Patents by Inventor Kaname Sekiya

Kaname Sekiya 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: 20240116806
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a chemically strengthened glass having a K-DOL defined as below of 5 ?m or less, and having a value CS50/(K-DOL×t) obtained by dividing a compressive stress CS50 (MPa) at a depth of 50 ?m from a surface of the chemically strengthened glass by a product of the K-DOL (?m) and a sheet thickness t (mm) of 45 (MPa/(?m·mm)) or more, K-DOL being a depth value (?m) from a glass surface of a compressive stress layer caused by K ions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventor: Kaname SEKIYA
  • Patent number: 11947275
    Abstract: Provided is an electrophotographic apparatus including: an electrophotographic photosensitive member; a voltage application unit configured to cause discharge from an electroconductive member to the electrophotographic photosensitive member; a charge transfer amount detection unit configured to detect a charge transfer amount per unit time resulting from the discharge from the electroconductive member to the electrophotographic photosensitive member; and a charging potential control unit, wherein V1 and V2 defined by specific procedures for the electrophotographic photosensitive member satisfy a relationship represented by the following expression (E-4): 100V1<V2?V1 (E-4), and wherein the charging potential control unit is configured to control the charging potential of the electrophotographic photosensitive member at the time of image formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shuhei Iwasaki, Kaname Watariguchi, Akihiro Maruyama, Kenichi Kaku, Michiyo Sekiya, Kohei Makisumi, Tatsuya Yamaai, Hideharu Shimozawa, Naoki Fukushima
  • 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: 20230365463
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a chemically strengthened glass substrate, the method including the following steps (A) to (C): (A) preparing a chemically strengthened glass substrate A having a main surface and an end surface; (B) obtaining a glass substrate by polishing a surface of the chemically strengthened glass substrate A; and (C) performing ion exchange by bringing the glass substrate into contact with an inorganic salt composition including 90% by mass or more of KNO3 and 1.0% by mass or more and 6.0% by mass or less of NaNO3 to obtain a chemically strengthened glass substrate C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Kaname SEKIYA, Yusuke FUJIWARA, Akio SHIZUKAI, Seikichi TEI, Takashi ETO
  • Publication number: 20230068588
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a chemically strengthened glass having a thickness of t [mm], and having a profile of a stress value CSx [MPa,] at a depth x [µm] from a surface of the glass, the stress value being measured by a scattered-light photoelastic stress meter, in which a second-order differential value CSx" of the stress value CSx in the profile satisfies the following expression within a range of CSx?0: 0<CSx"?0.050.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Kaname SEKIYA, Yusuke FUJIWARA
  • Patent number: 11548815
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a chemically strengthened glass having a thickness of t [mm], and having a profile of a stress value CSx [MPa] at a depth x [?m] from a surface of the glass, the stress value being measured by a scattered-light photoelastic stress meter, in which a second-order differential value CSx? of the stress value CSx in the profile satisfies the following expression within a range of CSx?0: 0<CSx??0.050.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Kaname Sekiya, Yusuke Fujiwara
  • Publication number: 20220281769
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a chemically strengthened glass having a thickness t (mm), in which a first-order derivative CSx? of a stress value CSx (MPa) is ?4.7 or larger in a range of CSx?0 in a profile of the stress value CSx (MPa), in which the stress value CSx (MPa) is a function of depth×(?m) from a glass surface, and in which the stress value CSx (MPa) is measured by a scattered light photoelastic stress meter, and a manufacturing method thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: AGC INC.
    Inventors: Kaname SEKIYA, Yusuke FUJIWARA
  • 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: 20220033299
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a chemically strengthened glass having a thickness of t [mm], and having a profile of a stress value CSx [MPa] at a depth x [?m] from a surface of the glass, the stress value being measured by a scattered-light photoelastic stress meter, in which a second-order differential value CSx? of the stress value CSx in the profile satisfies the following expression within a range of CSx?0: 0<CSx??0.050.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Kaname SEKIYA, Yusuke FUJIWARA
  • 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
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20190337844
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a chemically strengthened glass, the method including the following steps (1) to (3) in this order: (1) a glass sheet preparation step of preparing a glass sheet having, in a surface layer thereof, a compressive stress layer; (2) a first ion exchange step of bringing the glass sheet into contact with an inorganic salt composition to perform ion exchange of at least one pair of ions so as to decrease a compressive stress value of the compressive stress layer; and (3) a second ion exchange step of bringing the glass sheet into contact with an inorganic salt composition to perform ion exchange of at least one pair of ions so as to increase the compressive stress value of the compressive stress layer in the surface layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Applicant: AGC INC.
    Inventors: Yoshiteru IKEDA, lzuru KASHIMA, Hiroki TAKAHASHI, Kaname SEKIYA
  • Publication number: 20190225537
    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: January 18, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicant: AGC INC.
    Inventors: Izuru KASHIMA, Kaname Sekiya, Akio Shizukai, Yositeru Ikeda, Shogo Sueda