Katsuaki MIYATANI