Patents Assigned to Asahi Glass Company
  • Publication number: 20180203354
    Abstract: Provided is an antireflective-film attached transparent substrate, which contains a transparent substrate having two principal surfaces and an antireflective film formed on one of the principal surfaces of the transparent substrate, in which the antireflective-film attached transparent substrate has a luminous transmittance being in a range of 20% to 85% and a b* value of a transmission color being 5 or smaller under a D65 light source, and the antireflective film has a luminous reflectance being 1% or lower and a sheet resistance being 104?/? or higher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Kensuke FUJII
  • Publication number: 20180201888
    Abstract: A cell culture vessel includes a bottom, a peripheral wall, and a partition. The bottom of the cell culture vessel has a culture surface with a plurality of wells. The peripheral wall extends upwardly from a periphery of the bottom. The partition partitions a region on the culture surface surrounded by the peripheral wall into a plurality of sub-regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Applicants: AGC TECHNO GLASS CO., LTD., ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Tatsuaki MIWA, Alimjan Idiris, Tohru Itoh
  • Publication number: 20180202934
    Abstract: To provide a biochip whereby noise lights in fluorescence analysis are reduced. A photosensitive composition for forming a liquid repellent film on a liquid contact surface of a biochip for fluorescence analysis, said photosensitive resin composition comprising a polymer having a fluoroalkyl group which may have an etheric oxygen atom, and a polymerizable crosslinkable group, and a photoinitiator having an absorption coefficient at a wavelength of 365 nm of at most 400 [mL·g?1·cm?1]. A method for producing a biochip for fluorescence analysis, which comprises applying the photosensitive composition onto a liquid contact surface of a biochip for fluorescence analysis, followed by exposure and development.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Tomoaki Sakurada, Masaki Obi
  • Publication number: 20180201708
    Abstract: A fluororesin excellent in radiation resistance is provided. A fluororesin composed of a tetrafluoroethylene/ethylene copolymer which is a bipolymer of tetrafluoroethylene and ethylene containing units derived from tetrafluoroethylene in a proportion of from 50 to 60 mol % relative to the total of the units derived from tetrafluoroethylene and units derived from ethylene, wherein the melt flow rate measured at a temperature of 297° C. under a load of 49 N in accordance with ASTM D3159 is 0.1 g/10 min or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Keisuke YAGI, Shigeki Kobayashi, Hiroki Nagai
  • Patent number: 10023671
    Abstract: To provide a perfluoroelastomer, which is excellent in low temperature properties, which does not lose value as a rubber and which is free from a decrease of the productivity, a perfluoroelastomer composition, a crosslinked rubber product, and a method for producing a perfluoroelastomer. A perfluoroelastomer comprising structural units (a) derived from tetrafluoroethylene, structural units (b) derived from a perfluoroalkyl vinyl ether represented by the formula (1) (such as perfluoromethyl vinyl ether) and structural units (c) derived from a perfluorooxaalkyl vinyl ether represented by the formula (2) (such as CF2?CFOCF2CF2OCF2CF2OCF2CF3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Mizuna Toyoda, Hiroki Nagai, Akira Onodera, Takeshi Yamada, Yukiko Hattori
  • Patent number: 10022716
    Abstract: To provide a simple method whereby an ionic polymer membrane having a high ion exchange capacity and a low water uptake can be produced by converting a —SO2F group in a polymer to a pendant group having multiple ion exchange groups, while preventing a cross-linking reaction. At the time of obtaining an ionic polymer membrane by converting —SO2F (group (1)) in a polymer sequentially to —SO2NZ1Z2 (group (2)), —SO2N?(M?+)SO2(CF2)2SO2F (group (3)), —SO2N?(H+)SO2(CF2)2SO2F (group (4)) and —SO2N?(M?+)SO2(CF2)2SO3?M?+ (group (5)), the polymer is formed into a polymer membrane in the state of any one of the groups (1) to (4), and the polymer membrane is thermally treated in the state of group (4). Here, Z1 and Z2 are hydrogen atoms, etc., M?+ is a monovalent cation, and M?+ is a hydrogen ion or a monovalent cation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventor: Takeshi Hirai
  • Publication number: 20180194115
    Abstract: There are provided an antifogging article and automobile glass that not only satisfy a good antifogging property and abrasion resistance but also have a good appearance. An antifogging article includes: a transparent base; and an antifogging layer which is provided on the transparent base and which made of an epoxy resin cured material containing a silicon atom and an aluminum atom, wherein, in the antifogging layer, an antifogging time (T35) in a 35° C. steam test as measured by a predetermined method is eighty seconds or more, a variation ?T in haze after a Taber abrasion test stipulated in Japan Industrial Standard (JIS) R3212 is 4.0% or less, and a variation ?YI in a yellowness index stipulated in JIS K7373 after the antifogging layer is kept at 100° C. for 500 hours is 3 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Hirokazu KODAIRA, Yosuke SUGIHARA, Yusuke MORI
  • Publication number: 20180199433
    Abstract: To prevent degradation of electrical characteristics caused by a resin filled between electrodes in an ultraviolet light-emitting operation, the present invention provides a base 10 that comprises an insulating base material 11 and two or more metal films 12 and 13 that are formed on one side of the insulating base material 11 and electrically separated from each other. The two or more metal films are formed to include an upper surface and a side wall surface that are covered by gold or a platinum group metal, to be capable of mounting thereon one or more nitride semiconductor light-emitting elements and the like, and to have, as a whole, a predetermined planar view shape including two or more electrode pads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2016
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Applicants: Soko Kagaku Co., Ltd., Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Akira HIRANO, Ko AOSAKI
  • Publication number: 20180194884
    Abstract: To provide a modified polytetrafluoroethylene which is excellent in the moldability by paste extrusion and the mechanical property of the molded article. A modified polytetrafluoroethylene fine powder which is a fine powder of a non-melt-moldable modified polytetrafluoroethylene, characterized in that the modified polytetrafluoroethylene comprises units derived from tetrafluoroethylene, units derived from a perfluoroalkyl vinyl ether represented by CF2?CFO—CnF2n+1 (wherein n is an integer of from 1 to 6), and units derived from a perfluoroalkylethylene represented by CH2?CH—CmF2m+1 (wherein m is an integer of from 3 to 6), and that the content of the units derived from the perfluoroalkyl vinyl ether is from 0.1 to 0.25 mass % and the content of the units derived from a perfluoroalkylethylene is from 0.001 to 0.1 mass %, based on all monomer units in the modified polytetrafluoroethylene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Applicants: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED, AGC CHEMICALS EUROPE, LIMITED
    Inventors: Shigeki KOBAYASHI, Ariana Claudia MORGOVAN-ENE, Anthony Eugene WADE
  • Publication number: 20180194668
    Abstract: Provided is an ultraviolet-radiation absorbing glass product, characterized by: having a transmittance of ultraviolet radiation (TUV), as specified by ISO 9050: 2003, of 2% or less at a plate thickness of 3.5 mm, and transmittance of visible light (TVA) of 8 to 28% inclusive, based on the Standard Illuminant A at a plate thickness of 3.5 mm; and the color of the glass, as denoted by the chromaticity coordinates x, y in the XYZ color coordinate system based on a 2-degree visual field of the Standard Illuminant C as specified by JIS Z8701: 1999, satisfying the following expressions (1) and (2). (1) y??0.735×x+0.544 (2) y?1.389×x?0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Shuichi AKADA, Soshi Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20180194671
    Abstract: Provided is an optical glass having a high refractive index, a low density, and good manufacturing properties. An optical glass having: a refractive index (nd) of 1.68 to 1.85; a density (d) of 4.0 g/cm3 or less; and a temperature where a viscosity of glass becomes log ?=2 of 950 to 1200° C., and an optical component using the optical glass are provided. This optical glass has the high refractive index, the low density, and the good manufacturing properties, and is suitable as the optical glass of wearable equipment, for a vehicle mounting, for a robot mounting, and so on.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Shin-ichi AMMA, Tatsuo NAGASHIMA, Shusaku AKIBA
  • Patent number: 10017658
    Abstract: To provide an aqueous coating composition with which a coating film having a sufficient self-cleaning function can be formed even in a case where an aqueous fluorinated resin dispersion is blended as an aqueous synthetic resin dispersion or a case where an isocyanate compound is contained as a curing agent can be formed; an aqueous coating material kit with which the aqueous coating composition can be obtained; and an article having a coated film having a sufficient self-cleaning function. An aqueous coating composition, which comprises an aqueous synthetic resin dispersion and a urethane polyol, wherein the urethane polyol is a reaction product of a polyoxyalkylene diol having as units an oxyalkylene group of a structure such that an oxygen atom is bonded to one end of a branched alkylene group, and an aliphatic diisocyanate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Masataka Aikawa, Shun Saito
  • Patent number: 10017693
    Abstract: To provide a method for suppressing corrosion of glass to be in contact with a liquid material containing fluoride ions or a condensate of gas vaporized therefrom, without adding an alkaline substance, and further without imposing restrictions on e.g. the temperature, the pH, the fluoride ion concentration and the water content. A method for suppressing corrosion of glass to be in contact with either one or both of a liquid material containing fluoride ions and a condensate of gas vaporized from the liquid material, wherein the liquid material contains a powder containing silicon dioxide, and the silicon dioxide is contained in a molar ratio of one or more times to the fluoride ions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventor: Norifumi Futagawa
  • Publication number: 20180190994
    Abstract: To provide a process for producing a liquid composition capable of forming a polymer electrolyte membrane of which breakage at the time of drying is suppressed; a process for producing a catalyst layer-forming coating liquid capable of forming a catalyst layer of which breakage at the time of drying is suppressed; and a method for producing a membrane/electrode assembly by which a catalyst layer or a polymer electrolyte membrane of which breakage at the time of drying is suppressed, can be formed. A process for producing a liquid composition, which comprises holding a fluorinated polymer having —SO2F groups at from 110 to 130° C. for at least 45 minutes; cooling the fluorinated polymer having —SO2F groups held at from 110 to 130° C. to less than 110° C.; converting the —SO2F groups in the fluorinated polymer having —SO2F groups cooled to less than 110° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Watabe, Hirokazu Wakabayashi
  • Publication number: 20180186914
    Abstract: To provide a resin film which comprises an ethylene/tetrafluoroethylene copolymer and which is to be used as, for example, a rubber plug lamination film to prevent breakage at the time of producing a laminated rubber plug. The resin film comprises an ethylene/tetrafluoroethylene copolymer and is characterized in that the product of the value of the endothermic peak height ?H (mW/mg) obtained by its DSC-analysis and the haze (%) measured at a thickness of 100 ?m, is from 0.1 to 0.2 (mW/mg·%).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Daisuke TAGUCHI, Wataru Kasai, Yoshiaki Higuchi
  • Publication number: 20180186913
    Abstract: To provide a process for producing a liquid composition in which formation of a fluorinated polymer having ion exchange groups with a relatively large particle size is suppressed; a process for producing a catalyst layer-forming coating liquid capable of forming a catalyst layer in which inclusion of foreign matters is suppressed; and a method for producing a membrane/electrode assembly by which a catalyst layer or a polymer electrolyte membrane in which inclusion of foreign matters is suppressed, can be formed. A process for producing a liquid composition, which comprises holding a fluorinated polymer having —SO2F groups at from 140 to 160° C. for at least 45 minutes; cooling the fluorinated polymer having —SO2F groups held at from 140 to 160° C. to less than 110° C. at a rate of at least 50° C./min; converting the —SO2F groups in the fluorinated polymer having —SO2F groups cooled to less than 110° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Hiroyuki WATABE, Hirokazu WAKABAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20180191063
    Abstract: An antenna structure includes a radiating element; a power feeding element configured to feed power to the radiating element in a noncontact manner; a backlight chassis, on which a light source for generating light is attached, a liquid crystal panel being irradiated with the light; and a transmission line conductably connected to the backlight chassis, the power feeding element being connected to an end of the transmission line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Ryuta SONODA, Koji Ikawa, Toshiki Sayama
  • Publication number: 20180187134
    Abstract: There is provided a solvent composition which is a stable solvent composition which is excellent in solubility of various organic substances, has a sufficient drying property, and has no adverse effect on a global environment, is stabilized not to decompose, and moreover suppresses metal corrosion under coexistence with metal, and which can be used without having an adverse effect on articles of various materials such as metal, plastic, and elastomer in a wide range of industrial uses such as cleaning and dilution coating uses. A solvent composition including: a solvent (A) including (Z)-1-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoro-1-propene; and a stabilizer (B) consisting of HCFC whose boiling point at normal pressure is not lower than 30° C. nor higher than 60° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Masahiko Nakamura, Hidekazu Okamoto, Masaaki Tsuzaki, Hiroaki Mitsuoka, Satoko Itoh
  • Publication number: 20180186685
    Abstract: A glass for chemical strengthening contains, in mole percentage on an oxide basis, 58 to 80% of SiO2, 13 to 18% of Al2O3, 0 to 5% of B2O3, 0.5 to 4% of P2O5, 4 to 10% of Li2O, 5 to 14% of Na2O, 0 to 2% of K2O, 0 to 11% of MgO, 0 to 5% of CaO, 0 to 20% of SrO, 0 to 15% of BaO, 0 to 10% of ZnO, 0 to 1% of TiO2, and 0 to 2% of ZrO2. A value of X is 30000 or more. The value of X is calculated based on the formula, X=SiO2×329+Al2O3×786+B2O3×627+P2O5×(?941)+Li2O×927+Na2O×47.5+K2O×(?371)+MgO×1230+CaO×1154+SrO×733+ZrO2×51.8, by using the contents in mole percentage on an oxide basis of components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Suguru MURAYAMA, Seiki OHARA, Qing LI, Shusaku AKIBA
  • Publication number: 20180187205
    Abstract: The object is to provide an expression vector capable of expressing with a higher expression efficiency a protein derived from a foreign structural gene by genetic engineering using a yeast of the genus Schizosaccharomyces as a host, a cloning vector to produce the expression vector, a method for producing the expression vector, a transformant containing an expression cassette of the expression vector, a method for producing the transformant, and a method for producing a protein using the transformant. A cloning vector comprising a promoter capable of functioning in a yeast of the genus Schizosaccharomyces, a cloning site for introducing a foreign structural gene which is located downstream from the promoter and is regulated by the promoter, and ihc2 gene terminator of the yeast of the genus Schizosaccharomyces, and an expression vector comprising the promoter, the foreign structural gene and the ihc2 gene terminator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Takayuki TANAKA, Tetsuya Kotani, Futoshi Hara