Patents by Inventor Yuki Aoshima

Yuki Aoshima 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: 11807572
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a glass sheet including a first main surface and a second main surface opposing the first main surface, in which the glass sheet has an affected layer directly below the first main surface, in at least a part of the first main surface, an average element length RSm is from 2500 nm to 6000 nm, a root-mean-square height Sq is from 3 nm to 45 nm, and a skewness Ssk is a negative value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: AGC INC.
    Inventors: Misa Inamoto, Satoru Tomeno, Yuki Aoshima
  • Publication number: 20230234883
    Abstract: A glass laminate, in which an inorganic laminated film having a total thickness of 90 to 500 nm is laminated on a surface of a glass plate with an adhesive film including a resin film interposed therebetween, a carbon-containing film thinner than the inorganic laminated film is attached to a surface of the inorganic laminated film, a storage elastic modulus of an outermost surface on the inorganic laminated film side that is measured by a nanoindentation method using a flat punch indenter under conditions of 1 Hz and 28° C. is 50 MPa to 30 GPa, and a loss coefficient of the outermost surface on the inorganic laminated film side that is measured by the nanoindentation method using the flat punch indenter under conditions of 1 Hz and 28° C. is 0.005 to 0.14.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2023
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Yuki AOSHIMA, Takahiro MASHIMO
  • Patent number: 11052634
    Abstract: A laminated substrate for an electrochromic dimmer element includes a glass substrate; and a transparent conductive film. The glass substrate includes a silicon oxide, an aluminum oxide, a boron oxide, an alkaline earth metal oxide, and an alkali metal oxide in a total amount of 90 mol % or more, and includes the alkali metal oxide in a total amount of 12 mol % or less. The transparent conductive film includes an indium oxide film containing tin, and a tin oxide film containing at least one of tantalum, antimony and fluorine, in this order from a glass substrate side. The indium oxide film is formed directly on the glass substrate, a refractive index and an extinction coefficient of the indium oxide film at a wavelength of 1.3 ?m is less than 0.4, and greater than 0.4, respectively. A film thickness of the tin oxide film is greater than 35 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignees: AGC GLASS EUROPE SA, AGC INC., AGC FLAT GLASS NORTH AMERICA, INC., AGC VIDROS DO BRASIL LTDA.
    Inventors: Yuki Aoshima, Hidefumi Odaka
  • Publication number: 20210114924
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a glass sheet including a first main surface and a second main surface opposing the first main surface, in which the glass sheet has an affected layer directly below the first main surface, in at least a part of the first main surface, an average element length RSm is from 2500 nm to 6000 nm, a root-mean-square height Sq is from 3 nm to 45 nm, and a skewness Ssk is a negative value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Applicant: AGC INC.
    Inventors: Misa INAMOTO, Satoru TOMENO, Yuki AOSHIMA
  • Patent number: 10453891
    Abstract: A substrate with conductive film includes a base material; and a film of a conductive metal oxide arranged on an upper part of the base material. The film includes, by a top plan view, a first region and a second region, the second region is configured of a same material as the first region, and an electric resistance of the second region is higher than an electric resistance of the first region. The second region includes a part configured by a plurality of cellular sections surrounded by a plurality of fine cracks. In the part, each fine crack has a width of 1 nm to 50 nm, and each cellular section has a largest measure of less than 10 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Takeshi Tomizawa, Yuki Aoshima, Reo Usui, Hidefumi Odaka
  • Patent number: 10239783
    Abstract: A method of producing a glass substrate having a first layer formed on a surface of the substrate by low-temperature CVD includes preparing the glass substrate and forming the first layer on the glass substrate by the low-temperature CVD. In the glass substrate after forming the first layer, an integrated value after a baseline correction in a wavenumber range of 2600 cm?1 to 3800 cm?1 in a peak due to OH groups obtained by an FTIR measurement on the first layer is 9.0 or less, and the C content of the first layer is 1.64 at % or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: AGC INC.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Hanekawa, Nobutaka Aomine, Yuki Aoshima, Hirotomo Kawahara, Kazunobu Maeshige
  • Publication number: 20190061314
    Abstract: A laminated substrate for an electrochromic dimmer element includes a glass substrate; and a transparent conductive film. The glass substrate includes a silicon oxide, an aluminum oxide, a boron oxide, an alkaline earth metal oxide, and an alkali metal oxide in a total amount of 90 mol % or more, and includes the alkali metal oxide in a total amount of 12 mol % or less. The transparent conductive film includes an indium oxide film containing tin, and a tin oxide film containing at least one of tantalum, antimony and fluorine, in this order from a glass substrate side. The indium oxide film is formed directly on the glass substrate, a refractive index and an extinction coefficient of the indium oxide film at a wavelength of 1.3 ?m is less than 0.4, and greater than 0.4, respectively. A film thickness of the tin oxide film is greater than 35 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2017
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Applicants: AGC GLASS EUROPE SA, AGC INC., AGC FLAT GLASS NORTH AMERICA, INC., AGC VIDROS DO BRASIL LTDA.
    Inventors: Yuki AOSHIMA, Hidefumi ODAKA
  • Patent number: 10204767
    Abstract: A plasma source for a plasma CVD apparatus that includes an electrode group including four electrodes, which are a first electrode, a second electrode, a third electrode and a fourth electrode arranged in a row. The electrode group is connected to at least one AC power supply. A voltage supplied to two of the four electrodes is shifted in phase from a voltage supplied to the remaining two electrodes. A space to which a source gas is supplied is provided between the adjacent electrodes, and voltages applied to at least one set among the adjacent two electrodes are in the same phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Hirotomo Kawahara, Nobutaka Aomine, Kazunobu Maeshige, Yuki Aoshima, Hiroshi Hanekawa
  • Publication number: 20180288887
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a chassis having an opening; a display unit and a touch panel configured to be housed in the chassis; and a cover glass arranged on the opening having a main surface region configured to accommodate a display from the display unit and an input to the touch panel, and an end surface region corresponding to a side surface of the chassis. The end surface region includes a first region having a first surface roughness and configured to accommodate the input to the touch panel, and a second region having a second surface roughness that is different from the first surface roughness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Naoki OKAHATA, Yuki Aoshima, Yuki Akama, Misa Inamoto, Takashi Shibuya
  • Publication number: 20180170800
    Abstract: A laminated body includes a substrate provided with a first surface; a rugged layer including fluorine; and an antifouling layer. The rugged layer has an average surface roughness of 0.05-50 nm. A peak of a binding energy of F1s in the rugged layer falls within 684-687.5 eV, a ratio of atomic concentrations of fluorine to silicon obtained from peaks of binding energies of F1s and Si2p falls within 0.003-100. A peak of a binding energy of F1s in the antifouling layer falls within 687.5-691 eV. An F-value, (A?B)/(C?B), is 0.1 or more, where “A” is an F-K? line strength of the laminated body measured from the antifouling layer side by a fluorescent X-ray measurement device, “B” is an F-K? line strength of a glass plate with only trace amounts of fluorine, and “C” is an F-K? line strength of an aluminosilicate glass plate including fluorine of 2 wt %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Misa INAMOTO, Naoki OKAHATA, Yuki AOSHIMA
  • Publication number: 20180158655
    Abstract: A plasma source for a plasma CVD apparatus that includes an electrode group including four electrodes, which are a first electrode, a second electrode, a third electrode and a fourth electrode arranged in a row. The electrode group is connected to at least one AC power supply. A voltage supplied to two of the four electrodes is shifted in phase from a voltage supplied to the remaining two electrodes. A space to which a source gas is supplied is provided between the adjacent electrodes, and voltages applied to at least one set among the adjacent two electrodes are in the same phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2018
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Hirotomo KAWAHARA, Nobutaka AOMINE, Kazunobu MAESHIGE, Yuki AOSHIMA, Hiroshi HANEKAWA
  • Patent number: 9988303
    Abstract: A glass substrate provided with a coating film, including a glass substrate and a coating film containing at least one TiO2 layer having a refractive index of at least 2.20 at a wavelength of 632 nm, formed by low temperature plasma CVD method on the glass substrate, and a method for producing a glass substrate provided with a coating film, which includes forming a TiO2 layer on a glass substrate by low temperature plasma CVD method using a film-forming material containing at least one member selected from an alkoxide type titanium material, an amide type titanium material and a halide type titanium material, at a plasma power density of at least 55 kW/m at a film-forming rate of from 15 to 200 nm·m/min.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Hiroshi Hanekawa, Nobutaka Aomine, Hirotomo Kawahara, Yuki Aoshima, Kazunobu Maeshige
  • Patent number: 9922805
    Abstract: A plasma source for a plasma CVD apparatus that includes an electrode group including four electrodes, which are a first electrode, a second electrode, a third electrode and a fourth electrode arranged in a row. The electrode group is connected to at least one AC power supply. A voltage supplied to two of the four electrodes is shifted in phase from a voltage supplied to the remaining two electrodes. A space to which a source gas is supplied is provided between the adjacent electrodes, and voltages applied to at least one set among the adjacent two electrodes are in the same phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Hirotomo Kawahara, Nobutaka Aomine, Kazunobu Maeshige, Yuki Aoshima, Hiroshi Hanekawa
  • Publication number: 20180044229
    Abstract: A method of producing a glass substrate having a first layer formed on a surface of the substrate by low-temperature CVD includes preparing the glass substrate and forming the first layer on the glass substrate by the low-temperature CVD. In the glass substrate after forming the first layer, an integrated value after a baseline correction in a wavenumber range of 2600 cm?1 to 3800 cm?1 in a peak due to OH groups obtained by an FTIR measurement on the first layer is 9.0 or less, and the C content of the first layer is 1.64 at % or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Hiroshi HANEKAWA, Nobutaka AOMINE, Yuki AOSHIMA, Hirotomo KAWAHARA, Kazunobu MAESHIGE
  • Publication number: 20170330913
    Abstract: A substrate with conductive film includes a base material; and a film of a conductive metal oxide arranged on an upper part of the base material. The film includes, by a top plan view, a first region and a second region, the second region is configured of a same material as the first region, and an electric resistance of the second region is higher than an electric resistance of the first region. The second region includes a part configured by a plurality of cellular sections surrounded by a plurality of fine cracks. In the part, each fine crack has a width of 1 nm to 50 nm, and each cellular section has a largest measure of less than 10 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2017
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Takeshi TOMIZAWA, Yuki AOSHIMA, Reo USUI, Hidefumi ODAKA
  • Publication number: 20170036948
    Abstract: To provide a glass substrate provided with a coating film having a high refractive index titania layer which is excellent in the heat resistance with cracking or the like by heat treatment suppressed, and a method for producing such a glass substrate provided with a coating film. A glass substrate provide with a coating film, comprising a glass substrate and a coating film containing at least one TiO2 layer having a refractive index of at least 2.20 at a wavelength of 632 nm, formed by low temperature plasma CVD method on the glass substrate, and a method for producing a glass substrate provided with a coating film, which comprises a step of forming a TiO2 layer on a glass substrate by low temperature plasma CVD method using a film-forming material containing at least one member selected from an alkoxide type titanium material, an amide type titanium material and a halide type titanium material, at a plasma power density of at least 55 kW/m at a film-forming rate of from 15 to 200 nm·m/m in.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Hiroshi HANEKAWA, Nobutaka Aomine, Hirotomo Kawahara, Yuki Aoshima, Kazunobu Maeshige
  • Patent number: 9293707
    Abstract: The invention relates to a substrate (1) comprising a medium (10), said medium (10) comprising, on at least one of its main faces, a functional layer (11) that has low-E or antisolar properties or is electrically conductive, characterized in that said functional layer (11) comprises, on its extreme surface opposite the medium (10), at least one sulphurous compound, in particular a sulphate, a sulphonate and/or a thiosulphate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignees: AGC Glass Europe, Asahi Glass Company Limited
    Inventors: Sophie Billet, Benoit Domercq, Philippe Roquiny, Yuki Aoshima
  • Publication number: 20150235814
    Abstract: A plasma source for a plasma CVD apparatus that includes an electrode group including four electrodes, which are a first electrode, a second electrode, a third electrode and a fourth electrode arranged in a row. The electrode group is connected to at least one AC power supply. A voltage supplied to two of the four electrodes is shifted in phase from a voltage supplied to the remaining two electrodes. A space to which a source gas is supplied is provided between the adjacent electrodes, and voltages applied to at least one set among the adjacent two electrodes are in the same phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2015
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Hirotomo Kawahara, Nobutaka Aomine, Kazunobu Maeshige, Yuki Aoshima, Hiroshi Hanekawa
  • Publication number: 20150103399
    Abstract: A method of producing a glass substrate having a first layer formed on a surface of the substrate by low-temperature CVD includes preparing the glass substrate and forming the first layer on the glass substrate by the low-temperature CVD. In the glass substrate after forming the first layer, an integrated value after a baseline correction in a wavenumber range of 2600 cm?1 to 3800 cm?1 in a peak due to OH groups obtained by an FTIR measurement on the first layer is 9.0 or less, and the C content of the first layer is 1.64 at % or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Hiroshi HANEKAWA, Nobutaka Aomine, Yuki Aoshima, Hirotomo Kawahara, Kazunobu Maeshige
  • Publication number: 20140319687
    Abstract: The invention relates to a substrate (1) comprising a medium (10), said medium (10) comprising, on at least one of its main faces, a functional layer (11) that has low-E or antisolar properties or is electrically conductive, characterized in that said functional layer (11) comprises, on its extreme surface opposite the medium (10), at least one sulphurous compound, in particular a sulphate, a sulphonate and/or a thiosulphate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2012
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicants: AGC Glass Europe, Asahi Glass Company Limited
    Inventors: Sophie Billet, Benoit Domercq, Philippe Roquiny, Yuki Aoshima