Patents by Inventor Hirokazu Kodaira
Hirokazu Kodaira 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: 11873415Abstract: To provide a water/oil repellent layer-provided substrate having a water/oil repellent layer excellent in abrasion resistance, a deposition material and a method for producing a water/oil repellent layer-provided substrate. The water/oil repellent layer-provided substrate comprises a substrate, an undercoat layer and a water/oil repellent layer in this order. The water/oil repellent layer comprises a condensate of a fluorinated compound having a reactive silyl group, the undercoat layer contains an oxide contains silicon and at least one element of boron and phosphorus, and a ratio of the total molar concentration of boron and phosphorus in the undercoat layer to the molar concentration of silicon in the undercoat layer is from 0.003 to 9.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2021Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: AGC Inc.Inventors: Yoshihito Tokunaga, Maemi Iwahashi, Kenji Ishizeki, Hirokazu Kodaira, Daisuke Kobayashi, Asako Anazawa, Yusuke Tomiyori
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Publication number: 20210284867Abstract: To provide a water/oil repellent layer-provided substrate having a water/oil repellent layer excellent in abrasion resistance, a deposition material and a method for producing a water/oil repellent layer-provided substrate. The water/oil repellent layer-provided substrate of the present invention is a water/oil repellent layer-provided substrate comprising a substrate, an undercoat layer and a water/oil repellent layer in this order, wherein the water/oil repellent layer comprises a condensate of a fluorinated compound having a reactive silyl group, the undercoat layer contains an oxide containing silicon and an alkaline earth metal element, and the ratio of the molar concentration of the alkaline earth metal element in the undercoat layer to the molar concentration of silicon in the undercoat layer is from 0.005 to 5.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2021Publication date: September 16, 2021Applicant: AGC INC.Inventors: Yoshihito TOKUNAGA, Maemi IWAHASHI, Hirokazu KODAIRA, Kenji ISHIZEKI, Daisuke KOBAYASHI, Yusuke TOMIYORI
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Publication number: 20210230735Abstract: To provide a water/oil repellent layer-provided substrate having a water/oil repellent layer excellent in abrasion resistance, a deposition material and a method for producing a water/oil repellent layer-provided substrate. The water/oil repellent layer-provided substrate of the present invention is a water/oil repellent layer-provided substrate comprising a substrate, an undercoat layer and a water/oil repellent layer in this order, wherein the water/oil repellent layer comprises a condensate of a fluorinated compound having a reactive silyl group, the undercoat layer contains an oxide containing silicon and at least one element selected from the group consisting of titanium, zirconium and aluminum, and the ratio of the total molar concentration of titanium, zirconium and aluminum in the undercoat layer to the molar concentration of silicon in the undercoat layer is from 0.03 to 0.7.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2021Publication date: July 29, 2021Applicant: AGC Inc.Inventors: Maemi Iwahashi, Yoshihito Tokunaga, Hirokazu Kodaira, Kenji Ishizeki, Daisuke Kobayashi, Asako Anazawa, Yusuke Tomiyori
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Publication number: 20210230446Abstract: To provide a water/oil repellent layer-provided substrate having a water/oil repellent layer excellent in abrasion resistance, a deposition material and a method for producing a water/oil repellent layer-provided substrate. The water/oil repellent layer-provided substrate of the present invention is a water/oil repellent layer-provided substrate comprising a substrate, an undercoat layer and a water/oil repellent layer in this order, wherein the water/oil repellent layer comprises a condensate of a fluorinated compound having a reactive silyl group, the undercoat layer contains an oxide containing silicon and at least one element of boron and phosphorus, and the ratio of the total molar concentration of boron and phosphorus in the undercoat layer to the molar concentration of silicon in the undercoat layer is from 0.003 to 9.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2021Publication date: July 29, 2021Applicant: AGC Inc.Inventors: Yoshihito TOKUNAGA, Maemi IWAHASHI, Kenji ISHIZEKI, Hirokazu KODAIRA, Daisuke KOBAYASHI, Asako ANAZAWA, Yusuke TOMIYORI
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Patent number: 10576808Abstract: A glass article which has: a glass plate having a contour shape having an upper edge and a lower edge; a functional film formed on at least one of principal surfaces of the glass plate; and a holder having a recessed portion into which the lower edge of the glass plate is fitted, wherein the functional film has a first coverage area and a second coverage area, the second coverage area being formed in a manner to cover the principal surface, the first coverage area being formed on a lower side of the second coverage area, and a maximum film thickness of the first coverage area being smaller than a maximum film thickness of the second coverage area, and the holder is provided on a lower edge side of the glass plate, within the first coverage area of functional film, via an adhesive in the recessed portion.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2018Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: AGC Inc.Inventors: Shimpei Morita, Hirokazu Kodaira, Masahiro Yamazaki, Syo Miyazaki
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Patent number: 10450223Abstract: To provide a coating solution for forming an ultraviolet-absorbing film which has mechanical durability such as abrasion resistance and which is little susceptible to deterioration of the ultraviolet-absorbing ability by use for a long period of time, and an ultraviolet-absorbing glass article having an ultraviolet-absorbing film formed by using such a coating solution, which has mechanical durability such as abrasion resistance and which is little susceptible to deterioration of the ultraviolet-absorbing ability by use for a long period of time. A coating solution which comprises a component derived from an epoxidized organooxysilane compound, a component derived from an organooxysilane compound which is a reaction product of a hydroxylated benzophenone compound and an epoxidized organooxysilane compound, and a component derived from an organooxysilane compound other than the above both organooxysilane compounds, and an ultraviolet-absorbing glass article obtained by using the coating solution.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2015Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignee: AGC Inc.Inventors: Hirokazu Kodaira, Hiroyuki Tomonaga
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Patent number: 10301214Abstract: There are provide a liquid composition for forming a silicon oxide-based cured coating film by the sol-gel method, the liquid composition having excellent storage stability and being capable of forming a coating film excellent in durability, in particular, alkali resistance even after long-term storage. A liquid composition applied on a surface of a substrate and cured by heating to form a coating film, contains: a matrix component containing a hydrolyzable silicon compound whose content is 20 to 60 mass % as a SiO2 content when silicon atoms contained in the matrix component are converted into SiO2 to the total solid content amount in the liquid composition; a functional component containing an ultraviolet absorbent and an infrared absorbent; water; and an acid thermally decomposing at 80° C. or higher and a temperature of the heating or lower, wherein a pH increases between before and after the thermal decomposition of the acid.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2016Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: AGC Inc.Inventors: Shimpei Morita, Hirokazu Kodaira, Takashige Yoneda
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Publication number: 20180222291Abstract: A glass article which has: a glass plate having a contour shape having an upper edge and a lower edge; a functional film formed on at least one of principal surfaces of the glass plate; and a holder having a recessed portion into which the lower edge of the glass plate is fitted, wherein the functional film has a first coverage area and a second coverage area, the second coverage area being formed in a manner to cover the principal surface, the first coverage area being formed on a lower side of the second coverage area, and a maximum film thickness of the first coverage area being smaller than a maximum film thickness of the second coverage area, and the holder is provided on a lower edge side of the glass plate, within the first coverage area of functional film, via an adhesive in the recessed portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2018Publication date: August 9, 2018Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Shimpei MORITA, Hirokazu KODAIRA, Masahiro YAMAZAKI, Syo MIYAZAKI
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Publication number: 20180194115Abstract: There are provided an antifogging article and automobile glass that not only satisfy a good antifogging property and abrasion resistance but also have a good appearance. An antifogging article includes: a transparent base; and an antifogging layer which is provided on the transparent base and which made of an epoxy resin cured material containing a silicon atom and an aluminum atom, wherein, in the antifogging layer, an antifogging time (T35) in a 35° C. steam test as measured by a predetermined method is eighty seconds or more, a variation ?T in haze after a Taber abrasion test stipulated in Japan Industrial Standard (JIS) R3212 is 4.0% or less, and a variation ?YI in a yellowness index stipulated in JIS K7373 after the antifogging layer is kept at 100° C. for 500 hours is 3 or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2018Publication date: July 12, 2018Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Hirokazu KODAIRA, Yosuke SUGIHARA, Yusuke MORI
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Patent number: 9783455Abstract: There are provided a liquid composition capable of forming a coating film securing colorless transparency, being excellent in weather resistance, suppressing occurrence of bleedout, and having sufficiently ultraviolet absorbing function and the infrared absorbing function, and a glass article having a coating film formed by this composition.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2015Date of Patent: October 10, 2017Assignee: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Hirokazu Kodaira, Yutaka Hayami, Takashige Yoneda
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Patent number: 9725355Abstract: To provide a liquid composition capable of forming a coating film which has sufficient ultraviolet-absorbing ability and infrared-absorbing ability. A liquid composition for forming a coating film comprising an infrared absorber selected from indium tin oxide, antinomy tin oxide and a composite tungsten oxide, an ultraviolet absorber selected from a benzophenone compound, a triazine compound and a benzotriazole compound, a dispersing agent having an acid value and/or an amine value, a binder component and a liquid medium, wherein the dispersing agent is contained in a content such that the product of the sum (mgKOH/g) of the acid value and the amine value of the dispersing agent, and the mass ratio of the dispersing agent to the infrared absorber, is from 2 to 30 (mgKOH/g).Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2013Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, LimitedInventors: Hirokazu Kodaira, Yutaka Hayami, Hiroyuki Tomonaga
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Publication number: 20170217833Abstract: Provided is a transparent substrate with a coating film having excellent ultraviolet absorbing ability and scratch resistance while maintaining visible light transmittance at high level. The transparent substrate with the coating film includes a transparent substrate, and a coating film formed at least at a part of a surface of the transparent substrate. The coating film contains a silicon oxide matrix and a specific ultraviolet absorbent, and has a thickness of 3 to 10 ?m. The transparent substrate with the coating film has a transmittance of light with a wavelength of 400 nm of 10% or less, and a visible light transmittance of 50% or more, no scratch is visually recognized by a specific scratch resistance test for surface of the coating film, and a value where YI of the transparent substrate is subtracted from YI of the transparent substrate with the coating film is 10 or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2017Publication date: August 3, 2017Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Hirokazu KODAIRA, Takashige YONEDA
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Publication number: 20170015861Abstract: There are provided an antifogging agent composition enabling formation of an antifogging layer excellent in yellowing resistance and bleed resistance and an antifogging article made using the same. The antifogging agent composition contains: a water-soluble epoxy resin; an aluminum compound; and an alkoxysilane compound and/or a partially hydrolyzed condensate of an alkoxysilane compound, wherein the water-soluble epoxy resin is a polyfunctional aliphatic epoxy resin. Further, the antifogging article includes: a substrate; and a resin layer disposed on at least a part of a region on the substrate, having a saturated water absorption amount of 50 mg/cm3 or more, and having a Martens hardness of 2 N/mm2 or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2016Publication date: January 19, 2017Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: YOSUKE SUGIHARA, HIROKAZU KODAIRA, YUSUKE MORI, TAKASHIGE YONEDA
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Publication number: 20170015860Abstract: An antifogging agent composition excellent in an antifogging property and peel resistance and an antifogging article obtained using it are provided. The antifogging agent composition includes: a first resin having a water-soluble rate of 90% or more; a second rein having a water-soluble rate of 50% or less; an alkoxysilane compound; and a curing agent, wherein the first resin is a polyfunctional aliphatic epoxy resin, and the second resin is a polyfunctional aromatic epoxy resin having a water-soluble rate of less than 20%. Further, the antifogging article includes: a substrate; and a cured product of the antifogging agent composition, disposed in at least a part of a region on the substrate. Further, a manufacturing method of an antifogging article includes: forming an antifogging agent composition layer by applying the antifogging agent composition on a substrate; and forming an antifogging layer by heat-treating the applied antifogging agent composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2016Publication date: January 19, 2017Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, LimitedInventors: Hirokazu KODAIRA, Yosuke SUGIHARA, Yusuke MORI, Takashige YONEDA
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Publication number: 20170015863Abstract: An antifogging article excellent in both an antifogging property and abrasion resistance and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The antifogging article includes: a substrate; a water-absorbing resin layer disposed on the substrate; and an overcoat layer disposed on the water-absorbing resin layer and including: a hydrolyzed condensate of an alkoxysilane compound; and silica particles, wherein a film thickness of the overcoat layer is 20 to 350 nm and the overcoat layer is formed from an overcoat composition containing 90 to 45 parts by mass of the alkoxysilane compound and 10 to 55 parts by mass of the silica particles relative to total 100 parts by mass of the alkoxysilane compound and the silica particles.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2016Publication date: January 19, 2017Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, LimitedInventors: Hirokazu KODAIRA, Yosuke Sugihara, Yusuke Mori, Takashige Yoneda
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Publication number: 20160362332Abstract: There are provide a liquid composition for forming a silicon oxide-based cured coating film by the sol-gel method, the liquid composition having excellent storage stability and being capable of forming a coating film excellent in durability, in particular, alkali resistance even after long-term storage. A liquid composition applied on a surface of a substrate and cured by heating to form a coating film, contains: a matrix component containing a hydrolyzable silicon compound whose content is 20 to 60 mass % as a SiO2 content when silicon atoms contained in the matrix component are converted into SiO2 to the total solid content amount in the liquid composition; a functional component containing an ultraviolet absorbent and an infrared absorbent; water; and an acid thermally decomposing at 80° C. or higher and a temperature of the heating or lower, wherein a pH increases between before and after the thermal decomposition of the acid.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2016Publication date: December 15, 2016Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Shimpei MORITA, Hirokazu Kodaira, Takashige Yoneda
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Publication number: 20160297972Abstract: An antifogging article having an antifogging film excellent in antifogging property and in durability, an article for transportation apparatus provided with the antifogging article, and a base layer forming composition with sufficiently long pot life used for obtaining the antifogging article are provided. An antifogging article has a substrate, and an antifogging film on the substrate having a base layer made of a base material with low water absorbing property, and a water absorbing layer made of a water absorbing material having a water absorbing property higher than that of the base material, and the base material is obtained by using a composition containing (A) a raw material component of a first cured resin, (B) a silane-based coupling agent having a functional group other than an amino group having reactivity with the (A) component and a hydrolyzable group, and (C) tetraalkoxysilane and/or a polymer thereof in a prescribed ratio.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2016Publication date: October 13, 2016Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Yusuke Mori, Hirokazu Kodaira, Takashige Yoneda
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Publication number: 20160130463Abstract: An antifogging article having a high antifogging property and being excellent in persistence of the antifogging property is provided. The antifogging article having a substrate and a water absorbing layer on a surface of at least a part of the substrate, wherein the water absorbing layer comprises a cured epoxy resin as a main body, obtained by reacting a polyepoxide and a curing agent, and a surfactant having an HLB within a range of 6 to 18, the HLB being calculated by a Griffin method.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2016Publication date: May 12, 2016Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Yosuke Sugihara, Hirokazu Kodaira, Yusuke Mori, Takashige Yoneda
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Publication number: 20160046522Abstract: To provide a coating solution for forming an ultraviolet-absorbing film which has mechanical durability such as abrasion resistance and which is little susceptible to deterioration of the ultraviolet-absorbing ability by use for a long period of time, and an ultraviolet-absorbing glass article having an ultraviolet-absorbing film formed by using such a coating solution, which has mechanical durability such as abrasion resistance and which is little susceptible to deterioration of the ultraviolet-absorbing ability by use for a long period of time. A coating solution which comprises a component derived from an epoxidized organooxysilane compound, a component derived from an organooxysilane compound which is a reaction product of a hydroxylated benzophenone compound and an epoxidized organooxysilane compound, and a component derived from an organooxysilane compound other than the above both organooxysilane compounds, and an ultraviolet-absorbing glass article obtained by using the coating solution.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2015Publication date: February 18, 2016Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, LimitedInventors: Hirokazu KODAIRA, Hiroyuki TOMONARA
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Publication number: 20150183683Abstract: There are provided a liquid composition capable of forming a coating film securing colorless transparency, being excellent in weather resistance, suppressing occurrence of bleedout, and having sufficiently ultraviolet absorbing function and the infrared absorbing function, and a glass article having a coating film formed by this composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2015Publication date: July 2, 2015Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, LimitedInventors: Hirokazu KODAIRA, Yutaka Hayami, Takashige Yoneda