Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Ajiki
Hiroyuki Ajiki 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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Patent number: 10937988Abstract: An organic EL display panel includes a substrate, a plurality of pixel electrodes disposed in a matrix pattern over the substrate, a first current feeding auxiliary electrode layer disposed to extend in a column or row direction in at least one of gaps between adjacent ones of the pixel electrodes over the substrate, a second current feeding auxiliary electrode layer that contains aluminum as a main constituent and is disposed to be superposed on the first current feeding auxiliary electrode layer, a plurality of light emitting layers disposed on the plurality of pixel electrodes, and a common electrode layer disposed continuously to cover the first current feeding auxiliary electrode layer and the second current feeding auxiliary electrode layer as well as an upper side of the plurality of light emitting layers.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2019Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignee: JOLED INC.Inventors: Masaki Nishimura, Hiroyuki Ajiki, Shuhei Yada, Yasuharu Shinokawa
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Patent number: 10665812Abstract: There is provided an organic EL display panel having a substrate, a plurality of pixel electrodes arranged in a matrix pattern on the substrate, and a light-emitting layer formed on each pixel electrode. The organic EL display panel includes a power supply auxiliary electrode layer securing an electrode forming region which extends in a row direction or a column direction on at least one of gaps between pixel electrodes adjoining to each other on the substrate in the row or column direction and being formed so as not to come into contact with the pixel electrode adjoining to the electrode forming region, a functional layer configured to be formed so as to extend over the light-emitting layer and the power supply auxiliary electrode layer, and a common electrode layer configured to be formed so as to continuously extend on the functional layer.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2018Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: JOLED INC.Inventors: Hiroyuki Ajiki, Masaki Nishimura
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Publication number: 20200144533Abstract: An organic EL display panel includes a substrate, a plurality of pixel electrodes disposed in a matrix pattern over the substrate, a first current feeding auxiliary electrode layer disposed to extend in a column or row direction in at least one of gaps between adjacent ones of the pixel electrodes over the substrate, a second current feeding auxiliary electrode layer that contains aluminum as a main constituent and is disposed to be superposed on the first current feeding auxiliary electrode layer, a plurality of light emitting layers disposed on the plurality of pixel electrodes, and a common electrode layer disposed continuously to cover the first current feeding auxiliary electrode layer and the second current feeding auxiliary electrode layer as well as an upper side of the plurality of light emitting layers.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2019Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventors: Masaki NISHIMURA, Hiroyuki AJIKI, Shuhei YADA, Yasuharu SHINOKAWA
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Patent number: 10581019Abstract: An organic electroluminescence element includes an anode, a light-emitting layer disposed over the anode, a functional layer disposed on the light-emitting layer in contact with the light-emitting layer and including a first metal, a light-transmitting conductive layer disposed on the functional layer in contact with the functional layer and composed of a metallic oxide, and a cathode disposed on the light-transmitting conductive layer in contact with the light-transmitting conductive layer and composed of a metal. The functional layer has a film thickness of 15 to 35 nm. A surface of the anode on the light-emitting layer side and an interface between the cathode and the light-transmitting conductive layer are spaced from each other by not less than 150 nm.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2017Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: JOLED INC.Inventors: Hideyuki Shirahase, Hiroyuki Ajiki, Jun Hashimoto, Masaki Nishimura
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Publication number: 20200020878Abstract: An organic EL display panel includes a substrate, pixel electrodes, a current feeding auxiliary electrode layer provided to extend in a column direction over gaps between the pixel electrodes adjacent in a row direction, light emitting layers that each contain an organic light emitting material and are disposed over the pixel electrodes, a functional layer provided ranging over the light emitting layers and over the current feeding auxiliary electrode layer, and a common electrode layer provided continuously over the functional layer. A part of the functional layer is lacking or thinned. The common electrode layer is in direct contact with the current feeding auxiliary electrode layer exposed due to the lacking of the functional layer, or is electrically connected to the current feeding auxiliary electrode layer at a lower resistance at the thinned part of the functional layer than at other parts of the functional layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2019Publication date: January 16, 2020Inventors: Hiroyuki AJIKI, Masaki NISHlMURA
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Patent number: 10516133Abstract: An organic EL display panel includes a substrate, a plurality of pixel electrodes disposed in a matrix pattern over the substrate, a first current feeding auxiliary electrode layer disposed to extend in a column or row direction in at least one of gaps between adjacent ones of the pixel electrodes over the substrate, a second current feeding auxiliary electrode layer that contains aluminum as a main constituent and is disposed to be superposed on the first current feeding auxiliary electrode layer, a plurality of light emitting layers disposed on the plurality of pixel electrodes, and a common electrode layer disposed continuously to cover the first current feeding auxiliary electrode layer and the second current feeding auxiliary electrode layer as well as an upper side of the plurality of light emitting layers.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2019Date of Patent: December 24, 2019Assignee: JOLED INC.Inventors: Masaki Nishimura, Hiroyuki Ajiki, Shuhei Yada, Yasuharu Shinokawa
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Patent number: 10468623Abstract: An organic EL display panel includes a substrate, pixel electrodes, a current feeding auxiliary electrode layer provided to extend in a column direction over gaps between the pixel electrodes adjacent in a row direction, light emitting layers that each contain an organic light emitting material and are disposed over the pixel electrodes, a functional layer provided ranging over the light emitting layers and over the current feeding auxiliary electrode layer, and a common electrode layer provided continuously over the functional layer. A part of the functional layer is lacking or thinned. The common electrode layer is in direct contact with the current feeding auxiliary electrode layer exposed due to the lacking of the functional layer, or is electrically connected to the current feeding auxiliary electrode layer at a lower resistance at the thinned part of the functional layer than at other parts of the functional layer.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2018Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: JOLED INC.Inventors: Hiroyuki Ajiki, Masaki Nishimura
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Publication number: 20190252635Abstract: An organic EL display panel includes a substrate, a plurality of pixel electrodes disposed in a matrix pattern over the substrate, a first current feeding auxiliary electrode layer disposed to extend in a column or row direction in at least one of gaps between adjacent ones of the pixel electrodes over the substrate, a second current feeding auxiliary electrode layer that contains aluminum as a main constituent and is disposed to be superposed on the first current feeding auxiliary electrode layer, a plurality of light emitting layers disposed on the plurality of pixel electrodes, and a common electrode layer disposed continuously to cover the first current feeding auxiliary electrode layer and the second current feeding auxiliary electrode layer as well as an upper side of the plurality of light emitting layers.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2019Publication date: August 15, 2019Inventors: Masaki NISHIMURA, Hiroyuki AJIKI, Shuhei YADA, Yasuharu SHINOKAWA
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Patent number: 10319935Abstract: An organic EL display panel includes a substrate, a plurality of pixel electrodes disposed in a matrix pattern over the substrate, a first current feeding auxiliary electrode layer disposed to extend in a column or row direction in at least one of gaps between adjacent ones of the pixel electrodes over the substrate, a second current feeding auxiliary electrode layer that contains aluminum as a main constituent and is disposed to be superposed on the first current feeding auxiliary electrode layer, a plurality of light emitting layers disposed on the plurality of pixel electrodes, and a common electrode layer disposed continuously to cover the first current feeding auxiliary electrode layer and the second current feeding auxiliary electrode layer as well as an upper side of the plurality of light emitting layers.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2018Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: JOLED INC.Inventors: Masaki Nishimura, Hiroyuki Ajiki, Shuhei Yada, Yasuharu Shinokawa
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Patent number: 10305068Abstract: An organic EL element includes an anode, a light emitting layer, a functional layer, a cathode, and a low refractive index layer. The light emitting layer is disposed above the anode. The functional layer is disposed on and in contact with the light emitting layer and includes a first metal. The cathode is disposed on and in contact with the functional layer and is made of a light transmissive metal oxide. The low refractive index layer is disposed on and in contact with the cathode. Refractive index of the low refractive index layer is smaller than refractive index of the cathode, film thickness of the functional layer is from 15 nm to 35 nm, and a distance between an anode-side surface of the light emitting layer and an interface between the cathode and the low refractive index layer is 110 nm or greater.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2018Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: JOLED, INC.Inventors: Hideyuki Shirahase, Hiroyuki Ajiki, Jun Hashimoto, Masaki Nishimura
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Publication number: 20180294428Abstract: An organic EL display panel includes a substrate, a plurality of pixel electrodes disposed in a matrix pattern over the substrate, a first current feeding auxiliary electrode layer disposed to extend in a column or row direction in at least one of gaps between adjacent ones of the pixel electrodes over the substrate, a second current feeding auxiliary electrode layer that contains aluminum as a main constituent and is disposed to be superposed on the first current feeding auxiliary electrode layer, a plurality of light emitting layers disposed on the plurality of pixel electrodes, and a common electrode layer disposed continuously to cover the first current feeding auxiliary electrode layer and the second current feeding auxiliary electrode layer as well as an upper side of the plurality of light emitting layers.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2018Publication date: October 11, 2018Inventors: Masaki NISHIMURA, Hiroyuki AJIKI, Shuhei YADA, Yasuharu SHINOKAWA
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Publication number: 20180248154Abstract: An organic EL element includes an anode, a light emitting layer, a functional layer, a cathode, and a low refractive index layer. The light emitting layer is disposed above the anode. The functional layer is disposed on and in contact with the light emitting layer and includes a first metal. The cathode is disposed on and in contact with the functional layer and is made of a light transmissive metal oxide. The low refractive index layer is disposed on and in contact with the cathode. Refractive index of the low refractive index layer is smaller than refractive index of the cathode, film thickness of the functional layer is from 15 nm to 35 nm, and a distance between an anode-side surface of the light emitting layer and an interface between the cathode and the low refractive index layer is 110 nm or greater.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2018Publication date: August 30, 2018Applicant: JOLED INC.Inventors: Hideyuki Shirahase, Hiroyuki Ajiki, Jun Hashimoto, Masaki Nishimura
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Publication number: 20180233694Abstract: An organic EL display panel includes a substrate, pixel electrodes, a current feeding auxiliary electrode layer provided to extend in a column direction over gaps between the pixel electrodes adjacent in a row direction, light emitting layers that each contain an organic light emitting material and are disposed over the pixel electrodes, a functional layer provided ranging over the light emitting layers and over the current feeding auxiliary electrode layer, and a common electrode layer provided continuously over the functional layer. A part of the functional layer is lacking or thinned. The common electrode layer is in direct contact with the current feeding auxiliary electrode layer exposed due to the lacking of the functional layer, or is electrically connected to the current feeding auxiliary electrode layer at a lower resistance at the thinned part of the functional layer than at other parts of the functional layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2018Publication date: August 16, 2018Inventors: Hiroyuki AJIKI, Masaki NISHlMURA
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Publication number: 20180233691Abstract: There is provided an organic EL display panel having a substrate, a plurality of pixel electrodes arranged in a matrix pattern on the substrate, and a light-emitting layer formed on each pixel electrode. The organic EL display panel includes a power supply auxiliary electrode layer securing an electrode forming region which extends in a row direction or a column direction on at least one of gaps between pixel electrodes adjoining to each other on the substrate in the row or column direction and being formed so as not to come into contact with the pixel electrode adjoining to the electrode forming region, a functional layer configured to be formed so as to extend over the light-emitting layer and the power supply auxiliary electrode layer, and a common electrode layer configured to be formed so as to continuously extend on the functional layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2018Publication date: August 16, 2018Inventors: Hiroyuki AJIKI, Masaki NISHlMURA
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Patent number: 9991323Abstract: An organic electroluminescence (EL) element emitting blue light from a light emitting surface and including: a first electrode; an organic light-emitting layer disposed on the first electrode and/or closer to the light emitting surface than the first electrode; and a second electrode disposed on the organic light-emitting layer and/or closer to the light emitting surface than the organic light-emitting layer. In the organic EL element emitting blue light, the organic light-emitting layer contains an organic light-emitting material emitting, through photoluminescence, blue light that has a CIE y coordinate no greater than 0.13 such that a luminance drop due to film shape is suppressed to 10% or smaller.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2016Date of Patent: June 5, 2018Assignees: JOLED INC., Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Kazuhiro Yokota, Masaki Nishimura, Hiroyuki Ajiki
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Publication number: 20180090716Abstract: An organic electroluminescence element includes an anode, a light-emitting layer disposed over the anode, a functional layer disposed on the light-emitting layer in contact with the light-emitting layer and including a first metal, a light-transmitting conductive layer disposed on the functional layer in contact with the functional layer and composed of a metallic oxide, and a cathode disposed on the light-transmitting conductive layer in contact with the light-transmitting conductive layer and composed of a metal. The functional layer has a film thickness of 15 to 35 nm. A surface of the anode on the light-emitting layer side and an interface between the cathode and the light-transmitting conductive layer are spaced from each other by not less than 150 nm.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2017Publication date: March 29, 2018Inventors: Hideyuki SHIRAHASE, Hiroyuki AJIKI, Jun HASHIMOTO, Masaki NISHIMURA
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Publication number: 20170271613Abstract: An organic light-emitting device includes a substrate, a first electrode, an organic light-emitting layer, an organic functional layer, a translucent electrically-conductive film, and a second electrode. The first electrode is disposed over the substrate. The organic light-emitting layer is disposed over the first electrode. The organic functional layer is disposed over the organic light-emitting layer. The translucent electrically-conductive film is disposed on the organic functional layer and is in contact with the organic functional layer. The second electrode is composed of a metal material or an alloy material and is disposed over the translucent electrically-conductive film. Furthermore, in the translucent electrically-conductive film, the film thickness is equal to or larger than 60 nm and the residual stress is in a range of ?400 MPa to +400 MPa.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2015Publication date: September 21, 2017Inventors: Hiroyuki AJIKI, Hideyuki SHIRAHASE, Jun HASHIMOTO
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Patent number: 9704925Abstract: An EL display device including a light emitter configured to emit at least red, green, and blue light; and a thin film transistor array that controls light emission. The light emitter includes light-emitting layers within areas defined by a bank that emit at least red, green, and blue light. The light emitter further includes electrodes that extend under the bank and hole transport layers that are above the electrodes within the areas defined by the bank, the light-emitting layers being formed on the hole transport layers. The hole transport layers each have a main portion and a peripheral protrusion in contact with a side surface of the bank that protrudes upwards from the main portion. The light-emitting layers each have a peripheral protrusion in contact with a side surface of the bank, formed above a corresponding one of the peripheral protrusions.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2013Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: JOLED INC.Inventors: Toshiyuki Akiyama, Hiroyuki Ajiki
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Publication number: 20170069694Abstract: An organic EL display panel including: a pair of first banks, second banks, and functional layers. The first banks have a greater length in a first direction than in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction and have a gap therebetween. The second banks span the gap and are disposed at intervals along the first direction. The functional layers are disposed within respective ones of recesses defined by the first banks and the second banks and each correspond to at least a portion of an organic EL element. Each of the second banks has a groove at an upper surface thereof. The groove connects recesses adjacent to each other with the second bank therebetween and has a width, along the second direction, smaller than a width of the adjacent recesses along the second direction and within an inclusive range from 2 ?m to 6 ?m.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2014Publication date: March 9, 2017Applicant: JOLED INC.Inventors: Hiroyuki AJIKI, Akinobu IWAMOTO, Atsushi TSUNO, Syouzou NINOMIYA
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Publication number: 20160329388Abstract: An organic electroluminescence (EL) element emitting blue light from a light emitting surface and including: a first electrode; an organic light-emitting layer disposed on the first electrode and/or closer to the light emitting surface than the first electrode; and a second electrode disposed on the organic light-emitting layer and/or closer to the light emitting surface than the organic light-emitting layer. In the organic EL element emitting blue light, the organic light-emitting layer contains an organic light-emitting material emitting, through photoluminescence, blue light that has a CIE y coordinate no greater than 0.13 such that a luminance drop due to film shape is suppressed to 10% or smaller.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2016Publication date: November 10, 2016Applicants: JOLED INC., Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Kazuhiro YOKOTA, Masaki NISHIMURA, Hiroyuki AJIKI