Patents by Inventor Kazuki Kanehara

Kazuki Kanehara 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: 11827560
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a glass for chemical strengthening including, in mole percentage on an oxide basis: 60 to 72% of SiO2; 9 to 20% of Al2O3; 1 to 15% of Li2O; 0.1 to 5% of Y2O3; 0 to 1.5% of ZrO2; and 0 to 1% of TiO2, having a total content of one or more kinds of MgO, CaO, SrO, BaO and ZnO of 1 to 10%, having a total content of Na2O and K2O of 1.5 to 10%, having a total content of B2O3 and P2O5 of 0 to 10%, wherein a ratio ([Al2O3]+[Li2O])/([Na2O]+[K2O]+[MgO]+[CaO]+[SrO]+[BaO]+[ZnO]+[ZrO2]+[Y2O3]) is from 0.7 to 3, wherein a ratio [MgO])/([CaO]+[SrO]+[BaO]+[ZnO]) is from 10 to 45, and having a value M expressed by the following expression of 1,100 or more: M=?5×[SiO2]+121×[Al2O3]+50×[Li2O]?35×[Na2O]+32×[K2O]+85×[MgO]+54×[CaO]?41×[SrO]?4×[P2O5]+218×[Y2O3]+436×[ZrO2]?1180, wherein each of [SiO2], [Al2O3], [Li2O], [Na2O], [K2O], [MgO], [CaO], [SrO], [P2O5], [Y2O3], and [ZrO2] designates a content of each component in mole percentage on an oxide basis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Suguru Murayama, Kazuki Kanehara, Eriko Maeda
  • Publication number: 20230322614
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a chemically strengthened glass having a thickness of t (unit: µm) and a relative permittivity of 7.0 or less at 20° C. and a frequency of 10 GHz, in which a value of Z determined by the following formula is 0.65 or more, where S1 is an entropy function calculated from an amount of alkali ions in a center portion of the glass, S2 is an entropy function calculated from an average amount of alkali ions from a glass surface to a depth of 0.05t, and X (unit: MPa) is an average value of a compressive stress in a region from the glass surface to the depth of 0.05t: Z = (S2 - S1) × 10 + X/1000.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuki KANEHARA, Yutaka KUROIWA
  • 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: 20230212062
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a crystallized glass including: at least one crystal of indialite and cordierite, in which the crystallized glass has a total amount of the crystal is 40 mass % or more of the crystallized glass, and the crystal comprises at least one of a vacancy and a different element at an Al site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2023
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuki KANEHARA, Yutaka KUROIWA
  • Publication number: 20230119617
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a glass for chemical strengthening including, in mole percentage on an oxide basis: 60 to 72% of SiO2; 9 to 20% of Al2O3; 1 to 15% of Li2O; 0.1 to 5% of Y2O3; 0 to 1.5% of ZrO2; and 0 to 1% of TiO2, having a total content of one or more kinds of MgO, CaO, SrO, BaO and ZnO of 1 to 10%, having a total content of Na2O and K2O of 1.5 to 10%, having a total content of B2O3 and P2O5 of 0 to 10%, wherein a ratio ([Al2O3]+[Li2O])/([Na2O]+[K2O]+[MgO]+[CaO]+[SrO]+[BaO]+[ZnO]+[ZrO2]+[Y2O3]) is from 0.7 to 3, wherein a ratio [MgO])/([CaO]+[SrO]+[BaO]+[ZnO]) is from 10 to 45, and having a value M expressed by the following expression of 1,100 or more: M=?5×[SiO2]+121×[Al2O3]+50×[Li2O]?35×[Na2O]+32×[K2O]+85×[MgO]+54×[CaO]?41×[SrO]?4×[P2O5]+218×[Y2O3]+436×[ZrO2]?1180, wherein each of [SiO2], [Al2O3], [Li2O], [Na2O], [K2O], [MgO], [CaO], [SrO], [P2O5], [Y2O3], and [ZrO2] designates a content of each component in mole percentage on an oxide basis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Suguru MURAYAMA, Kazuki KANEHARA, Eriko MAEDA
  • Publication number: 20230112685
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a glass including, in terms of mole percentage based on oxides: 52% to 70% of SiO2; 14% to 25% of Al2O3; 10% to 18% of Li2O; 1% to 7% of Na2O; 0.1% to 5% of K2O; 0% to 10% of B2O3; 0% to 5% of P2O5; 0% to 5% of MgO; 0% to 5% of ZnO; 0% to 2% of ZrO2; and 0% to 5% of Y2O3, in which a parameter M is 20 or less, the parameter M being determined by the following formula, M=?1.15×[SiO2]?1.73×[Al2O3]+0.155×[Li2O]+0.74×[Na2O]?4.75×[K2O]?2.1×[B2O3]?2.17×[P2O5]+3.25×[MgO]?2.0×[ZnO]?13.3×[ZrO2]?0.80×[Y2O3]+120.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Eriko MAEDA, Kazuki KANEHARA, Shusaku AKIBA
  • Publication number: 20230082423
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a glass including, in terms of mole percentage based on oxides: 50.0 to 75.0% of SiO2; 7.5 to 25.0% of Al2O3; 0 to 25.0% of B2O3; 6.5 to 20.0% of Li2O; 1.5 to 10.0% of Na2O; 0 to 4.0% of K2O; 1.0 to 20.0% of MgO; one or more components selected from MgO, CaO, SrO, and BaO in a total amount of 1.0 to 20.0%; and 0 to 5.0% of TiO2, in which a value of Y calculated based on the following formula is 19.5 or less, Y=1.2×([MgO]+[CaO]+[SrO]+[BaO])+1.6×([Li2O]+[Na2O]+[K2O]), provided that [MgO], [CaO], [SrO], [BaO], [Li2O], [Na2O], and [K2O] are contents, in terms of mole percentage based on oxides, of components of MgO, CaO, SrO, BaO, Li2O, Na2O, and K2O respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuki KANEHARA, Yutaka KUROIWA, Shusaku AKIBA, Hiroyuki HIJIYA
  • Patent number: 11572305
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a glass for chemical strengthening including, in mole percentage on an oxide basis: 45 to 75% of SiO2; 1 to 30% of Al2O3; 1 to 20% of Li2O; 0 to 5% of Y2O3; 0 to 5% of ZrO2; and 0 to 1% of TiO2, having a total content of one or more kinds of MgO, CaO, SrO, BaO and ZnO of 1 to 20%, having a total content of Na2O and K2O of 0 to 10%, having a total content of B2O3 and P2O5 of 0 to 10%, and having a value M expressed by the following expression of 1,000 or more: M=?5×[SiO2]+121×[Al2O3]+50×[Li2O]?35×[Na2O]+32×[K2O]+85×[MgO]+54×[CaO]?41×[Sr O]?4×[P2O5]+218×[Y2O3]+436×[ZrO2]?1180, in which each of [SiO2], [Al2O3], [Li2O], [Na2O], [K2O], [MgO], [CaO], [SrO], [P2O5], [Y2O3], and [ZrO2] designates a content of each component in mole percentage on an oxide basis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Suguru Murayama, Kazuki Kanehara, Eriko Maeda
  • Publication number: 20220289625
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a chemically strengthened glass article in which a compressive stress value on a first surface is 400 MPa or more, with a glass thickness of t (?m), the compressive stress value at the depth DB where the compressive stress value is maximum in the range where the depth from the first surface is (0.05×t)-(0.15×t) ?m is larger than the compressive stress value at the depth DA where the compressive stress value is minimum in the range from the first surface to the depth DB, the tensile stress value at a depth (0.5×t) ?m from the first surface is 125 MPa or less, and a compressive stress layer depth is (0.23×t) ?m or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuki KANEHARA, Kenji IMAKITA
  • 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: 20220135466
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a glass including, in mole percentage on an oxide basis: 60-75% of SiO2; 8-20% of Al2O3; 5-16% of Li2O; and 2-15% of one or more kinds of Na2O and K2O in total, in which a ratio PLi of the content of Li2O to a total content of Li2O, Na2O, and K2O is 0.40 or more, and a total content of MgO, CaO, SrO, BaO, and ZnO is 0-10%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Eriko MAEDA, Kenji IMAKITA, Kazuki KANEHARA, Akihisa MINOWA
  • 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
  • Patent number: 11274058
    Abstract: A crystallized glass that: has a visible light transmittance of at least 85% when the thickness thereof is converted to 0.8 mm; has a haze value of no more than 1.0% when the thickness thereof is converted to 0.8 mm; contains, in terms of mass % on an oxide basis, 58%-70% SiO2, 15%-30% Al2O3, 2%-10% Li2O, 0%-5% Na2O, 0%-2% K2O, 0%-1.8% SrO, 0%-2% BaO, 0.5%-6% SnO2, 0.5%-6% ZrO2, and 0%-6% P2O5; has a total SrO and BaO content of 0.1%-3%; and has a total Na2O and K2O content of 1%-5%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Qing Li, Akio Koike, Kazuki Kanehara
  • Publication number: 20210323862
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a chemically strengthened glass having a sheet shape, having a compressive stress layer on a glass surface, having a compressive stress value on the glass surface of 800 MPa or more, having a sheet thickness (t) of 100 ?m or more, having a depth of the compressive stress layer (DOL) of (t×0.1) ?m or more, and satisfying: CSB>CSA>0, where DB is a depth in a range of 10 ?m or more and not more than DOL from the glass surface, at which a compressive stress value is maximum; CSB is the compressive stress value at the depth DB; D? is a depth in a range of equal to or less than DB from the glass surface, at which a compressive stress value is minimum; and CSA is the compressive stress value at the depth DA.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuki KANEHARA, Eriko MAEDA, Takumi UMADA, Kenji IMAKITA
  • Publication number: 20200325066
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a glass for chemical strengthening including, in mole percentage on an oxide basis: 45 to 75% of SiO2; 1 to 30% of Al2O3; 1 to 20% of Li2O; 0 to 5% of Y2O3; 0 to 5% of ZrO2; and 0 to 1% of TiO2, having a total content of one or more kinds of MgO, CaO, SrO, BaO and ZnO of 1 to 20%, having a total content of Na2O and K2O of 0 to 10%, having a total content of B2O3 and P2O5 of 0 to 10%, and having a value M expressed by the following expression of 1,000 or more: M=?5×[SiO2]+121×[Al2O3]+50×[Li2O]?35×[Na2O]+32×[K2O]+85×[MgO]+54×[CaO]?41×[Sr O]?4×[P2O5]+218×[Y2O3]+436×[ZrO2]?1180, in which each of [SiO2], [Al2O3], [Li2O], [Na2O], [K2O], [MgO], [CaO], [SrO], [P2O5], [Y2O3], and [ZrO2] designates a content of each component in mole percentage on an oxide basis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Suguru MURAYAMA, Kazuki KANEHARA, Eriko MAEDA
  • Publication number: 20200239354
    Abstract: A crystallized glass that: has a visible light transmittance of at least 85% when the thickness thereof is converted to 0.8 mm; has a haze value of no more than 1.0% when the thickness thereof is converted to 0.8 mm; contains, in terms of mass % on an oxide basis, 58%-70% SiO2, 15%-30% Al2O3, 2%-10% Li2O, 0%-5% Na2O, 0%-2% K2O, 0%-1.8% SrO, 0%-2% BaO, 0.5%-6% SnO2, 0.5%-6% ZrO2, and 0%-6% P2O5; has a total SrO and BaO content of 0.1%-3%; and has a total Na2O and K2O content of 1%-5%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Qing LI, Akio KOIKE, Kazuki KANEHARA
  • Publication number: 20200039876
    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: September 27, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Kenji IMAKITA, Suguru Murayama, lzuru Kashima, Kazuki Kanehara