Patents Assigned to Asahi Glass
  • Patent number: 8168354
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a photosensitive composition capable of forming partition walls having an upper surface with good ink repellency and open areas which have good ink affinity within which an ink will easily spread. Further, it is an object of the present invention to provide partition walls formed by curing the photosensitive composition, and a color filter and an organic EL device having the partition walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Hideyuki Takahashi, Kenji Ishizeki
  • Publication number: 20120100774
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a method for manufacturing a transparent substrate provided with a tin oxide thin film which can be satisfactorily patterned even by irradiation with a laser light having low energy because an ablation phenomenon occurs therewith. The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a transparent substrate bearing a circuit pattern, which comprises irradiating a thin-film-attached transparent substrate comprising a transparent substrate having thereon a transparent conductive film having a carrier concentration of 5×1019/cm3 or higher, with a laser light having a wavelength of 1,064 nm to form a circuit pattern on the transparent substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2012
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Ryohei SATOH, Koji Nakagawa, Eiji Morinaga, Reo Usui, Takamitsu Isono, Kenji Tanaka, Satoru Takaki, Kenichi Ebata, Hiroshi Sakamoto
  • Publication number: 20120100341
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for production of a TiO2—SiO2 glass body, comprising: a step of, when an annealing point of a TiO2—SiO2 glass body after transparent vitrification is taken as T1 (° C.), heating the glass body after transparent vitrification at a temperature of T1+400° C. or more for 20 hours or more; and a step of cooling the glass body after the heating step up to T1?400 (° C.) from T1 (° C.) in an average temperature decreasing rate of 10° C./hr or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2011
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Akio KOIKE, Takahiro Mitsumori, Yasutomi Iwahashi, Tomonori Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20120100397
    Abstract: To provide glass to be used for a substrate which is, as a substrate, less susceptible to surface roughening even if subjected to cleaning by means of a strongly acidic solution. Glass for a substrate, which comprises, as represented by mol % based on the following oxides, from 62.5 to 69% of SiO2, from 9 to 15.5% of Al2O3, from 8 to 16 of Li2O, from 0 to 8% of Na2O, from 0 to 7% of K2O and from 0 to 3.5% of ZrO2, provided that SiO2—Al2O3 is at least 53.3%, Li2O+Na2O+K2O is from 17 to 24%, and the total of contents of the above six components is at least 97%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2011
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Jun ENDO, Tetsuya Nakashima, Atsuyoshi Takenaka
  • Publication number: 20120097882
    Abstract: A water/oil repellent composition which imparts sufficient dynamic water repellency and post-air-drying water repellency to a surface of an article and has a low environmental impact; a method for producing the composition; and a method of treating an article. The water/oil repellent composition contains: a copolymer which has a mass average molecular weight of at least 40,000 and includes structural units based on monomer (a), monomer (b), and monomer (c); and a medium. Monomer (a) is a compound represented by (Z—Y)nX, wherein Z is a C1-6 polyfluoroalkyl group, Y is a bivalent organic group, n is 1 or 2, and X is a polymerizable unsaturated group. Monomer (b) is an olefin, a homopolymer of which has a glass transition temperature of at most 50° C. Monomer (c) is a (meth)acrylate having no polyfluoroalkyl group and having a C12-30 alkyl group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2011
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Nobuyuki OTOZAWA, Kazunori SUGIYAMA, Minako SHIMADA, Yuuichi OOMORI
  • Publication number: 20120100464
    Abstract: To provide a glass substrate-holding tool which is capable of avoiding scratching to the deposition surface of a glass substrate and dusting thereby caused as well as scratching and deposition of foreign substances at a center portion of the rear surface of the substrate and which is capable of suppressing dusting from the holding tool itself at the time of forming a multi-layered reflection film and an absorptive layer. A glass substrate-holding tool having, formed on a surface of a flat base, a catching portion for catching and holding by van der Waals forces, wherein the catching portion is in contact with only the periphery of the glass substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2010
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventor: Junichi KAGEYAMA
  • Patent number: 8163813
    Abstract: To provide a photocurable composition from which a cured product excellent in mold release characteristics and mechanical strength can be obtained, and a method for producing a molded product excellent in durability, with a fine pattern having a reverse pattern of a mold precisely transferred on its surface. A photocurable composition 20 comprising from 15 to 60 mass % of a compound (A) which is an aromatic compound having at least two rings or an alicyclic compound having at least two rings and which has two (meth)acryloyloxy groups, from 5 to 40 mass % of a compound (B) having a fluorine atom and having at least one carbon-carbon unsaturated double bond (excluding the compound (A)), from 10 to 55 mass % of a compound (C) having one (meth)acryloyloxy group (excluding the compound (B)) and from 1 to 12 mass % of a photopolymerization initiator (D) (provided that (A)+(B)+(C)+(D)=100 mass %) is used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Yasuhide Kawaguchi, Kentaro Tsunozaki
  • Publication number: 20120095738
    Abstract: A calculation method for physical value for calculating physical values in a numerical analysis method for numerically analyzing a physical phenomenon, comprises a physical value calculation step of calculating physical values in an analysis domain divided into a plurality of divided domains, wherein in the physical value calculation step, the physical values are calculated by using: a discretized governing equation that uses values not requiring coordinates (Vertex) of vertices of the divided domains and connectivity information (Connectivity) of the vertices and that is derived on the basis of a weighted residual method; and a calculation data model in which volumes of the divided domains and characteristic values of boundary surface indicating characteristics of boundary surfaces of adjacent ones of the divided domains are provided as the values not requiring coordinates (Vertex) of vertices of the divided domains and connectivity information (Connectivity) of the vertices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2011
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Tsunehiro SAITO, Ken UEMURA, Satoshi YOSHIDA, Shigeki TAKANO, Yoshiichi OZEKI
  • Patent number: 8157945
    Abstract: To provide a thin plate glass laminate of a thin plate glass substrate and a support glass substrate, which suppresses inclusion of bubbles and occurrence of convex defects due to foreign matters, from which the thin plate glass substrate and the support glass substrate are easily separated, and which is excellent in heat resistance, a process for producing a display device using such a thin plate glass laminate, and a support glass substrate for such a thin plate glass laminate. A thin plate glass laminate formed by laminating a thin plate glass substrate and a support glass substrate, wherein the thin plate glass substrate and the support glass substrate are laminated by means of a silicone resin layer having releasability and non-adhesive properties, and the silicone resin layer and the support glass substrate each has at least one hole that communicate with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventor: Toshihiko Higuchi
  • Publication number: 20120088851
    Abstract: Provided is a process for producing a polyether polyol which can form low viscosity rigid foamed synthetic resins excellent in strength, dimensional stability and flame retardancy, can give a low viscosity polyol system solution containing water instead of HFCs as a blowing agent with good miscibility with isocyanate compounds and can form good rigid foamed synthetic resins by spraying. A polyether polyol (A) is produced by reacting a phenol component (molar ratio 1) selected from phenol and phenol derivatives having a hydrogen atom at one or more ortho-positions to the phenolic hydroxyl group, an aldehyde component (molar ratio 0.3 to 0.9) selected from formaldehyde and acetoaldehyde and an alkanolamine component (molar ratio 1.5 to 3.5) selected from monoethanolamine, diethanolamine and 1-amino-2-propanol and then adding an alkylene oxide to the resulting reaction product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Katsuhiko Shimizu, Tomohiro Hayashi, Hiroshi Wada, Yoshinori Toyota
  • Publication number: 20120085960
    Abstract: To provide a water/oil repellent agent and a water/oil repellent composition which is capable of providing an article surface with a sufficient water/oil repellency, while placing little burden on the environment. One comprising a reaction product obtained by reacting a fluoromonool having a polyfluoroalkyl moiety having at most 6 carbon atoms as an alcohol, an alkane monool having at least 18 carbon atoms, and MDI or a polymeric MD, and by treating an article with such a water/oil repellent agent, a sufficient water/oil repellency can be imparted, while placing little burden on the environment. By treating the above-mentioned article with the water/oil repellent composition of the present invention, a high quality water/oil repellency can be imparted to the article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Taiki HOSHINO, Naoko Shirota
  • Publication number: 20120085404
    Abstract: To provide a glass frit for forming an electrode, to be used for forming a light-receiving surface electrode for a solar cell, which has suitable glass fluidity and Si reactivity required to form a light-receiving surface electrode and a sufficient water resistance. A glass frit for forming an electrode to be used for forming a light-receiving surface electrode 12 for a solar cell 1, which comprises from 3 mol % to 20 mol % of SiO2, from 10 mol % to 40 mol % of Bi2O3, from 15 mol % to 45 mol % of B2O3, from 10 mol % to 60 mol % of ZnO and from 2 mol % to 10 mol % of Ti2O, wherein the total content of Bi2O3 and ZnO is from 35 mol % to 70 mol %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Kazuhiko YAMANAKA, Yuki Yokoyama, Toru Shimoyama
  • Patent number: 8153340
    Abstract: To provide a photosensitive composition with which it is possible to form partition walls (black matrix) having excellent light shielding properties and liquid repellency. A photosensitive composition, which comprises a polymer (A) having a side chain containing a fluorine atom-containing group or a silicon atom-containing group and a side chain containing an ethylenic double bond in one molecule, a black colorant (B), a photopolymerization initiator (C) which is an O-acyloxime compound, and a photosensitive resin (D) containing an acidic group and an ethylenic double bond in one molecule, wherein the proportion of the black colorant (B) in the total solid content of the composition is from 15 to 60 mass %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Hideyuki Takahashi, Kenji Ishizeki
  • Patent number: 8146296
    Abstract: To provide an enclosure structure for a building, which can maintain a high power generation efficiency without formation of irregularities on the surface of the enclosure such as a roof, nor application of an external force to solar battery modules, and which can form a lightweight enclosure capable of photovoltaic generation. An enclosure structure for a building, comprising an outer film material made of a light transmitting material and arranged on the outer surface side of the building, an inner film material arranged along inside of the outer film material, an intermediate film material disposed between the outer film material and the inner film material, an air supply means for supplying air to the space between the outer film material and the inner film material, and solar battery modules 7 provided on the inner surface of the intermediate film material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Kaoru Nishikawa, Takuya Nakao
  • Patent number: 8148037
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a method for smoothing the optical surface having a concave defect of an optical component for EUVL. The present invention relates to a method for smoothing the optical surface of an optical component for EUVL, comprising irradiating, with an excimer laser having a wavelength of 250 nm or less with a fluence of 0.5 to 2.0 J/cm2, the optical surface having a concave defect of an optical component for EUV lithography (EUVL), the optical component being made of a TiO2-containing silica glass material comprising SiO2 as a main component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Motoshi Ono, Mitsuru Watanabe, Masabumi Ito
  • Patent number: 8147745
    Abstract: To provide a process whereby an ultrafine fiber of a fluorinated ion exchange resin can be produced easily at low cost, and a method whereby a catalyst layer having a high gas diffusion property can be produced easily at low cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Ichiro Terada, Seigo Kotera, Katsuya Fujii, Hiroyuki Watabe, Hiroshi Uyama, Chie Matsubara
  • Publication number: 20120074447
    Abstract: A light emitting diode element having a light emitting diode; and a glass covering sealing the light emitting diode is provided. The glass of the covering consists essentially of from 30 to 70 mol % of SnO, from 15 to 50 mol % of P2O5, from 0.1 to 20 mol % of ZnO, from 0 to 10 mol % of SiO2+GeO2, from 0 to 30% of Li2O+Na2O+K2O, and from 0 to 20% of MgO+CaO+SrO+BaO. In an embodiment, a refractive index of the glass of the covering is at least 1.6 at a wavelength of 400 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Syuji Matsumoto, Tomoyuki Kobayashi, Naoki Sugimoto, Satoshi Fujimine, Nobuhiro Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20120075539
    Abstract: A projection display device is provided with: a light source portion including at least one light source that emits coherent light; an image light generation portion that generates image light by modulating the light emitted by the light source portion; a projection portion that projects the image light; a liquid crystal scattering element that is disposed on an optical path between the light source portion and the image light generation portion and temporally changes scattering state for passing light; a transparent electrode formed on each of opposing surfaces of a plurality of transparent substrates of the liquid crystal scattering element; and a liquid crystal layer that is sandwiched between the transparent electrodes and has liquid crystal of a smectic phase having spontaneous polarization in voltage applied state, and is characterized in that an AC voltage is applied to the liquid crystal layer through the transparent electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Teppei KONISHI, Atsushi Koyanagi, Ayako Tanaka, Hiroshi Kumai, Yoshiharu Ooi
  • Patent number: 8143203
    Abstract: The present invention provides a washing method for a device substrate, capable of sufficiently removing a resist attached to a device substrate, particularly a resist attached to fine pore portions of a pattern having a large aspect ratio. A method for washing a device substrate, which comprises a washing step of removing a resist attached to a device substrate by means of a solvent, wherein the solvent is a composition comprising at least one fluorinated compound selected from the group consisting of a hydrofluoroether, a hydrofluorocarbon and a perfluorocarbon, and a fluorinated alcohol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Hidekazu Okamoto, Hideo Namatsu
  • Publication number: 20120067379
    Abstract: The present invention provides a washing method for a device substrate, capable of sufficiently removing a resist attached to a device substrate, particularly a resist attached to fine pore portions of a pattern having a large aspect ratio. A method for washing a device substrate, which comprises a washing step of removing a resist attached to a device substrate by means of a solvent, wherein the solvent is a composition comprising at least one fluorinated compound selected from the group consisting of a hydrofluoroether, a hydrofluorocarbon and a perfluorocarbon, and a fluorinated alcohol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicants: NTT Advanced Technology Corporation, ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Hidekazu Okamoto, Hideo Namatsu