Patents by Inventor Izuru Kashima

Izuru Kashima 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: 20230391666
    Abstract: The present invention relate to a chemically strengthened glass manufacturing method for obtaining a chemically strengthened glass by performing an ion exchange treatment on a glass for chemical strengthening having a CTA value of x (MPa) obtained by Equation (1), the method including: a first ion exchange treatment of bringing a first molten salt composition into contact with the glass for chemical strengthening so that a CTave value, which is obtained by Equation (2), of the glass for chemical strengthening exceeds x (MPa); and a second ion exchange treatment, after the first ion exchange treatment, of bringing the glass for chemical strengthening into contact with a second molten salt composition having a component ratio different from a composition ratio of the first molten salt composition so that the CTave value of the glass for chemical strengthening is less than x (MPa).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Kaname SEKIYA, Izuru KASHIMA
  • Publication number: 20230278916
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a chemically strengthened glass satisfying A1 [MPa] of 600 or more, A2 [MPa] of 50 or more, B1 [?m] of 6 or less, B2 [?m] of 10% or more of t [?m], C [MPa] of ?30 or less, and A1/B1 [MPa/?m] of 100 or more when the chemically strengthened glass has a thickness t [?m] and a profile of a stress value [MPa] at a depth×[?m] from a glass surface is approximated by an error least-squares method in a region of 0<x<3t/8 using the following function while defining a compressive stress as positive and a tensile stress as negative: A1erfc(x/B1)+A2erfc(x/B2)+C, in which erfc is a complementary error function, and relations of A1>A2 and B1<B2 are satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Kenji IMAKITA, Suguru MURAYAMA, Izuru KASHIMA, Kazuki KANEHARA
  • Patent number: 11718557
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a chemically strengthened glass satisfying A1 [MPa] of 600 or more, A2 [MPa] of 50 or more, B1 [?m] of 6 or less, B2 [?m] of 10% or more of t [?m], C [MPa] of ?30 or less, and A1/B1 [MPa/?m] of 100 or more when the chemically strengthened glass has a thickness t [?m] and a profile of a stress value [MPa] at a depth x [?m] from a glass surface is approximated by an error least-squares method in a region of 0<x<3t/8 using the following function while defining a compressive stress as positive and a tensile stress as negative: A1 erfc(x/B1)+A2 erfc(x/B2)+C, in which erfc is a complementary error function, and relations of A1>A2 and B1<B2 are satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Kenji Imakita, Suguru Murayama, Izuru Kashima, Kazuki Kanehara
  • Publication number: 20230122091
    Abstract: A glass structure includes: a glass substrate that includes a thick portion and a thin portion thinner than the thick portion; and a filler that covers a step surface formed by difference in height between the thick portion and the thin portion. A refractive index difference at a wavelength of 555 nm between the glass substrate and the filler is 0.008 or less in an absolute value. A refractive index difference at a wavelength of 507 nm between the glass substrate and the filler is 0.008 or less in an absolute value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Izuru KASHIMA, Yuji IMOTO
  • Patent number: 11623889
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a chemically strengthened glass in which reduction in glass surface strength is effectively suppressed even without performing a polishing treatment after a prolonged chemical strengthening treatment has been conducted at a high temperature. The present invention relates to a chemically strengthened glass having a specific glass composition, wherein: the surface roughness (Ra) is a specific value or greater; the compressive stress layer depth of a surface layer is a specific value or greater; by setting the hydrogen concentration in the glass surface layer to be within a specific range, the surface strength of the glass is dramatically improved even without performing an etching treatment using hydrofluoric acid or polishing the glass surface after a prolonged chemical strengthening treatment has been conducted at a high temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Yusuke Fujiwara, Izuru Kashima, Michinori Suehara
  • Publication number: 20220274868
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a manufacturing method for a chemically strengthened glass, the method including: performing a first ion exchange by immersing a glass for chemical strengthening containing first alkali metal ions in a first molten salt composition containing second alkali metal ions; after the first ion exchange, performing a second ion exchange by immersing the chemically strengthened glass obtained after the first ion exchange in a second molten salt composition containing the first metal ions and third alkali metal ions; continuously using the first molten salt composition after being used for the first ion exchange; and continuously using a second molten salt composition after being used for the second ion exchange, in which: a concentration of the second molten salt composition is controlled by adding the first alkali metal ions to the second molten salt composition and a resulting second molten salt composition is used continuously.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Applicant: AGC INC.
    Inventors: Kaname SEKIYA, Izuru KASHIMA, Hiroki TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20220204400
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a chemically strengthened glass satisfying A1 [MPa] of 600 or more, A2 [MPa] of 50 or more, B1 [?m] of 6 or less, B2 [?m] of 10% or more of t [?m], C [MPa] of ?30 or less, and A1/B1 [MPa/?m] of 100 or more when the chemically strengthened glass has a thickness t [?m] and a profile of a stress value [MPa] at a depth x [?m] from a glass surface is approximated by an error least-squares method in a region of 0<x<3t/8 using the following function while defining a compressive stress as positive and a tensile stress as negative: A1erfc(x/B1)+A2erfc(x/B2)+C, in which erfc is a complementary error function, and relations of A1>A2 and B1<B2 are satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Kenji IMAKITA, Suguru MURAYAMA, Izuru KASHIMA, Kazuki KANEHARA
  • Publication number: 20220185112
    Abstract: A glass substrate unit includes a glass substrate and a glass deformation device for deforming the glass substrate. The glass substrate includes a thin portion and a thick portion, the thin portion having a first main surface and a second main surface opposite to the first main surface, the thick portion having a first main surface and a second main surface opposite to the first main surface and having a sheet thickness larger than a sheet thickness of the thin portion. The glass deformation device deforms the glass substrate by moving one of the thin portion and the thick portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Izuru KASHIMA, Yusuke FUJIWARA, Hitoshi MISHIRO
  • Publication number: 20220127191
    Abstract: A glass substrate includes a thin portion having a first surface and a second surface opposed to the first surface, a thick portion having a first surface and a second surface opposed to the first surface and having a sheet thickness t3 that is larger than a sheet thickness t2 of the thin portion, a connection portion having a first connection surface and a second connection surface, the first connection surface connecting the first surface of the thin portion to the first surface of the thick portion, the second connection surface connecting the second surface of the thin portion to the second surface of the thick portion. The first connection surface has a curvature radius of more than or equal to 400 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2022
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Izuru KASHIMA, Yusuke FUJIWARA
  • Patent number: 11312656
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a chemically strengthened glass satisfying A1 [MPa] of 600 or more, A2 [MPa] of 50 or more, B1 [?m] of 6 or less, B2 [?m] of 10% or more of t [?m], C [MPa] of ?30 or less, and A1/B1 [MPa/?m] of 100 or more when the chemically strengthened glass has a thickness t [?m] and a profile of a stress value [MPa] at a depth x [?m] from a glass surface is approximated by an error least-squares method in a region of 0<x<3t/8 using the following function while defining a compressive stress as positive and a tensile stress as negative: A1erfc(x/B1)+A2erfc(x/B2)+C, in which erfc is a complementary error function, and relations of A1>A2 and B1<B2 are satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Kenji Imakita, Suguru Murayama, Izuru Kashima, Kazuki Kanehara
  • Publication number: 20220112125
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a chemically strengthened glass in which reduction in glass surface strength is effectively suppressed even without performing a polishing treatment after a prolonged chemical strengthening treatment has been conducted at a high temperature. The present invention relates to a chemically strengthened glass having a specific glass composition, wherein: the surface roughness (Ra) is a specific value or greater; the compressive stress layer depth of a surface layer is a specific value or greater; by setting the hydrogen concentration in the glass surface layer to be within a specific range, the surface strength of the glass is dramatically improved even without performing an etching treatment using hydrofluoric acid or polishing the glass surface after a prolonged chemical strengthening treatment has been conducted at a high temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: YUSUKE FUJIWARA, Izuru Kashima, Michinori Suehara
  • Patent number: 11236016
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a chemically strengthened glass in which reduction in glass surface strength is effectively suppressed even without performing a polishing treatment after a prolonged chemical strengthening treatment has been conducted at a high temperature. The present invention relates to a chemically strengthened glass having a specific glass composition, wherein: the surface roughness (Ra) is a specific value or greater; the compressive stress layer depth of a surface layer is a specific value or greater; by setting the hydrogen concentration in the glass surface layer to be within a specific range, the surface strength of the glass is dramatically improved even without performing an etching treatment using hydrofluoric acid or polishing the glass surface after a prolonged chemical strengthening treatment has been conducted at a high temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: AGC INC.
    Inventors: Yusuke Fujiwara, Izuru Kashima, Michinori Suehara
  • Publication number: 20220009830
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a chemically strengthened glass, the method including, performing a chemical strengthening treatment including the following steps (1) to (3) to a glass having a specific composition, (1) a step of bringing the glass into contact with an inorganic salt composition including 70 mass % or more of potassium nitrate to perform ion exchange; (2) a step of bringing the glass having been ion-exchanged in step (1) into contact with an inorganic salt composition including 50 mass % or more of sodium nitrate to perform ion exchange; and (3) a step of bringing the glass having been ion-exchanged in step (2) into contact with an inorganic salt composition including 70 mass % or more of potassium nitrate to perform ion exchange.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Applicant: AGC INC.
    Inventors: Izuru KASHIMA, Kaname SEKIYA, Akio SHIZUKAI, Yositeru IKEDA, Shogo SUEDA
  • Publication number: 20220004230
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a chemically strengthened glass including a first principal surface and a second principal surface which is on an opposite side of the first principal surface, and having a thickness of 0.30 mm or less, in which the chemically strengthened glass has a bent shape in which the first principal surface is a protrudent surface and the second principal surface is a recessed surface, and in which when the chemically strengthened glass is placed on a horizontal surface with the first principal surface facing downward, and no external force other than gravity acts on the chemically strengthened glass, part of the first principal surface is not in contact with the horizontal surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: AGC INC.
    Inventors: Izuru KASHIMA, Yusuke FUJIWARA
  • Patent number: 11198642
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a chemically strengthened glass, the method including, performing a chemical strengthening treatment including the following steps (1) to (3) to a glass having a specific composition, (1) a step of bringing the glass into contact with an inorganic salt composition including 70 mass % or more of potassium nitrate to perform ion exchange; (2) a step of bringing the glass having been ion-exchanged in step (1) into contact with an inorganic salt composition including 50 mass % or more of sodium nitrate to perform ion exchange; and (3) a step of bringing the glass having been ion-exchanged in step (2) into contact with an inorganic salt composition including 70 mass % or more of potassium nitrate to perform ion exchange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: AGC INC.
    Inventors: Izuru Kashima, Kaname Sekiya, Akio Shizukai, Yositeru Ikeda, Shogo Sueda
  • Patent number: 11028013
    Abstract: A chemically strengthened glass has a compressive stress layer formed in a glass surface layer by ion exchange. The compressive stress layer includes at least two types of stress patterns of a stress pattern A close to a glass surface and a stress pattern B on an inner side of the glass. In the stress pattern A, compressive stress increases as going inward from the glass surface. In the stress pattern B, compressive stress decreases as going inward from the glass surface. Depth of compressive stress layer in the stress pattern B is 90 ?m or more from the glass surface. Compressive stress ? MPa of the glass surface in the stress pattern A and compressive stress ? MPa at a point where the stress pattern A and the stress pattern B cross each other satisfy a relation of ?>?.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Masao Ozeki, Shusaku Akiba, Izuru Kashima
  • Publication number: 20210147279
    Abstract: A supporting glass substrate includes a compression stress layer on a surface thereof, and has an average thermal expansion coefficient at 50° C. to 200° C. that is 7 ppm/° C. to 15 ppm/° C., an internal tensile stress that is 5 MPa to 55 MPa, and a depth of the compression stress layer that is 10 ?m to 60 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Yusuke KOBAYASHI, Izuru KASHIMA, Kazutaka ONO, Seiji INABA, Hirofumi YAMAMOTO, Kiyoshi TAMAI
  • Patent number: 10927039
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a chemically strengthened glass that can effectively suppress strength of a glass from being deteriorated even though performing chemical strengthening and has high transmittance (that is, low reflectivity). The present invention relates to a chemically strengthened glass having a compressive stress layer formed on a surface layer thereof by an ion exchange method, in which the glass contains sodium and boron, and has a delta transmittance being +0.1% or more, and in which a straight line obtained by a linear approximation of a hydrogen concentration Y in a region of a depth X from an outermost surface of the glass satisfies a specific relational equation in X=0.1 to 0.4 (?m).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Izuru Kashima, Yusuke Fujiwara, Kiyoshi Tamai, Yuichi Suzuki, Yoichi Sera, Daisuke Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10730793
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a chemically strengthened glass having enhanced surface strength and bending strength. The present invention relates to a chemically strengthened glass having a compressive stress layer formed on a surface layer thereof by an ion exchange method, in which a straight line obtained by a linear approximation of a hydrogen concentration Y in a region of a depth X from an outermost surface of the glass satisfies a specific relational equation (I) in X=0.1 to 0.4 (?m), and an edge surface connecting main surfaces on a front side and a back side of the glass has a skewness (Rsk) measured based on JIS B0601 (2001) being ?1.3 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Izuru Kashima, Yusuke Fujiwara, Naoki Uemura, Kiyoshi Tamai
  • Publication number: 20200055773
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a chemically strengthened glass in which reduction in glass surface strength is effectively suppressed even without performing a polishing treatment after a prolonged chemical strengthening treatment has been conducted at a high temperature. The present invention relates to a chemically strengthened glass having a specific glass composition, wherein: the surface roughness (Ra) is a specific value or greater; the compressive stress layer depth of a surface layer is a specific value or greater; by setting the hydrogen concentration in the glass surface layer to be within a specific range, the surface strength of the glass is dramatically improved even without performing an etching treatment using hydrofluoric acid or polishing the glass surface after a prolonged chemical strengthening treatment has been conducted at a high temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Applicant: AGC INC.
    Inventors: Yusuke FUJIWARA, Izuru Kashima, Michinori Suehara