Patents by Inventor Eiichi Uriu

Eiichi Uriu 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: 20220154522
    Abstract: Provided is a glass panel unit that reduces the chances of an electric wire extended being disconnected. A glass panel unit includes a first panel, a second panel, a seal, a connecting void, and an electric wire. The first panel includes a first glass pane. The second panel includes a second glass pane and is arranged to face the second glass pane. The seal has a frame shape and hermetically bonds respective peripheral edge portions of the first panel and the second panel to create an internal space between the first panel and the second panel. The connecting void is provided for a portion, other than a portion facing the internal space, of at least one of the first panel or the second panel. The electric wire is extended from the internal space to the connecting void by passing through the seal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Tasuku ISHIBASHI, Eiichi URIU, Kazuya HASEGAWA, Hiroyuki ABE, Kenji HASEGAWA, Masataka NONAKA, Takeshi SHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20220152993
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a multi-layer stack includes bonding a transparent plate to an outer surface of at least one of a first glass panel or a second glass panel of a glass panel unit with an intermediate film interposed therebetween. The glass panel unit includes: the first glass panel; the second glass panel; and an evacuated space provided between the first glass panel and the second glass panel. A plurality of spacers are provided in the evacuated space between the first glass panel and the second glass panel. A pressure applied for bonding the glass panel unit and the transparent plate together is less than a compressive strength of the plurality of spacers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Kenji HASEGAWA, Eiichi URIU, Tasuku ISHIBASHI, Hiroyuki ABE
  • Patent number: 11326388
    Abstract: An assembly includes: a pair of glass substrates; a peripheral wall disposed between the glass substrates; partitions; an evacuation port; and air passages. The partitions are provided to partition an internal space, surrounded with the glass substrates and the peripheral wall, into an evacuation space and a ventilation space. The evacuation port connects the ventilation space to an external environment. The air passages are used to evacuate the evacuation space through the evacuation port. The air passages include particular air passages arranged in a second direction perpendicular to a first direction, in which the glass substrates face each other, to constitute a ventilation path running through the internal space in the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tasuku Ishibashi, Eiichi Uriu, Kazuya Hasegawa, Hiroyuki Abe, Masataka Nonaka, Takeshi Shimizu, Haruhiko Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 11299422
    Abstract: A gas adsorbent is placed on at least a surface of a first plate on one side in a thickness direction thereof or a surface of a second plate on one side in a thickness direction thereof. The gas adsorbent has a shape with relatively raised and lowered parts arranged alternately. The gas adsorbent is placed along a sealant that joins the first and second plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuya Hasegawa, Hiroyuki Abe, Tasuku Ishibashi, Masataka Nonaka, Eiichi Uriu
  • Patent number: 11268317
    Abstract: A first substrate, having an evacuation port, and a second substrate are bonded together with a first sealing material in a frame shape interposed between them to create an internal space. The internal space is evacuated through the evacuation port, and the evacuation port is sealed up with the internal space kept evacuated. At this time, a second sealing material inserted into the evacuation port is heated and melted while being pressed toward the second substrate such that the evacuation port is sealed up with the second sealing material melted. The evacuation port and the second sealing material have dissimilar shapes when viewed along the center axis of the evacuation port in a state where the second sealing material has been inserted into the evacuation port but has not melted yet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Shimizu, Kazuya Hasegawa, Masataka Nonaka, Hiroyuki Abe, Eiichi Uriu, Haruhiko Ishikawa, Tasuku Ishibashi
  • Patent number: 11254600
    Abstract: A glass panel unit manufacturing method includes a bonding step, a pressure reducing step, and a sealing step. The bonding step includes bonding together a first substrate including a wired glass pane and a second substrate including a non-wired glass pane with a first sealant in a frame shape to create an inner space. The pressure reducing step includes producing a reduced pressure in the inner space through an exhaust port that the first substrate has. The sealing step includes irradiating the second sealant with an infrared ray externally incident through the second substrate to seal the exhaust port up with the second sealant that has melted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masataka Nonaka, Eiichi Uriu, Takeshi Shimizu, Haruhiko Ishikawa, Kazuya Hasegawa, Tasuku Ishibashi, Hiroyuki Abe
  • Patent number: 11236004
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a glass panel for a glass panel unit includes a melting step, a spreading step, an annealing step, a cutting step, and a spacer disposition step. The spacer disposition step is a step of disposing spacers onto a glass sheet and is performed by a spacer disposition device prior to the cutting step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masataka Nonaka, Eiichi Uriu, Kazuya Hasegawa, Tasuku Ishibashi, Hiroyuki Abe
  • Patent number: 11230878
    Abstract: A glass panel unit assembly includes: a pair of glass substrates arranged to face each other; a peripheral wall; a partition; an air passage; and an evacuation port. The peripheral wall has a frame shape and is disposed between the pair of glass substrates. The partition partitions an internal space, surrounded with the pair of glass substrates and the peripheral wall, into a first space and a second space. The air passage connects the first space and the second space together. The evacuation port connects the second space to an external environment. The partition is lower in height than the peripheral wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tasuku Ishibashi, Eiichi Uriu, Kazuya Hasegawa, Hiroyuki Abe, Masataka Nonaka, Takeshi Shimizu, Haruhiko Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20210396072
    Abstract: A glass panel unit includes: a first substrate including a first glass panel; a second substrate including a second glass panel; and a frame-shaped sealing portion that is hermetically bonded to the first substrate and the second substrate. The sealing portion creates an evacuated space between the first substrate and the second substrate. When viewed from a region where the second substrate is positioned with respect to the first substrate, the first substrate includes a part arranged to stick out of an edge of the second substrate. The part includes a mounting portion used to mount the glass panel unit onto a vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Kenji HASEGAWA, Eiichi URIU, Kazuya HASEGAWA, Tasuku ISHIBASHI, Hiroyuki ABE, Masataka NONAKA, Takeshi SHIMIZU, Haruhiko ISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20210381302
    Abstract: A glass panel unit includes: a first panel including a glass pane; a second panel including another glass pane; a sealing portion; an exhaust port; and a printed portion. The second panel is arranged to face the first panel. The sealing portion is formed in a frame shape and hermetically bonds respective peripheral edge portions of the first and second panels to create an evacuated, hermetically sealed space between the first panel and the second panel. The exhaust port is provided for one panel selected from the first and second panels. A port sealing member hermetically seals the exhaust port. The printed portion is provided for the other panel selected from the first and second panels. The printed portion is located in an area, facing the exhaust port, of one surface of the other panel. The one surface either faces toward, or faces away from, the hermetically sealed space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Kenji HASEGAWA, Eiichi URIU, Kazuya HASEGAWA, Tasuku ISHIBASHI, Hiroyuki ABE, Masataka NONAKA, Takeshi SHIMIZU, Haruhiko ISHIKAWA
  • Patent number: 11193322
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a glass panel unit of the present invention includes a bonding step, a pressure reduction step, and a sealing step. In the bonding step, a first substrate and a second substrate are hermetically bonded together with a seal having a frame shape. In the pressure reduction step, a pressure in an inside space formed between the first substrate and the second substrate is reduced through an exhaust port. In the sealing step, sealant melted is dropped toward the exhaust port, thereby sealing the exhaust port with the sealant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuya Hasegawa, Masataka Nonaka, Hiroyuki Abe, Tasuku Ishibashi, Eiichi Uriu
  • Patent number: 11187027
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a glass panel unit includes an adhesive disposing step, a pillar disposition step of disposing a plurality of pillars on the first panel. Each of the plurality of pillars includes a plurality of resin layers to stacked on one another. In each of the plurality of pillars, a contact area being in contact with the first panel and being included in the resin layer which is in contact with the first panel is different from a contact area being in contact with the second panel and being included in the resin layer which is in contact with the second panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuya Hasegawa, Masataka Nonaka, Hiroyuki Abe, Tasuku Ishibashi, Eiichi Uriu
  • Patent number: 11162297
    Abstract: A glass panel unit assembly includes: glass substrates; a peripheral wall having a frame shape and disposed between the glass substrates; a partition; an evacuation port; and a plurality of air passages. The partition partitions an internal space into an evacuation space, a ventilation space, and a coupling space. The evacuation port connects the ventilation space to an external environment. The plurality of air passages includes: a first air passage connecting the evacuation space to the coupling space; and a second air passage connecting the coupling space to the ventilation space. The second air passage includes a particular air passage having a larger dimension than any of the first air passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tasuku Ishibashi, Eiichi Uriu, Kazuya Hasegawa, Hiroyuki Abe, Masataka Nonaka, Takeshi Shimizu, Haruhiko Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 11148971
    Abstract: A gas adsorption unit includes a getter, a package encapsulating the getter, and a low-melting member. The low-melting member is heated, and thereby melted, at a temperature lower than a melting point of the package to bond a connector including the low-melting member onto the package. Next, the low-melting member that has melted is cooled and cured. Then, thermal stress resulting from a difference in thermal expansion coefficient between the package and the connector is caused to the package connected to the connector, thereby breaking the package open.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Abe, Eiichi Uriu, Kazuya Hasegawa, Tasuku Ishibashi, Masataka Nonaka, Takeshi Shimizu, Haruhiko Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20210300822
    Abstract: A glass panel unit includes a first glass pane, a second glass pane, a frame member, a vacuum space, and a gas adsorbing layer. The gas adsorbing layer is formed to cover at least one of the first glass pane or the second glass pane. The gas adsorbing layer contains a getter material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Eiichi URIU, Hiroyuki ABE, Tasuku ISHIBASHI, Kazuya HASEGAWA, Masataka NONAKA, Takeshi SHIMIZU, Haruhiko ISHIKAWA
  • Patent number: 11117831
    Abstract: In s glass panel unit, a pitch of pillars is determined such that a distortion of a first panel and second panel is smaller than an interval between the first panel and the second panel. The distortion is calculated based on the interval between the first panel and the second panel, load loading compression fracture per one pillar of the multiple pillars, Young's moduli of the first panel and the second panel, thicknesses of the first panel and the second panel, and Poisson's ratios of the first panel and the second panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Abe, Eiichi Uriu, Kazuya Hasegawa, Masataka Nonaka, Tasuku Ishibashi
  • Publication number: 20210270084
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a glass panel unit includes an assembling step, a bonding step, a gas exhausting step, a sealing step, and an activating step. The bonding step includes melting a peripheral wall in a baking furnace at a first predetermined temperature to hermetically bond a first glass pane and a second glass pane together with the peripheral wall thus melted. The gas exhausting step includes exhausting a gas from an internal space through an exhaust port in the baking furnace to turn the internal space into a vacuum space. The sealing step includes locally heating to a temperature higher than a second predetermined temperature, and thereby melting, either a port sealing material or an exhaust pipe to seal the exhaust port and thereby obtain a work in progress. The activating step includes activating a gas adsorbent after the sealing step to obtain a glass panel unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Hiroyuki ABE, Eiichi URIU, Kazuya HASEGAWA, Tasuku ISHIBASHI, Masataka NONAKA, Takeshi SHIMIZU, Haruhiko ISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20210262280
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a glass panel unit includes a glue arrangement step, an assembly forming step, a first melting step, an evacuation step, and a second melting step. The first melting step includes melting a hot glue, bonding a first and second panel with the glue, and forming an internal space. The first melting step includes a first temperature raising step, a first temperature maintaining step including maintaining the temperature of the assembly at a temperature equal to or higher than a softening point of the hot glue, and a first temperature lowering step, which are performed in this order. The first temperature lowering step includes: an anterior temperature lowering step including lowering the temperature of the assembly; a middle temperature maintaining step including maintaining the temperature of the assembly; and a posterior temperature lowering step including lowering the temperature of the assembly, which are performed in this order.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Kazuya HASEGAWA, Hiroyuki ABE, Haruhiko ISHIKAWA, Tasuku ISHIBASHI, Eiichi URIU, Takeshi SHIMIZU, Masataka NONAKA
  • Publication number: 20210254396
    Abstract: The assembling step is a step of preparing an assembly. The setting step is a step of setting a plurality of holder installation areas along an outer peripheral edge of the peripheral wall. The determining step is a step of determining a first area in which the slit and the peripheral wall are not adjacent to each other in the first area and a second area in which the slit and the peripheral wall are adjacent to each other. The installation step is a step of providing a holder in the first area without providing the holder in the second area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Kazuya HASEGAWA, Hiroyuki ABE, Haruhiko ISHIKAWA, Tasuku ISHIBASHI, Eiichi URIU, Takeshi SHIMIZU, Masataka NONAKA
  • Publication number: 20210238088
    Abstract: A gas adsorption unit includes a getter, a package encapsulating the getter, and a low-melting member. The low-melting member is heated, and thereby melted, at a temperature lower than a melting point of the package to bond a connector including the low-melting member onto the package. Next, the low-melting member that has melted is cooled and cured. Then, thermal stress resulting from a difference in thermal expansion coefficient between the package and the connector is caused to the package connected to the connector, thereby breaking the package open.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Hiroyuki ABE, Eiichi URIU, Kazuya HASEGAWA, Tasuku ISHIBASHI, Masataka NONAKA, Takeshi SHIMIZU, Haruhiko ISHIKAWA