Patents Assigned to Asahi Glass Company
  • Publication number: 20180282207
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a manufacturing method of a processed member including removing a first uplift portion from a plate member containing the first uplift portion and a support portion connecting to the first uplift portion, in which the plate member includes a first main surface and a second main surface, the first uplift portion is a projection portion in the first main surface and a portion in the second main surface, corresponding to the projection portion is a recess portion, and the first uplift portion has a line shape in a top view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Makoto FUJII, Takeshi Hirose
  • Publication number: 20180282445
    Abstract: To provide a curable composition to be used to form an adhesive layer having deterioration by light suppressed, an adhesive layer obtained by curing the curable composition, and a transparent surface material, laminate and image display device provided with the adhesive layer. A curable composition characterized by comprising a curable compound, a photopolymerization initiator and a light stabilizer, wherein the curable compound comprises at least one urethane (meth)acrylate (A) having an addition-polymerizable unsaturated group and a molecular weight of 1,000-100,000, and at least one monomer (B) having an addition-polymerizable unsaturated group and a molecular weight of 100-600, and the light stabilizer is a light stabilizer having an addition-polymerizable unsaturated group in the molecule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Takashi SHIBUYA, Junichi Kakuta
  • Publication number: 20180282500
    Abstract: To provide a prepreg excellent in storage stability and capable of obtaining a fiber-reinforced molded product excellent in impact resistance, chemical resistance and inter-member (interlayer) adhesion and a method for its production as well as a fiber-reinforced molded product excellent in impact resistance, chemical resistance and inter-member (interlayer) adhesion. The prepreg comprises reinforcing fibers and a matrix resin, wherein the matrix resin comprises, as a resin component, only a melt-moldable fluororesin having a melting point of from 100 to 325° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Tomoya HOSODA, Takashi SATO, Masatoshi ABE
  • Publication number: 20180282202
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an alkali-free glass substrate, having a difference ?n between the maximum value and the minimum value of a refractive index at a cross-section of a glass sheet of 0.40×10?5 or less. According to the alkali-free glass substrate of the present invention, the polishing ability can be extremely improved and the polishing time is shortened, so that the production efficiency can be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Kenta SAITO, Daisuke KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20180281568
    Abstract: Provided is an automotive laminated glass having quite an excellent sound insulating property despite its light weight and having high foaming resistance and yellowing resistance. The automotive laminated glass has: three or more glass plates disposed in lamination; and a plurality of intermediate films each sandwiched between the respective glass plates, wherein, among the glass plates, a vehicle exterior-side glass plate positioned closest to a vehicle exterior side has a thickness of 1.4 mm to 2.5 mm, vehicle interior-side glass plates positioned closer to a vehicle interior side than the vehicle exterior-side glass plate each have a thickness smaller than the thickness of the vehicle exterior-side glass plate, and the automotive laminated glass has a surface density of 12 kg/m2 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Atsushi NAKAMURA, Jirou NISHIHAMA
  • Publication number: 20180288887
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a chassis having an opening; a display unit and a touch panel configured to be housed in the chassis; and a cover glass arranged on the opening having a main surface region configured to accommodate a display from the display unit and an input to the touch panel, and an end surface region corresponding to a side surface of the chassis. The end surface region includes a first region having a first surface roughness and configured to accommodate the input to the touch panel, and a second region having a second surface roughness that is different from the first surface roughness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Naoki OKAHATA, Yuki Aoshima, Yuki Akama, Misa Inamoto, Takashi Shibuya
  • Publication number: 20180281352
    Abstract: There is provided a laminated glass with a functional film having good design property for a long term by suppressing a peeling at an interface between a functional film and an intermediate bonding layer. A laminated glass includes: a pair of glass plates facing each other; a pair of intermediate bonding layers brought into contact with facing surfaces of the pair of glass plates; and a functional film arranged between the pair of intermediate bonding layers, wherein a thickness measured at an end portion of the laminated glass is smaller by 5 ?m or more than a thickness of the laminated glass measured at a position on the inside by 10 mm from the end portion, and at least one of intermediate bonding layers has moisture permeability (A) being a degree of moisture permeability at 40° C. and 90% RH measured by JIS Z 0208: 1976 of 50 g/m2·day or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Tokihiko AOKI
  • Publication number: 20180282570
    Abstract: To provide a coated body excellent in weather resistance and excellent also in pressure marking resistance. The coated body comprises a substrate, an undercoating film, a prescribed intermediate coating film and a top coating film formed by curing a top coating material comprising the following components (1) to (3), in this order: (1) a fluorinated polymer having hydroxy groups or carboxy groups; (2) a curing agent for curing the fluorinated polymer; and (3) a prescribed ultraviolet absorber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Shun Saito, Shiro Ebata
  • Publication number: 20180282465
    Abstract: To provide surface-modified metal oxide particles which are readily dispersed in a liquid fluorinated compound having a high fluorine atom content, and a method for producing them; a dispersion liquid having a high Abbe number and being excellent in transparency; and a curable composition from which a cured product having a high Abbe number and being excellent in transparency can be obtained, and its cured product. Surface-modified metal oxide particles (A) comprising metal oxide particles having a refractive index of at least 1.9 and on their surface, specific fluoroalkyl group-containing surface-modifying groups and specific (meth)acryloyl group-containing surface-modifying groups; a dispersion liquid containing the surface-modified metal oxide particles (A) and a fluorinated compound which has a fluorine atom content of at least 20 mass % and which is liquid at 25° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Keisuke TAKAGI, Jun Yoshida, Hidenobu Murofushi
  • Publication number: 20180284328
    Abstract: A glass sheet composite includes a first glass sheet; a second glass sheet; and a liquid layer sandwiched between the first glass sheet and the second glass sheet. The glass sheet composite has a loss coefficient greater than or equal to 1×10?2 at 25° C., and an acoustic velocity of longitudinal wave greater than or equal to 5.0×103 m/s in a sheet thickness direction at 25° C. The liquid layer has a viscous coefficient of 1×10?4-1×103 Pa·s at 25° C., and a surface tension of 15-80 mN/m at 25° C. The liquid layer contains particles whose mean particle diameter is 0.3-1 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Yohei Kawai, Jun Akiyama
  • Publication number: 20180282499
    Abstract: To provide a prepreg excellent in storage stability and capable of obtaining a fiber-reinforced molded product excellent in impact resistance, and a method for its production, as well as a fiber-reinforced molded product excellent in impact resistance. The prepreg comprises reinforcing fibers and a matrix resin, wherein the matrix resin comprises a thermoplastic resin (but excluding the following fluororesin) and a melt-formable 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 thermoplastic resin and the fluororesin, the proportion of the thermoplastic resin is from more than 30 to 99 mass % and the proportion of the fluororesin is from 1 to less than 70 mass %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Tomoya HOSODA, Takashi SATO, Masatoshi ABE
  • Publication number: 20180281569
    Abstract: An apparatus for window used for moving a sliding window plate between an insertion position to be inserted into an opening portion of a fixed window plate, an extraction position to be extracted from the opening portion, and an open position to be shifted in a slide direction from the extraction position and to uncover the opening portion, includes a rotary member rotatably supported with respect to the sliding window plate; a drive member moved in a predetermined direction with respect to the sliding window plate; a fixation guide configured to convert a movement of the drive member in the predetermined direction with respect to the sliding window plate into a movement of the sliding window plate in an extraction/insertion direction with respect to the fixed window plate; and a wire configured to pull and move the drive member in the predetermined direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Nozomi OTSUBO
  • Publication number: 20180282602
    Abstract: To provide a composition for a heat cycle system having favorable lubricating properties and comprising a working fluid for heat cycle which has a low global warming potential and which can replace R410A, and a heat cycle system employing the composition. A composition for a heat cycle system, which comprises a working fluid for heat cycle containing an unsaturated fluorinated hydrocarbon compound having a specific structure, and a refrigerant oil having a breakdown voltage of at least 25 kV, a hydroxy value of at most 0.1 mgKOH/g, and a kinematic viscosity at 40° C. of from 5 to 200 mm2/s and a kinematic viscosity at 100° C. of from 2 to 30 mm2/s, and a heat cycle system employing the composition for a heat cycle system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Masato Fukushima, Hiroaki Mitsuoka, Mai Tasaka, Daisuke Shirakawa, Hirokazu Takagi, Takeaki Arai
  • Publication number: 20180281351
    Abstract: There is provided a laminated glass excellent in sound insulating property. A laminated glass includes: a pair of glass plates facing each other; and an intermediate film sandwiched between the pair of glass plates, including alternately laminated at least one skin layer and two or more core layers, wherein the skin layer has a glass transition point of 15° C. or higher, and each of the core layers has a glass transition point of less than 15° C., and a ratio of a mass of the intermediate film with respect to a total mass of the intermediate film and the pair of glass plates is 14 mass % or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Atsushi NAKAMURA, Keiji NOTSU
  • Publication number: 20180273425
    Abstract: An antiglare glass substrate includes a glass substrate having a first main surface and a second main surface that is opposite to the first main surface. The first main surface has undergone an antiglare treatment and a fluorine-containing organosilicon compound coating film as an antifouling film is laminated thereon. The first main surface partly includes a non-antiglare-treated portion that has not undergone the antiglare treatment. The non-antiglare-treated portion has a surface roughness Ra of less than 10 nm. A difference in height along a plate thickness direction of the glass substrate between the antiglare-treated portion that has undergone the antiglare treatment and the non-antiglare-treated portion is 10 ?m or larger and 200 ?m or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Hitoshi MISHIRO, Keiko KOYAMA, Minoru TAMADA
  • Publication number: 20180273424
    Abstract: A wavelength-selective transmissive glass article has light transmittance Tmore than 315 nm and 400 nm or less at a wavelength of more than 315 nm and 400 nm or less of 1% or more. In addition, the wavelength-selective transmissive glass article has light transmittance T315 nm or less at a wavelength of 315 nm or less of 60% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicants: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED, TSUBOTA LABORATORY, INC.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Hirakoso, Takahiro Mashimo, Kensuke Nagai, Kazuo Tsubota, Toshihide Kurihara, Hidemasa Torii
  • Publication number: 20180273422
    Abstract: A glass manufacturing method includes an antiglare layer forming step of forming an antiglare layer on a glass blank, a dimension adjusting step of cutting the glass blank having formed thereon the antiglare layer to obtain a glass substrate, and a strengthening treatment step of strengthening the obtained glass substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Junji Hori, Makoto Fujii
  • Publication number: 20180272660
    Abstract: There is provided a laminated glass in which reduction in design and productivity due to an overflow portion of an intermediate film is improved. A laminated glass includes: a pair of glass plates facing each other; and an intermediate film having one or more layers provided between the pair of glass plates, in which the intermediate film has an adhesive layer whose storage modulus satisfies, in dynamic viscoelasticity measurement at a measurement frequency of 10 Hz, a requirement (1) in which the storage modulus has a maximum value of 2.3×106 Pa or more in a temperature range of 90 to 120° C., and a requirement (2) in which the storage modulus has any value within a range of 1.0×108 to 4.0×108 Pa in a temperature range of 20 to 40° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Tokihiko Aoki
  • Publication number: 20180277723
    Abstract: A nitride semiconductor ultraviolet light emitting device 1 is configured such that a nitride semiconductor ultraviolet light emitting element 10 is mounted on a base 30 by flip-chip mounting and sealed with an amorphous fluororesin whose terminal functional group is perfluoroalkyl group. The nitride semiconductor ultraviolet light emitting element 10 includes a sapphire substrate 11, a semiconductor laminated portion 12 of an AlGaN-based semiconductor laminated on a front surface of the sapphire substrate 11, an n electrode 13, a p electrode 14 and a back surface covering layer 15 which is formed on a back surface of the sapphire substrate 11 and transmits ultraviolet light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicants: Soko Kagaku Co., Ltd., Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Akira HIRANO, Ko AOSAKI
  • Publication number: 20180273421
    Abstract: A glass plate includes a main surface, and a microscopic asperity surface disposed on the main surface, the microscopic asperity surface forming peaks and valleys. When a reference plane is defined as a plane at a center, in a direction of height, of an interval of highest frequency in a histogram of height of shape data of a square region having 2 ?m per side in the microscopic asperity surface, the number of peaks that are higher than the reference plane by 20% or more of a maximum height difference in the square region is in a range between 1 or more and 300 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Misa INAMOTO, Naoki Okahata, Takashi Shibuya