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US 12,330,984 · App. 17/587,298 · Granted Jun 17, 2025

Glass and optical element

Inventors: Koichi Sato (Tokyo, JP); Yoshitake Tanno (Tokyo, JP); Naomi Matsumoto (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: HOYA CORPORATION
C03C3/16C03C3/21G02B1/00G02B5/00
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Patent No.
US 12,330,984
App. No.
17/587,298
Granted
Jun 17, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is oxide glass in which a content of P 5+ is 7 to 43 cation %, a content of Nb ions is 10 to 21 cation %, a content of Li + is 20 cation % or more, a total content of Nb ions and Li + is 48 to 70 cation %, a content of Bi ions is more than 0 cation % and is equal to or less than 6 cation %, a content of Ba 2+ is 5 cation % or less, a content of Zr 4+ is 2 cation % or less, a total content of Ti ions and W ions is 5 cation % or less, and a cation ratio of the content of Li + to a total content of Li + , Na + , and K + [Li + /(Li + +Na + +K + )] is 0.5 or more.

Claims (36)

1. An oxide glass, wherein:

a content of P 5+ is 7 to 43 cation %,

a content of Nb ions is 10 to 21 cation %,

a content of Li + is 30 cation % or more,

a total content of Nb ions and Li + is 48 to 70 cation %,

a content of Bi ions is more than 0 cation % and is equal to or less than 6 cation %,

a content of Ba 2+ is 5 cation % or less,

a content of Zr 4+ is 2 cation % or less,

a total content of Ti ions and W ions is 5 cation % or less, and

a cation ratio of the content of Li + to a total content of Li + , Na + , and K + [Li + /(Li + +Na + +K + )] is 0.7 or more.

2. The oxide glass according to claim 1 , wherein the content of Li + is 40 cation % or more.

3. The oxide glass according to claim 1 , wherein:

the content of P 5+ is 27 to 43 cation %,

the content of Li + is 35 cation % or more,

the total content of Ti ions and W ions is 4 cation % or less, and

a cation ratio of the total content of Ti ions, Nb ions, W ions, and Bi ions to the total content of P 5+ , B 3+ , and Si 4+ [(Ti+Nb+W+Bi)/(P 5+ +B 3+ +Si 4+ )] is 0.7 or less.

4. The oxide glass according to claim 1 , wherein;

the content of P 5+ is 27 to 43 cation %,

the content of Li + is 40 cation % or more,

the total content of Ti ions and W ions is 4 cation % or less, and

a cation ratio of the total content of Ti ions, Nb ions, W ions, and Bi ions to the total content of P 5+ , B 3+ , and Si 4+ [(Ti+Nb+W+Bi)/(P 5+ +B 3+ +Si 4+ )] is 0.7 or less.

5. The oxide glass according to claim 1 , wherein the oxide glass has a specific gravity of 3.5 or less.

6. An optical element comprising the oxide glass according to claim 1 .

7. The optical element according to claim 6 , wherein the optical element is a cover glass.

8. The optical element according to claim 6 integrally comprising:

a light-transmitting portion; and

a light-shielding portion in which a transmittance of visible light is smaller in comparison to the light-transmitting portion,

wherein a total content of Nb ions and Li + is 50 cation % or more in the oxide glass.

9. The optical element according to claim 8 , wherein the oxide glass has a specific gravity of 3.5 or less.

10. The optical element according to claim 8 , wherein the optical element is a cover glass.

11. The optical element according to claim 6 , wherein:

the oxide glass has a specific gravity of 3.5 or less,

the optical element integrally includes a light-transmitting portion in which an internal transmittance at a wavelength of 380 nm in terms of a thickness of 1.0 mm is 96% or more, and a light-shielding portion in which an optical density OD at a wavelength of 1100 nm is 0.5 or more, and

the light-transmitting portion and the light-shielding portion have the same glass composition.

12. The optical element according to claim 11 , wherein the light-shielding portion and the light-transmitting portion have substantially the same refractive index.

13. The optical element according to claim 11 , wherein the optical element is a cover glass.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 22, 2022
From: SATO, KOICHI; TANNO, YOSHITAKE; MATSUMOTO, NAOMI
To: HOYA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 059335/0946 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-016560 · Feb 4, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220250968A1 · Aug 11, 2022
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