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).
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Patent number: 11827560Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 20, 2022Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: AGC Inc.Inventors: Suguru Murayama, Kazuki Kanehara, Eriko Maeda
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Publication number: 20230331620Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2023Publication date: October 19, 2023Applicant: AGC Inc.Inventors: Eriko Maeda, Takato Kajihara, Kensuke Nagai, Yutaka Kuroiwa, Osamu Kagaya, Ryuta Sonoda, Hiroyuki Hijiya
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Patent number: 11731901Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 21, 2020Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: AGC Inc.Inventors: Qing Li, Kenji Imakita, Akio Koike, Eriko Maeda
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Publication number: 20230250015Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2023Publication date: August 10, 2023Applicant: AGC Inc.Inventors: Qing LI, Akio KOIKE, Eriko MAEDA
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Patent number: 11718556Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 21, 2020Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: AGC Inc.Inventors: Qing Li, Akio Koike, Eriko Maeda
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Publication number: 20230212059Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2023Publication date: July 6, 2023Applicant: AGC Inc.Inventors: Eriko Maeda, Takato Kajihara, Kensuke Nagai, Yutaka Kuroiwa, Osamu Kagaya, Ryuta Sonoda, Hiroyuki Hijiya
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Publication number: 20230192534Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2023Publication date: June 22, 2023Applicant: AGC Inc.Inventors: Shigeki SAWAMURA, Eriko MAEDA, Shusaku AKIBA, Satoshi OGAMI
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Patent number: 11634353Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 2, 2019Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: AGC Inc.Inventors: Eriko Maeda, Takato Kajihara, Kensuke Nagai, Yutaka Kuroiwa, Osamu Kagaya, Ryuta Sonoda, Hiroyuki Hijiya
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Publication number: 20230119617Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2022Publication date: April 20, 2023Applicant: AGC Inc.Inventors: Suguru MURAYAMA, Kazuki KANEHARA, Eriko MAEDA
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Publication number: 20230112685Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2022Publication date: April 13, 2023Applicant: AGC Inc.Inventors: Eriko MAEDA, Kazuki KANEHARA, Shusaku AKIBA
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Publication number: 20230086533Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2022Publication date: March 23, 2023Applicants: The University of Tokyo, CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Gakuto AOYAMA, Ichiro SAKUMA, Minoru ONO, Shu TAKAGI, Asuka HATANO, Haruo YAMAUCHI, Eriko MAEDA (Deceased), Naoki TOMII, Hiroyuki TSUKIHARA
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Patent number: 11572305Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 25, 2020Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: AGC Inc.Inventors: Suguru Murayama, Kazuki Kanehara, Eriko Maeda
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Patent number: 11530665Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 23, 2020Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Satoshi Nakamura, Toshihiko Harada, Kensuke Takizawa, Eriko Maeda, Hiroaki Yoto
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Patent number: 11348244Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 31, 2020Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignees: The University of Tokyo, CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Ichiro Sakuma, Minoru Ono, Eriko Maeda, Kan Nawata, Haruo Yamauchi, Hiroyuki Tsukihara, Kenji Ino, Fumimasa Shige, Katsuhiko Fujimoto, Takuya Sakaguchi
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Publication number: 20220135466Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2022Publication date: May 5, 2022Applicant: AGC Inc.Inventors: Eriko MAEDA, Kenji IMAKITA, Kazuki KANEHARA, Akihisa MINOWA
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Publication number: 20220064054Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2021Publication date: March 3, 2022Applicant: AGC Inc.Inventors: Qing LI, Kenji IMAKITA, Akio KOIKE, Eriko MAEDA
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Publication number: 20210323862Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2021Publication date: October 21, 2021Applicant: AGC Inc.Inventors: Kazuki KANEHARA, Eriko MAEDA, Takumi UMADA, Kenji IMAKITA
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Publication number: 20210247354Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2021Publication date: August 12, 2021Applicant: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Eriko MAEDA, Takumi OKAMOTO, Hiroaki YOTO, Toshihiko HARADA
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Publication number: 20210095611Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2020Publication date: April 1, 2021Applicant: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Satoshi NAKAMURA, Toshihiko HARADA, Kensuke TAKIZAWA, Eriko MAEDA, Hiroaki YOTO
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Publication number: 20200346969Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2020Publication date: November 5, 2020Applicant: AGC Inc.Inventors: Qing LI, Kenji IMAKITA, Akio KOIKE, Eriko MAEDA