Patents by Inventor Masafumi Taguchi

Masafumi Taguchi 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: 20230149913
    Abstract: A greenhouse according to the present invention includes: a ceiling portion; and in at least a portion of the ceiling portion, a glass sheet with a coating film. The glass sheet with a coating film has a total light transmittance of 90% to 98%, a haze ratio of 20% to 80%, and a hemispherical transmittance of 80% to 90%. When a test is performed according to JIS R 1703-1: 2007 by applying oleic acid to a surface of a coating film and subsequently irradiating the surface with ultraviolet light at an intensity of 1.0 mW/cm2, a time period from start of irradiation with the ultraviolet light to a point at which a water contact angle on the surface reaches 5° is 24 hours or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Takeshi YABUTA, Masafumi TAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20220382047
    Abstract: The present invention includes a mirror main body formed in a polygonal shape in a plan view and having a first main face that reflects an image, a second main face that is opposite to the first main face, and a peripheral edge face that connects the first main face and the second main face to each other, in which the peripheral edge face includes a plurality of first end faces and a second end face that connects the adjacent first end faces, and the second end face constitutes a first chamfered portion formed at an outer edge of the mirror main body in a plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON SHEET GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Masafumi TAGUCHI, Kazuaki OYA, Yohei SHIMOKAWA
  • Publication number: 20220242783
    Abstract: The present invention provides a glass sheet with a low-emissivity multilayer film having improved properties required for glass products. A glass sheet (10) with a low-emissivity multilayer film according to the present invention includes a glass sheet (1) and a low-emissivity multilayer film (2) supported by the glass sheet (1). The low-emissivity multilayer film (2) has a ZrO2-containing layer (3) disposed on an outermost side of the low-emissivity multilayer film (2) and a transparent conductive layer (4) disposed between the glass sheet (1) and the ZrO2-containing layer (3). A content of ZrO2 in the ZrO2-containing layer (3) is 8 mol % or more and 100 mol % or less. A content of SiO2 in the ZrO2-containing layer (3) is 0 mol % or more and 92 mol % or less. An arithmetic average roughness Ra of a surface (3a) of the ZrO2-containing layer (3) is 12 nm or less, and is smaller than an arithmetic average roughness Ra of a surface (4a) of the transparent conductive layer (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Toru YAMAMOTO, Masafumi TAGUCHI, Takeshi YABUTA
  • Patent number: 11105145
    Abstract: Provided is a glass panel capable of, even after elapse of a long period, reliably sealing a suction hole and keeping a gap in an airtight state. A suction hole sealing metal material 15 has a first protruding portion 15a formed on an atmospheric side around a suction hole 4, and a second protruding portion 15b formed on a gap side around the suction hole 4, and as seen in a thickness direction of the glass plates 1A, 1B, a first contour 16a which is an outermost edge of a first adhesion surface portion S1 where the first protruding portion 15a is in contact with an atmospheric-side surface 17A of the glass plate 1A, and a second contour 16b which is an outermost edge of a second adhesion surface portion S2 where the second protruding portion 15b is in contact with a gap-side surface 17B of the glass plate 1A, are on an outer side of a third contour 16c which is a gap-side hole edge of the suction hole 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: NIPPON SHEET GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Daisuke Inaoka, Masafumi Taguchi, Kazuya Fujino, Tetsuo Minaai
  • Publication number: 20200340293
    Abstract: Provided is a glass panel capable of, even after elapse of a long period, reliably sealing a suction hole and keeping a gap in an airtight state. A suction hole sealing metal material 15 has a first protruding portion 15a formed on an atmospheric side around a suction hole 4, and a second protruding portion 15b formed on a gap side around the suction hole 4, and as seen in a thickness direction of the glass plates 1A, 1B, a first contour 16a which is an outermost edge of a first adhesion surface portion S1 where the first protruding portion 15a is in contact with an atmospheric-side surface 17A of the glass plate 1A, and a second contour 16b which is an outermost edge of a second adhesion surface portion S2 where the second protruding portion 15b is in contact with a gap-side surface 17B of the glass plate 1A, are on an outer side of a third contour 16c which is a gap-side hole edge of the suction hole 4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Daisuke Inaoka, Masafumi Taguchi, Kazuya Fujino, Tetsuo Minaai
  • Patent number: 7125151
    Abstract: A light guide 11 of a rectangular cross-section has side faces 11a, 11b including short sides in the longitudinal direction of which one side face 11a is provided with a light-scattering pattern 20, formed by screen-printing in white paint, for scattering the light incident to the light guide 11. The other side face 11b facing the side face 11a is exposed from a casing 12 to serve as a light-emitting surface. In the present embodiment, it is possible to secure a sufficient amount of light because the whole area of the side face is used as the light-emitting surface. The remaining side faces 11c, 11d of the light guide 11 are side faces including the long sides. Since the side faces 11c, 11d easily produce a surface sink during molding, neither the light-scattering pattern 20 nor the light-emitting surface is provided thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignee: Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Uemura, Takashi Kishimoto, Kozo Fujimura, Tomihisa Saito, Masafumi Taguchi
  • Publication number: 20050195618
    Abstract: A light guide 11 of a rectangular cross-section has side faces 11a, 11b including short sides in the longitudinal direction of which one side face 11a is provided with a light-scattering pattern 20, formed by screen-printing in white paint, for scattering the light incident to the light guide 11. The other side face 11b facing the side face 11a is exposed from a casing 12 to serve as a light-emitting surface. In the present embodiment, it is possible to secure a sufficient amount of light because the whole area of the side face is used as the light-emitting surface. The remaining side faces 11c, 11d of the light guide 11 are side faces including the long sides. Since the side faces 11c, 11d easily produce a surface sink during molding, neither the light-scattering pattern 20 nor the light-emitting surface is provided thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2003
    Publication date: September 8, 2005
    Applicant: Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Uemura, Takashi Kishimoto, Kozo Fujimura, Tomihisa Saito, Masafumi Taguchi
  • Patent number: 6783254
    Abstract: A light guide 1 is provided at the reverse side thereof with triangular uneven surfaces 1b at a predetermined pitch. The uneven surfaces 1b are integrally formed with the light guide 1 when the latter 1 is injection-molded. Incident light from a light incident plane is caused to be scattered at uneven surfaces 1b within the light guide and to spread in a main scanning direction. The light scattered is emitted from an emission plane. Intensity of light in the main scattering direction can be made uniform by lengthening the uneven surfaces 1b as the uneven surfaces extend from the light incident plane. A position where the light intensity becomes maximum in a sub-scanning direction can be changed by adjusting an angle between the ridgeline of the uneven surfaces 1b and the sub-scanning direction, and distributed characteristics of the light intensity in the sub-scanning direction can be also changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2004
    Assignee: Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kozo Fujino, Vladimir Victrovich Serikov, Shinji Kawamoto, Masafumi Taguchi
  • Publication number: 20010019480
    Abstract: A light guide 1 is provided at the reverse side thereof with triangular uneven surfaces 1b at a predetermined pitch. The uneven surfaces 1b are integrally formed with the light guide 1 when the latter 1 is injection-molded. Incident light from a light incident plane is caused to be totally reflected within the light guide and to spread in a main scanning direction (the longitudinal direction), wherein the light reaching the uneven surfaces 1b is scattered and caused to be totally reflected at the uneven surfaces 1b. The light scattered and totally reflected at the uneven surfaces 1b is emitted from an emission plane. Intensity of light in the main scattering direction can be made uniform by lengthening the uneven surfaces 1b as the uneven surfaces extend from the light incident plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2001
    Publication date: September 6, 2001
    Inventors: Kozo Fujino, Vladimir Victrovich Serikov, Shinji Kawamoto, Masafumi Taguchi