Patents by Inventor Yutaka Kuroiwa
Yutaka Kuroiwa 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: 20230348315Abstract: A glass plate includes, in terms of molar percentage based on oxides: 50% ? SiO2 ? 80%; 5.0% ? Al2O3 ? 10%; 5.0% < B2O3 ? 15%; 0.0% ? P2O5 ? 10%; 0.0% ? MgO ? 10%; 0.0% ? CaO ? 10%; 0.0% ? SrO ? 10%; 0.0% ? BaO ? 10%; 0.0% ? ZnO ? 5.0%; 0.0% ? Li2O ? 5.0%; 0.0% ? Na2O ? 5.0%; 0.0% ? K2O ? 5.0%; 0.0% ? R2O ? 5.0%; Fe2O3 ? 0.04%; 15% ? RO ? 30%; B2O3 - Al2O3 > 0.0%; and 0.30 < Al2O3/RO < 0.50, in which the glass plate has a temperature T12 at which a glass viscosity is 1012 dPa·s of 730° C. or lower, and the glass plate has an average thermal expansion coefficient at 50° C. to 350° C. of 40 × 10-7/K or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2023Publication date: November 2, 2023Applicant: AGC Inc.Inventors: Takato KAJIHARA, Shigeki SAWAMURA, Rikiya KADO, Yutaka KUROIWA, Shusaku AKIBA
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Publication number: 20230331620Abstract: To provide a glass plate for a window material and a window comprising the glass plate, which are less likely to be a barrier to radio transmitting/receiving in use of a radio-utilizing apparatus, and a radio communication apparatus comprising the glass plate. A glass plate having a radio transmittance of at least 20% at a frequency of 100 GHz as calculated as 18 mm thickness, a window comprising the glass plate, and a radio communication apparatus comprising the glass plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2023Publication date: October 19, 2023Applicant: AGC Inc.Inventors: Eriko Maeda, Takato Kajihara, Kensuke Nagai, Yutaka Kuroiwa, Osamu Kagaya, Ryuta Sonoda, Hiroyuki Hijiya
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Publication number: 20230331622Abstract: A borosilicate glass includes, in terms of molar percentage based on oxides: 70.0%?SiO2?85.0%; 5.0%?B2O3?20.0%; 0.0%?Al2O3?3.0%; 0.0%?Li2O?5.0%; 0.0%?Na2O?5.0%; 0.0%?K2O?5.0%; 0.0%?MgO?5.0%; 0.0%?CaO?5.0%; 0.0%?SrO?5.0%; 0.0%?BaO?5.0%; and 0.06%?Fe2O3?1.0%, in which the borosilicate glass has a basicity of 0.485 or more, and [AlO3]/([SiO2]+[B2O3]) of 0.015 or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2023Publication date: October 19, 2023Applicant: AGC Inc.Inventors: Rikiya KADO, Takato KAJIHARA, Shigeki SAWAMURA, Shusaku AKIBA, Yutaka KUROIWA
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Publication number: 20230322614Abstract: The present invention relates to a chemically strengthened glass having a thickness of t (unit: µm) and a relative permittivity of 7.0 or less at 20° C. and a frequency of 10 GHz, in which a value of Z determined by the following formula is 0.65 or more, where S1 is an entropy function calculated from an amount of alkali ions in a center portion of the glass, S2 is an entropy function calculated from an average amount of alkali ions from a glass surface to a depth of 0.05t, and X (unit: MPa) is an average value of a compressive stress in a region from the glass surface to the depth of 0.05t: Z = (S2 - S1) × 10 + X/1000.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2023Publication date: October 12, 2023Applicant: AGC Inc.Inventors: Kazuki KANEHARA, Yutaka KUROIWA
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Publication number: 20230212059Abstract: To provide a glass plate for a window material and a window comprising the glass plate, which are less likely to be a barrier to radio transmitting/receiving in use of a radio-utilizing apparatus, and a radio communication apparatus comprising the glass plate. A glass plate having a radio transmittance of at least 20% at a frequency of 100 GHz as calculated as 18 mm thickness, a window comprising the glass plate, and a radio communication apparatus comprising the glass plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2023Publication date: July 6, 2023Applicant: AGC Inc.Inventors: Eriko Maeda, Takato Kajihara, Kensuke Nagai, Yutaka Kuroiwa, Osamu Kagaya, Ryuta Sonoda, Hiroyuki Hijiya
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Publication number: 20230212062Abstract: The present invention relates to a crystallized glass including: at least one crystal of indialite and cordierite, in which the crystallized glass has a total amount of the crystal is 40 mass % or more of the crystallized glass, and the crystal comprises at least one of a vacancy and a different element at an Al site.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2023Publication date: July 6, 2023Applicant: AGC Inc.Inventors: Kazuki KANEHARA, Yutaka KUROIWA
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Publication number: 20230202907Abstract: An alkali-free glass includes, as represented by mol % based on oxides: 50 to 80% of SiO2; 2 to 6% of Al2O3; 18 to 35% of B2O3; 1 to 6% of MgO; 0 to 6% of CaO; 0 to 6% of SrO; and 0 to 3% of BaO. A formula (A) is [MgO]+[CaO]+[SrO]+[BaO], and a value of the formula (A) is 2% or more and 6% or less. A formula (B) is [Al2O3]—([MgO]+[CaO]+[SrO]+[BaO]), and a value of the formula (B) is ?3% or more and 2% or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2023Publication date: June 29, 2023Applicant: AGC Inc.Inventors: Yusaku MATSUO, Hiroyuki HIJIYA, Yuya HAMADA, Yutaka KUROIWA
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Patent number: 11634353Abstract: To provide a glass plate for a window material and a window comprising the glass plate, which are less likely to be a barrier to radio transmitting/receiving in use of a radio-utilizing apparatus, and a radio communication apparatus comprising the glass plate. A glass plate having a radio transmittance of at least 20% at a frequency of 100 GHz as calculated as 18 mm thickness, a window comprising the glass plate, and a radio communication apparatus comprising the glass plate.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2019Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: AGC Inc.Inventors: Eriko Maeda, Takato Kajihara, Kensuke Nagai, Yutaka Kuroiwa, Osamu Kagaya, Ryuta Sonoda, Hiroyuki Hijiya
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Publication number: 20230120488Abstract: The present invention pertains to a laminated glass for a vehicle, the laminated glass including a first glass sheet, a second glass sheet and an intermediate film sandwiched between the first glass sheet and the second glass sheet, in which: the total thickness of the first glass sheet, the second glass sheet and the intermediate film is 4.0 mm or more; the first glass sheet is formed of a borosilicate glass containing, in terms of oxide by molar percentage, 1.0% or more of B2O3; and when a radio wave (TM wave) with a frequency of 79 [GHz] is made incident at an incident angle of 60° to the first glass sheet, the transmission property S21 is -4.0 [dB] or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2022Publication date: April 20, 2023Applicant: AGC Inc.Inventors: Takato KAJIHARA, Shigeki SAWAMURA, Shusaku AKIBA, Yutaka KUROIWA
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Publication number: 20230093194Abstract: A method for producing a high silicate glass substrate, includes: (1) obtaining a glass precursor containing, as represented by mol % based on oxides, 60% to 75% of SiO2, 0% to 15% of Al2O3, 15% to 30% of B2O3, 0% to 3% of P2O5, and 1% to 10% in total of at least one selected from R2O and R?O; (2) applying first heat treatment to the glass precursor to cause phase separation so as to obtain a phase-separated glass; (3) applying acid treatment to the phase-separated glass to make the phase-separated glass porous so as to obtain a porous glass; (4) drying the porous glass so that a rate of change in mass reaches 10% to 50%; and (5) applying second heat treatment to the porous glass to sinter the porous glass so as to obtain a high silicate glass substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2022Publication date: March 23, 2023Applicant: AGC Inc.Inventors: Tomonori OGAWA, Yutaka KUROIWA, Kosho AKATSUKA, Hiroyuki HIJIYA
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Publication number: 20230082423Abstract: The present invention relates to a glass including, in terms of mole percentage based on oxides: 50.0 to 75.0% of SiO2; 7.5 to 25.0% of Al2O3; 0 to 25.0% of B2O3; 6.5 to 20.0% of Li2O; 1.5 to 10.0% of Na2O; 0 to 4.0% of K2O; 1.0 to 20.0% of MgO; one or more components selected from MgO, CaO, SrO, and BaO in a total amount of 1.0 to 20.0%; and 0 to 5.0% of TiO2, in which a value of Y calculated based on the following formula is 19.5 or less, Y=1.2×([MgO]+[CaO]+[SrO]+[BaO])+1.6×([Li2O]+[Na2O]+[K2O]), provided that [MgO], [CaO], [SrO], [BaO], [Li2O], [Na2O], and [K2O] are contents, in terms of mole percentage based on oxides, of components of MgO, CaO, SrO, BaO, Li2O, Na2O, and K2O respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2022Publication date: March 16, 2023Applicant: AGC Inc.Inventors: Kazuki KANEHARA, Yutaka KUROIWA, Shusaku AKIBA, Hiroyuki HIJIYA
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Publication number: 20220363038Abstract: A laminated glass according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a first glass plate, a second glass plate, and an interlayer film held between the first glass plate and the second glass plate. When a relative dielectric constant of the first glass plate is represented by ?g1; a relative dielectric constant of the second glass plate is represented by ?g2; a relative dielectric constant of a first interlayer film provided in a first region of the interlayer film is represented by ?m1; a reflection coefficient at an interface between the first glass plate and the first interlayer film is represented by ?1; and a reflection coefficient at an interface between the second glass plate and the first interlayer film is represented by ?2, the reflection coefficients ?1 and ?2 satisfy relations 0.0??1?0.2 and 0.0??2?0.2.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2022Publication date: November 17, 2022Applicant: AGC Inc.Inventors: Nobutaka KIDERA, Kazuhiko NIWANO, Shoichi TAKEUCHI, Tetsuo ABE, Yutaka KUROIWA
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Publication number: 20220024803Abstract: A glass plate has a dielectric dissipation factor at 10 GHz of tan ?A and a glass transition temperature of Tg° C. The glass plate satisfies (tan ?100?tan ?A)?0.0004, where tan ?100 is a dielectric dissipation factor of the glass plate at 10 GHz after having been heated to (Tg+50)° C. and then cooled to (Tg?150)° C. at 100° C./min.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2021Publication date: January 27, 2022Applicant: AGC Inc.Inventors: Hiroyuki HIJIYA, Yutaka KUROIWA, Kazutaka ONO, Tomonori OGAWA, Yusaku MATSUO
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Patent number: 10865134Abstract: A wavelength-selective transmissive glass has a light transmittance Tmore than 315 nm and 400 nm or less at a wavelength of more than 315 nm and 400 nm or less represented by the formula shown below of 1% or more in terms of a plate thickness of 6 mm and a light transmittance T315 nm or less at a wavelength of 315 nm or less represented by the formula shown below of 60% or less in terms of a plate thickness of 6 mm. Ak is a weighting factor at a wavelength k (nm) for calculating T (light transmittance) defined in ISO-9050:2003, and Tk is a transmittance at the wavelength k (nm) in terms of a plate thickness of 6 mm: Tmore than 315 nm and 400 nm or less=(?k=more than 315400Ak×Tk)/(?k=more than 315400Ak) T315 nm or less=(?k=300315Ak×Tk)/(?k=300315Ak).Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2018Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignees: AGC Inc., TSUBOTA LABORATORY, INC.Inventors: Kensuke Nagai, Tetsuya Nakashima, Yutaka Kuroiwa, Hiroyuki Hijiya, Masamichi Tanida, Akio Koike, Manabu Nishizawa, Kazuo Tsubota, Toshihide Kurihara, Hidemasa Torii
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Patent number: 10766806Abstract: The present invention pertains to a glass for a data storage medium substrate which contains a specific amount of each of SiO2, Al2O3, MgO, CaO, SrO, BaO, Li2O, Na2O, and K2O, in molar percentage based on the oxides, and does not substantially contain B2O3 or ZrO2, wherein the sum of the Li2O, Na2O, and K2O contents (R2O), the molar ratio of the SiO2 content to the Al2O3 content (SiO2/Al2O3), and the molar ratio of the sum of the SiO2 and Al2O3 contents (SiO2+Al2O3) to R2O[(SiO2+Al2O3)/R2O] fall within their specific ranges, formula (1): 90<[SiO2]+2×[Al2O3]+0.8×[RO]?0.5×[R2O] [in formula (1), RO represents the sum of the MgO, CaO, SrO, and BaO contents] is satisfied, and the glass transition point Tg, the alkali resistance, and the acid resistance fall within their specific ranges.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2018Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: AGC Inc.Inventors: Eriko Maeda, Hiroyuki Hijiya, Kensuke Nagai, Tetsuya Nakashima, Yutaka Kuroiwa
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Publication number: 20200031708Abstract: To provide a glass plate for a window material and a window comprising the glass plate, which are less likely to be a barrier to radio transmitting/receiving in use of a radio-utilizing apparatus, and a radio communication apparatus comprising the glass plate. A glass plate having a radio transmittance of at least 20% at a frequency of 100 GHz as calculated as 18 mm thickness, a window comprising the glass plate, and a radio communication apparatus comprising the glass plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2019Publication date: January 30, 2020Applicant: AGC Inc.Inventors: Eriko MAEDA, Takato KAJIHARA, Kensuke NAGAI, Yutaka KUROIWA, Osamu KAGAYA, Ryuta SONODA, Hiroyuki HIJIYA
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Patent number: 10392293Abstract: The present invention provides a high-transparency glass having a high fining action at a low temperature and capable of achieving redox lowering more than before. The present invention relates to a glass containing 1 to 500 ppm of a total iron oxide (t-Fe2O3) in terms of Fe2O3, having a redox ([divalent iron (Fe2+) in terms of Fe2O3]/[total (Fe2++Fe3+) of divalent iron (Fe2+) and trivalent iron (Fe3+) in terms of Fe2O3]) of 0% or more and 25% or less, containing, as expressed by mass percentage based on oxides, 50 to 81% of SiO2, 1 to 20% of Al2O3, 0 to 5% of B2O3, 5 to 20% of Li2O+Na2O+K2O, and 5 to 27% of MgO+CaO+SrO+BaO, and having a bubble disappearance-starting temperature (TD) of 1485° C. or lower.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2018Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: AGC Inc.Inventors: Yusaku Matsuo, Yutaka Kuroiwa, Yusuke Arai, Hiroyuki Hijiya, Yuki Kondo
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GLASS PLATE, LIGHT GUIDE PLATE UNIT, PLANAR LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE
Publication number: 20180321434Abstract: A glass plate, which has a content of total iron as calculated as Fe2O3 of 5 to 50 ppm and a content of Fe2+ in total iron as calculated as Fe2O3 of from 0.02 to 20 ppm, where the effective optical path length is a distance from an edge surface from which light enters the glass plate to an edge surface on the opposite side, and the composition of the glass plate except for iron substantially contains, as represented by mass percentage based on oxides, from 45 to 80% of SiO2, more than 7% and at most 30% of Al2O3, from 0 to 15% of B2O3, from 0 to 15% of MgO, from 0 to 10% of CaO, from 0 to 20% of Na2O, from 0 to 10% of K2O and from 0 to 10% of ZrO2.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2018Publication date: November 8, 2018Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, LimitedInventors: Hiroyuki HIJIYA, Yusuke ARAI, Yutaka KUROIWA, Tetsuya AKASHIMA, Yuki KONDO -
Publication number: 20180297888Abstract: A wavelength-selective transmissive glass has a light transmittance Tmore than 315 nm and 400 nm or less at a wavelength of more than 315 nm and 400 nm or less represented by the formula shown below of 1% or more in terms of a plate thickness of 6 mm and a light transmittance T315 nm or less at a wavelength of 315 nm or less represented by the formula shown below of 60% or less in terms of a plate thickness of 6 mm. Ak is a weighting factor at a wavelength k (nm) for calculating T (light transmittance) defined in ISO-9050:2003, and Tk is a transmittance at the wavelength k (nm) in terms of a plate thickness of 6 mm: Tmore than 315 nm and 400 nm or less=(?k=more than 315400 Ak×Tk)/(?k=more than 315400 Ak) T315 nm or less=(?k=300315 Ak×Tk)/(?k=300315 Ak).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2018Publication date: October 18, 2018Applicants: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED, TSUBOTA LABORATORY, INC.Inventors: Kensuke NAGAI, Tetsuya NAKASHIMA, Yutaka KUROIWA, Hiroyuki HIJIYA, Masamichi TANIDA, AKIO KOIKE, Manabu NISHIZAWA, Kazuo TSUBOTA, Toshihide KURIHARA, Hidemasa TORII
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Glass plate, light guide plate unit, planar light-emitting device, and liquid crystal display device
Patent number: 10082616Abstract: To provide a glass plate excellent in the internal transmittance of light rays in the visible region. A glass plate consisting of multicomponent oxide glass, which has an effective optical path length of from 25 to 200 cm, a thickness of from 0.5 to 10 mm, and an average internal transmittance in the visible region of at least 80% and a chromaticity Y of tristimulus values in the XYZ colorimetric system as defined in JIS Z8701 (Appendix) of at least 90%, under the effective optical path length.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2016Date of Patent: September 25, 2018Assignee: AGC Inc.Inventors: Hiroyuki Hijiya, Yusuke Arai, Yutaka Kuroiwa, Tetsuya Nakashima, Yuki Kondo