Patents Assigned to AGC Inc.
  • Publication number: 20250189707
    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: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2025
    Publication date: June 12, 2025
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventor: Takahiro SAKAGAMI
  • Publication number: 20250187310
    Abstract: Provided is an adhesive layer-equipped functional film for laminated glass that enables the production of a laminated glass having good suppression of wrinkling and interference fringe. The adhesive layer-equipped functional film for laminated glass has a functional film, a first adhesive layer provided on one surface of the functional film, and a second adhesive layer provided on the other surface of the functional film, wherein when the adhesive layer-equipped functional film for laminated glass is used to form a laminated glass, if the thickness of the first adhesive layer is termed T1 and the thickness of the second adhesive layer is termed T2, then T1 is at least 2 ?m but less than 380 ?m, T2 is at least 380 ?m but not more than 760 ?m, and the total of T1 and T2 is at least 760 ?m, and the functional film is a resin film having a resin layer, wherein the phase difference of the resin layer in the thickness direction measured at a wavelength of 543 nm is not more than 100 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2025
    Publication date: June 12, 2025
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Tatsuo YOKOTE, Remi KAWAKAMI, Yoko MITSUI, Atsushi KOMORI
  • Patent number: 12325304
    Abstract: An in-vehicle display device includes n layers from a cover glass to a housing bottom member, including a display panel midway thereof. The housing bottom member is fixed to an interior portion of a vehicle at at least two fixing points. When a virtual plane R is defined based on the two fixing points, a distance Zcg is defined based on a main surface of the cover glass and the virtual plane R, and a distance Z is defined based on a main surface of the display panel and the virtual plane R, a ratio Z/Zcg is 0.6 or less. When a virtual line L is defined based on the main surface of the display panel and the virtual plane R, the n layers satisfy Expression (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2025
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Toshinari Watanabe, Atsushi Inoue, Ryou Hokari, Yasuhiro Inoue
  • Patent number: 12325211
    Abstract: To provide a glass plate with resin frame and a method for producing a glass plate with resin frame, by which high gloss of a design surface with a color expressed by a decorative molding can be achieved. A glass plate 10 with resin frame, which comprises a glass plate 12, a resin frame 14 provided on a peripheral portion of the glass plate 12, and a decorative molding 16 disposed on the resin frame 14, the resin frame 14 being formed integrally with the glass plate 12 and the decorative molding 16, wherein the decorative molding 16 is a transparent design film, and when the glass plate 10 with resin frame is attached to a vehicle, the decorative molding 16 is disposed on the vehicle exterior side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2025
    Assignee: AGC INC.
    Inventors: Yoshio Kosaka, Kazuhiro Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20250177441
    Abstract: The present invention provides a proliferating macrophage-like cell (pMAC) characterized by proliferation in a cytokine-dependent manner, a production method thereof, and a method for producing CAR-pMAC, including (1) a step of, in a pluripotent stem cell, deleting the gene that inhibits a macrophage-like function or suppressing expression of the gene, and then inducing differentiation into a myeloid cell to obtain a macrophage-like cell (MAC) (step 1), (2) a step of expressing the gene that confers proliferating property in the MAC obtained in step 1 to obtain a proliferating macrophage-like cell (pMAC) (step 2), and (3) a step of introducing a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) (step 3). Furthermore, the present invention provides a pharmaceutical use of CAR-pMAC.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2025
    Publication date: June 5, 2025
    Applicants: AGC INC., NATIONAL CANCER CENTER
    Inventors: Kyoko FUKUDA, Yasushi UEMURA, Yuichiro HAGIYA, Masamichi IDE, Masahiro KARIYA
  • Publication number: 20250180791
    Abstract: An optical filter includes: a substrate, an antireflection layer 1 including a dielectric multilayer film laminated on one main surface side of the substrate, and an antireflection layer 2 including a dielectric multilayer film laminated on the other main surface side of the substrate. The substrate includes a near-infrared ray absorbing glass and a resin film, the resin film includes a resin, a UV dye having a maximum absorption wavelength in 350 nm to 410 nm in the resin, and an IR dye having a maximum absorption wavelength in 700 nm to 850 nm in the resin, and the optical filter satisfies all of the characteristics (i-1) to (i-7).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2025
    Publication date: June 5, 2025
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Yuichiro ORITA, Kazuhiko SHIONO, Takashi NAGATA, Takahiro SAKAGAMI
  • Publication number: 20250180784
    Abstract: A dielectric multilayer film-attached substrate including a substrate and a dielectric multilayer film provided thereon, in which the dielectric multilayer film includes a first dielectric laminated film and a second dielectric laminated film laminated in this order from a substrate side, the first dielectric laminated film includes a first high refractive index film layer containing TiO2 and a first low refractive index film layer containing SiO2 laminated alternately in this order from the substrate side with an equal number, the second dielectric laminated film includes a second high refractive index film layer containing Ta2O5 or Nb2O5 and a second low refractive index film layer containing SiO2 laminated alternately in this order from the substrate side with an equal number, and a first low refractive index film layer located farthest from the substrate in the first dielectric laminated film has a thickness of 30 nm or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2025
    Publication date: June 5, 2025
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Hideaki TAKAHOSHI, Tomoyuki Arae, Yasuhisa Nishikawa, Teruo Fujiwara
  • Publication number: 20250183513
    Abstract: Provided is an antenna device that can be used in the quasi-millimeter wave band or millimeter wave band, and can suppress cracking of a window glass even when the antenna device is installed so as to face the window glass. The antenna device is configured to be connected to a digital control unit via a plurality of wires including a first wire and a second wire, the antenna device including: an array antenna; an analog beamformer; a frequency upconverter; and a frequency downconverter, wherein an intermediate-frequency signal that is input to the frequency upconverter is input from the digital control unit to the antenna device via the first wire, an intermediate-frequency signal that is output from the frequency downconverter is output to the digital control unit via the second wire, and a control signal for controlling the analog beamformer is input from the digital control unit to the antenna device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2025
    Publication date: June 5, 2025
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki IKUMA, Ryuta SONODA, Yasushi HIGASHIDA
  • Publication number: 20250178950
    Abstract: A three-dimensionally shaped crystallized glass, including: a petalite crystal; and a lithium disilicate crystal, where the three-dimensionally shaped crystallized glass has an average transmittance of a light at a wavelength in a range of 380 nm to 780 nm of at least 80% in terms of a thickness of 0.8 mm, and the three-dimensionally shaped crystallized glass comprises, in mass % on an oxide basis: from 60 to 75% of SiO2; from 5 to 15% of Al2O3; from 4 to 20% of Li2O; from 0 to 4% of Na2O; from 0 to 3% of K2O; from 3 to 15% in total of at least one of SnO2 and ZrO2; and from 0.5 to 5% of P2O5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2025
    Publication date: June 5, 2025
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Qing LI, Kenji IMAKITA, Akio KOIKE, Eriko MAEDA
  • Publication number: 20250178898
    Abstract: A hydrogen sulfide purification method includes removing a lithium raw material by using a cyclone, from a mixed gas containing unreacted hydrogen sulfide and the lithium raw material which is generated in a process of producing lithium sulfide by a reaction of hydrogen sulfide and the lithium raw material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2025
    Publication date: June 5, 2025
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Ryota ANDO, Hiroshi HATANO
  • Publication number: 20250179229
    Abstract: The present invention is a copolymer having a structure represented by a general formula (1) [in the formula, R1 is a fluorine atom, or a perfluoroalkyl group or perfluoroalkoxy group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms which may have —O— between carbon atoms; R2 and R3 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms which may have a substituent, or an aryl group which may have a substituent; the R2 and R3 may be linked with each other to form a ring; the aliphatic hydrocarbon group may contain one or more selected from the group consisting of —O—, —Si(CH3)2—, —CO—, and —NH— between carbon atoms; x and y are positive numbers satisfying a relationship of x+y=1; and a filled circle represents a bond].
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2025
    Publication date: June 5, 2025
    Applicants: AGC Inc., The University of Tokyo
    Inventors: Kimiaki KASHIWAGI, Takashi OKAZOE, Norihide SUGIYAMA, Midori AKIYAMA, Ai KOHATA, Junki MASUDA, Mizuki OKUDA
  • Publication number: 20250178897
    Abstract: A hydrogen sulfide purification method includes removing a lithium raw material by using an ejector that utilizes a cleaning liquid as a driving fluid, from a mixed gas containing unreacted hydrogen sulfide and the lithium raw material which is generated in a process of producing lithium sulfide by a reaction of hydrogen sulfide and the lithium raw material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2025
    Publication date: June 5, 2025
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Ryota ANDO, Hiroshi HATANO
  • Patent number: 12319615
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a float glass substrate including an alkali-free glass, the float glass substrate having a Cl content of from 0.10 to 0.50 mass %, containing substantially no SnO2, and having a Pt content of, by mass, from 0.001 to 0.30 ppm. The float glass substrate may have a Rh content of, by mass, from 0.001 to 0.50 ppm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: AGC INC.
    Inventor: Motoyuki Hirose
  • Publication number: 20250171670
    Abstract: A working fluid for a heat cycle, contains: trifluoroethylene; and a first component consisting of at least one of substance selected from carbon dioxide, fluoromethane, trifluoroiodomethane, methane, ethane, propane, helium, neon, argon, krypton, xenon, nitrogen and ammonia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2025
    Publication date: May 29, 2025
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Katsuya UENO, Hikaru ONO, Toshiyuki TANAKA, Hidekazu OKAMOTO, Hiroki HAYAMIZU, Masato FUKUSHIMA, Mai TASAKA
  • Publication number: 20250176324
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cover glass with an outer frame including: a flat glass having a first main surface and a second main surface that are opposite sides; and an outer frame bonded to the first main surface of the flat glass via a glass adhesive layer, in which the outer frame is made of a glass ceramic in which a filler is dispersed in a borosilicate glass, the borosilicate glass and the filler both contain aluminum oxide, the filler has a volume fraction of 40% to 65% in the glass ceramic, the aluminum oxide contained in the filler has a volume fraction of 10% to 65% in the glass ceramic, and an absolute value of a difference in average thermal expansion coefficient at 50° C. to 350° C. between the flat glass and the outer frame is 20×10?7/° C. or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2025
    Publication date: May 29, 2025
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Nanako NISHIMOTO, Ryota MURAKAMI
  • Publication number: 20250172864
    Abstract: A reflective mask blank 10 for EUV lithography in which a multi-layer reflection film 2 that reflects EUV light and an absorption layer 3 that absorbs EUV light are laminated on a substrate 1 in the stated order from the substrate 1 side, wherein the absorption layer 3 has a refractive index of less than 0.94 and an extinction coefficient of 0.060 or less for EUV light having a wavelength of 13.5 nm, and a phase difference between reflected light from a surface of the multi-layer reflection film and reflected light from a surface of the absorption layer with respect to an incident ray of the EUV light having a wavelength of 13.5 nm is 220 to 320°, and a reflective mask in which a mask pattern is formed on the absorption layer 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2025
    Publication date: May 29, 2025
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventor: Takeshi OKATO
  • Publication number: 20250171574
    Abstract: To provide a modified polytetrafluoroethylene with which a stretched porous body excellent in breaking strength can be produced, a molded product, and a method for producing a stretched porous body. The modified polytetrafluoroethylene of the present invention has units based on tetrafluoroethylene and units based on at least one monomer selected from a perfluoro(alkyl vinyl ether), hexafluoropropylene and a fluoroalkylethylene, wherein the thermal instability index is 0 to 15 and the area ratio S calculated by a predetermined method is 0.70 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2024
    Publication date: May 29, 2025
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Shiro EBATA, Shinya HIGUCHI, Kaori ABE, Daisuke TAGUCHI, Takehiro KOSE
  • Publication number: 20250172863
    Abstract: A reflective mask blank 10 for EUV lithography in which a multi-layer reflection film 2 that reflects EUV light and an absorption layer 3 that absorbs EUV light are laminated on a substrate 1 in the stated order from the substrate 1 side, wherein the absorption layer 3 has a refractive index of 0.930 or less and an extinction coefficient of 0.025 or more for EUV light having a wavelength of 13.5 nm, and a phase difference between reflected light from a surface of the multi-layer reflection film and reflected light from a surface of the absorption layer with respect to an incident ray of the EUV light having a wavelength of 13.5 nm is 220 to 280°, and a reflective mask in which a mask pattern is formed on the absorption layer 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2025
    Publication date: May 29, 2025
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventor: Takeshi OKATO
  • Publication number: 20250171886
    Abstract: Provided is an yttrium-based protective film which is excellent in plasma resistance and appearance. An yttrium-based protective film containing yttrium oxide is provided, wherein the yttrium-based protective film has a porosity of less than 0.5 vol % and a Vickers hardness of at least 800 HV. This yttrium-based protective film preferably has a thickness of at least 0.3 ?m, a crystallite size of at most 40 nm, a Y2O3 (222) plane orientation of at least 50%, a hydrogen atom number of at most 5.0×1021 atoms/cm3 and a compressive stress of 100 to 1700 MPa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2025
    Publication date: May 29, 2025
    Applicants: AGC Inc., TSUBASA SCIENCE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shuhei OGAWA, Tomonori OGAWA, Michio ISHIKAWA, Michio TANIMURA, Hidekazu OKADA
  • Patent number: 12313868
    Abstract: An optical filter, including: a substrate; and a dielectric multilayer film laid on or above at least one major surface of the substrate, the dielectric multilayer film including at least two different layers, where: the dielectric multilayer film includes four or more films having a spin density of 5.0×1010/nm·cm2 or larger, each of the four or more films has a minimum thickness of 1.5 nm to 5 nm, a maximum transmittance at an incident angle of 0° in a wavelength range of 400 nm to 680 nm is 6% or lower, a maximum reflectance at an incident angle of 5° in the wavelength range is 20% or lower, and an average transmittance at an incident angle of 0° in at least one wavelength range having a width of 40 nm included in a wavelength range of 800 nm to 1570 nm is 90% or higher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignees: AGC Inc., Optical Coatings Japan
    Inventors: Hideaki Takahoshi, Kazuya Takemoto, Keisuke Kawai, Masaaki Miyake