Patents by Inventor Riku YAMASHIRO

Riku YAMASHIRO 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: 11946133
    Abstract: A production method for a glass roll includes a start preparation step (S1) of feeding-out a first lead film (LF1) coupled to a starting end portion (GFa) of a first glass film (GF1) from an unwinding device (3) and allowing a winding device (8) to wind the first lead film (LF1 after passing of the first lead film (LF1) through a thermal film-forming device (4),). The start preparation step (S1) includes a temperature increasing step of causing the thermal film-forming device (4) to be increased in temperature to a film-forming temperature. The first glass film (GF1) reaches the thermal film-forming device (4) before the thermal film-forming device (4) is increased in temperature to the film-forming temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON ELECTRIC GLASS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki Mori, Takayoshi Saito, Naotoshi Inayama, Riku Yamashiro
  • Patent number: 11746035
    Abstract: In a manufacturing method of a glass roll, a transport device transports a glass film coupled to lead films via coupling portions. The transport device separates the lead films and/or the coupling portions from a heating roller when the lead films and/or the coupling portions pass by the heating roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: NIPPON ELECTRIC GLASS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takayoshi Saito, Hiroki Mori, Riku Yamashiro, Naotoshi Inayama
  • Publication number: 20230047969
    Abstract: A position of a band-shaped glass film (1) conveyed downward in a vertical direction is detected by a detection unit (21), and the conveyance speed of each of a plurality of conveyance devices (10, 11, 12, and 14) provided in a horizontal conveyance path (R2) is controlled based on detection data in the detection unit (21). Under a condition that, of the plurality of conveyance devices (10, 11, 12, and 14), the conveyance device (10) located on a most upstream side is defined as an upstream side conveyance device, and the conveyance devices (11, 12, and 14) on a downstream side of the upstream side conveyance device (10) are defined as downstream side conveyance devices, an upper limit and a lower limit are set to the conveyance speed of each of the downstream side conveyance devices (11, 12, and 14).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Riku YAMASHIRO, Koichi MORI
  • Publication number: 20220411308
    Abstract: In a method of manufacturing a glass film, in a cutting step, a crack (CR) formed in a non-product portion (Gc1, Gc2) along a longitudinal direction of a glass film (G2) is guided by a guiding member (17a, 17b) so as to propagate to an outer end portion (Gd) of the non-product portion (Gc1, Gc2) in a width direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Riku YAMASHIRO, Hiroki MORI
  • Publication number: 20220235452
    Abstract: A production method for a glass roll includes a start preparation step (S1) of feeding-out a first lead film (LF1) coupled to a starting end portion (GFa) of a first glass film (GF1) from an unwinding device (3) and allowing a winding device (8) to wind the first lead film (LF1 after passing of the first lead film (LF1) through a thermal film-forming device (4),). The start preparation step (S1) includes a temperature increasing step of causing the thermal film-forming device (4) to be increased in temperature to a film-forming temperature. The first glass film (GF1) reaches the thermal film-forming device (4) before the thermal film-forming device (4) is increased in temperature to the film-forming temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Hiroki MORI, Takayoshi SAITO, Naotoshi INAYAMA, Riku YAMASHIRO
  • Publication number: 20220227655
    Abstract: In a manufacturing method of a glass roll, a transport device transports a glass film coupled to lead films via coupling portions. The transport device separates the lead films and/or the coupling portions from a heating roller when the lead films and/or the coupling portions pass by the heating roller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Takayoshi SAITO, Hiroki MORI, Riku YAMASHIRO, Naotoshi INAYAMA