Patents by Inventor Fumiaki Gunji

Fumiaki Gunji 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: 6733892
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a surface treatment composition having excellent storage stability and waterdrop rolling property. The present invention provides a surface treatment composition containing a partial hydrolysate of a fluorine-containing reactive silane such as C8F17CH2CH2Si(OCH3)3 having a molecular weight of M measured by GPC, wherein the proportion of molecules with molecular weights of from 300 to at most 2M in the partial hydrolysate is less than 70%, and the proportion of molecules with molecular weights of from 6M to 100000 in the partial hydrolysate is less than 10%. The present invention also provides a method of surface treatment of glass with the surface treatment composition. The present invention also provides a substrate treated with the surface treatment composition. The present invention also provides an article incorporating the substrate such as a transport equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2004
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Takashige Yoneda, Fumiaki Gunji
  • Patent number: 6599634
    Abstract: A fluorine-containing organic silicon compound of the following formula (1): wherein Rf is a fluorine-containing C1-20 monovalent organic group, X1 is an alkylene group, n is an integer of from 0 to 100, R is a C1-5 monovalent hydrocarbon group, X is a hydrolyzable group, and p is 0, 1 or 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2003
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Takashige Yoneda, Tadashi Hamano, Fumiaki Gunji
  • Patent number: 6500553
    Abstract: A substrate having at least two treated surface layers, wherein the first layer constituting the outermost layer among the treated surface layers is a layer formed by covering with a composition containing a reactive silane compound (I) which forms a surface having a rolling angle of at most 30° to water, and the second layer constituting an underlayer in contact with the first layer is a layer formed by covering with a composition (II) containing a fluorine-containing reactive silane compound (II) which forms a surface having a contact angle of at least 100° to water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2002
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Takashige Yoneda, Tadashi Hamano, Fumiaki Gunji
  • Patent number: 6479157
    Abstract: A substrate having at least two treated surface layers, wherein the first layer constituting the outermost layer among the treated surface layers is a layer formed by covering with a composition (I) containing a predetermined organic silicon compound, and the second layer constituting an underlayer in contact with the first layer is a layer formed by covering with a composition (II) containing a fluorine-containing reactive silane compound (II) which forms a surface having a contact angle of at least 100° to water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2002
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Takashige Yoneda, Tadashi Hamano, Fumiaki Gunji
  • Publication number: 20020076563
    Abstract: A fluorine-containing organic silicon compound of the following formula (1): 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2001
    Publication date: June 20, 2002
    Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Takashige Yoneda, Tadashi Hamano, Fumiaki Gunji
  • Patent number: 5976702
    Abstract: A composition for surface treatment, which comprises a compound of the following formula (A) and an organic solvent (B) comprising an organic compound having a fluorine atom:(R.sup.1).sub.a (R.sup.2).sub.b (R.sup.3).sub.c Si(NCO).sub.4-a-b-c (A)wherein R.sup.1 is a monovalent organic group having a carbon number of from 1 to 30;R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are respectively a hydrogen atom or a monovalent organic group having a carbon number of from 1 to 30, which may be the same or different;a is an integer of from 1 to 3; andb and c are independently 0 or 1 and 1.ltoreq.a+b+c.ltoreq.3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashige Yoneda, Fumiaki Gunji, Takeshi Morimoto
  • Patent number: 5871843
    Abstract: A laminate comprising a substrate and at least one layer formed on the substrate, in which the outermost layer as a surface layer has a plurality of micropores therein and, at its surface, a flat portion and fine craters, said flat portion having a surface roughness R.sub.a of at most 3 nm and an area ratio of at least 20%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 16, 1999
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashige Yoneda, Makoto Fukawa, Takeshi Morimoto, Kazuo Sato, Fumiaki Gunji, Hiromichi Nishimura, Satoshi Takeda, Yasuo Hayashi, Hiroyuki Fujita
  • Patent number: 5786096
    Abstract: A surface-treated substrate which is a substrate having at least two treated surface layers, wherein the first layer constituting the outermost layer among the treated surface layers is a layer formed by treatment with a surface treating agent containing compound B of the formula (B) as an essential component, and the second layer constituting an underlayer in contact with the outermost layer is a layer formed by treatment with a surface treating agent containing compound A of the formula (A) and Si(NCO).sub.4 as essential components:(R.sup.1).sub.a (R.sup.2).sub.b Si(Z).sub.4-a-b (A)(R.sup.3).sub.c (R.sup.4).sub.d Si(NCO).sub.4-c-d (B)wherein R.sup.1 is an organic group, R.sup.2 is a hydrogen atom or an organic group, a is 1, 2 or 3, b is 0, 1 or 2, provided that 1.ltoreq.a+b.ltoreq.3, and Z is an isocyanate group or a hydrolyzable group; and R.sup.3 is an organic group, R.sup.4 is a hydrogen atom or an organic group, c is 1, 2 or 3, and d is 0, 1 or 2, provided that 1.ltoreq.c+d.ltoreq.3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 28, 1998
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashige Yoneda, Fumiaki Gunji, Takeshi Morimoto
  • Patent number: 5605958
    Abstract: A composition for surface treatment, which comprises the following components (I), (II) and (III) as essential components:(I) at least one compound capable of forming a coating film with a contact angle of at least 70.degree. against water;(II) a solvent capable of dissolving the component (I); and(III) a solvent having an evaporation rate lower than the component (II).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 25, 1997
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashige Yoneda, Fumiaki Gunji, Takeshi Morimoto, Yukiko Ono
  • Patent number: 5576109
    Abstract: A surface treating agent containing a silicone compound of the formula (A):(R.sup.1).sub.a (R.sup.2).sub.b (Z.sup.1).sub.3-a-b SiO--[Si(R.sup.3).sub.c (R.sup.4).sub.d (Z.sup.2).sub.2-c-d O].sub.n --Si(R.sup.5).sub.e (R.sup.6).sub.f (Z.sup.3).sub.3-e-f (A)wherein each of R.sup.1 to R.sup.6 which are independent of one another, is a hydrogen atom or an organic group, provided that at least one of R.sup.1 to R.sup.6 is an organic group;each of Z.sup.1 to Z.sup.3 which are independent of one another, is an isocyanate group or a hydrolyzable group;each of a to f which are independent of one another, is an integer of 0, 1 or 2, provided l.ltoreq.a+b.ltoreq.3, 0.ltoreq.c+d.ltoreq.2, l.ltoreq.e+f.ltoreq.3 and 2.ltoreq.a+b+c+d+e+f.ltoreq.7; andn is an integer of 0 or at least 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 19, 1996
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashige Yoneda, Takeshi Morimoto, Fumiaki Gunji, Kenji Ishizeki, Yukiko Ono
  • Patent number: 5482768
    Abstract: A surface-treated substrate consisting essentially of a substrate having at least two treated surface layers wherein the first layer constituting the outermost layer among the treated surface layers is a layer formed by treating with a treating agent containing a compound (I) capable of forming a surface having a contact angle of at least 70.degree. against water, and the second layer constituting an underlayer in contact with the outermost layer is a thin film layer of a heat resistant polymer formed by treating with a treating agent containing a compound (II) capable of forming a thin film of a heat resistant polymer and fine particles of a polymer, to form a thin film and heating the thin film to thermally decompose the fine particles of a polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 9, 1996
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Kawasato, Kazuya Hiratsuka, Takashige Yoneda, Tsuneo Wakabayashi, Fumiaki Gunji