Patents by Inventor Kouhei Yoshino

Kouhei Yoshino 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).

  • Method and an apparatus for bending a glass sheet
    Patent number: 6705116
    Abstract: In a method for bending a glass sheet, comprising using a first mold for supporting a peripheral portion of a glass sheet and a second mold provided inside the first mold; heating the glass sheet put on the first mold to a temperature to bend the glass sheet by gravity; and then transferring the glass sheet onto the second mold to bend the glass sheet only by the second mold, the glass sheet is transferred from the first mold onto the second mold by moving the first mold in a direction to spread the first mold laterally with respect to the second.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2004
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Takayuki Matsuo, Kouhei Yoshino, Daisuke Ito, Hiroshi Ueda, Masahiro Tsuchiya
  • Method and an apparatus for bending a glass sheet
    Publication number: 20030094017
    Abstract: In a method for bending a glass sheet, comprising using a first mold for supporting a peripheral portion of a glass sheet and a second mold provided inside the first mold; heating the glass sheet put on the first mold to a temperature to bend the glass sheet by gravity; and then transferring the glass sheet onto the second mold to bend the glass sheet only by the second mold, the glass sheet is transferred from the first mold onto the second mold by moving the first mold in a direction to spread the first mold laterally with respect to the second.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2002
    Publication date: May 22, 2003
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Takayuki Matsuo, Kouhei Yoshino, Daisuke Ito, Hiroshi Ueda, Masahiro Tsuchiya