Patents Assigned to Asahi Glass Company
  • Publication number: 20180306658
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of measuring a surface refractive index of a strengthened glass including causing light to enter a surface layer of the strengthened glass through a liquid provided with a refractive index equivalent to that of a surface of the surface layer; a process of causing the light to be emitted from the strengthened glass through the liquid; converting two types of light components into two types of emission line sequences; capturing an image of the two types of emission line sequences; measuring positions of respective emission lines of the two types of emission line sequences from the image; and calculating refractive indexes of a surface of the strengthened glass corresponding to the two types of light components, or refractive index distributions of the strengthened glass in a depth direction from the surface corresponding to the two types of light components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Applicants: ORIHARA INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD., Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Shuji Orihara, Yoshio Orihara, Satoshi Ogami
  • Publication number: 20180307140
    Abstract: To provide e.g. a photosensitive resin composition for a biochip, capable of forming a liquid repellent film at a high resolution, with an aqueous alkaline solution, without performing PEB treatment, a method for forming the liquid repellent film, a process for producing a biochip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Masaki OBI, Tomoaki SAKURADA, Taihei TANIGUCHI, Miyako SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20180305565
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a powder coating material capable of forming a coating film excellent in weather resistance, whereby formation of color unevenness or pinholes is suppressed. Further, another object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing the powder coating material and a coated article. The powder coating material of the present invention comprises a powder component containing a fluorinated copolymer which has repeating units based on a fluoroolefin and repeating units based on a monomer having no fluorine atom and which has a fluorine content of at least 10 mass %, and a plasticizer-covered luster pigment, wherein the plasticizer has a melting point of from 30 to 200° C. and a molecular weight of from 200 to 1,000 and which has from 1 to 4 ester groups in one molecule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Shun Saito, Masataka Aikawa
  • Publication number: 20180305251
    Abstract: A chemically strengthened glass obtained by chemically strengthening a lithium-containing aluminosilicate glass, when representing a sheet thickness of the chemically strengthened glass by t (?m) and an internal stress at a depth x (?m) from a surface of the chemically strengthened glass by ?(x) (MPa), has a value of a ratio C=rE/rElimit being greater than or equal to 0.7 and less than 1.0 where rE (kJ/m2) is calculated from Expression (3) described above and rElimit=16×t/1000+3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventor: Satoshi OGAMI
  • Publication number: 20180297459
    Abstract: A connecting structure between a cowl louver and a windshield includes a windshield including a laminated glass having a first glass plate disposed on an exterior side, a second glass plate disposed on an interior side and an interlayer bonding the first glass plate and the second glass plate; the laminated glass having a cutout portion formed by removing a part of the second glass plate and the interlayer at a certain area of a lower edge portion of the laminated glass; the first glass having a power feed portion disposed on an interior side surface thereof in the cutout portion; and a spacer disposed in the cutout portion on the lower edge side of the windshield closer than the power supply portion; the cowl louver including a clamping portion formed in a U-character shape in section at a rear end portion thereof, the clamping portion having an upper member disposed along the first glass plate and a lower member disposed so as to be close to the second glass plate; and the clamping portion clamps the first
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2018
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventor: Eiji OKI
  • Publication number: 20180298160
    Abstract: To provide a polytetrafluoroethylene aqueous dispersion which is excellent in mechanical stability, while being not susceptible to foaming. The polytetrafluoroethylene aqueous dispersion comprises: 15 to 70 mass % of polytetrafluoroethylene particles having an average primary particle size of 0.1 to 0.5 ?m; 0.1 to 20,000 ppm, to the mass of the polytetrafluoroethylene particles, of a fluorinated emulsifier selected from C4-7 fluorinated carboxylic acids which may have an ether oxygen atom, and salts thereof; 1 to 20 parts by mass, per 100 parts by mass of the PTFE particles, of a nonionic surfactant represented by R1—O-A-H (wherein R1 is a C8-18 alkyl group, and A is a polyoxyalkylene chain); 0.01 to 3.0 parts by mass, per 100 parts by mass of the polytetrafluoroethylene particles, of a compound represented by the formula (2) (wherein R is a C2-4 alkyl group, n is 1 or 2, and each of m1 and m2 is an average repeating number of oxyethylene groups, with (m1+m2) being 1 to 6); and water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2018
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Applicants: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED, AGC CHEMICALS EUROPE, LIMITED
    Inventors: Shigeki KOBAYASHI, Hiroki NAGAI, Shinya HIGUCHI, Akiko TANAKA, Masahiro TAKAZAWA, Ariana Claudia MORGOVAN-ENE, Anthony Eugene WADE, Diane CAINE
  • Publication number: 20180297918
    Abstract: There is provided an economically advantageous manufacturing method capable of efficiently obtaining 1-chloro-2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene by using 1,2-dichloro-2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropane as a raw material. A manufacturing method of 1-chloro-2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene is characterized in that it includes subjecting 1,2-dichloro-2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropane to a dehydrochlorination reaction in a liquid phase in a presence of a base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Tomoaki Taniguchi, Shoji Furuta, Hidefumi Shiota
  • Publication number: 20180297888
    Abstract: A wavelength-selective transmissive glass has a light transmittance Tmore than 315 nm and 400 nm or less at a wavelength of more than 315 nm and 400 nm or less represented by the formula shown below of 1% or more in terms of a plate thickness of 6 mm and a light transmittance T315 nm or less at a wavelength of 315 nm or less represented by the formula shown below of 60% or less in terms of a plate thickness of 6 mm. Ak is a weighting factor at a wavelength k (nm) for calculating T (light transmittance) defined in ISO-9050:2003, and Tk is a transmittance at the wavelength k (nm) in terms of a plate thickness of 6 mm: Tmore than 315 nm and 400 nm or less=(?k=more than 315400 Ak×Tk)/(?k=more than 315400 Ak) T315 nm or less=(?k=300315 Ak×Tk)/(?k=300315 Ak).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Applicants: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED, TSUBOTA LABORATORY, INC.
    Inventors: Kensuke NAGAI, Tetsuya NAKASHIMA, Yutaka KUROIWA, Hiroyuki HIJIYA, Masamichi TANIDA, AKIO KOIKE, Manabu NISHIZAWA, Kazuo TSUBOTA, Toshihide KURIHARA, Hidemasa TORII
  • Publication number: 20180298178
    Abstract: To provide a resin composition which is used to coat the substrate surface, thereby to selectively trap a variety of target substances via a ligand which specifically binds to the target substances on the substrate surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiroki SATO, Tatsuaki MIWA, Alimjan IDIRIS, Ryohei KOGUCHI, Kyoko YAMAMOTO, Hajime EGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20180299175
    Abstract: A refrigeration cycle apparatus includes a compressor to compress a working fluid to perform a refrigeration cycle. The working fluid contains a hydrofluoroolefin (HFO) having a double bond in a molecular structure thereof. The refrigeration cycle apparatus includes a temperature rise inhibiting unit which inhibits a temperature rise within the refrigeration cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiroki HAYAMIZU, Masato FUKUSHIMA, Hirokazu TAKAGI
  • Publication number: 20180299766
    Abstract: A reflective mask blank includes a multilayer reflective film, and a pattern film to be partially etched when processing into a mask. The multilayer reflective film and the pattern film are placed on/above a substrate in this order from the substrate side. The pattern film includes an absorber film and a surface reflection enhancing film in this order from the substrate side. The relation of ((n?1)2+k2)1/2>((nABS?1)2+kABS2)1/2+0.03 is satisfied, nABS and kABS being a reflective index and an absorption coefficient of the absorber film at a wavelength of 13.53 nm, respectively, and n and k being a reflective index and an absorption coefficient of the surface reflection enhancing film at a wavelength of 13.53 nm, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2018
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Hiroyoshi TANABE
  • Publication number: 20180296988
    Abstract: To provide a cell-trapping filter which has a high cell trapping efficiency and which is excellent in water resistance. A cell-trapping filter comprising a substrate and a cell-separating mechanism by size, wherein the substrate has, at least on its surface, a layer formed of a fluorinated polymer having units having a biocompatible group, having a fluorine atom content of from 5 to 60 mass % and having a proportion P represented by the following formula of from 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Applicants: Asahi Glass Company, Limited, National University Corporation Nagoya University
    Inventors: Naoto KIHARA, Ryohei KOGUCHI, Hajime EGUCHI, Masaru HORI, Hiromasa TANAKA, Kenji ISHIKAWA, Yoshinobu BABA, Hiroshi YUKAWA, Daisuke ONOSHIMA, Tetsunari HASE, Daiki KUBOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20180298199
    Abstract: To provide a powder coating material excellent in blocking resistance and capable of forming a coating film excellent in color tone and weather resistance in which the occurrence of color unevenness is suppressed, a method for its production, and a coated article having a coating film formed from the powder coating material. The powder coating material comprises a resin powder, a luster pigment and a binder, wherein the resin powder contains a fluororesin and a non-fluororesin, the binder contains a surfactant having a melting point of at least 25° C., and the luster pigment is bonded to the particle surfaces of the resin powder via the binder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Shuhei OCHI, Masataka Aikawa, Shun Saito
  • Publication number: 20180298155
    Abstract: To provide a curable composition capable of obtaining a cured product excellent in outer appearance and abrasion resistance; a cured product excellent in outer appearance and abrasion resistance; a prepreg capable of obtaining a fiber-reinforced molded product excellent in outer appearance and abrasion resistance; and a fiber-reinforced molded product excellent in outer appearance and abrasion resistance. The curable composition comprises a thermosetting resin, a fluororesin powder and a curing agent, wherein the fluororesin powder is made of a resin material containing a melt-moldable fluororesin having a melting point of from 100 to 325° C. and having functional groups of at least one type selected from the group consisting of carbonyl group-containing groups, hydroxy groups, epoxy groups and isocyanate groups, and in 100 mass % of the total of the thermosetting resin and the fluororesin powder, the proportion of the thermosetting resin is from 70.0 to 99.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Tomoya Hosoda, Takashi Sato, Masatoshi Abe
  • Publication number: 20180298131
    Abstract: To provide a method for producing a tetrafluoroethylene copolymer-containing aqueous dispersion excellent in stability against a mechanical stress.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Applicants: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED, AGC CHEMICALS EUROPE, LIMITED
    Inventors: Shigeki Kobayashi, Hiroki Nagai, Shinya Higuchi, Akiko Tanaka, Masahiro Takazawa, Ariana Claudia Morgovan-Ene, Anthony Eugene Wade, Diane Caine
  • Patent number: 10101069
    Abstract: A refrigeration cycle apparatus avoids refrigerant conditions causing a disproportionation reaction and exhibit high performance with safety even when a refrigerant causing the disproportionation reaction is used in a zeotropic refrigerant mixture. The refrigeration cycle apparatus uses, as a working refrigerant, the zeotropic refrigerant mixture of a first refrigerant and a second refrigerant having a higher boiling point than that of the first refrigerant under the same pressure, and includes at least a main passage sequentially connecting a compressor, a first heat exchanger, an expansion valve, a gas-liquid separator, and a second heat exchanger. The first refrigerant causes the disproportionation reaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Takumi Nishiyama, Takashi Okazaki, Shigeyoshi Matsui, Akira Ishibashi, Shinya Higashiiue, Yuki Ugajin, Daisuke Ito
  • Publication number: 20180290438
    Abstract: A laminated plate includes first and second plates bonded to each other via an intermediate layer. The laminated plate includes a first main surface of the first plate opposite to the intermediate layer; a second main surface of the first plate and a third main surface being in contact with the intermediate layer; a fourth main surface of the second plate opposite to the intermediate layer. A thickness of the first plate is thicker than a thickness of the second plate. In a planar view, the laminated plate includes a peripheral region and an in-plane region. In a cross section orthogonal to an outer periphery of the laminated plate, a distance from an outermost periphery of the second plate to the first plate in a thickness direction with respect to the outermost periphery is three times or less a distance between the first and second plates in the in-plane region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Keiji NOTSU, Atsushi NAKANO
  • Publication number: 20180290951
    Abstract: There is provided a method of producing HFO with which diluent gas is easily separated even at a low boiling point and which has excellent productivity. A method of producing HFO includes: converting HFC of the formula (1) into the HFO of the formula (2) to obtain a first gas composition containing the HFO and the fluorine-containing solvent, CR1R2X1CR3R4X2 (1), CR1R2?CR3R4 (2), where in the formulae, R1 to R3 are H or F, R4 is H, F, CH3, CH2F, CHF2 or CF3, the total number of fluorine atoms of R1 to R4 is one or more, and the total number of hydrogen atoms of R1 to R4 is one or more. One of X1 and X2 is H, and the other of X1 and X2 is F; and separating the fluorine-containing solvent from the first gas composition to obtain a second gas composition containing the HFO.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Yusuke TOMIYORI, Masahiko NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20180292587
    Abstract: A reflective transparent screen (1) capable of displaying an image light projected from a projector as an image to an observer who is on the same side as the projector, is provided with two transparent substrates and a metal thin film (23) sandwiched therebetween, wherein the color tone of the image light reflected from the metal thin film (23) or the image visibility is improved by adjusting the metallic composition of the metal thin film (23).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Yasushi KAWAMOTO, Yukihiro TAO, Yoko MITSUI, Yuko TACHIBANA, Kenta SEKIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20180291211
    Abstract: To provide a powder for coating, whereby it is possible to form a coating film excellent in acid resistance. The powder comprises a fluororesin and particles of a composite oxide containing at least two metals selected from the group consisting of Cu, Mn, Co, Ni and Zn.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Hitoshi SUSA, Noriharu TATE, Tomoya HOSODA