Patents Assigned to Nippon Sheet Glass Company, Limited
  • Patent number: 11020746
    Abstract: A reaction processor includes: a vessel installation unit for installing a reaction processing vessel provided with a channel formed in a substrate; a high temperature heater and a medium temperature heater for adjusting the temperature of the channel of the reaction processing vessel; a vessel alignment mechanism for adjusting the position of the reaction processing vessel 10; and a housing that has a housing main unit and a cover portion capable of being opened and closed with respect to the housing main unit and that houses the vessel installation unit, the high temperature heater, the medium temperature heater, and the vessel alignment mechanism. In conjunction with the state of the cover portion being changed from an open state to a closed state, the vessel alignment mechanism aligns the reaction processing vessel such that the reaction processing vessel can be heated by the high temperature heater and the medium temperature heater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Nippon Sheet Glass Company, Limited
    Inventor: Takashi Fukuzawa
  • Publication number: 20210155082
    Abstract: Provided is a windshield including a glass body with a rectangular shape including a peripheral edge that includes a first side and a second side and a third side that meet the first side; and a heating element disposed at or near the peripheral edge of the glass body, the heating element heating the glass body for deicing. The glass body includes a first region extending along the first side, a second region located along the first side adjacent to the first region, and a third region located along the first side adjacent to the second region on an opposite side to the first region. The heating element is disposed at least in the first region and the second region, heats the first region to higher temperatures than the second region, and heats the second region to higher temperatures than the third region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: NIPPON SHEET GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Hiromichi YAMASHITA
  • Patent number: 11008459
    Abstract: Glass flakes of the present invention include glass flake substrates and a coating covering at least a portion of the surface of each of the glass flake substrates and composed of a binder. The binder includes a lubricant other than silicone, or a lubricant and an aminosilane. The proportion of the lubricant in the binder is 30 mass % or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: NIPPON SHEET GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Nobuaki Tai
  • Publication number: 20210143509
    Abstract: [Problem] A separator for a valve-regulated lead acid battery that has suppressed losing the thickness (reduction of compressive force) of the separator and prolonged a cycle lifetime is provided. [Solution] The separator for a valve-regulated lead acid battery includes a sheet formed through wet papermaking mainly containing glass fibers, and has an MD/CD strength ratio shown by the following expression (1) of 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Applicant: Nippon Sheet Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Ken SHIMOMORI, Keita MORI
  • Publication number: 20210129495
    Abstract: A vehicle window glass according to the present invention includes a glass body having at least one glass plate and a film region that is stacked on a surface of the at least one glass plate, and is formed by a conductive film having a surface resistance value of 11 to 15 ?/?.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Applicant: Nippon Sheet Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Takahiro ASAI, Kazuya FUJINO
  • Patent number: 10988972
    Abstract: An object is to solve a strength problem around a suction hole on the gap side due to internal stress caused by a suction hole sealing metal material and depressurization, and provide a glass panel having enhanced safety. One glass plate 1A of a pair of glass plates 1A, 1B has a suction hole 4 penetrating the glass plate 1A in the front-back direction thereof, air in a gap V is sucked so as to depressurize the gap V, and the suction hole 4 is sealed by a suction hole sealing metal material 15. The suction hole sealing metal material 15 is solidified on the suction hole 4 so as to keep an airtight state, and is formed concentrically with the suction hole 4 in plan view, and the following Expression (1) is satisfied: Dw<=(Fc?0.0361Pd2/Tg2.2)/{(?0.0157Tg+0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: NIPPON SHEET GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Kazuya Fujino, Tetsuo Minaai, Tatsuhiro Nakazawa
  • Patent number: 10988800
    Abstract: A PCR reaction vessel includes: a substrate; a channel formed on the substrate; a pair of filters, a first filter and a second filter, provided at respective ends of the channel; a pair of air communication ports, a first air communication port and a second air communication port, that communicate with the channel through the first filter and the second filter; a thermal cycle region formed between the first filter and the second filter in the channel; a branch point formed between the first filter and the second filter in the channel; a branched channel whose one end is connected to the branch point; and a sample introduction port formed at the other end of the branched channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignees: Nippon Sheet Glass Company, Limited, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, Go!Foton, Inc.
    Inventors: Takashi Fukuzawa, Hidenori Nagai, Naofumi Nishizawa
  • Patent number: 10988404
    Abstract: The present invention provides a glass sheet having a good property of blocking transmission of ultraviolet light, having a low to moderate visible transmittance, being relatively thin, being capable of substantially blocking transmission of solar ultraviolet light, and also having a good solar shielding property. The glass sheet of the present invention has a thickness of 1 to 5 mm, a Tuv 380 of 1.5% or less, a Tuv 400 of 2.5% or less, a visible transmittance (YA) of 5 to 40%, and a solar transmittance (TG) of 5 to 45%, and is formed from a glass composition, wherein the glass composition includes: 1.0 to 5.0 wt % T-Fe2O3; 1.0 to 5.0 wt % TiO2; and 50 to 600 wt. ppm CoO as coloring components in addition to predetermined base composition, a FeO ratio is 5 to 40%, and the sum of T-Fe2O3 multiplied by 2 and TiO2 is 7.0% or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: NIPPON SHEET GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Hiromitsu Seto
  • Patent number: 10985438
    Abstract: A vehicle window glass according to the present invention includes a glass plate having a defogger region and an antenna region, a defogger disposed in the defogger region and having a plurality of horizontal heating wires, and an antenna including at least an FM antenna and disposed in the antenna region, the FM antenna including a first power supply part disposed on the glass plate, and an FM antenna body having a first horizontal part, a second horizontal part closer to the defogger than is the first horizontal part and at least one vertical part linking both the horizontal parts, and connected to the first power supply part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: NIPPON SHEET GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Hiromasa Morishita
  • Publication number: 20210102897
    Abstract: A reaction processor includes: a reaction processing vessel; a first optical head including a first objective lens OB1 for irradiating a sample with first excitation light and collecting first fluorescence generated from the sample; a second optical head including a second objective lens for irradiating a sample with second excitation light and collecting second fluorescence generated from the sample; and a holding member holding the first optical head and the second optical head. The wavelength range of the first fluorescence and the wavelength range of the second excitation light at least partially overlap with each other. A distance between the optical axis of the first objective lens and the optical axis of the second objective lens satisfies 2·P0+2·P1+4·P2+4·P3<P, P0=L·NA/?(1?NA2), P1=t1·NA/?(n12?NA2), P2=t2·NA/?(1?NA2), and P3=t3·NA/?(n32?NA2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: Nippon Sheet Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Shuya OGI, Takashi Fukuzawa
  • Publication number: 20210088445
    Abstract: A reaction processing apparatus includes: a reaction processing vessel; a first fluorescence detection device that irradiates a sample with first excitation light and detects first fluorescence produced from the sample; and a second fluorescence detection device that irradiates a sample with second excitation light and detects second fluorescence produced from the sample. The wavelength range of the first fluorescence and the wavelength range of the second excitation light overlap at least partially. The first excitation light and the second excitation light flash at a predetermined duty ratio d. The phase difference between the flashing of the first excitation light and the flashing of the second excitation light is set within a range of 2?(pm??pm) (rad) to 2?(pm+?pm) (rad) or within a range of 2?[(1?pm)??pm] (rad) to 2?[(1?pm)+?pm] (rad), where pm=d?d2 and ?pm=0.01*pm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: Nippon Sheet Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Takashi FUKUZAWA, Hidemitsu TAKEUCHI, Osamu KAWAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20210053423
    Abstract: A windshield according to the present invention includes a first glass plate that includes a first surface and a second surface, a second glass plate that includes a first surface and a second surface and is arranged such that the first surface of the second glass plate faces the second surface of the first glass plate, and an intermediate film that is sandwiched between the first glass plate and the second glass plate. The first glass plate includes a first end portion and a second end portion that is opposite to the first end portion, and a thickness of the first glass plate decreases from the first end portion toward the second end portion. In the first glass plate, a surface compressive stress on the first end portion side is higher than a surface compressive stress on the second end portion side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2018
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: NIPPON SHEET GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Satoshi KANKI
  • Patent number: 10913830
    Abstract: A rubber-reinforcing cord (30) according to the present invention includes: a reinforcing fiber or reinforcing fiber bundle (21); a first coating (22) provided to cover the reinforcing fiber or reinforcing fiber bundle (21); and a second coating (31) provided to cover the first coating (22) and be located at the outer surface of the rubber-reinforcing cord (30). The first coating (22) includes: first rubber including nitrile-based rubber as a main component; and a first crosslinking agent. The second coating (31) is a coating different from the first coating (22) and includes: second rubber consisting essentially of nitrile-based rubber; and a second crosslinking agent. The nitrile-based rubber is at least one selected from nitrile rubber, hydrogenated nitrile rubber, carboxylated nitrile rubber, and carboxylated hydrogenated nitrile rubber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: NIPPON SHEET GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Shinya Katagiri
  • Patent number: 10917536
    Abstract: An image sensor unit includes: a linear light source that illuminates a document with a light; a first erecting equal-magnification lens array and a second erecting equal-magnification lens array arranged in the stated order away from the document so as to receive a light reflected from the document and form an erecting equal-magnification image; a slit provided on an intermediate imaging plane between the first erecting equal-magnification lens array and the second erecting equal-magnification lens array; a diffraction grating that disperses a light output from the second erecting equal-magnification lens array; and a linear image sensor that receives a light dispersed by the diffraction grating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: Nippon Sheet Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Keiji Tsunetomo, Satoru Kusaka
  • Patent number: 10908320
    Abstract: The coated glass sheet of the present invention includes: a glass sheet; and a coating film provided on at least one principal surface of the glass sheet. The coating film includes a dense layer and a porous layer. The dense layer is positioned between the porous layer and the glass sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: NIPPON SHEET GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Takeshi Yabuta, Toru Yamamoto, Fumiyoshi Kondo, Yoko Miyamoto
  • Publication number: 20210001695
    Abstract: A laminated glass according to the present invention is a windshield for an automobile to which an information acquisition device for acquiring information from the outside of a vehicle by emitting and/or receiving light can be installed, the windshield including an outer glass plate that includes a first side and a second side that is opposite to the first side, an inner glass plate that is arranged opposite to the outer glass plate and has substantially the same shape as the outer glass plate, and an intermediate film that is arranged between the outer glass plate and the inner glass plate. The windshield includes an information acquisition region that is to be located opposite to the information acquisition device and through which the light passes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Applicant: NIPPON SHEET GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Ryohei OGAWA, Kazuki CHIBA, Hisashi OGAWA
  • Publication number: 20200398276
    Abstract: A reaction processing apparatus includes: a reaction processing vessel; a temperature control system; and a liquid feeding system. The liquid feeding system includes : a pump having a discharge port; a first air channel; a second air channel; a first three-way valve capable of being switched between a state in which a first air communication port communicates with the discharge port and a state in which the first air communication port is opened to the atmospheric pressure; a second three-way valve capable of being switched between a state in which a second air communication port communicates with the discharge port and a state in which the second air communication port is opened to the atmospheric pressure; and a CPU that controls these components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: Nippon Sheet Glass Company Limited
    Inventors: Takashi Fukuzawa, Osamu Kawaguchi, Hidemitsu Takeuchi
  • Publication number: 20200384465
    Abstract: A reaction processing vessel includes a substrate and a groove-like channel formed on the upper surface of the substrate. The channel includes a high temperature serpiginous channel, a medium temperature serpiginous channel, and a high temperature braking channel and a medium temperature braking channel that are adjacent to the high temperature serpiginous channel and the medium temperature serpiginous channel, respectively. The respective cross-sectional areas of the high temperature braking channel and the medium temperature braking channel are larger than the respective cross-sectional areas of the high temperature serpiginous channel and the medium temperature serpiginous channel, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Applicant: Nippon Sheet Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Hidemitsu TAKEUCHI, Osamu KAWAGUCHI, Takashi FUKUZAWA
  • Patent number: 10843662
    Abstract: A glass plate module (10) according to the present invention includes a glass plate (1), a conductive layer (2) laminated on the glass plate (1), at least one connection terminal (3) fixed to the conductive layer (2), and made of a conductive material, and an adhesive material (4) for fixing the connection terminal (3) to the conductive layer (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: NIPPON SHEET GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Junichi Tokiwa
  • Patent number: 10830931
    Abstract: The infrared cut filter of the present invention includes an organic dye-containing layer and a copper phosphonate-containing layer containing fine particles of copper phosphonate. The organic dye-containing layer contains an organic dye so as to have a spectral transmittance that decreases from 70% or more to 50% or less with increasing wavelength in a wavelength range between a wavelength 50 nm shorter than a cut-off wavelength of the infrared cut filter and a wavelength 50 nm longer than the cut-off wavelength of the infrared cut filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: NIPPON SHEET GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Yuichiro Kubo, Katsuhide Shimmo