Patents by Inventor Akio Shizukai

Akio Shizukai has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20230365463
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a chemically strengthened glass substrate, the method including the following steps (A) to (C): (A) preparing a chemically strengthened glass substrate A having a main surface and an end surface; (B) obtaining a glass substrate by polishing a surface of the chemically strengthened glass substrate A; and (C) performing ion exchange by bringing the glass substrate into contact with an inorganic salt composition including 90% by mass or more of KNO3 and 1.0% by mass or more and 6.0% by mass or less of NaNO3 to obtain a chemically strengthened glass substrate C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Kaname SEKIYA, Yusuke FUJIWARA, Akio SHIZUKAI, Seikichi TEI, Takashi ETO
  • Publication number: 20230278915
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a chemically strengthened glass, having a slope of a K2O concentration of ?1.9%/?m or more at a depth of 1 to 3 ?m and ?0.001%/?m or less at a depth of 5 to 10 ?m, in a K2O concentration profile having an abscissa representing the depth (?m) from a surface of the glass and an ordinate representing the K2O concentration (%) by mole percentage in terms of oxides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Yusuke FUJIWARA, Akio SHIZUKAI
  • Publication number: 20220009830
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a chemically strengthened glass, the method including, performing a chemical strengthening treatment including the following steps (1) to (3) to a glass having a specific composition, (1) a step of bringing the glass into contact with an inorganic salt composition including 70 mass % or more of potassium nitrate to perform ion exchange; (2) a step of bringing the glass having been ion-exchanged in step (1) into contact with an inorganic salt composition including 50 mass % or more of sodium nitrate to perform ion exchange; and (3) a step of bringing the glass having been ion-exchanged in step (2) into contact with an inorganic salt composition including 70 mass % or more of potassium nitrate to perform ion exchange.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Applicant: AGC INC.
    Inventors: Izuru KASHIMA, Kaname SEKIYA, Akio SHIZUKAI, Yositeru IKEDA, Shogo SUEDA
  • Patent number: 11198642
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a chemically strengthened glass, the method including, performing a chemical strengthening treatment including the following steps (1) to (3) to a glass having a specific composition, (1) a step of bringing the glass into contact with an inorganic salt composition including 70 mass % or more of potassium nitrate to perform ion exchange; (2) a step of bringing the glass having been ion-exchanged in step (1) into contact with an inorganic salt composition including 50 mass % or more of sodium nitrate to perform ion exchange; and (3) a step of bringing the glass having been ion-exchanged in step (2) into contact with an inorganic salt composition including 70 mass % or more of potassium nitrate to perform ion exchange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: AGC INC.
    Inventors: Izuru Kashima, Kaname Sekiya, Akio Shizukai, Yositeru Ikeda, Shogo Sueda
  • Publication number: 20190225537
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a chemically strengthened glass, the method including, performing a chemical strengthening treatment including the following steps (1) to (3) to a glass having a specific composition, (1) a step of bringing the glass into contact with an inorganic salt composition including 70 mass % or more of potassium nitrate to perform ion exchange; (2) a step of bringing the glass having been ion-exchanged in step (1) into contact with an inorganic salt composition including 50 mass % or more of sodium nitrate to perform ion exchange; and (3) a step of bringing the glass having been ion-exchanged in step (2) into contact with an inorganic salt composition including 70 mass % or more of potassium nitrate to perform ion exchange.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicant: AGC INC.
    Inventors: Izuru KASHIMA, Kaname Sekiya, Akio Shizukai, Yositeru Ikeda, Shogo Sueda