Patents Assigned to Asahi Glass Company Ltd.
  • Publication number: 20010027974
    Abstract: A cathode ray tube glass comprises a clean cathode ray tube made of glass and a coating film composed of at least one water-soluble material selected from the group consisting of water-soluble salts, acids being solid at room temperature, monosaccharides and polysaccharides, which is formed on a glass surface of the cathode ray tube in an amount of 0.01-100 &mgr;g/cm2 or to a film thickness of 0.1-200 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2001
    Publication date: October 11, 2001
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Mikio Sasaki, Satoshi Rokudai
  • Patent number: 6300226
    Abstract: A formed SiC product having a low degree of light transmittance useful in a variety of heat resistant components such as equalizing rings, dummy wafers, and other components employed in semiconductor manufacturing facilities, and the manufacturing method thereof. The product is a CVD-formed SiC product prepared by growing a coating on a substrate with a CVD process and thereafter removing the substrate. The product is characterized by having at least one SiC layer with different grain characteristics located either on its surface or within the main structure, and having a light transmittance rate of 0.4% or less for the wavelength range from 300 to 2,500 nm, and 2.5% or less for the wavelength range exceeding 2,500 nm. The method for manufacturing the formed SiC product is characterized by forming at least one SiC layer with different grain characteristics either on its surface or within the main structure provided by changing the CVD reaction conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2001
    Assignees: Tokai Carbon Company, Ltd., Asahi Glass Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsuguo Miyata, Akihiro Kuroyanagi
  • Publication number: 20010026883
    Abstract: A method for producing an electrolyte membrane for a polymer electrolyte fuel cell, which comprises forming into a membrane a mixture of a perfluorocarbon polymer having sulfonic acid groups or their precursors and a fluorocarbon polymer which can be fibrillated, laminating a support membrane for stretching to at least one side of the resulting membrane, and stretching the resulting laminated membrane under heating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2001
    Publication date: October 4, 2001
    Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Higuchi, Ichiro Terada, Hiroshi Shimoda, Satoru Hommura
  • Patent number: 6297182
    Abstract: A glass for a substrate consisting essentially of: SiO2 45 to 65 wt %, Al2O3 6 to 20 wt %, B2O3 0.5 to 6 wt %, MgO 2 to 5 wt %, CaO 1 to 10 wt %, SrO 0 to 6.5 wt %, BaO 0 to 2 wt %, MgO + CaO + SrO + BaO 10 to 17 wt %, ZrO2 0 to 7 wt %, and Na2O + K2O 7 to 15 wt %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2001
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company Ltd.
    Inventors: Kei Maeda, Seiki Ohara, Tetsuya Nakashima, Yasumasa Nakao
  • Patent number: 6294005
    Abstract: The present invention provides a vacuum degassing system 10 having a leakage valve 48 installed between a condenser 46 and a vacuum pump 44, wherein even when the leakage valve 48 is opened, a vacuum degassing vessel 12 is not released to the atmosphere to thereby constantly maintain a temperature in the vacuum degassing vessel 12; and a large amount of volatile matters in the vacuum degassing vessel 12 are not discharged to a gas release pipe 34, whereby the vacuum degassing vessel 12 can be stably operated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2001
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigekuni Inoue, Kazuhiko Ishimura, Yusuke Takei, Kosei Uchino
  • Patent number: 6294292
    Abstract: A secondary power source, which comprises a positive electrode containing activated carbon, a negative electrode containing a carbon material capable of doping and undoping lithium ions, and an organic electrolyte containing a lithium salt, wherein the ratio of the positive electrode capacity (C+) to the negative electrode capacity (C−), i.e. C+/C−, is from 0.1 to 1.2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2001
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company Ltd.
    Inventors: Manabu Tsushima, Takeshi Morimoto, Yong Che
  • Publication number: 20010021738
    Abstract: The present invention is the following invention which provides a cement admixture which satisfies fluidity of fresh concrete and high strength of the hardened product of concrete simultaneously.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2001
    Publication date: September 13, 2001
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY LTD.
    Inventors: Genichirou Enna, Hiroki Fukuda, Yoshihiro Ohtsuka
  • Publication number: 20010021776
    Abstract: A method of producing amorphous paroxetine hydrochloride, which comprises converting paroxetine or its lower alkanoic acid salt into paroxetine hydrochloride and then spray drying a solution of the hydrochloride.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2001
    Publication date: September 13, 2001
    Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shu-Zhong Wang, Takashi Okazoe, Yasushi Matsumura
  • Publication number: 20010020586
    Abstract: A sputtering target comprising a substrate and a target material formed on the substrate, wherein the target material comprises a metal oxide of the chemical formula MOx as the main component, wherein MOx is a metal oxide which is deficient in oxygen as compared with the stoichiometric composition, and M is at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Ti, Nb, Ta, Mo, W Zr and Hf, a process for its production, and a method for forming a film having a high refractive index.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2000
    Publication date: September 13, 2001
    Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Otojiro Kida, Akira Mitsui, Eri Suzuki, Hisashi Osaki, Atsushi Hayashi, Takuji Oyama, Kenichi Sasaki
  • Patent number: 6287651
    Abstract: A cathode ray tube glass comprises a clean cathode ray tube made of glass and a coating film composed of at least one water-soluble material selected from the group consisting of water-soluble salts, acids being solid at room temperature, monosaccharides and polysaccharides, which is formed on a glass surface of the cathode ray tube in an amount of 0.01-100 &mgr;g/cm2 or to a film thickness of 0.1-200 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2001
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Mikio Sasaki, Satoshi Rokudai
  • Patent number: 6287996
    Abstract: A ceramic color composition which comprises from 5 to 40 wt % of a heat-resistant color pigment powder, from 50 to 94.5 wt % of a glass powder, from 0 to 25 wt % of a refractory filler, and from 0.1 to 40 wt % of at least one whisker-like refractory filler selected from the group consisting of aluminum borate whiskers, &agr;-alumina whiskers, potassium titanate whiskers, zinc oxide whiskers, Na2Ca2P2O18 whiskers, magnesium oxide whiskers, magnesium borate whiskers, basic magnesium sulfate (MgSO4.5MgO.8H2O) whiskers and titanium diboride whiskers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2001
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company Ltd.
    Inventors: Jiro Chiba, Takaji Shimosaka, Kenji Mukai, Shuji Taguchi, Mineyuki Ishida, Hitoshi Onoda, Hiroshi Usui, Tsuneo Manabe
  • Patent number: 6285645
    Abstract: An optical device for recording or reading two optical disks 6.7 in which the thickness of a transparent substrate of a first optical disk 6 is different from the thickness of a transparent substrate of a second optical disk 7 wherein the optical device has an objective lens 3 for collecting light from a first light source 1 and light from a second light source 4 onto data recording surfaces 6b, 7b by means of respective transparent substrates 6a, 7a of the optical disks 6, 7; an optical material 2 for forwarding the light from the first light surface 1 and the light from the second light source 1 and light from a second light source 4 before the lights reaches the objective lens 3, and an auxiliary lens 5 provided between the second light surface 4 and the optical material 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2001
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroaki Shimozono
  • Patent number: 6284379
    Abstract: A fluorine-containing polymer composition comprising a fluorine-containing solvent of the formula R1—O—R2 wherein R1 is a C5-12 linear or branched polyfluoroalkyl group which may have an ether bond, and R2 is a C1-5 linear or branched alkyl group, and a fluorine-containing amorphous polymer having a fluorine-containing ring structure in its main chain, dissolved in the solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2001
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company Ltd.
    Inventors: Ikuo Matsukura, Naoko Shirota
  • Patent number: 6271966
    Abstract: An object is to provide an optical head device whereby the light utilization efficiency can be increased and which can be produced at a low cost. A glass substrate 1 having projections and recesses 2 formed by patterning a SiON type transparent thin film on its inner surface by dry etching, and a second glass substrate 3 having a polyimide film 4 formed as an alignment film on its inner surface, are laminated with a space, the periphery is sealed by a sealing material made of an epoxy resin 5, and liquid crystal 6 is injected under vacuum into the interior to form an optically anisotropic diffraction grating. On the outer surface of this second glass substrate 3, a quarter-wave film 7 is laminated, and a third glass substrate 9 is bonded by a photopolymer 8 to obtain a diffracting element 10. This diffracting element 10 is disposed between a light source and an optical recording medium to obtain an optical head device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2001
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuzuru Tanabe, Tomoki Gunjima, Hiromasa Sato, Hiroki Hotaka
  • Patent number: 6271283
    Abstract: An aqueous antifouling composition comprising fine particles of a copolymer which comprises the following polymer units (a), (b) and (c) and which has a glass transition temperature of at most 5° C., and an aqueous medium in which the fine particles are dispersed: (a) polymer units of a (meth)acrylate having a polyfluoroalkyl group, (b) polymer units of an alkyl acrylate wherein the carbon number of the alkyl group is from 2 to 12, and (c) polymer units of a (meth)acrylic monoester of a polyol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2001
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company Ltd.
    Inventors: Toyomichi Shimada, Yuichi Omori, Takashige Maekawa
  • Patent number: 6270248
    Abstract: A mixing apparatus which prevents erosion of left and right side walls 12a 12b for a flow path 12 for a molten substance of high temperature M and homogenizes the molten substance of high temperature while occurrence of air bubbles is prevented, wherein there are a plurality of mixing units 11 in the flow path 12; an even number of pairs of mixing units 11 are arranged symmetrically with respect to the center line in a longitudinal direction of the flow path 12 and the gap s between a left side wall or a right side wall and an outer peripheral edge of a mixing blade 14 is determined to be 0.04-0.1 times as much as the distance W between the left and right side walls 12a, 12b.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2001
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company Ltd.
    Inventors: Shouzou Yoshida, Yasuhisa Hirabayashi, Ichiro Terao
  • Patent number: 6268304
    Abstract: A plate glass containing B2O3, having a total content of Li2O, Na2O and K2O of from 0 to 13 mol %, a content of BaO of from 0 to 0.8 mol % and a content of SiO2 of from 50 to 75 mol %, and having an average linear thermal expansion coefficient of from 75×10−7 to 120×10−7/° C. in a range of from 50 to 350° C., a strain point of at least 550° C., a density of at most 2.65 g/cm3 at 20° C. and an oxygen atom density of from 7.2×10−2 to 9.0×10−2 mol/cm3 at 20° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2001
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company Ltd.
    Inventors: Kei Maeda, Seiki Ohara, Yasumasa Nakao
  • Patent number: 6264819
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to produce a cooking liquor containing polysulfide sulfur at a high concentration from white liquor in a pulp production process with a high selectivity at a low electric power with very little production of thiosulfate ions as by-product. The present invention provides a method for producing polysulfides, which comprises introducing a solution containing sulfide ions into an anode compartment of an electrolytic cell comprising the anode compartment provided with a porous anode, a cathode compartment provided with a cathode and a diaphragm partitioning the anode compartment and the cathode compartment, for electrolytic oxidation to obtain polysulfide ions, wherein at least the surface of said anode is made of nickel, and the porous anode has a physically continuous three-dimensional network structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2001
    Assignees: Asahi Glass Company Ltd., Kawasaki Kasei Chemicals Ltd., Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Andoh, Junji Tanaka, Tetsuji Shimohira
  • Patent number: 6264707
    Abstract: A process for producing an electrode for an electric double layer capacitor, which comprises extruding a mixture comprising a carbonaceous material, a polytetrafluoroethylene and a processing aid by screw extrusion, and rolling the obtained extruded product by rolling rolls to form it into a sheet shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2001
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company Ltd.
    Inventors: Takamichi Ishikawa, Satoru Kuroki, Manabu Suhara, Sadao Kanetoku
  • Patent number: RE37377
    Abstract: An illumination device for a direct viewing type display element comprising a flat light guide; a light source set such that light is incident on a side portion of said flat light guide; a polarized light separating flat set on a first side of a light emitting side of the flat light guide for transmitting a p polarized light component and reflecting at least a portion of an s polarized light component with respect to a light ray substantially having a predetermined direction of incidence; and a light reflecting sheet disposed on a second side opposite to said light emitting side of the flat light guide in parallel with the light emitting site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2001
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoki Gunjima, Yoshiharu Ooi, Masao Ozeki, Hiroaki Ito, Hiroshi Hasebe, Tetsuro Matsumoto, Yutaka Nakagawa