Patents by Inventor Eriko Tsuruoka

Eriko Tsuruoka 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: 5858562
    Abstract: A hole transport layer in an organic electroluminescent device is made of a material containing at least a ditriphenylaminestyryl derivative expressed by the general formula: ##STR1## where A is selected from the group consisting of substituted and non-substituted alkylidene groups, cycloalkylidene groups, oxygen atom, sulfur atom, amino groups; where Ar.sup.1, Ar.sup.3, Ar.sup.4 and Ar.sup.5 are selected from the group consisting of substituted and non-substituted arylene groups; where Ar.sup.2 and Ar.sup.6 are one selected from the group consisting of substituted aryl groups and non-substituted aryl groups; and where X and Y are substituted groups expressed by the formula: ##STR2## where Ar.sup.7 and Ar.sup.8 are selected from the group consisting of substituted aryl groups and non-substituted aryl groups; and where R.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1999
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Utsugi, Akira Hirano, Eriko Tsuruoka, Naoyasu Ikeda
  • Patent number: 5667925
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photosensitive product comprises on a photoconductive substrate a photosensitive layer containing as a main component thereof a compound: ##STR1## wherein X is one of --Ar.sup.7 --CH.dbd.CH--Ar.sup.8 -- and a naphthylene group represented by the following formula: ##STR2## and wherein each of Ar.sup.1, Ar.sup.4, Ar.sup.7, and Ar.sup.8 represents an arylene group, each of Ar.sup.2, Ar.sup.3, Ar.sup.5, and Ar.sup.6 represents an aryl group, and each of R.sup.1 -R.sup.6 represents one of H, a lower alkyl group and an aryl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 16, 1997
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Eriko Tsuruoka, Akira Hirano
  • Patent number: 5308726
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photosensitive element is here disclosed which comprises a conductive substrate and at least a photosensitive layer formed on the conductive substrate, the electrophotographic photosensitive element being characterized in that the photosensitive layer contains, as a charge transport material, a compound represented by the formula (1), (2) or (3) ##STR1##
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 3, 1994
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Hirano, Eriko Tsuruoka