Patents by Inventor Eriko Maeda

Eriko Maeda 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).

  • Patent number: 11827560
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a glass for chemical strengthening including, in mole percentage on an oxide basis: 60 to 72% of SiO2; 9 to 20% of Al2O3; 1 to 15% of Li2O; 0.1 to 5% of Y2O3; 0 to 1.5% of ZrO2; and 0 to 1% of TiO2, having a total content of one or more kinds of MgO, CaO, SrO, BaO and ZnO of 1 to 10%, having a total content of Na2O and K2O of 1.5 to 10%, having a total content of B2O3 and P2O5 of 0 to 10%, wherein a ratio ([Al2O3]+[Li2O])/([Na2O]+[K2O]+[MgO]+[CaO]+[SrO]+[BaO]+[ZnO]+[ZrO2]+[Y2O3]) is from 0.7 to 3, wherein a ratio [MgO])/([CaO]+[SrO]+[BaO]+[ZnO]) is from 10 to 45, and having a value M expressed by the following expression of 1,100 or more: M=?5×[SiO2]+121×[Al2O3]+50×[Li2O]?35×[Na2O]+32×[K2O]+85×[MgO]+54×[CaO]?41×[SrO]?4×[P2O5]+218×[Y2O3]+436×[ZrO2]?1180, wherein each of [SiO2], [Al2O3], [Li2O], [Na2O], [K2O], [MgO], [CaO], [SrO], [P2O5], [Y2O3], and [ZrO2] designates a content of each component in mole percentage on an oxide basis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Suguru Murayama, Kazuki Kanehara, Eriko Maeda
  • Publication number: 20230331620
    Abstract: To provide a glass plate for a window material and a window comprising the glass plate, which are less likely to be a barrier to radio transmitting/receiving in use of a radio-utilizing apparatus, and a radio communication apparatus comprising the glass plate. A glass plate having a radio transmittance of at least 20% at a frequency of 100 GHz as calculated as 18 mm thickness, a window comprising the glass plate, and a radio communication apparatus comprising the glass plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Eriko Maeda, Takato Kajihara, Kensuke Nagai, Yutaka Kuroiwa, Osamu Kagaya, Ryuta Sonoda, Hiroyuki Hijiya
  • Patent number: 11731901
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a chemically strengthened glass having excellent transparency and strength and being scratch resistant. The present invention pertains to a chemically strengthened glass that: has a compressive stress layer on the surface thereof; has a visible light transmittance of at least 70% when the thickness thereof is converted to 0.8 mm; has a surface compressive stress of at least 600 MPa; has a compressive stress depth of at least 80 ?m; and contains a ?-spodumene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Qing Li, Kenji Imakita, Akio Koike, Eriko Maeda
  • Publication number: 20230250015
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to a glass for strengthening, that: has an average transmittance of at least 70% when converted to a thickness of 0.8 mm at a wavelength of 380-780 nm; has a haze value of no more than 0.7% when converted to a thickness of 0.8 mm in a C light source; has a Young's modulus of at least 85 GPa; has a fracture toughness value of at least 0.90 MPa·m1/2; a thermal conductivity at 20° C. of at least 1.3 W/m·K; and comprises a lithium aluminosilicate crystallized glass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Qing LI, Akio KOIKE, Eriko MAEDA
  • Patent number: 11718556
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to a glass for strengthening, that: has an average transmittance of at least 70% when converted to a thickness of 0.8 mm at a wavelength of 380-780 nm; has a haze value of no more than 0.7% when converted to a thickness of 0.8 mm in a C light source; has a Young's modulus of at least 85 GPa; has a fracture toughness value of at least 0.90 MPa·m1/2; a thermal conductivity at 20° C. of at least 1.3 W/m·K; and comprises a lithium aluminosilicate crystallized glass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Qing Li, Akio Koike, Eriko Maeda
  • Publication number: 20230212059
    Abstract: To provide a glass plate for a window material and a window comprising the glass plate, which are less likely to be a barrier to radio transmitting/receiving in use of a radio-utilizing apparatus, and a radio communication apparatus comprising the glass plate. A glass plate having a radio transmittance of at least 20% at a frequency of 100 GHz as calculated as 18 mm thickness, a window comprising the glass plate, and a radio communication apparatus comprising the glass plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2023
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Eriko Maeda, Takato Kajihara, Kensuke Nagai, Yutaka Kuroiwa, Osamu Kagaya, Ryuta Sonoda, Hiroyuki Hijiya
  • Publication number: 20230192534
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a glass ceramic having a lithium aluminosilicate composition and including a crystal and a residual glass, in which the residual glass has a composition including, in terms of mol % based on oxides: 25% to 70% of SiO2; 3% to 35% of Al2O3; 0.1% to 20% of Li2O; 0.1% to 20% of Na2O; 0% to 10% of K2O; and 1% to 15% of ZrO2, and a parameter V is ?600 or more and 720 or less, the parameter V being calculated based on the following formula: V=49.589×[SiO2]+61.806×[Al2O3]+45.456×[P2O5]+41.151×[MgO]+110.26×[CaO]+50.263×[SrO]+55.693×[Li2O]+3.598×[Na2O]+9.503×[K2O]+6.83×[TiO2]?2.885×[ZrO2]?3746.99.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2023
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Shigeki SAWAMURA, Eriko MAEDA, Shusaku AKIBA, Satoshi OGAMI
  • Patent number: 11634353
    Abstract: To provide a glass plate for a window material and a window comprising the glass plate, which are less likely to be a barrier to radio transmitting/receiving in use of a radio-utilizing apparatus, and a radio communication apparatus comprising the glass plate. A glass plate having a radio transmittance of at least 20% at a frequency of 100 GHz as calculated as 18 mm thickness, a window comprising the glass plate, and a radio communication apparatus comprising the glass plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Eriko Maeda, Takato Kajihara, Kensuke Nagai, Yutaka Kuroiwa, Osamu Kagaya, Ryuta Sonoda, Hiroyuki Hijiya
  • Publication number: 20230119617
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a glass for chemical strengthening including, in mole percentage on an oxide basis: 60 to 72% of SiO2; 9 to 20% of Al2O3; 1 to 15% of Li2O; 0.1 to 5% of Y2O3; 0 to 1.5% of ZrO2; and 0 to 1% of TiO2, having a total content of one or more kinds of MgO, CaO, SrO, BaO and ZnO of 1 to 10%, having a total content of Na2O and K2O of 1.5 to 10%, having a total content of B2O3 and P2O5 of 0 to 10%, wherein a ratio ([Al2O3]+[Li2O])/([Na2O]+[K2O]+[MgO]+[CaO]+[SrO]+[BaO]+[ZnO]+[ZrO2]+[Y2O3]) is from 0.7 to 3, wherein a ratio [MgO])/([CaO]+[SrO]+[BaO]+[ZnO]) is from 10 to 45, and having a value M expressed by the following expression of 1,100 or more: M=?5×[SiO2]+121×[Al2O3]+50×[Li2O]?35×[Na2O]+32×[K2O]+85×[MgO]+54×[CaO]?41×[SrO]?4×[P2O5]+218×[Y2O3]+436×[ZrO2]?1180, wherein each of [SiO2], [Al2O3], [Li2O], [Na2O], [K2O], [MgO], [CaO], [SrO], [P2O5], [Y2O3], and [ZrO2] designates a content of each component in mole percentage on an oxide basis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Suguru MURAYAMA, Kazuki KANEHARA, Eriko MAEDA
  • Publication number: 20230112685
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a glass including, in terms of mole percentage based on oxides: 52% to 70% of SiO2; 14% to 25% of Al2O3; 10% to 18% of Li2O; 1% to 7% of Na2O; 0.1% to 5% of K2O; 0% to 10% of B2O3; 0% to 5% of P2O5; 0% to 5% of MgO; 0% to 5% of ZnO; 0% to 2% of ZrO2; and 0% to 5% of Y2O3, in which a parameter M is 20 or less, the parameter M being determined by the following formula, M=?1.15×[SiO2]?1.73×[Al2O3]+0.155×[Li2O]+0.74×[Na2O]?4.75×[K2O]?2.1×[B2O3]?2.17×[P2O5]+3.25×[MgO]?2.0×[ZnO]?13.3×[ZrO2]?0.80×[Y2O3]+120.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Eriko MAEDA, Kazuki KANEHARA, Shusaku AKIBA
  • Publication number: 20230086533
    Abstract: A medical image processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to obtain a medical image. The processing circuitry is configured to calculate a first blood flow direction on the basis of a structure of a region of interest rendered in the medical image. The processing circuitry is configured to calculate a second blood flow direction on the basis of a structure in the surroundings of the region of interest. The processing circuitry is configured to identify a condition of the region of interest, on the basis of the first blood flow direction and the second blood flow direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicants: The University of Tokyo, CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gakuto AOYAMA, Ichiro SAKUMA, Minoru ONO, Shu TAKAGI, Asuka HATANO, Haruo YAMAUCHI, Eriko MAEDA (Deceased), Naoki TOMII, Hiroyuki TSUKIHARA
  • Patent number: 11572305
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a glass for chemical strengthening including, in mole percentage on an oxide basis: 45 to 75% of SiO2; 1 to 30% of Al2O3; 1 to 20% of Li2O; 0 to 5% of Y2O3; 0 to 5% of ZrO2; and 0 to 1% of TiO2, having a total content of one or more kinds of MgO, CaO, SrO, BaO and ZnO of 1 to 20%, having a total content of Na2O and K2O of 0 to 10%, having a total content of B2O3 and P2O5 of 0 to 10%, and having a value M expressed by the following expression of 1,000 or more: M=?5×[SiO2]+121×[Al2O3]+50×[Li2O]?35×[Na2O]+32×[K2O]+85×[MgO]+54×[CaO]?41×[Sr O]?4×[P2O5]+218×[Y2O3]+436×[ZrO2]?1180, in which each of [SiO2], [Al2O3], [Li2O], [Na2O], [K2O], [MgO], [CaO], [SrO], [P2O5], [Y2O3], and [ZrO2] designates a content of each component in mole percentage on an oxide basis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Suguru Murayama, Kazuki Kanehara, Eriko Maeda
  • Patent number: 11530665
    Abstract: A deterioration determination apparatus is usable with an ammonia sensor that includes an ammonia element portion that includes, a solid electrolyte, an ammonia electrode, and a reference electrode. The deterioration determining apparatus compares a first evaluation value and a second evaluation value, and determines whether deterioration has occurred in the ammonia element portion of the ammonia sensor at an evaluation time or subsequent to the evaluation time. The first evaluation value is based on a first sensor current obtained when a DC voltage is applied between the ammonia electrode and the reference electrode of the ammonia element portion at an initial time that is during an initial use period of the ammonia sensor. The second evaluation value is based on a second sensor current obtained when the DC voltage is applied between the ammonia electrode and the reference electrode subsequent to the initial period of use of the ammonia sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi Nakamura, Toshihiko Harada, Kensuke Takizawa, Eriko Maeda, Hiroaki Yoto
  • Patent number: 11348244
    Abstract: A medical image processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to obtain feature values related to the shape and a property of the heart. The processing circuitry is configured to estimate, by using the feature values, a state of the heart after a chest is opened. The processing circuitry is configured to estimate, based on a result of the estimation of the state of the heart, a state of the heart after the chest is closed after a treatment is completed. The processing circuitry is configured to output a parameter related to the estimated state of the heart after the chest is closed to a display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignees: The University of Tokyo, CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ichiro Sakuma, Minoru Ono, Eriko Maeda, Kan Nawata, Haruo Yamauchi, Hiroyuki Tsukihara, Kenji Ino, Fumimasa Shige, Katsuhiko Fujimoto, Takuya Sakaguchi
  • Publication number: 20220135466
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a glass including, in mole percentage on an oxide basis: 60-75% of SiO2; 8-20% of Al2O3; 5-16% of Li2O; and 2-15% of one or more kinds of Na2O and K2O in total, in which a ratio PLi of the content of Li2O to a total content of Li2O, Na2O, and K2O is 0.40 or more, and a total content of MgO, CaO, SrO, BaO, and ZnO is 0-10%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Eriko MAEDA, Kenji IMAKITA, Kazuki KANEHARA, Akihisa MINOWA
  • Publication number: 20220064054
    Abstract: The present invention provides crystallized glass of three-dimensional shape for easily producing chemically strengthened glass of three-dimensional shape that resists damage and has exceptional transparency. This crystallized glass of three-dimensional shape: contains crystals; has light transmittance in terms of a thickness of 0.8 mm of 80% or higher; and contains 45-74% SiO2, 1-30% Al2O3, 1-25% Li2O, 0-10% Na2O, 0-5% K2O, a total of 0-15% of SnO2 and/or ZrO2, and 0-12% P2O5, these amounts expressing the oxide-based mass percentage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Qing LI, Kenji IMAKITA, Akio KOIKE, Eriko MAEDA
  • Publication number: 20210323862
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a chemically strengthened glass having a sheet shape, having a compressive stress layer on a glass surface, having a compressive stress value on the glass surface of 800 MPa or more, having a sheet thickness (t) of 100 ?m or more, having a depth of the compressive stress layer (DOL) of (t×0.1) ?m or more, and satisfying: CSB>CSA>0, where DB is a depth in a range of 10 ?m or more and not more than DOL from the glass surface, at which a compressive stress value is maximum; CSB is the compressive stress value at the depth DB; D? is a depth in a range of equal to or less than DB from the glass surface, at which a compressive stress value is minimum; and CSA is the compressive stress value at the depth DA.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuki KANEHARA, Eriko MAEDA, Takumi UMADA, Kenji IMAKITA
  • Publication number: 20210247354
    Abstract: An ammonia detector includes a solid electrolyte body, a detection electrode, and a reference electrode. The solid electrolyte body includes a measured gas facing surface, which comes into contact with a measured gas, and a reference gas facing surface, which comes into contact with a reference gas. The detection electrode is formed on the measured gas facing surface of the solid electrolyte body. The reference electrode is formed on the reference gas facing surface of the solid electrolyte body. The detection electrode contains at least alumina and 50% or more by mass of Pd.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eriko MAEDA, Takumi OKAMOTO, Hiroaki YOTO, Toshihiko HARADA
  • Publication number: 20210095611
    Abstract: A deterioration determination apparatus is usable with an ammonia sensor that includes an ammonia element portion that includes, a solid electrolyte, an ammonia electrode, and a reference electrode. The deterioration determining apparatus compares a first evaluation value and a second evaluation value, and determines whether deterioration has occurred in the ammonia element portion of the ammonia sensor at an evaluation time or subsequent to the evaluation time. The first evaluation value is based on a first sensor current obtained when a DC voltage is applied between the ammonia electrode and the reference electrode of the ammonia element portion at an initial time that is during an initial use period of the ammonia sensor. The second evaluation value is based on a second sensor current obtained when the DC voltage is applied between the ammonia electrode and the reference electrode subsequent to the initial period of use of the ammonia sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi NAKAMURA, Toshihiko HARADA, Kensuke TAKIZAWA, Eriko MAEDA, Hiroaki YOTO
  • Publication number: 20200346969
    Abstract: The present invention provides crystallized glass of three-dimensional shape for easily producing chemically strengthened glass of three-dimensional shape that resists damage and has exceptional transparency. This crystallized glass of three-dimensional shape: contains crystals; has light transmittance in terms of a thickness of 0.8 mm of 80% or higher; and contains 45-74% SiO2, 1-30% Al2O3, 1-25% Li2O, 0-10% Na2O, 0-5% K2O, a total of 0-15% of SnO2 and/or ZrO2, and 0-12% P2O5, these amounts expressing the oxide-based mass percentage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Qing LI, Kenji IMAKITA, Akio KOIKE, Eriko MAEDA