Patents by Inventor Yuya Shimada

Yuya Shimada 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: 9193621
    Abstract: To provide a heat-absorbing glass plate which satisfies both low solar transmittance and high visible light transmittance, presents a green color as transmitted light and contains a small number of coloring components. The heat-absorbing glass plate of the present invention has a solar transmittance of at most 42% calculated as 4 mm thickness, has a visible light transmittance (by illuminant A, 2° visual field) of at least 70% calculated as 4 mm thickness, and provides a transmitted light having a dominant wavelength of from 492 to 520 nm, and it is made of soda lime silica glass having substantially the following composition, as represented by mass % based on oxides. SiO2: 65 to 75%, Al2O3: more than 3% and at most 6%, MgO: at least 0% and less than 2%, CaO: 7 to 10%, total iron as calculated as Fe2O3: 0.45 to 0.65%, and TiO2: 0.2 to 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Yuya Shimada, Tomoyuki Kobayashi, Yuki Kondo
  • Patent number: 9028967
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a chemically strengthened glass for a display device, having a visible light transmittance Tva of 50% or more and less than 91% at a thickness of 1 mm using A light source, and an excitation purity Pe of less than 0.5% at a thickness of 1 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Akio Koike, Yuya Shimada, Isao Saito
  • Publication number: 20150045202
    Abstract: To provide glass having a favorable color tone, and its production process. Glass comprising, as represented by mass percentage based on oxides, at least 60% and at most 75% of SiO2, at least 8% and at most 20% of Na2O, at least 4.5% of MgO, at least 1% and at most 10% of CaO, and at least 0.01% and at most 0.5% of Er2O3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Yuki KONDO, Yuya Shimada, Hiroyuki Hijiya
  • Publication number: 20150008378
    Abstract: To provide a colored glass plate which, despite the content of expensive cerium controlled to be low, simultaneously satisfies low solar transmittance, high visible light transmittance and low UV transmittance, while transmitted light has a green color tone. The colored glass plate comprises, as represented by mass percentage based on oxides, SiO2: from 65 to 75%, Al2O3: from 0 to 6%, MgO: from 0 to 6%, CaO: from 5 to 15%, total iron calculated as Fe2O3: from 0.3 to 1.2%, total titanium calculated as TiO2: from 0.2 to 1.1%, total vanadium calculated as V2O5: from 0.02 to 0.3%, and total cerium calculated as CeO2: from 0.01 to 0.5%, and contains substantially no cobalt, chromium or manganese.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2014
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Yuya SHIMADA, Yuki Kondo, Tomoyuki Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20140291593
    Abstract: To provide a colored glass plate which, despite containing substantially no expensive cerium, simultaneously satisfies low solar transmittance, high visible light transmittance and low UV transmittance, while transmitted light has a green color tone, The colored glass plate comprises, as represented by mass percentage based on oxides, SiO2: from 65 to 75%, Al2O3: from 0 to 6%, MgO: at least 0% and less than 2%, CaO: from 5 to 15%, total iron calculated as Fe2O3: from 0.3 to 1.2%, total titanium calculated as TiO2: from 0.2 to 1.1%, and total vanadium calculated as V2O5: from 0.02 to 0.3%, and contains substantially no cerium, cobalt, chromium or manganese.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Yuya SHIMADA, Yuki KONDO, Tomoyuki KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20140291592
    Abstract: To provide a colored glass plate which, despite containing substantially no expensive cerium, simultaneously satisfies low solar transmittance, high visible light transmittance and low UV transmittance, while transmitted light has a green color tone. The colored glass plate comprises, as represented by mass percentage based on oxides, SiO2: from 65 to 75%, Al2O3: from 0 to 6%, MgO: from 2 to 6%, CaO: from 5 to 15%, total iron calculated as Fe2O3: from 0.3 to 1.2%, total titanium calculated as TiO2: from 0.2 to 1.1%, and total vanadium calculated as V2O5: from 0.02 to 0.3%, and contains substantially no cerium, cobalt, chromium or manganese.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Yuya SHIMADA, Yuki Kondo, Tomoyuki Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20140217336
    Abstract: To provide a laser oscillation device capable of generating laser oscillation by efficiently absorbing sunlight. A solar-pumped laser oscillation device wherein the gain medium is Nd-containing B2O3—Bi2O3 glass. The solar-pumped laser oscillation device wherein the gain medium contains Yb. The solar-pumped laser oscillation device wherein the matrix glass of the Nd-containing B2O3—Bi2O3 glass comprises from 20 to 65 mol % of B2O3 and from 10 to 48 mol % of Bi2O3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Seiki OHARA, Yuya Shimada
  • Publication number: 20140162863
    Abstract: Glasses are described which have characteristics that produce high visible transmittance, low solar transmittance, and high selectivity. The glasses can also preferably have a blue-green color. A number of advantageous formulations are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Darryl J. Costin, Harold Haller, Clarence Martin, Yuki Kondo, Yuya Shimada, Jun Sasai
  • Publication number: 20140017500
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a chemically strengthened glass for a display device, having a visible light transmittance Tva of 50% or more and less than 91% at a thickness of 1 mm using A light source, and an excitation purity Pe of less than 0.5% at a thickness of 1 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2013
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Akio KOIKE, Yuya Shimada, Isao Saito
  • Publication number: 20130306900
    Abstract: To provide a heat-absorbing glass plate which satisfies both low solar transmittance and high visible light transmittance, presents a green color as transmitted light and contains a small number of coloring components. The heat-absorbing glass plate of the present invention has a solar transmittance of at most 42% calculated as 4 mm thickness, has a visible light transmittance (by illuminant A, 2° visual field) of at least 70% calculated as 4 mm thickness, and provides a transmitted light having a dominant wavelength of from 492 to 520 nm, and it is made of soda lime silica glass having substantially the following composition, as represented by mass % based on oxides. SiO2: 65 to 75%, Al2O3: more than 3% and at most 6%, MgO: at least 0% and less than 2%, CaO: 7 to 10%, total iron as calculated as Fe2O3: 0.45 to 0.65%, and TiO2: 0.2 to 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2013
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Yuya SHIMADA, Tomoyuki Kobayashi, Yuki Kondo
  • Patent number: 8518843
    Abstract: To provide a heat-absorbing glass plate which comprises soda lime silica glass containing coloring components, the coloring components containing, as represented by mass % based on the following oxides, from 0.45 to 0.61% of total iron as calculated as Fe2O3 and from 0.2 to 0.6% of TiO2, which contains substantially no CoO, Cr2O3, V2O5, MnO nor CeO2, which has a mass proportion of bivalent iron as calculated as Fe2O3 in total iron as calculated as Fe2O3 of from 45 to 60%, which has a solar transmittance of at most 42% calculated as 4 mm thickness, which has a visible light transmittance (by illuminant A) of at least 70% calculated as 4 mm thickness, and which provides a transmitted light having a dominant wavelength of from 492 to 500 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Yuya Shimada, Yuki Kondo
  • Patent number: 8455375
    Abstract: To provide a glass plate for display panels which has a low 82O3 content and a low compaction and which can be used as a glass substrate for large TFT panels. A glass plate for display panels, which comprises, as a glass matrix composition as represented by mass % based on oxide: SiO2 50.0 to 73.0, Al2O3 6.0 to 20.0, B2O3 0 to 2.0, MgO 4.2 to 9.0, CaO 0 to 6.0, SrO 0 to 2.0, BaO 0 to 2.0, MgO+CaO+SrO+BaO 6.5 to 11.3, Li2O 0 to 2.0, Na2O 2.0 to 18.0, K2O 0 to 13.0, and Li2O+Na2O+K2O 8.0 to 18.0, and has a heat shrinkage (C) of at most 20 ppm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Manabu Nishizawa, Yuya Shimada, Yuichi Kuroki, Kei Maeda
  • Patent number: 8324123
    Abstract: To provide a glass plate which has a low B2O3 content and which can be used as a glass plate for e.g. an LCD panel. A glass plate which comprises, as a glass matrix composition as represented by mass % based on oxide, from 53 to 74 mass % of SiO2, from 15 to 23 mass % of Al2O3, from 0 to 3 mass % of B2O3, from 2 to 17 mass % of MgO, from 0 to 12 mass % of CaO, from 0 to 6 mass % of SrO, from 6 to 28 mass % of MgO+CaO+SrO, from 0 to 9 mass % of Na2O, from 0 to 6 mass % of K2O and from 0.8 to 11 mass % of Na2O+K2O, contains from 100 to 500 ppm of SO3, has an average coefficient of thermal expansion from 50 to 350° C. of at most 60×10?7/° C., and has a strain point of at least 600° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Yuya Shimada, Manabu Nishizawa, Junichiro Kase
  • Publication number: 20120202677
    Abstract: To provide a heat-absorbing glass plate which comprises soda lime silica glass containing coloring components, the coloring components containing, as represented by mass % based on the following oxides, from 0.45 to 0.61% of total iron as calculated as Fe2O3 and from 0.2 to 0.6% of TiO2, which contains substantially no CoO, Cr2O3, V2O5, MnO nor CeO2, which has a mass proportion of bivalent iron as calculated as Fe2O3 in total iron as calculated as Fe2O3 of from 45 to 60%, which has a solar transmittance of at most 42% calculated as 4 mm thickness, which has a visible light transmittance (by illuminant A) of at least 70% calculated as 4 mm thickness, and which provides a transmitted light having a dominant wavelength of from 492 to 500 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2012
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Yuya SHIMADA, Yuki KONDO
  • Patent number: 8236717
    Abstract: Provided is a glass plate for a substrate, which comprises, as a glass matrix composition as represented by mass % based on oxide: SiO2: 70 to 80, Al2O3: 0.1 to 5, B2O3: 0 to 3, MgO: 9.5 to 12, where the amount of CaO+SrO+BaO is 0 to 2, and the amount of Na2O+K2O is 12.5 to 15.5, which has a density of at most 2.5 g/cm3, has an average coefficient of thermal expansion from 50 to 350° C. of more than 75×10?7/° C. and at most 87×10?7/° C., has a glass transition point of at least 560° C., has a brittleness of at most 6.5 ?m?1/2, and has a heat shrinkage (C)of at most 20 ppm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Manabu Nishizawa, Yuya Shimada, Junichiro Kase
  • Publication number: 20120015798
    Abstract: To provide a glass plate for a substrate, which contains no B2O3 and which can be used as a glass plate for an LCD panel. A glass plate for a substrate, which contains substantially no B2O3, which comprises, as a glass matrix composition as represented by mass % based on oxide of SiO2: 68 to 80, Al2O3: 0.1 to 5, MgO: 9.5 to 12, CaO+SrO+BaO: 0 to 2, and Na2O+K2O: 12.5 to 15.5, and which has a density of at most 2.5 g/cm3, an average coefficient of thermal expansion from 50 to 350° C. of from more than 75×10?7/° C. to at most 87×10?7/° C., a glass transition point of at least 560° C. and a brittleness of at most 6.5 ?m?1/2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Manabu NISHIZAWA, Yuya Shimada, Junichiro Kase
  • Patent number: 7951734
    Abstract: A glass plate for a substrate, which contains no B2O3, and which can be as a glass plate for an LCD panel, which comprises, as a glass matrix composition as represented by mass % based on oxide of SiO2: 68 to 80, Al2O3: 0.1 to 5, MgO: 9.5 to 12, CaO+SrO+BaO: 0 to 2, and Na2O+K2O 6 to 14, and which has a density of at most 2.45 g/cm3, an average coefficient of thermal expansion from 50 to 350° C. of at most 75×10?7/° C., a glass transition point of at least 600° C. and a brittleness of at most 6.5 ?m?1/2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Manabu Nishizawa, Yuya Shimada, Junichiro Kase
  • Publication number: 20110003483
    Abstract: To provide a glass plate for display panels which has a low 8203 content and a low compaction and which can be used as a glass substrate for large TFT panels. A glass plate for display panels, which comprises, as a glass matrix composition as represented by mass% based on oxide: SiO2 50.0 to 73.0, Al2O3 6.0 to 20.0, B2O3 0 to 2.0, MgO 4.2 to 9.0, CaO 0 to 6.0, SrO 0 to 2.0, BaO 0 to 2.0, MgO+CaO+SrO+BaO 6.5 to 11.3, Li2O 0 to 2.0, Na2O 2.0 to 18.0, K2O 0 to 13.0, and Li2O +Na2O+K2O 8.0 to 18.0, and has a heat shrinkage (C) of at most 20 ppm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2010
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Manabu NISHIZAWA, Yuya Shimada, Yuichi Kuroki, Kei Maeda
  • Publication number: 20100190630
    Abstract: To provide a glass plate for a substrate, which contains no B2O3 and which can be used as a glass plate for an LCD panel. A glass plate for a substrate, which contains substantially no B2O3, which comprises, as a glass matrix composition as represented by mass % based on oxide of SiO2: 68 to 80, Al2O3: 0.1 to 5, MgO: 9.5 to 12, CaO+SrO+BaO: 0 to 2, and Na2O+K2O 6 to 14, and which has a density of at most 2.45 g/cm3, an average coefficient of thermal expansion from 50 to 350° C. of at most 75×10?7/° C., a glass transition point of at least 600° C. and a brittleness of at most 6.5 ?m?1/2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2010
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Manabu Nishizawa, Yuya Shimada, Junichiro Kase
  • Publication number: 20100129944
    Abstract: To provide a glass plate which has a low B2O3 content and which can be used as a glass plate for e.g. an LCD panel. A glass plate which comprises, as a glass matrix composition as represented by mass % based on oxide, from 53 to 74 mass % of SiO2, from 15 to 23 mass % of Al2O3, from 0 to 3 mass % of B2O3, from 2 to 17 mass % of MgO, from 0 to 12 mass % of CaO, from 0 to 6 mass % of SrO, from 6 to 28 mass % of MgO+CaO+SrO, from 0 to 9 mass % of Na2O, from 0 to 6 mass % of K2O and from 0.8 to 11 mass % of Na2O+K2O, contains from 100 to 500 ppm of SO3, has an average coefficient of thermal expansion from 50 to 350° C. of at most 60×10?7/° C., and has a strain point of at least 600° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2010
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Yuya SHIMADA, Manabu Nishizawa, Junichiro Kase