Patents by Inventor Hideki NUMAKURA

Hideki NUMAKURA 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: 9718726
    Abstract: A glass ceramic substrate includes: an inner layer part having a first thermal expansion coefficient; and a surface layer part having a second thermal expansion coefficient smaller than the first thermal expansion coefficient. The inner layer part contains a first glass matrix and flat alumina particles. The flat alumina particles are dispersed in the glass matrix in a direction in which individual thickness directions are substantially perpendicular to a surface direction of one of main surfaces of the inner layer part. Further, a mean aspect ratio of the flat alumina particles is 3 or more in one of cross sections along the thickness directions of the flat alumina particles out of cross sections of the inner layer part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Seigo Ohta, Masamichi Tanida, Hideki Numakura, Qing Li
  • Publication number: 20150232375
    Abstract: A glass ceramic substrate includes: an inner layer part having a first thermal expansion coefficient; and a surface layer part having a second thermal expansion coefficient smaller than the first thermal expansion coefficient. The inner layer part contains a first glass matrix and flat alumina particles. The flat alumina particles are dispersed in the glass matrix in a direction in which individual thickness directions are substantially perpendicular to a surface direction of one of main surfaces of the inner layer part. Further, a mean aspect ratio of the flat alumina particles is 3 or more in one of cross sections along the thickness directions of the flat alumina particles out of cross sections of the inner layer part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2015
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Seigo OHTA, Masamichi Tanida, Hideki Numakura, Qing Li
  • Publication number: 20150010721
    Abstract: There are provided a glass ceramic body having a sufficiently high strength and having a high degree of flexibility in shape which can correspond to a three-dimensional shape, and a layered body having the glass ceramic body. In a glass ceramic body in which flat alumina particles are dispersed in a glass matrix constituted of a glass with a crystallinity of 25% or less, a total cross-sectional area of the flat alumina particles, having a cross section with a thickness of 0.2 ?m or more, a maximum diameter of 8 ?m or less, and an aspect ratio in a range of 3 to 18 in one of cross sections along the thickness directions of the flat alumina particles in the glass ceramic body, is 20% or more relative to a total area of the cross section, and an open porosity is 5% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2014
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Masamichi TANIDA, Seigo OHTA, Hideki NUMAKURA