Patents by Inventor Hikaru ONO

Hikaru ONO 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: 20250171670
    Abstract: A working fluid for a heat cycle, contains: trifluoroethylene; and a first component consisting of at least one of substance selected from carbon dioxide, fluoromethane, trifluoroiodomethane, methane, ethane, propane, helium, neon, argon, krypton, xenon, nitrogen and ammonia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2025
    Publication date: May 29, 2025
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Katsuya UENO, Hikaru ONO, Toshiyuki TANAKA, Hidekazu OKAMOTO, Hiroki HAYAMIZU, Masato FUKUSHIMA, Mai TASAKA
  • Publication number: 20240392069
    Abstract: Provided are a surface treating agent which is capable of forming a surface layer excellent in light resistance and has excellent long-term storage stability, an article having the surface layer, and a method for producing the article. The surface treating agent of the present invention is a surface treating agent containing a fluorine-containing ether compound having a fluoropolyether chain and a reactive silyl group, and a fluoride ion, in which the content of the fluoride ion is 0.1 to 3.0 ppm by mass with respect to the total mass of the surface treating agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2024
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Hikaru ONO, Motoshi AOYAMA, Takuya IWASE
  • Publication number: 20240392159
    Abstract: Provided are a surface treating agent which is capable of forming a surface layer excellent in acid resistance and has excellent long-term storage stability, an article having the surface layer, and a method for producing the article. The surface treating agent of the present invention is a surface treating agent containing a fluorine-containing ether compound having a fluoropolyether chain and a reactive silyl group, and one or more ions selected from the group consisting of an iodide ion and a bromide ion, in which the content of the ions is 0.05 to 2.00 ppm by mass with respect to the total mass of the surface treating agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2024
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Hikaru ONO, Motoshi AOYAMA, Takuya IWASE
  • Publication number: 20240360324
    Abstract: A surface treatment agent from which a surface layer having an excellent friction resistance can be formed, an article including such a surface layer, and a method for manufacturing such an article are provided. A surface treatment agent according to the present invention contains a fluorine-containing ether compound including a fluoro-polyether chain and a reactive silyl group, and a metallic compound containing at least one metal element selected from the group consisting of elements in Groups 1 excluding a hydrogen element and Group 2 in a periodic table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Takuya IWASE, Motoshi AOYAMA, Hikaru ONO
  • Publication number: 20240327653
    Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a composition, a surface treatment agent, and a coating liquid with excellent abrasion resistance, an article including a surface layer with excellent abrasion resistance, and a method for producing the article. A composition which contains two or more compounds selected from the compound represented by the formula (A1), the compound represented by the formula (A2), the compound represented by the formula (B1), and the compound represented by the formula (B2) and meets the following (I) to (III) is provided. Rf1—(ORf11)y1—O—R1-L1-(R11-T1)x1??(A1) Rf2—(ORf12)y2—O—R2-L2-(R12-T2)x2??(A2) (T3-R13)x3-L3-R3—(ORf13)y3—O—R23-L13-(R33-T13)x13 ??(B1) (T4-R14)x4-L4-R4—(ORf14)y4—O—R24-L14-(R34-T14)x14 ??(B2) Other symbols in the formulae are as described in the specification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Eisuke MUROTANI, Keigo MATSUURA, Motoshi AOYAMA, Hikaru ONO, Makoto UNO, Takafumi KAWAKAMI
  • Publication number: 20240294707
    Abstract: A compound, a composition, a surface treatment agent, and a coating liquid capable of forming a surface layer excellent in wear resistance, an article having a surface layer excellent in wear resistance, and a method for producing the article are provided. The compound has a fluoropolyether chain and a group represented by the following formula (g1). where Rg1 is an alkylene group in which an atom having a connecting bond * may be an etheric oxygen atom and that may contain an etheric oxygen atom between carbon-carbon atoms, Rg1 containing a carbon chain with at least 9 carbon atoms linked together, Tg1 is —SiRa1z1Ra23-z1, and other symbols are as described in the specification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2024
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Applicant: AGC INC.
    Inventors: Yusuke TOMIYORI, Yusuke NAGAI, Takuya IWASE, Koki WATANABE, Hikaru ONO
  • Publication number: 20230399471
    Abstract: An object is to provide a method for producing a fluorine-containing compound by using an easily available compound under relatively mild reaction conditions to produce a fluorine-containing compound, and a method for producing a surface treatment agent using the fluorine-containing compound obtained by the production method. A method for producing a fluorine-containing compound represented by the following formula (C1) or (C2), the method including: reacting a compound represented by the following formula (A1) or (A2) with a compound represented by the following formula (B1). G1-L1-CR1R2—X1??Formula (A1) X2—CR3R4-L2-G2-L3-CR5R6—X3??Formula (A2) R11—MgR12??Formula (B1) G1-L1-CR1R2—R11??Formula (C1) R11—CR3R4-L2-G2-L3-CR5R6—R11??Formula (C2) where, each reference sign in the formula is as described in the specification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka NOMURA, Makoto UNO, Hikaru ONO, Takuya IWASE
  • Publication number: 20230250052
    Abstract: To provide a method capable of separating a monofunctional species, bifunctional species, etc. of a fluorinated ether compound having a polyfluoropolyether chain and a predetermined functional group in good yield and with high separation performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: AGC INC.
    Inventors: Hikaru ONO, Motoshi AOYAMA
  • Patent number: 11686506
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide, as a working fluid to be used for a heat cycle system, a working fluid for heat cycle that has cycle performance replaceable with that of R410A, and at the same time, has a small burden on an apparatus, low flammability, suppressed self-decomposition, and less effect on global warming, and therefore, is usable stably even if leaked, a composition for heat cycle system containing the same, and a heat cycle system using the composition. The working fluid for heat cycle contains trifluoroethylene, difluoromethane, and at least one selected from 1,1-difluoroethane, fluoroethane, propane, propylene, carbon dioxide, 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, and (E)-1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene at mass ratios satisfying predetermined expressions and at a ratio of the total content to be 90 to 100 mass % relative to the total amount of the working fluid and has a temperature glide of 10° C. or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Hikaru Ono, Katsuya Ueno, Tetsuo Otsuka
  • Publication number: 20220298180
    Abstract: Provided are a fluorine-containing ether compound, a fluorine-containing ether composition, and a coating liquid, which can form a surface layer having excellent durability, and an article and production method thereof having a surface layer that has excellent durability and that can maintain water and oil repellency, lubricity, and fingerprint stain removability for a long time. The fluorine-containing ether compound includes a polyfluoropolyether chain, a reactive silyl group, and a linking group that includes a group represented by *—O—C(?O)—**, in which the linking group links the polyfluoropolyether chain arranged on the * side and the reactive silyl group arranged on the ** side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Hikaru ONO, Koki WATANABE, Motoshi AOYAMA, Ryuta TAKASHITA
  • Publication number: 20220177761
    Abstract: A working fluid for a heat cycle, contains: trifluoroethylene; and a first component consisting of at least one of substance selected from carbon dioxide, fluoromethane, trifluoroiodomethane, methane, ethane, propane, helium, neon, argon, krypton, xenon, nitrogen and ammonia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Katsuya UENO, Hikaru ONO, Toshiyuki TANAKA, Hidekazu OKAMOTO, Hiroki HAYAMIZU, Masato FUKUSHIMA, Mai TASAKA
  • Publication number: 20210262700
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide, as a working fluid to be used for a heat cycle system, a working fluid for heat cycle that has cycle performance replaceable with that of R410A, and at the same time, has a small burden on an apparatus, low flammability, suppressed self-decomposition, and less effect on global warming, and therefore, is usable stably even if leaked, a composition for heat cycle system containing the same, and a heat cycle system using the composition. The working fluid for heat cycle contains trifluoroethylene, difluoromethane, and at least one selected from 1,1-difluoroethane, fluoroethane, propane, propylene, carbon dioxide, 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, and (E)-1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene at mass ratios satisfying predetermined expressions and at a ratio of the total content to be 90 to 100 mass % relative to the total amount of the working fluid and has a temperature glide of 10° C. or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Hikaru ONO, Katsuya Ueno, Tetsuo Otsuka
  • Patent number: 11015840
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide, as a working fluid to be used for a heat cycle system, a working fluid for heat cycle that has cycle performance replaceable with that of R410A, and at the same time, has a small burden on an apparatus, low flammability, suppressed self-decomposition, and less effect on global warming, and therefore, is usable stably even if leaked, a composition for heat cycle system containing the same, and a heat cycle system using the composition. The working fluid for heat cycle contains trifluoroethylene, difluoromethane, and at least one selected from 1,1-difluoroethane, fluoroethane, propane, propylene, carbon dioxide, 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, and (E)-1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene at mass ratios satisfying predetermined expressions and at a ratio of the total content to be 90 to 100 mass % relative to the total amount of the working fluid and has a temperature glide of 10° C. or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Hikaru Ono, Katsuya Ueno, Tetsuo Otsuka
  • Publication number: 20190257553
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide, as a working fluid to be used for a heat cycle system, a working fluid for heat cycle that has cycle performance replaceable with that of R410A, and at the same time, has a small burden on an apparatus, low flammability, suppressed self-decomposition, and less effect on global warming, and therefore, is usable stably even if leaked, a composition for heat cycle system containing the same, and a heat cycle system using the composition. The working fluid for heat cycle contains trifluoroethylene, difluoromethane, and at least one selected from 1,1-difluoroethane, fluoroethane, propane, propylene, carbon dioxide, 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, and (E)-1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene at mass ratios satisfying predetermined expressions and at a ratio of the total content to be 90 to 100 mass % relative to the total amount of the working fluid and has a temperature glide of 10° C. or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Hikaru ONO, Katsuya Ueno, Tetsuo Otsuka
  • Publication number: 20180079941
    Abstract: A working fluid for a heat cycle, contains: trifluoroethylene; and a first component consisting of at least one of substance selected from carbon dioxide, fluoromethane, trifluoroiodomethane, methane, ethane, propane, helium, neon, argon, krypton, xenon, nitrogen and ammonia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Katsuya UENO, Hikaru ONO, Toshiyuki TANAKA, Hidekazu OKAMOTO, Hiroki HAYAMIZU, Masato FUKUSHIMA, Mai TASAKA