Patents by Inventor Tetsuo Minaai
Tetsuo Minaai 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).
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Publication number: 20240093550Abstract: A multi-glazed panel includes: a first glass sheet having a first face placeable to face outdoors and a second face opposite to the first face; a second glass sheet having a third face facing the second face and a fourth face opposite to the third face; and a plurality of columns in contact with the second face and the third face, wherein at least one of the first face, the second face, the third face, or the fourth face has (i) a reflective area provided with at least one reflective film serving to reflect ultraviolet light and (ii) a transmissive area serving to transmit ultraviolet light, and the plurality of columns include at least one column having an area that coincides with the at least one reflective film as viewed in a direction perpendicular to the first face.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2022Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventor: Tetsuo MINAAI
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Patent number: 11905754Abstract: A vacuum glass panel including a vacuum glass, a sash, and a grazing gasket is provided. The vacuum glass includes a first glass plate, a second glass plate having substantially the same area as the area of the first glass plate in a front view, and a depressurized layer arranged between the first glass plate and the second glass plate opposed to the first glass plate. The lower face of the first glass plate and the lower face of the second glass plate are misaligned relative to each other in the vertical direction. The sash includes two groove walls that define a groove for receiving the upper, lower, right, and left peripheral edge portions of the vacuum glass in a front view.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2019Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: NIPPON SHEET GLASS COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Tetsuo Minaai, Tatsuhiro Nakazawa, Hirotaka Koyo
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Publication number: 20220090438Abstract: High-strength vacuum glass is provided. The vacuum glass includes an air-cooled tempered first glass plate; an air-cooled tempered second glass plate that faces the first glass plate via a depressurized layer; and an outer peripheral sealing portion joining an outer peripheral edge portion of the first glass plate and an outer peripheral edge portion of the second glass plate together so as to seal the depressurized layer. The outer peripheral sealing portion contains solder.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2019Publication date: March 24, 2022Applicant: Nippon Sheet Glass Company, LimitedInventors: Akito TAKEUCHI, Tatsuhiro NAKAZAWA, Tetsuo MINAAI
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Patent number: 11279653Abstract: An object is to enable sealing of a peripheral portion of a glass panel with less effort and time. A first metal introduction device 5A is moved from one first corner A at which two sides intersect each other of a pair of rectangular glass plates, toward another end of a first side Vab of the two sides, while performing filling with a metal material. Before the metal material filling the first corner A is solidified, a second metal introduction device 5B is moved from the first corner A toward another end of another second side Vad, while performing filling with a metal material. After the first side Vab and the second side Vad are filled with the metal material, both glass plates are rotated by 180 degrees, and the first metal introduction device 5A is moved toward another end of a fourth side Vcd of two sides intersecting each other at a second corner C diagonal to the first corner A, while performing filling with a metal material.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2018Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: NIPPON SHEET GLASS COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Atsushi Miki, Tetsuo Minaai, Tatsuhiro Nakazawa
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Patent number: 11124450Abstract: An object is to enable suppression of thermal leakage at a peripheral portion of a pair of glass plates disposed so as to be opposed to each other with a gap interposed therebetween. A pair of glass plates 1A, 1B are disposed so as to be opposed to each other with a gap V interposed therebetween, and a periphery sealing metal material 3 is provided which joins the pair of glass plates 1A, 1B at a peripheral portion V1 thereof so as to seal the gap V in an airtight state. The periphery sealing metal material 3 interposed between opposed inner surfaces of the pair of glass plates 1A, 1B contains, in a mixed manner, a thermal insulation material 30 having lower thermal conductivity than that of the periphery sealing metal material 3.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2018Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: NIPPON SHEET GLASS COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Atsushi Miki, Tetsuo Minaai, Tatsuhiro Nakazawa
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Publication number: 20210270083Abstract: A vacuum glass panel including a vacuum glass, a sash, and a grazing gasket is provided. The vacuum glass includes a first glass plate, a second glass plate having substantially the same area as the area of the first glass plate in a front view, and a depressurized layer arranged between the first glass plate and the second glass plate opposed to the first glass plate. The lower face of the first glass plate and the lower face of the second glass plate are misaligned relative to each other in the vertical direction. The sash includes two groove walls that define a groove for receiving the upper, lower, right, and left peripheral edge portions of the vacuum glass in a front view.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2019Publication date: September 2, 2021Applicant: NIPPON SHEET GLASS COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Tetsuo MINAAI, Tatsuhiro NAKAZAWA, Hirotaka KOYO
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Patent number: 11105145Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 6, 2018Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: NIPPON SHEET GLASS COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Daisuke Inaoka, Masafumi Taguchi, Kazuya Fujino, Tetsuo Minaai
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Patent number: 10988972Abstract: An object is to solve a strength problem around a suction hole on the gap side due to internal stress caused by a suction hole sealing metal material and depressurization, and provide a glass panel having enhanced safety. One glass plate 1A of a pair of glass plates 1A, 1B has a suction hole 4 penetrating the glass plate 1A in the front-back direction thereof, air in a gap V is sucked so as to depressurize the gap V, and the suction hole 4 is sealed by a suction hole sealing metal material 15. The suction hole sealing metal material 15 is solidified on the suction hole 4 so as to keep an airtight state, and is formed concentrically with the suction hole 4 in plan view, and the following Expression (1) is satisfied: Dw<=(Fc?0.0361Pd2/Tg2.2)/{(?0.0157Tg+0.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2018Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: NIPPON SHEET GLASS COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Kazuya Fujino, Tetsuo Minaai, Tatsuhiro Nakazawa
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Publication number: 20200340293Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2018Publication date: October 29, 2020Inventors: Daisuke Inaoka, Masafumi Taguchi, Kazuya Fujino, Tetsuo Minaai
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Publication number: 20200332588Abstract: An object is to solve a strength problem around a suction hole on the gap side due to internal stress caused by a suction hole sealing metal material and depressurization, and provide a glass panel having enhanced safety. One glass plate 1A of a pair of glass plates 1A, 1B has a suction hole 4 penetrating the glass plate 1A in the front-back direction thereof, air in a gap V is sucked so as to depressurize the gap V, and the suction hole 4 is sealed by a suction hole sealing metal material 15. The suction hole sealing metal material 15 is solidified on the suction hole 4 so as to keep an airtight state, and is formed concentrically with the suction hole 4 in plan view, and the following Expression (1) is satisfied: Dw<=(Fc?0.0361Pd2/Tg2.2)/{(?0.0157Tg+0.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2018Publication date: October 22, 2020Inventors: Kazuya Fujino, Tetsuo Minaai, Tatsuhiro Nakazawa
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Publication number: 20200270175Abstract: An object is to enable sealing of a peripheral portion of a glass panel with less effort and time. A first metal introduction device 5A is moved from one first corner A at which two sides intersect each other of a pair of rectangular glass plates, toward another end of a first side Vab of the two sides, while performing filling with a metal material. Before the metal material filling the first corner A is solidified, a second metal introduction device 5B is moved from the first corner A toward another end of another second side Vad, while performing filling with a metal material. After the first side Vab and the second side Vad are filled with the metal material, both glass plates are rotated by 180 degrees, and the first metal introduction device 5A is moved toward another end of a fourth side Vcd of two sides intersecting each other at a second corner C diagonal to the first corner A, while performing filling with a metal material.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2018Publication date: August 27, 2020Inventors: Atsushi Miki, Tetsuo Minaai, Tatsuhiro Nakazawa
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Publication number: 20200262750Abstract: An object is to enable suppression of thermal leakage at a peripheral portion of a pair of glass plates disposed so as to be opposed to each other with a gap interposed therebetween. A pair of glass plates 1A, 1B are disposed so as to be opposed to each other with a gap V interposed therebetween, and a periphery sealing metal material 3 is provided which joins the pair of glass plates 1A, 1B at a peripheral portion V1 thereof so as to seal the gap V in an airtight state. The periphery sealing metal material 3 interposed between opposed inner surfaces of the pair of glass plates 1A, 1B contains, in a mixed manner, a thermal insulation material 30 having lower thermal conductivity than that of the periphery sealing metal material 3.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2018Publication date: August 20, 2020Inventors: Atsushi Miki, Tetsuo Minaai, Tatsuhiro Nakazawa
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Patent number: 10323453Abstract: A multiple-glazed glass unit of the present invention is adapted to separate an indoor space and an outdoor space and includes a pair of glass panes opposed across a gap layer to be spaced at a predetermined distance from each other. Low-emissivity (Low-E) films are formed on both principal surfaces of one of the pair of glass panes that is located closer to the indoor space. The low-emissivity film formed on one of the two principal surfaces that faces the indoor space has an arithmetic average surface roughness Ra of 14 nm or less. This multiple-glazed glass unit is configurable to have a higher SHGC value ever than before as well as keeping a low U-value.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2015Date of Patent: June 18, 2019Assignee: NIPPON SHEET GLASS COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Kentaro Fukuda, Koji Iwata, Tetsuo Minaai
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Patent number: 9856692Abstract: The reduced pressure double glazed glass panel of the present invention includes an outside glass sheet, an inside glass sheet, and a gap portion that are joined together, with the gap portion being formed between the glass sheets and sealed under reduced pressure. Here, the outside glass sheet has a first glass surface disposed to face the outdoor space and a second glass surface disposed to face the gap portion. A Low-E film is formed on the second glass surface. The following relations hold: (Emissivity of Low-E film ?)?0.067; 31%?(Solar reflectance on First glass surface RG(solar))?40%; (48?RG(solar))%?(Solar absorptance on First glass surface AG(solar))?17%; (AG(solar))?{18.3?(0.07×RG(solar))+(20×?)}%; (Solar heat gain coefficient SHGC)?0.50; and (Thermal transmittance U value)?1.2 W/m2·K or less.Type: GrantFiled: December 25, 2013Date of Patent: January 2, 2018Assignee: NIPPON SHEET GLASS COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Daisuke Inaoka, Yoshifumi Kijima, Tetsuo Minaai
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Publication number: 20170114588Abstract: A multiple-glazed glass unit of the present invention is adapted to separate an indoor space and an outdoor space and includes a pair of glass panes opposed across a gap layer to be spaced at a predetermined distance from each other. Low-emissivity (Low-E) films are formed on both principal surfaces of one of the pair of glass panes that is located closer to the indoor space. The low-emissivity film formed on one of the two principal surfaces that faces the indoor space has an arithmetic average surface roughness Ra of 14 nm or less. This multiple-glazed glass unit is configurable to have a higher SHGC value ever than before as well as keeping a low U-value.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2015Publication date: April 27, 2017Inventors: Kentaro FUKUDA, Koji IWATA, Tetsuo MINAAI
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Publication number: 20150354264Abstract: The reduced pressure double glazed glass panel of the present invention includes an outside glass sheet, an inside glass sheet, and a gap portion that are joined together, with the gap portion being formed between the glass sheets and sealed under reduced pressure. Here, the outside glass sheet has a first glass surface disposed to face the outdoor space and a second glass surface disposed to face the gap portion. A Low-E film is formed on the second glass surface. The following relations hold: (Emissivity of Low-E film ?)?0.067; 31%?(Solar reflectance on First glass surface RG(solar))?40%; (48?RG(solar))%?(Solar absorptance on First glass surface AG(solar))?17%; (AG(solar))?{18.3?(0.07×RG(solar))+(20×?)}%; (Solar heat gain coefficient SHGC)?0.50; and (Thermal transmittance U value)?1.2 W/m2·K or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 25, 2013Publication date: December 10, 2015Inventors: Daisuke INAOKA, Yoshifumi KIJIMA, Tetsuo MINAAI
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Patent number: 7553527Abstract: A method of manufacturing a glass panel and a glass panel manufactured such a method, comprising a pair of glass plates opposed to each other to define a void therebetween by a number of space-maintaining members arranged along plate surfaces with predetermined intervals between rows, and a thermally meltable seal member for joining the glass plates throughout a circumference thereof to be hermetically sealed by a heat-joining process. The void between the glass plates being decompressed by a decompressing process, and the distance between outermost rows of the space-maintaining members and peripheral edges of the glass plates being at most 5.8 times the thickness of the thinner one of the glass plates.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2007Date of Patent: June 30, 2009Assignee: Nippon Sheet Glass, Co., Ltd.Inventor: Tetsuo Minaai
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Publication number: 20080069983Abstract: A method of manufacturing a glass panel and a glass panel manufactured such a method, comprising a pair of glass plates opposed to each other to define a void therebetween by a number of space-maintaining members arranged along plate surfaces with predetermined intervals between rows, and a thermally meltable seal member for joining the glass plates throughout a circumference thereof to be hermetically sealed by a heat-joining process. The void between the glass plates being decompressed by a decompressing process, and the distance between outermost rows of the space-maintaining members and peripheral edges of the glass plates being at most 5.8 times the thickness of the thinner one of the glass plates.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2007Publication date: March 20, 2008Inventor: Tetsuo Minaai
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Patent number: 7305853Abstract: A method of manufacturing a glass panel and a glass panel manufactured such a method, comprising a pair of glass plates opposed to each other to define a void therebetween by a number of space-maintaining members arranged along plate surfaces with predetermined intervals between rows, and a thermally meltable seal member for joining the glass plates throughout a circumference thereof to be hermetically sealed by a heat-joining process. The void between the glass plates being decompressed by a decompressing process, and the distance between outermost rows of the space-maintaining members and peripheral edges of the glass plates being at most 5.8 times the thickness of the thinner one of the glass plates.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2003Date of Patent: December 11, 2007Assignee: Nippon Sheet Glass, Co., Ltd.Inventor: Tetsuo Minaai
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Patent number: 7282248Abstract: A heat insulating and shielding glass panel that is capable of maintaining heat shielding performance even if heat treatment is carried out during manufacture. The heat insulating and shielding glass panel 1 is comprised of a pair of glass plates 11 and 12 that are hermetically joined together at their outer peripheral edges via a sealing frame 13 that fluidizes at low temperature, such that respective one surfaces of the glass plates 11, 12 face each other and a hollow layer 14 is formed between the glass plates; and pillars 15 that are substantially cylindrical spacers that are inserted into the hollow layer 14 as atmospheric pressure supporting members and determine the gap between the glass plates 11 and 12. A low-emission transparent multilayer 17 having an emittance of not more than 0.1 is coated by sputtering on each of surfaces 11a and 12a of the respective glass plates 11 and 12 facing the hollow layer 14 so as to realize high heat insulation performance.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2005Date of Patent: October 16, 2007Assignee: Nippon Sheet Glass Company, LimitedInventors: Osamu Asano, Terufusa Kunisada, Tetsuo Minaai