Patents by Inventor Jiro Chiba

Jiro Chiba 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: 7788948
    Abstract: To provide a process for producing a reliable substrate in good yield, by suppressing bleeding of boric acid from a green sheet comprising a powder of borosilicate glass to improve printability of a conductive pattern thereby to prevent disconnection. A process for producing a substrate which comprises firing a green sheet comprising a powder of borosilicate glass, wherein the powder is one prepared by holding borosilicate glass before pulverization, at a temperature higher by at least 30° C. than the glass transition temperature and lower by at most 50° C. than the softening point of the borosilicate glass for at least 3 hours in the atmosphere, followed by pulverization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignees: Asahi Glass Company, Limited, Asahi Techno Glass Corporation
    Inventors: Jiro Chiba, Atsuo Hiroi, Ryosuke Sugiura, Ryoji Akiyama, Masaya Matsunaga
  • Patent number: 7544629
    Abstract: A non-lead glass for forming a dielectric, which consists essentially of, as represented by mol %, from 20 to 39% of SiO2, from 5 to 35% of B2O3, from 2 to 15% of Al2O3, from 1 to 25% of CaO+SrO, from 5 to 25% of BaO, from 0 to 35% of ZnO, and from 0 to 10% of TiO2+ZrO2+SnO2, provided that B2O3+ZnO is from 15 to 45%, and which does not contain alkali metal oxides, or contains such oxides in a total amount within a range of less than 1%. Further, a glass ceramic composition for forming a dielectric, which consists essentially of a Ba-containing compound powder and a powder of the above mentioned non-lead glass for forming a dielectric. Further, a dielectric obtained by firing the above glass ceramic composition for forming a dielectric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2009
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Ito, Yasuko Osaki, Katsuyoshi Nakayama, Kazunari Watanabe, Jiro Chiba
  • Publication number: 20070130993
    Abstract: To provide a process for producing a reliable substrate in good yield, by suppressing bleeding of boric acid from a green sheet comprising a powder of borosilicate glass to improve printability of a conductive pattern thereby to prevent disconnection. A process for producing a substrate which comprises firing a green sheet comprising a powder of borosilicate glass, wherein the powder is one prepared by holding borosilicate glass before pulverization, at a temperature higher by at least 30° C. than the glass transition temperature and lower by at most 50° C. than the softening point of the borosilicate glass for at least 3 hours in the atmosphere, followed by pulverization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2006
    Publication date: June 14, 2007
    Applicants: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED, ASAHI TECHNO GLASS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jiro CHIBA, Atsuo HIROI, Ryosuke SUGIURA, Ryoji AKIYAMA, Masaya MATSUNAGA
  • Publication number: 20060052231
    Abstract: A non-lead glass for forming a dielectric, which consists essentially of, as represented by mol %, from 20 to 39% of SiO2, from 5 to 35% of B2O3, from 2 to 15% of Al2O3, from 1 to 25% of CaO+SrO, from 5 to 25% of BaO, from 0 to 35% of ZnO, and from 0 to 10% of TiO2+ZrO2+SnO2, provided that B2O3+ZnO is from 15 to 45%, and which does not contain alkali metal oxides, or contains such oxides in a total amount within a range of less than 1%. Further, a glass ceramic composition for forming a dielectric, which consists essentially of a Ba-containing compound powder and a powder of the above mentioned non-lead glass for forming a dielectric. Further, a dielectric obtained by firing the above glass ceramic composition for forming a dielectric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2005
    Publication date: March 9, 2006
    Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Ito, Yasuko Osaki, Katsuyoshi Nakayama, Kazunari Watanabe, Jiro Chiba
  • Patent number: 6651969
    Abstract: A table positioning device has a moving table and three table moving mechanisms for moving the moving table, and three position sensors for detecting positions in different directions of the moving table. Based on the detected date of the position sensors, the table moving mechanisms are controlled to move the moving table to a desired position. The table moving mechanisms have eccentric cams 601-603, and three pairs of parallel plates. The cams are sandwiched between the respective pairs of the parallel plates, respectively. Since the eccentric cam type table moving mechanisms are utilized and the amounts of movement of the table caused by the table moving mechanism are fed back, a small and inexpensive table positioning device can be realized. It is not required to provide a pre-loading mechanism for maintaining the moving table and the cams in a contacted state, whereby simplifying the device structure and reducing the manufacturing cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2003
    Assignee: Harmonic Drive Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Jiro Chiba
  • Patent number: 6550401
    Abstract: A reference table tilting mechanism has a reference table which is supported by a plate spring and is adjusted of its angle of inclination by first and second angle adjusting machines constituted by an eccentric cam mechanism. Angles of inclination of the reference table in first and second directions are detected by first and second inclination angle sensors. Based on the detected angles by these sensors, the respective angle adjusting machines are feed-back controlled to make the angle of inclination of the reference table to be a desired one in each direction. Whereby, such a reference table tilting mechanism can be realized that has a simplified structure and a high rigidity, and is manufactured at a low price.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2003
    Assignee: Harmonic Drive Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Jiro Chiba
  • Patent number: 6362119
    Abstract: A barium borosilicate glass which consists essentially of, as represented by mass% based on the following oxides: B2O3 5 to 35%, SiO2 0.5 to 30%, BaO 25 to 75%, Al2O3 0.5 to 13%, SnO2 0 to 2%, CeO2 0 to 2%, MgO + CaO + SrO 0 to 10%, ZnO 0 to 20%, TiO2 0 to 5%, ZrO2 0 to 5%, Li2O 0 to 5%, Na2O 0 to 5%, and K2O 0 to 5%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2002
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventor: Jiro Chiba
  • Patent number: 6350847
    Abstract: Provided are a polycarbonate resin composition comprising 100 parts by weight of a polycarbonate and from 0.001 to 15 parts by weight of a benzotriazole-type UV absorbent and/or a benzophenone-type UV absorbent, and having a sulfur content of at most 50 ppb; and its sheet moldings. The resin composition and its sheet moldings have good weather resistance and heat stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2002
    Assignee: Idemitsu Petrochemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeki Kuze, Hiroshi Akamine, Jiro Chiba
  • Publication number: 20020008185
    Abstract: A reference table tilting mechanism has a reference table which is supported by a plate spring and is adjusted of its angle of inclination by means of first and second angle adjusting machines constituted by an eccentric cam mechanism. Angles of inclination of the reference table in first and second directions are detected by first and second inclination angle sensors. Based on the detected angles by these sensors, the respective angle adjusting machines are feed-back controlled to make the angle of inclination of the reference table to be a desired one in each direction. Whereby, such a reference table tilting mechanism can be realized that has a simplified structure and a high rigidity, and is manufactured at a low price.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2001
    Publication date: January 24, 2002
    Inventor: Jiro Chiba
  • Publication number: 20020003413
    Abstract: A table positioning device has a moving table and three table moving mechanisms for moving the moving table, and three position sensors for detecting positions in different directions of the moving table. Based on the detected date of the position sensors, the table moving mechanisms are controlled to move the moving table to a desired position. The table moving mechanisms have eccentric cams 601-603, and three pairs of parallel plates. The cams are sandwiched between the respective pairs of the parallel plates, respectively. Since the eccentric cam type table moving mechanisms are utilized and the amounts of movement of the table caused by the table moving mechanism are fed back, a small and inexpensive table positioning device can be realized. It is not required to provide a pre-loading mechanism for maintaining the moving table and the cams in a contacted state, whereby simplifying the device structure and reducing the manufacturing cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2001
    Publication date: January 10, 2002
    Inventor: Jiro Chiba
  • Patent number: 6287996
    Abstract: A ceramic color composition which comprises from 5 to 40 wt % of a heat-resistant color pigment powder, from 50 to 94.5 wt % of a glass powder, from 0 to 25 wt % of a refractory filler, and from 0.1 to 40 wt % of at least one whisker-like refractory filler selected from the group consisting of aluminum borate whiskers, &agr;-alumina whiskers, potassium titanate whiskers, zinc oxide whiskers, Na2Ca2P2O18 whiskers, magnesium oxide whiskers, magnesium borate whiskers, basic magnesium sulfate (MgSO4.5MgO.8H2O) whiskers and titanium diboride whiskers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2001
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company Ltd.
    Inventors: Jiro Chiba, Takaji Shimosaka, Kenji Mukai, Shuji Taguchi, Mineyuki Ishida, Hitoshi Onoda, Hiroshi Usui, Tsuneo Manabe
  • Patent number: 6174944
    Abstract: Provided are a flame retardant polycarbonate resin composition and housings of the composition for electric and electronic instruments and appliances. Having good fluidity and good moldability, the composition can be well molded into thin-wall moldings with good appearance. The composition contains additive components of a fibrous filler, a terpene resin, a composite rubber-based graft copolymer, a halogen-free phosphate compound and a polytetrafluoroethylene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2001
    Assignee: Idemitsu Petrochemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jiro Chiba, Masahiro Kitayama
  • Patent number: 6001929
    Abstract: There is disclosed a polycarbonate resin composition which comprises an (A) polycarbonate-polyorganosiloxane copolymer, a (B) polycarbonate resin and a (C) polytetrafluoroethylene which has fibril forming capability and an average molecular weight of at least 500,000 wherein the amount of the polyorganosiloxane moiety contained in the component (A) is 0.1 to 2.0% by weight based on the total amount of the components (A) and (B). The resin composition is excellent in flame retardancy, thermal stability and fluidity while preventing melt dripping at the time of combustion. Accordingly, the resin composition is favorably used in the application field of office automation machinery and equipment, electric and/or electronic field, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1999
    Assignee: Idemitsu Petrochemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akio Nodera, Jiro Chiba
  • Patent number: 5714840
    Abstract: A plasma display panel comprising mutually opposing substrates and barrier ribs formed between adjacent pixels of a display between the substrates, wherein the barrier ribs are made of a fired product of a glass ceramic composition consisting essentially of a glass powder of P.sub.2 O.sub.5 type glass and a low expansion ceramic powder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 3, 1998
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryuichi Tanabe, Naoki Sugimoto, Setsuro Ito, Jiro Chiba
  • Patent number: 5547749
    Abstract: A colored ceramic composition comprising, as inorganic components, from 55 to 75% by weight of a glass powder, from 1 to 17% by weight of a metal powder, from 1 to 25% by weight of a scale-like refractory filler and from 13 to 30% by weight of a heat-resistant coloring pigment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 20, 1996
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company Ltd.
    Inventors: Jiro Chiba, Syuji Taguchi
  • Patent number: 5510414
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to develop a polycarbonate resin composition excellent in transparency and flame retardance and a process for producing the same.The present invention relates to a polycarbonate resin composition which comprises (A) polycarbonate-based copolymer, (B) glass, and (C) polycarbonate resin, the difference (absolute value) between the refractive index of the mixed resin of (A) and (C), and that of (B) glass being not more than 0.01.The present invention also relates to a process for producing a polycarbonate-based resin composition which comprises kneading (A) polycarbonate-based copolymer, (B) glass, and (C) polycarbonate resin, and adjusting the difference (absolute value) between the refractive index of the mixed resin of (A) and (C), and that of glass to not more than 0.01, by selecting kinds and proportions of the comonomer unit in (A) polycarbonate-based copolymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 23, 1996
    Assignee: Idemitsu Petrochemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaya Okamoto, Jiro Chiba
  • Patent number: 5332412
    Abstract: A process of forming a glass sheet by coating a portion of a glass sheet with a ceramic color paste, then forming a silver paste over a portion of the ceramic color paste and then firing the sheet. The ceramic color paste is of a composition which prevents the migration of silver ions to the glass plate during the firing. Migrated silver ions causes discoloration in the glass. The ceramic color composition comprising, as inorganic components, from 40 to 95 wt % of a glass powder, from 4 to 40 wt % of a heat resistant pigment powder and from 1 to 30 wt % of a boride, a nitride, a carbide, lead sulfide or a mixture thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 26, 1994
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsuneo Manabe, Jiro Chiba, Eiji Ichikura
  • Patent number: 5244484
    Abstract: A process for producing a curved glass plate, which comprises coating a crystallizable ceramic color composition to a predetermined portion of a glass plate, followed by baking at a temperature of from 500.degree. to 620.degree. C. to fuse the ceramic color composition to the glass plate, then crystallizing the fused ceramic color composition at a temperature of from 600.degree. to 700.degree. C., followed by bend-shaping by a pressing apparatus in a furnace.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1993
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jiro Chiba, Tsuneo Manabe
  • Patent number: 5194795
    Abstract: A drive system capable of driving a driven member with a large force and precisely rapidly positioning the same is disclosed, with use of a control unit for efficiently driving a motor with a large torque. Upon storage of target position data from a computer in a counter circuit of a driving mode switching circuit, the driven member is driven at a high speed with a large force via a ball screw/nut mechanism by the motor which efficiently operates as a two-phase reluctance motor at a high speed with large torque. When a count of the counter circuit, decremented with movement of the driven member, reaches a first preset value, supply of a sequence of position detection signals, indicative of the motor rotational position, to an energization control circuit is changed by a signal switching circuit, so that the motor is driven in the deceleration mode until its speed reaches a preset speed, and then the motor is driven at a constant speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1993
    Assignee: Sekogiken
    Inventors: Itsuki Bahn, Jiro Chiba
  • Patent number: 5179047
    Abstract: A hermetic sealing glass composition comprising an inorganic component which consists essentially of from 60 to 100 wt % of a glass powder, from 0 to 30 wt % of a filler and from 0 to 10 wt % of a pigment, wherein said glass powder consists essentially of from 30 to 45 wt % of SiO.sub.2, from 11 to 25 wt % of Al.sub.2 O.sub.3, from 11 to 25 wt % of ZnO, from 11 to 25 wt % of B.sub.2 O.sub.3, from 0.05 to 10 wt % of ZrO.sub.2, from 0.1 to 10 wt % of at least one of La.sub.2 O.sub.3, from 0.1 to 7 wt % of BaO, SrO, or CaO+MgO, from 0.1 to 7 wt % of at least one Li.sub.2 O, +Na.sub.2 or K.sub.2 O, from 0.1 to 5 wt % of at least one CeO.sub.2, +TiO.sub.2 or SnO.sub.2, from 0 to 5 wt % of PbO and from 0 to 5 wt % of at least one metal oxide selected from the group consisting of oxides of Co, Ni, Cr, Mn, Fe and Cu.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 1991
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1993
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company Ltd.
    Inventor: Jiro Chiba