Patents by Inventor Yoshimi Otani

Yoshimi Otani 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: 11173516
    Abstract: To provide a production method capable of producing an antiglare film-coated substrate having excellent antiglare performance in a short time, an antiglare film-coated substrate having excellent antiglare performance, and an article provided with the substrate. A method for producing an antiglare film-coated substrate 1 comprising a substrate 3 and an antiglare film 5 formed on the substrate 3, characterized by comprising a step of preparing a coating composition comprising at least one of a silica precursor (A) and particles (C), and a liquid medium (B), wherein the liquid medium (B) contains a liquid medium (B1) having a boiling point of at most 150° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Azusa Takai, Shuji Taneda, Satoshi Mototani, Yoshimi Otani
  • Publication number: 20180001339
    Abstract: A method for producing an article with a low reflection film having a low reflection film on a substrate 2, comprising applying a coating composition to the substrate 2 using an electrostatic coating method of atomizing and electrifying the coating composition so as to be attached to the substrate 2 by static electricity, and baking or drying the coating composition to form the low reflection film, wherein the coating composition contains a dispersion medium (a), fine particles (b) dispersed in the dispersion medium (a), a binder (c) dissolved or dispersed in the dispersion medium (a), and an organic compound (d) having a polar group dissolved or dispersed in the dispersion medium (a).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Yoshimi OTANI, Shuji TANEDA
  • Publication number: 20170021383
    Abstract: To provide a production method capable of producing an antiglare film-coated substrate having excellent antiglare performance in a short time, an antiglare film-coated substrate having excellent antiglare performance, and an article provided with the substrate. A method for producing an antiglare film-coated substrate 1 comprising a substrate 3 and an antiglare film 5 formed on the substrate 3, characterized by comprising a step of preparing a coating composition comprising at least one of a silica precursor (A) and particles (C), and a liquid medium (B), wherein the liquid medium (B) contains a liquid medium (B1) having a boiling point of at most 150° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Applicant: ASAHI GLSS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Azusa TAKAI, Shuji TANEDA, Satoshi MOTOTANI, Yoshimi OTANI
  • Publication number: 20160326047
    Abstract: The object is to provide a glass sheet with anti-glare function for solar cells, having excellent anti-glare properties and having a high transmittance of sunlight. The glass sheet with anti-glare function for solar cells, comprises a glass sheet and an anti-glare layer formed on the glass sheet and having a surface roughness Ra of from 0.01 to 0.20 ?m, wherein the matrix of the anti-glare layer is a hydrolytic polymerization product of an alkoxysilane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Satoshi MOTOTANI, Yoshimi OTANI, Mika KAMBE
  • Publication number: 20150315392
    Abstract: To provide a coating liquid for forming an alkali barrier layer which can achieve both suppress of warpage of a glass substrate and alkali barrier properties, and an article which comprises a glass substrate and an alkali barrier layer formed of the coating liquid on the glass substrate. A coating liquid for forming an alkali barrier layer, which comprises at least one matrix precursor (A) selected from the group consisting of an alkoxysilane and its hydrolyzate, scaly silica particles (B) and a liquid medium (C), wherein the proportion of the content (solid content) of the scaly silica particles (B) is from 5 to 90 mass % based on the total amount of the matrix precursor (A) and the scaly silica particles (B).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2015
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Yoshimi OTANI, Satoshi MOTOTANI, Azusa TAKAI
  • Publication number: 20140329022
    Abstract: A method for producing an article with a low reflection film having a low reflection film on a substrate 2, comprising applying a coating composition to the substrate 2 using an electrostatic coating method of atomizing and electrifying the coating composition so as to be attached to the substrate 2 by static electricity, and baking or drying the coating composition to form the low reflection film, wherein the coating composition contains a dispersion medium (a), fine particles (b) dispersed in the dispersion medium (a), a binder (c) dissolved or dispersed in the dispersion medium (a), and an organic compound (d) having a polar group dissolved or dispersed in the dispersion medium (a).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Yoshimi OTANI, Shuji TANEDA
  • Patent number: 8431211
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an article containing a base material and a low-reflection film formed on a surface of the base material, in which the low-reflection film contains a first layer, a second layer and a third layer in this order from the base material side, and the first layer, the second layer and the third layer have refractive indexes n1, n2 and n3, respectively, which meet the relationship of n1>n3>n2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Yoshimi Otani, Satoshi Mototani, Shuji Taneda
  • Publication number: 20120164415
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an article containing a base material and a low-reflection film formed on a surface of the base material, in which the low-reflection film contains a first layer, a second layer and a third layer in this order from the base material side, and the first layer, the second layer and the third layer have refractive indexes n1, n2 and n3, respectively, which meet the relationship of n1>n3>n2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2012
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Yoshimi OTANI, Satoshi Mototani, Shuji Taneda
  • Publication number: 20110135941
    Abstract: To provide a coating composition which is capable of improving an antireflection effect of a coating film and capable of forming such a coating film even at a low temperature and at a low cost, and an article which has a high antireflection effect and for which a substrate to be used is relatively unlimited and low in cost. A coating composition comprising a dispersion medium (a), fine particles (b) dispersed in the dispersion medium (a), and a terpene derivative (c) dissolved or dispersed in the dispersion medium (a); a coating composition comprising a dispersion medium (a) and fine particles (b) dispersed in the dispersion medium (a), wherein the dispersion medium (a) contains a compound (a1) which is insoluble or hardly soluble in water and has a hydroxyl group and/or a carbonyl group; and an article having a coating film made of such a coating composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2011
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Yoshimi OTANI, Satoshi Mototani
  • Patent number: 6777069
    Abstract: The transparent film-coated substrate includes a substrate and a transparent coating film formed on the surface of the substrate, the transparent coating film comprising (i) a matrix containing a silicone having a fluorine-substituted alkyl group, and (ii) inorganic compound particles comprising a shell, and a porous matter or a cavity enclosed therein, wherein the porous matter or the cavity remains unchanged in the formed transparent coating film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Asahi Glass Co., Ltd., Catalysts & Chemicals Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeo Ito, Hidemi Matsuda, Yoshimi Otani, Kazuhiko Yui, Toshiharu Hirai, Hiroyasu Nishida, Michio Komatsu