Patents Assigned to AGC Inc.
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Patent number: 12355140Abstract: An antenna device including a transparent antenna element that can be provided at a position visible from outside of a transparent cover of an electronic apparatus is provided. An antenna device includes a flexible substrate that is transparent and that is to be provided on an inner surface side opposite to an outer surface of a transparent cover, made of glass or resin, of an electronic apparatus, and an antenna element that is transparent and that is to be provided at a position, of the flexible substrate, that is visible from outside of the transparent cover, the antenna element having a directivity oriented toward an outside of the electronic apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2022Date of Patent: July 8, 2025Assignee: AGC Inc.Inventors: Yasuo Morimoto, Akira Kumagai, Takeshi Motegi, Kazuhiko Niwano, Kouichirou Takahashi
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Publication number: 20250214890Abstract: The present invention relates to a chemically strengthened glass satisfying A1 [MPa] of 600 or more, A2 [MPa] of 50 or more, B1 [?m] of 6 or less, B2 [?m] of 10% or more of t [?m], C [MPa] of ?30 or less, and A1/B1[MPa/?m] of 100 or more when the chemically strengthened glass has a thickness t [?m] and a profile of a stress value [MPa] at a depth x [?m] from a glass surface is approximated by an error least-squares method in a region of 0<x<3t/8 using the following function while defining a compressive stress as positive and a tensile stress as negative: A1erfc(x/B1)+A2erfc(x/B2)+C, in which erfc is a complementary error function, and relations of A1>A2 and B1<B2 are satisfied.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2025Publication date: July 3, 2025Applicant: AGC Inc.Inventors: Kenji IMAKITA, Suguru MURAYAMA, Izuru KASHIMA, Kazuki KANEHARA
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Publication number: 20250216765Abstract: The present invention relates to a reflective mask blank for EUV lithography, including: a substrate, a multilayer reflective film reflecting EUV light, and a phase shift film shifting a phase of the EUV light, in which the substrate, the multilayer reflective film, and the phase shift film are formed in this order, the phase shift film includes a layer 1 including ruthenium (Ru) and nitrogen (N), and the layer 1 has an absolute value of a film stress of 1,000 MPa or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2025Publication date: July 3, 2025Applicant: AGC INC.Inventors: Hirotomo KAWAHARA, Daijiro AKAGI, Hiroaki IWAOKA, Toshiyuki UNO, Michinori SUEHARA, Keishi TSUKIYAMA
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Patent number: 12346018Abstract: A reflective mask blank includes a substrate; a multilayer reflective film that reflects EUV light; a protection film that protects the multilayer reflective film; and a phase shift film that shifts a phase of the EUV light. The phase shift film contains Ir as a main component. A ratio of a maximum value of an intensity of a peak of diffracted light from the phase shift film in a 2? range of 35° to 45° to an average value of an intensity of the diffracted light in a 2? range of 55° to 60° measured using an XRD method with a CuK? ray, upon being irradiated with the EUV light with an incident angle of ?, is 1.0 or more and 30 or less. A refractive index and an extinction coefficient of the phase shift film to the EUV light are 0.925 or less, and 0.030 or more, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2024Date of Patent: July 1, 2025Assignee: AGC Inc.Inventors: Yuya Nagata, Daijiro Akagi, Kenichi Sasaki, Hiroaki Iwaoka
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Patent number: 12343976Abstract: A spandrel including a first substrate, an intermediate film made of polymer material, and a second, opaque substrate, such that the first substrate is coated with at most two layers which are deposited on the surface located on the side facing the intermediate film made of polymer material and which include at least one upper dielectric layer.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2021Date of Patent: July 1, 2025Assignees: AGC GLASS EUROPE, AGC Inc., AGC FLAT GLASS NORTH AMERICA, INC., AGC VIDROS DO BRASIL LTDAInventors: Julie Hubert, Stijn Mahieu, Daphné Stassen, Xavier Sahyoun
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Publication number: 20250206982Abstract: Provided is a laminate with good top layer adhesion and high water resistance. The laminate of the present invention includes a concrete substrate, a primer layer, a reinforcing layer and a fluorine-containing top layer in order of mention, wherein the primer layer contains a component selected from the group consisting of a cured epoxy resin product and a urethane resin, wherein the reinforcing layer contains a resin selected from the group consisting of a urea resin, a urethane resin and a urethane urea resin, and wherein the fluorine content in the top layer is more than 5 mass % and 55 mass % or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2025Publication date: June 26, 2025Applicant: AGC Inc.Inventors: Seiya URANO, Shuhei OCHI
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Publication number: 20250206657Abstract: The present invention relates to a glass frit including: lithium (Li); an element M; phosphorus (P); oxygen (O); and at least one element of boron (B) and silicon (Si), in which the element M includes at least one element selected from the group composed of zirconium (Zr), hafnium (Hf), tin (Sn), samarium (Sm), niobium (Nb), tantalum (Ta), tungsten (W), and molybdenum (Mo), and the glass frit contains a seed crystal.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2025Publication date: June 26, 2025Applicant: AGC Inc.Inventors: Miyuri SUZUKI, Kohta YAMADA, Takuya TERATANI, Kazuhiro ITO
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Publication number: 20250207271Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a polymer electrolyte membrane with excellent low gas permeability and chemical durability and to provide a membrane electrode assembly, a method for producing a membrane electrode assembly and a water electrolyzer. The polymer electrolyte membrane of the present invention includes a fluorinated polymer having ion exchange groups, a platinum-containing material, cerium oxide and a woven fabric.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2025Publication date: June 26, 2025Applicant: AGC INC.Inventors: Shintaro HAYABE, Takumi OKUYAMA, Kosuke SUMIKURA
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Publication number: 20250210877Abstract: A reflective panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and an interlayer in which, a first interlayer film, a second interlayer film, and a third interlayer film are stacked in this order, the interlayer being provided between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein an interface between the first interlayer film and the second interlayer film, or an interface between the second interlayer film and the third interlayer film is a reflective surface configured to reflect an electromagnetic waves of 1 GHz or more and 300 GHz or less, and wherein d1 and d2 together satisfy 0.5<d1/d2<1.5, where d1 denotes an average thickness of the first interlayer film and d2 denotes an average thickness of the third interlayer film.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2025Publication date: June 26, 2025Applicant: AGC Inc.Inventors: Shinji UEKI, Kumiko KAMBARA
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Publication number: 20250206978Abstract: Provided are a coating composition having good film forming properties in low temperature environments and capable of forming coating films with good adhesion to concrete substrates, and a coated article. The coating composition of the present invention contains a fluoropolymer, a (meth)acrylic polymer and water, wherein a particle size of the (meth)acrylic polymer in the coating composition is 150 nm or more, wherein a glass transition temperature of the (meth)acrylic polymer is 40° C. or lower, wherein each of minimum film forming temperatures of the fluoropolymer and the (meth)acrylic polymer is 50° C. or lower, wherein the absolute value of a difference between the minimum film forming temperatures of the fluoropolymer and the (meth)acrylic polymer is 20° C. or less, and wherein the absolute value of a difference between the particle sizes of the fluoropolymer and the (meth)acrylic polymer is 35 nm or less. The minimum film forming temperature of the fluoropolymer may be 60° C. or lower.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2025Publication date: June 26, 2025Applicant: AGC Inc.Inventors: Seiya URANO, Shuhei OCHI
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Patent number: 12338153Abstract: A mixed raw material producing method for producing a mixed raw material includes preparing a glass raw material and an aqueous solution of sodium hydroxide; causing the aqueous solution to absorb carbon dioxide gas, to deposit sodium hydrogen carbonate in the aqueous solution; and mixing the sodium hydrogen carbonate with the glass raw material, to obtain a mixed raw material to be charged into a melting furnace.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2022Date of Patent: June 24, 2025Assignee: AGC Inc.Inventor: Terutaka Maehara
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Patent number: 12339580Abstract: A reflective mask blank for EUV lithography, includes: a substrate; a conductive film disposed on or above a back surface of the substrate; a reflective layer disposed on or above a front surface of the substrate, the reflective layer reflecting EUV light; and an absorption layer disposed on or above the reflective layer, the absorption layer absorbing the EUV light.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2024Date of Patent: June 24, 2025Assignee: AGC Inc.Inventors: Yusuke Ono, Hiroaki Iwaoka, Taiga Fudetani
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Publication number: 20250199215Abstract: An optical filter includes: a dielectric multilayer film 1; a glass substrate; a dielectric multilayer film 2; a light-absorbing layer; and a dielectric multilayer film 3 in this order, in which the light-absorbing layer comprises a near-infrared ray absorbing dye, and the optical filter satisfies all of spectral characteristics (i-1) to (i-6).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2024Publication date: June 19, 2025Applicant: AGC Inc.Inventors: Kazuhiko SHIONO, Takashi NAGATA
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Publication number: 20250197577Abstract: This layered body is a layered body including a film-like base material and an antistatic layer provided on one surface of the base material, wherein a surface of the base material that is contact with the antistatic layer has a surface energy of 35 to 70 mN/m, and a thickness deviation of the antistatic layer is less than 30%.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2025Publication date: June 19, 2025Applicant: AGC Inc.Inventors: Seigo KOTERA, Satoshi TAKENAKA, Junetsu NAKAMURA
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Publication number: 20250197327Abstract: The present invention provides a method of producing a fluoroolefin, the method including the step of bringing a fluorocarbon represented by the following Formula (1): CX1X2F—CX3X4H (1), into contact with a catalyst to produce a fluoroolefin represented by the following Formula (2): CX1X2?CX3X4(2), in which in Formula (1) and Formula (2), each of X1, X2, X3 and X4 independently represents a hydrogen atom or a fluorine atom, and at least one of X1, X2, X3 or X4 is a fluorine atom. In the above-described method, the catalyst includes ?-alumina, and the catalyst has an average pore diameter of 5 nm or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2025Publication date: June 19, 2025Applicant: AGC Inc.Inventors: Taku YAMADA, Hikaru IWASAKI, Hidekazu OKAMOTO, Tetsuo OTSUKA
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Publication number: 20250199216Abstract: An optical filter includes: a dielectric multilayer film 1; a light-absorbing layer; a glass substrate; and a dielectric multilayer film 2 in this order, in which the dielectric multilayer film 1 has a thickness of 1,500 nm or more, the light-absorbing layer includes a resin having a glass transition temperature of 200° C. or higher and a near-infrared ray absorbing dye, and the optical filter satisfies spectral characteristics (i-1) and (i-2).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2024Publication date: June 19, 2025Applicant: AGC Inc.Inventors: Kazuhiko SHIONO, Takashi NAGATA
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Publication number: 20250199219Abstract: An optical filter includes a first dielectric multilayer film, a resin film, a phosphate glass, and a second dielectric multilayer film. The second dielectric multilayer film includes at least one H2 layer satisfying a refractive index of 1.8 or more and 2.5 or less and a QWOT of 1.1 or more and 3.5 or less, when a layer closest to the phosphate glass in the H2 layers is defined as a first H2 layer, the second dielectric multilayer film comprises a first M2 layer comprising a single layer satisfying a QWOT of 1.2 or more and 1.8 or less or a plurality of layers satisfying a total QWOT of 1.2 or more and 1.8 or less between the first H2 layer and the phosphate glass, and the optical filter satisfies all of the spectral characteristics (i-1) to (i-4).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2025Publication date: June 19, 2025Applicant: AGC Inc.Inventors: Kazuhiko SHIONO, Takuro SHIMADA, Yuichiro ORITA, Kiyokazu ENDO, Takahiro SAKAGAMI, Takashi NAGATA, Katsushi KAMIJYO
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Publication number: 20250199217Abstract: An optical filter according to an embodiment includes: a dielectric multilayer film 1; a light-absorbing layer; a glass substrate; and a dielectric multilayer film 2 in this order, in which the light-absorbing layer includes a near-infrared ray absorbing dye, and the optical filter satisfies all of spectral characteristic (i-1) to spectral characteristic (i-6).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2024Publication date: June 19, 2025Applicant: AGC Inc.Inventors: Kazuhiko SHIONO, Takashi NAGATA
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Publication number: 20250196808Abstract: The window glass for vehicle includes a heating section provided between a second main surface and a third main surface and connected between a upper edge bus bar and a lower edge bus bar. The heating section has first heating wires provided in the first region and connected between the upper edge bus bar and the lower edge bus bar and second heating wires provided in the second region and connected between the upper edge bus bar and the lower edge bus bar. A first pitch between the first heating wires in the width direction of the vehicle body is wider than a second pitch between the second heating wires in the width direction of the vehicle body.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2025Publication date: June 19, 2025Applicant: AGC Inc.Inventors: Satoshi KANEKO, Hideaki Shoji, Shoichi Takeuchi, Kiyoshi Nobuoka
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Patent number: 12330985Abstract: A near-infrared cut filter glass has: an average transmittance in a wavelength range of 400-550 nm of 50-92%; a transmittance at a wavelength of 700 nm of 40-92%; an average transmittance in a wavelength range of 850-950 nm of 0.0001-70%; and an average transmittance in a wavelength range of 1200-2500 nm of 0.0001-60%.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2021Date of Patent: June 17, 2025Assignee: AGC INC.Inventors: Takahiro Sakagami, Kazuhiko Shiono