Patents by Inventor Hiromasa Tominaga

Hiromasa Tominaga 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: 10597001
    Abstract: A plate for an electro-thermal window includes a heatable transparent conductive film, and bus bars that feed power to the transparent conductive film. The bus bars include a left bus bar connected to a left side edge and a right bus bar connected to a right side edge of the transparent conductive film. The transparent conductive film is divided into regions by a slit continuously or discontinuously formed from the left bus bar to the right bus bar. The regions include first and second regions. A distance between the left bus bar and the right bus bar of the first region is shorter than a distance between the left bus bar and the right bus bar of the second region. A width of the first region in a direction orthogonal to the slit is shorter than a width of the second region in the direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Osamu Kagaya, Hiromasa Tominaga, Tomohiro Takahashi
  • Patent number: 10237922
    Abstract: A sheet includes a conductive film, and bus bars including an upper and lower bus bars connected to upper and lower sides of the conductive film. The conductive film includes a recess, a first region between the upper bus bar and the lower bus bar, a second region that is another region between the upper and lower bus bars, and openings in the first region. The upper or lower bus bar is formed along a side of the conductive film including the recess. The first region is between a bus bar at which the recess is positioned and another bus bar facing the recess. A distance between the upper and lower bus bars is shorter in the first region than in the second region. The openings are formed in an upper or a lower part of the first region on a side of the another bus bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Osamu Kagaya, Hiromasa Tominaga, Tomohiro Takahashi
  • Patent number: 10091840
    Abstract: An electrically-heated window sheet material includes a heatable transparent conductive film, and bus bars for supplying electricity to the transparent conductive film. The bus bars includes left and right bus bars connected to left and right edges of the transparent conductive film. The transparent conductive film includes a band-shaped first region interposed between the left and right bus bars, a band-shaped second region interposed between the left and right bus bars, and openings provided in the first region. A distance between the left and right bus bars is shorter in the first region than in the second region. The openings are arranged so that a current flowing in the first region from one of the left and right bus bars to the other of the left and right bus bars is bypassed at least once by the openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Osamu Kagaya, Hiromasa Tominaga, Tomohiro Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20170036646
    Abstract: A plate for an electro-thermal window includes a heatable transparent conductive film, and bus bars that feed power to the transparent conductive film. The bus bars include a left bus bar connected to a left side edge and a right bus bar connected to a right side edge of the transparent conductive film. The transparent conductive film is divided into regions by a slit continuously or discontinuously formed from the left bus bar to the right bus bar. The regions include first and second regions. A distance between the left bus bar and the right bus bar of the first region is shorter than a distance between the left bus bar and the right bus bar of the second region. A width of the first region in a direction orthogonal to the slit is shorter than a width of the second region in the direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2016
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Osamu KAGAYA, Hiromasa TOMINAGA, Tomohiro TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20150319808
    Abstract: An electrically-heated window sheet material includes a heatable transparent conductive film, and bus bars for supplying electricity to the transparent conductive film. The bus bars includes left and right bus bars connected to left and right edges of the transparent conductive film. The transparent conductive film includes a band-shaped first region interposed between the left and right bus bars, a band-shaped second region interposed between the left and right bus bars, and openings provided in the first region. A distance between the left and right bus bars is shorter in the first region than in the second region. The openings are arranged so that a current flowing in the first region from one of the left and right bus bars to the other of the left and right bus bars is bypassed at least once by the openings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Inventors: Osamu KAGAYA, Hiromasa TOMINAGA, Tomohiro TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20150319809
    Abstract: A sheet includes a conductive film, and bus bars including an upper and lower bus bars connected to upper and lower sides of the conductive film. The conductive film includes a recess, a first region between the upper bus bar and the lower bus bar, a second region that is another region between the upper and lower bus bars, and openings in the first region. The upper or lower bus bar is formed along a side of the conductive film including the recess. The first region is between a bus bar at which the recess is positioned and another bus bar facing the recess. A distance between the upper and lower bus bars is shorter in the first region than in the second region. The openings are formed in an upper or a lower part of the first region on a side of the another bus bar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Osamu KAGAYA, Hiromasa Tominaga, Tomohiro Takahashi
  • Patent number: 7306848
    Abstract: A tempered glass sheet having in its front view a peripheral region including the peripheries, and a central region (9) occupying inside the peripheral region, wherein the average surface compressive stress in the central region (9) is larger than the average surface compressive stress in the peripheral region, is presented, whereby a tempered glass sheet having a thickness thinner than conventional ones can be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2007
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Hiromasa Tominaga, Kazushige Yoda
  • Publication number: 20040007022
    Abstract: A tempered glass sheet having in its front view a peripheral region including the peripheries, and a central region (9) occupying inside the peripheral region, wherein the average surface compressive stress in the central region (9) is larger than the average surface compressive stress in the peripheral region, is presented, whereby a tempered glass sheet having a thickness thinner than conventional ones can be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2003
    Publication date: January 15, 2004
    Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Hiromasa Tominaga, Kazushige Yoda