Patents by Inventor Naoko Shin

Naoko Shin 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: 20080174895
    Abstract: To provide a high reflection mirror which exhibits a high reflectance in a visible light region and which has moisture resistance, in particular, being capable of retaining the high reflectance and high resistance to hydrogen sulfide even after being exposed to high temperature and high humidity conditions. A high reflection mirror comprising a substrate and a silver film formed thereon, characterized in that a protective film is formed on the topmost surface of the high reflection mirror, and the protective film has an extinction coefficient of at most 0.1, and the protective film is a carbon film. It is preferred that an underlayer is formed on the substrate side of the silver film, and it is preferred that the underlayer is a titanium oxide film, and the titanium oxide film is formed from an oxygen-deficient target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2007
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tamotsu MORIMOTO, Naoko Shin, Masato Kawasaki, Hideaki Miyazawa
  • Publication number: 20080131693
    Abstract: To provide a laminate having a high reflectance in the entire visible region and having excellent durability such as moisture resistance and salt water resistance. A laminate comprising a substrate, and a silver film, an adhesion-improving film, a low refractive index film and a high refractive index film formed in this order on the substrate, wherein at least a layer on the adhesion-improving film side in the low refractive index film is formed by a radio frequency sputtering method by means of an oxide target using a sputtering gas containing nitrogen, the adhesion improving film has an extinction coefficient of at most 0.1 and has a thickness of from 0.5 to 4 nm, the low refractive index film has an extinction coefficient of at most 0.01, and the high refractive index film has an extinction coefficient of at most 0.01.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2008
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takehiko HIRUMA, Naoko SHIN
  • Patent number: 7189460
    Abstract: A high reflectance mirror having a high reflectance in a visible-light region, being excellent in durability such as a moisture resistance, a saltwater resistance, etc. and having small dependence on incident angle (i.e., the fluctuation of the reflectance depending on an incident angle of light is little) is provided. The high reflectance mirror comprises a substrate and a silver film, a low refractive index film and a high refractive index film laminated on the substrate in this order wherein an adhesion improving film is formed on the silver film surface on the opposite side of the substrate, the extinction coefficient of the low refractive index film is at most 0.01, the extinction coefficient of the high refractive index film is at most 0.01, the adhesion improving film is an oxide film and the extinction coefficient of the adhesion improving film is at most 0.1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2007
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Naoko Shin, Takuji Oyama, Kazuo Kadowaki
  • Publication number: 20050008879
    Abstract: A high reflectance mirror having a high reflectance in a visible-light region, being excellent in durability such as a moisture resistance, a saltwater resistance, etc. and having small dependence on incident angle (i.e., the fluctuation of the reflectance depending on an incident angle of light is little) is provided. The high reflectance mirror comprises a substrate and a silver film, a low refractive index film and a high refractive index film laminated on the substrate in this order wherein an adhesion improving film is formed on the silver film surface on the opposite side of the substrate, the extinction coefficient of the low refractive index film is at most 0.01, the extinction coefficient of the high refractive index film is at most 0.01, the adhesion improving film is an oxide film and the extinction coefficient of the adhesion improving film is at most 0.1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2004
    Publication date: January 13, 2005
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Naoko Shin, Takuji Oyama, Kazuo Kadowaki