Patents by Inventor Makoto Shiratori

Makoto Shiratori 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: 10689288
    Abstract: An ultraviolet transmitting glass containing, in mole percentage based on oxides, 55 to 80% of SiO2, 12 to 27% of B2O3, 4 to 20% of R2O (where R represents an alkali metal selected from a group consisting of Li, Na, and K) in total, 0 to 3.5% of Al2O3, 0 to 5% of R?O (where R? represents an alkaline earth metal selected from a group consisting of Mg, Ca, Sr, and Ba) in total, 0 to 5% of ZnO, and 0 to 10% of ZrO2, wherein transmittance at a wavelength of 254 nm in terms of spectral transmittance at a plate thickness of 0.5 mm is 70% or more. The glass with high ultraviolet light transmittance, in particular, high deep ultraviolet light transmittance is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Takahiro Sakagami, Makoto Shiratori
  • Patent number: 10647607
    Abstract: An ultraviolet transmitting glass containing, in mole percentage based on oxides, 55 to 80% of SiO2, 12 to 27% of B2O3, 4 to 20% of R2O (where R represents an alkali metal selected from a group consisting of Li, Na, and K) in total, 0 to 3.5% of Al2O3, 0 to 5% of R?O (where R? represents an alkaline earth metal selected from a group consisting of Mg, Ca, Sr, and Ba) in total, 0 to 5% of ZnO, and 0 to 10% of ZrO2, wherein transmittance at a wavelength of 254 nm in terms of spectral transmittance at a plate thickness of 0.5 mm is 70% or more. The glass with high ultraviolet light transmittance, in particular, high deep ultraviolet light transmittance is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Takahiro Sakagami, Makoto Shiratori
  • Patent number: 10358378
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide near infrared cutoff filter glass having a high transmittance in a visible light range and a low transmittance in a near infrared light range and being excellent in the devitrification resistance, even though the concentration of Cu components in the glass is high for forming a thin plate. A near infrared cutoff filter glass, which comprises, as represented by cation percentage: P5+ 30 to 50%, Al3+ 5 to 20%, R+ 20 to 40% (wherein R+ is the total amount of Li++Na++K+), R?2+ 5 to 30% (wherein R?2+ is the total amount of Mg2++Ca2++Sr2++Ba2++Zn2+), Cu2+ 3 to 15% and comprises, as represented by anion percentage: O2? 30 to 90% and F? 10 to 70%, wherein (Li++Na++K+)/(P5++Al3+) is from 0.45 to 1.0, and (Sr2++Ba2++Cu2+)/(Al3++Mg2++Ca2+) is from 0.5 to 1.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventor: Makoto Shiratori
  • Patent number: 10252936
    Abstract: A near-infrared cut filter glass includes: P, Al, R (R represents any one or more of Li, Na, and K), R? (R? represents any one or more of Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, and Zn), and Cu, and not including F practically, wherein (Cu+ amount/total Cu amount)×100[%] is 0.01 to 7.0%. The filter glass may further include, by mol %, 0 to 10% B2O3. The filter glass may have a fracture toughness value of the near-infrared cut filter glass is 0.3 MPa·m1/2 or more. For the filter glass, a quotient obtained by dividing an absorption constant at a wavelength of 430 nm by an absorption constant at a wavelength of 800 nm, of the near-infrared cut filter glass, may be 0.00001 to 0.19.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Takahiro Sakagami, Takeshi Yamaguchi, Makoto Shiratori
  • Patent number: 10150693
    Abstract: To provide a near infrared cutoff filter glass which is excellent in optical properties such that the transmittance of light in the visible range is high and the transmittance of near infrared light is low. A near infrared cutoff filter glass comprising P, F, O, Cu and Ce, wherein by cation %, from 0.1 to 15% of Cu2+ is contained, and the ratio of Cu2+ to Ce4+ (Cu2+/Ce4+) is from 3.5 to 15.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventor: Makoto Shiratori
  • Publication number: 20180215652
    Abstract: An ultraviolet light transmitting glass contains, in molar percentage on an oxide basis, 55% or more and 80% or less of SiO2; 12% or more and 27% or less of B2O3; 4% or more and 20% or less of R2O in total, where R represents at least one alkali metal selected from a group consisting of Li, Na, and K; 0% or more and 5% or less of Al2O3; 0% or more and 5% or less of R?O in total, where R? represents at least one alkaline earth metal selected from a group consisting of Mg, Ca, Sr, and Ba; 0% or more and 5% or less of ZnO; and 1.5% or more and 20% or less of ZrO2. The ultraviolet light transmitting glass with a thickness of 0.5 mm has a transmittance of 70% or more at a wavelength of 254 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Takahiro SAKAGAMI, Makoto SHIRATORI
  • Patent number: 9926221
    Abstract: To provide a near infrared cutoff filter glass which is excellent in optical properties such that the transmittance of visible light is high, and the transmittance of near infrared light is low. A near infrared cutoff filter glass comprising components of P, F, Al, R (R is at least one member selected from Li, Na and K), R? (R? is at least one member selected from Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba and Zn) and Cu, wherein (Cu+/the total amount of Cu)×100[%] is within a range of from 0.01 to 4.0%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Makoto Shiratori, Takeshi Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20180072610
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide near infrared cutoff filter glass having a high transmittance in a visible light range and a low transmittance in a near infrared light range and being excellent in the devitrification resistance, even though the concentration of Cu components in the glass is high for forming a thin plate. A near infrared cutoff filter glass, which comprises, as represented by cation percentage: P5+ 30 to 50%, Al3+ 5 to 20%, R+ 20 to 40% (wherein R+ is the total amount of Li++Na++K+), R?2+ 5 to 30% (wherein R?2+ is the total amount of Mg2++Ca2++Sr2++Ba2++Zn2+), Cu2+ 3 to 15% and comprises, as represented by anion percentage: O2? 30 to 90% and F? 10 to 70%, wherein (Li++Na++K+)/(P5++Al3+) is from 0.45 to 1.0, and (Sr2++Ba2++Cu2+)/(Al3++Mg2++Ca2+) is from 0.5 to 1.0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventor: Makoto SHIRATORI
  • Publication number: 20180057393
    Abstract: An ultraviolet transmitting glass containing, in mole percentage based on oxides, 55 to 80% of SiO2, 12 to 27% of B2O3, 4 to 20% of R20 (where R represents an alkali metal selected from a group consisting of Li, Na, and K) in total, 0 to 3.5% of Al2O3, 0 to 5% of R?O (where R? represents an alkaline earth metal selected from a group consisting of Mg, Ca, Sr, and Ba) in total, 0 to 5% of ZnO, and 0 to 10% of ZrO2, wherein transmittance at a wavelength of 254 nm in terms of spectral transmittance at a plate thickness of 0.5 mm is 70% or more. The glass with high ultraviolet light transmittance, in particular, high deep ultraviolet light transmittance is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Takahiro SAKAGAMI, Makoto SHIRATORI
  • Publication number: 20180037492
    Abstract: A near-infrared cut filter glass includes: P, Al, R (R represents any one or more of Li, Na, and K), R? (R? represents any one or more of Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, and Zn), and Cu, and not including F practically, wherein (Cu+ amount/total Cu amount)×100[%] is 0.01 to 7.0%. The filter glass may further include, by mol %, 0 to 10% B2O3. The filter glass may have a fracture toughness value of the near-infrared cut filter glass is 0.3 MPa·m1/2 or more. For the filter glass, a quotient obtained by dividing an absorption constant at a wavelength of 430 nm by an absorption constant at a wavelength of 800 nm, of the near-infrared cut filter glass, may be 0.00001 to 0.19.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Takahiro SAKAGAMI, Takeshi YAMAGUCHI, Makoto SHIRATORI
  • Patent number: 9831392
    Abstract: To provide a cover glass for light emitting diode package, which is capable of preventing deterioration in transmittance characteristics during use for a long period of time, and a light emitting device. The cover glass for light emitting diode package has a basic composition comprising, by mass % as calculated as oxides, from 55 to 80% of SiO2, from 0.5 to 15% of Al2O3, from 5 to 25% of B2O3, from 0 to 7% of Li2O, from 0 to 15% of Na2O, from 0 to 10% of K2O (provided Li2O+Na2O+K2O=from 2 to 20%), from 0 to 0.1% of SnO2 and from 0.001 to 0.1% of Fe2O3, it does not substantially contain As2O3, Sb2O3 and PbO, and it has an average thermal expansion coefficient of from 45 to 70×10?7/° C. in a temperature range of from 0 to 300° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Makoto Shiratori, Yoko Mitsui, Satoshi Takeda
  • Publication number: 20170334766
    Abstract: To provide a near infrared cutoff filter glass which is excellent in optical properties such that the transmittance of light in the visible range is high and the transmittance of near infrared light is low. A near infrared cutoff filter glass comprising P, F, O, Cu and Ce, wherein by cation %, from 0.1 to 15% of Cu2+ is contained, and the ratio of Cu2+ to Ce4+ (Cu2+/Ce4+) is from 3.5 to 15.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventor: Makoto SHIRATORI
  • Patent number: 9776908
    Abstract: Coating film-attached glass includes: glass containing a coloring component; and a colored coating film formed on one major surface of the glass, wherein at least one of an absolute value of a difference between (?a*(D65?F2)) of the glass and (?a*(D65?F2)) of the coating film and an absolute value of a difference between (?a*(A?F2)) of the glass and (?a*(A?F2)) of the coating film is 0.2 or more, where (?a*(D65?F2)) is a difference between a chromaticity a* value of reflected light by a D65 light source and a chromaticity a* value of reflected light by an F2 light source in an L*a*b* color system and (?a*(A?F2)) is a difference between a chromaticity a* value of reflected light by an A light source and the chromaticity a* value of the reflected light by the F2 light source in the L*a*b* color system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Kazuhide Kuno, Makoto Shiratori
  • Publication number: 20160363703
    Abstract: To provide a near infrared cutoff filter glass which is excellent in optical properties such that the transmittance of visible light is high, and the transmittance of near infrared light is low. A near infrared cutoff filter glass comprising components of P, F, Al, R (R is at least one member selected from Li, Na and K), R? (R? is at least one member selected from Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba and Zn) and Cu, wherein (Cu+/the total amount of Cu)×100[%] is within a range of from 0.01 to 4.0%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2016
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Makoto SHIRATORI, Takeshi YAMAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20160276544
    Abstract: To provide a cover glass for light emitting diode package, which is capable of preventing deterioration in transmittance characteristics during use for a long period of time, and a light emitting device. The cover glass for light emitting diode package has a basic composition comprising, by mass % as calculated as oxides, from 55 to 80% of SiO2, from 0.5 to 15% of Al2O3, from 5 to 25% of B2O3, from 0 to 7% of Li2O, from 0 to 15% of Na2O, from 0 to 10% of K2O (provided Li2O+Na2O+K2O=from 2 to 20%), from 0 to 0.1% of SnO2 and from 0.001 to 0.1% of Fe2O3, it does not substantially contain As2O3, Sb2O3 and PbO, and it has an average thermal expansion coefficient of from 45 to 70×10?7/° C. in a temperature range of from 0 to 300° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Makoto SHIRATORI, Yoko MITSUI, Satoshi TAKEDA
  • Patent number: 9321672
    Abstract: To provide a crystallized glass housing excellent in properties suitable for a housing for an electronic device, such as shielding properties, high strength and production cost. A crystallized glass housing made of crystallized glass, said crystallized glass having a diffused transmittance of 15% or less in the entire light wavelength region of from 380 nm to 780 nm, as measured by using an integrated sphere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Makoto Shiratori, Yuuichi Iida, Kazuhide Kuno
  • Publication number: 20160039709
    Abstract: In glass or chemically tempered glass containing a coloring component, when chromaticity of a major surface is measured on the glass in a state of a glass plate with a 0.8 mm thickness, at least one of an absolute value of a difference (?a*(D65?F2)) and is an absolute value of a difference (?a*(A?F2)) is 2.10 or more, where the difference (?a*(D65?F2)) is a difference between a chromaticity a* value of reflected light by a D65 light source and a chromaticity a* value of reflected light by an F2 light source in an L*a*b* color system and the difference (?a*(A?F2)) is a difference between a chromaticity a* value of reflected light by an A light source and the chromaticity a* value of the reflected light by the F2 light source in the L*a*b* color system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiroyuki YAMAMOTO, Kazuhide KUNO, Makoto SHIRATORI
  • Publication number: 20160031747
    Abstract: Coating film-attached glass includes: glass containing a coloring component; and a colored coating film formed on one major surface of the glass, wherein at least one of an absolute value of a difference between (?a*(D65?F2)) of the glass and (?a*(D65?F2)) of the coating film and an absolute value of a difference between (?a*(A?F2)) of the glass and (?a*(A?F2)) of the coating film is 0.2 or more, where (?a*(D65?F2)) is a difference between a chromaticity a* value of reflected light by a D65 light source and a chromaticity a* value of reflected light by an F2 light source in an L*a*b* color system and (?a*(A?F2)) is a difference between a chromaticity a* value of reflected light by an A light source and the chromaticity a* value of the reflected light by the F2 light source in the L*a*b* color system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiroyuki YAMAMOTO, Kazuhide KUNO, Makoto SHIRATORI
  • Publication number: 20140194270
    Abstract: To provide a crystallized glass housing excellent in properties suitable for a housing for an electronic device, such as shielding properties, high strength and production cost. A crystallized glass housing made of crystallized glass, said crystallized glass having a diffused transmittance of 15% or less in the entire light wavelength region of from 380 nm to 780 nm, as measured by using an integrated sphere.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2014
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Makoto SHIRATORI, YUUICHI IIDA, Kazuhide KUNO
  • Publication number: 20140154440
    Abstract: To provide glass for chemical strengthening from which glass having high strength and having excellent solarization resistance is obtained, and a housing such glass. Glass for chemical strengthening comprises, as represented by mole percentage based on oxides, at least from 55 to 80% of SiO2, from 5 to 20% of Na2O, from 0.001 to 3% of Fe2O3 and from 0.001 to 3% of TiO2 and further contains as a coloring component from 0.001 to 10% of MpOq (wherein M is at least one member selected from Co, Cu, V, Cr, Pr, Ce, Bi, Eu, Mn, Er, Ni, Nd, W, Rb, Sn and Ag, and p and q represent the atomic ratio of M and O). A glass housing comprises chemically strengthened glass obtained by subjecting the glass for chemical strengthening to chemical strengthening treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2014
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Yuuichi Iida, Makoto Shiratori