Patents by Inventor Naoaki Kabasawa

Naoaki Kabasawa 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: 9818949
    Abstract: An organic compound with characteristics excelling in hole-injecting/transporting performance and having an electron blocking ability, a highly stable thin-film state, and excellent heat resistance is provided as material for an organic electroluminescent device of high efficiency and high durability, and the organic electroluminescent device of high efficiency and high durability is provided using this compound. The compound of a general formula (Chemical Formula 1) having a substituted acridan ring structure is used as a constituent material of at least one organic layer in the organic electroluminescent device that includes a pair of electrodes and one or more organic layers sandwiched between the pair of electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Hodogaya Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Norimasa Yokoyama, Makoto Nagaoka, Naoaki Kabasawa, Eiji Takahashi
  • Patent number: 9755152
    Abstract: There is provided an organic compound having excellent characteristics, including excellent electron-injecting/transporting performance, hole blocking ability, and high stability in the thin-film state, for use as material of an organic electroluminescent device having high efficiency and high durability. There is also provided a high-efficient and high-durable organic electroluminescent device using the compound. The compound is represented by general formula (1) having a substituted anthracene ring structure and a pyridoindole ring structure. The organic electroluminescent device includes a pair of electrodes, and one or more organic layers sandwiched between the pair of electrodes, and the compound is used as a constituent material of at least one organic layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: Hodogaya Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Norimasa Yokoyama, Shuichi Hayashi, Naoaki Kabasawa, Daizou Kanda, Shigeru Kusano
  • Patent number: 9705092
    Abstract: An improved OLED includes an emitter layer disposed between a cathode and an anode where the emitter layer includes a host material and a phosphorescent emitter material. A first hole transport layer is disposed between the emitter layer and the anode and a second hole transport layer is disposed between the first hole transport layer and the anode. The first hole transport layer includes a first hole transport material that is a carbazole type compound and the second hole transport layer includes a second hole transport material that is different from the first hole transport material. The phosphorescent emitter material includes a phosphorescent organometallic compound that is a heteroleptic compound represented by the formula L2MX, LL?MX, LL?L?M, or LMXX?, wherein L, L?, L?, X, and X? are inequivalent, bidentate ligands and M is a metal that forms octahedral complexes, wherein L, L?, and L? are monoanionic inequivalent bidentate ligands coordinated to M through an sp2 hybridized carbon and a heteroatom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignees: Universal Display Corporation, Hodogaya Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Yamamoto, Michael Stewart Weaver, Norimasa Yokoyama, Makoto Nagaoka, Naoaki Kabasawa
  • Patent number: 9705099
    Abstract: An improved OLED includes an emissive layer disposed between a cathode and an anode where the emissive layer includes a multi-component host material and a phosphorescent emitter material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignees: Universal Display Corporation, Hodogaya Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Vadim Adamovich, Hitoshi Yamamoto, Michael S. Weaver, Norimasa Yokoyama, Makoto Nagaoka, Naoaki Kabasawa
  • Publication number: 20170186967
    Abstract: According to the present invention, there are provided a pyrimidine derivative represented by a general formula (1) indicated below, and an organic electroluminescent device comprising a pair of electrodes, and at least one organic layer sandwiched therebetween, wherein the pyrimidine derivative is used as a constituent material for the at least one organic layer. The pyrimidine derivative of the present invention is a material for a high efficiency, high durability organic electroluminescent device, is excellent in electron injection/transport performance, has hole blocking capability, and excels in characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2015
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Applicant: HODOGAYA CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuichi HAYASHI, Hideyoshi KITAHARA, Naoaki KABASAWA, Sung Keum CHOI, Si In KIM, Yoo Na SHIN, Ji Yung KIM
  • Publication number: 20170117481
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescent device having high efficiency, low driving voltage and a long lifetime is provided by combining various materials for an organic electroluminescent device, which are excellent, as materials for an organic electroluminescent device having high efficiency and high durability, in hole and electron injection/transport performances, electron blocking ability, stability in a thin-film state and durability, so as to allow the respective materials to effectively reveal their characteristics. In the organic electroluminescent device having at least an anode, a hole transport layer, a light emitting layer, an electron transport layer and a cathode in this order, the hole transport layer includes an arylamine compound of the following general formula (1), and the electron transport layer includes a compound the following general formula (2) having an anthracene ring structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2015
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Inventors: Naoaki Kabasawa, Daizou Kanda, Norimasa Yokoyama, Shuichi Hayashi, Shunji Mochiduki
  • Patent number: 9634258
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound having a bipyridyl group and a carbazole ring, which is represented by the following general formula (1); and an organic electroluminescent element containing a pair of electrodes and at least one organic layer interposed therebetween, in which the compound is used as a constituent material of the at least one organic layer:
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignees: HODOGAYA CHEMICAL CO., LTD., SHINSHU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Norimasa Yokoyama, Naoaki Kabasawa, Musubu Ichikawa, Sohei Otsuru
  • Publication number: 20160118591
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescent device having high efficiency, low driving voltage and a long lifetime is provided by combining various materials for an organic electroluminescent device, which are excellent, as materials for an organic electroluminescent device having high efficiency and high durability, in hole and electron injection/transport performances, electron blocking ability, stability in a thin-film state and durability, so as to allow the respective materials to effectively reveal their characteristics. In the organic electroluminescent device having at least an anode, a hole injection layer, a first hole transport layer, a second hole transport layer, a light emitting layer, an electron transport layer and a cathode in this order, the second hole transport layer includes an arylamine compound represented by the following general formula (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2014
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Inventors: Norimasa Yokoyama, Shuichi Hayashi, Naoaki Kabasawa
  • Publication number: 20160087215
    Abstract: Pyrimidine derivatives of the present invention are represented by the following general formula (1), wherein W, X, Y and Z are carbon atoms or nitrogen atoms under the condition that only any one is a nitrogen atom to which none of the groups R6 to R9 are bonded, A and B are single bonds, divalent aromatic hydrocarbon groups or divalent aromatic heterocyclic groups, Ar1 and Ar2 are monovalent aromatic hydrocarbon groups or monovalent aromatic heterocyclic groups, and R1 to R9 are hydrogen atoms, deuterium atoms, fluorine atoms, chlorine atoms, cyano groups, alkyl groups having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, monovalent aromatic hydrocarbon groups or monovalent aromatic heterocyclic groups. The compound excels in electron injection/transporting capability, features high hole-blocking power and high stability in the form of a thin film, and can be favorably used as a material for producing highly efficient and durable organic EL devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Applicant: HODOGAYA CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Norimasa YOKOYAMA, Naoaki KABASAWA, Shuichi HAYASHI, Jeong-Soo KIM
  • Publication number: 20150380657
    Abstract: An organic EL device having high efficiency, low driving voltage and a long lifetime is provided by combining various materials for an organic EL device, which are excellent, as materials for an organic EL device having high efficiency and high durability, in hole and electron injection/transport performances, electron blocking ability, stability in a thin-film state and durability, so as to allow the respective materials to effectively reveal their characteristics. In the organic EL device having at least an anode, a hole injection layer, a first hole transport layer, a second hole transport layer, a light emitting layer, an electron transport layer and a cathode in this order, the second hole transport layer includes an arylamine compound represented by the following general formula (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Norimasa Yokoyama, Shuichi Hayashi, Naoaki Kabasawa, Shunji Mochizuki
  • Publication number: 20150155496
    Abstract: There is provided an organic compound having excellent characteristics, including excellent electron-injecting/transporting performance, hole blocking ability, and high stability in the thin-film state, for use as material of an organic electroluminescent device having high efficiency and high durability. There is also provided a high-efficient and high-durable organic electroluminescent device using the compound. The compound is represented by general formula (1) having a substituted anthracene ring structure and a pyridoindole ring structure. The organic electroluminescent device includes a pair of electrodes, and one or more organic layers sandwiched between the pair of electrodes, and the compound is used as a constituent material of at least one organic layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Inventors: Norimasa Yokoyama, Shuichi Hayashi, Naoaki Kabasawa, Daizou Kanda, Shigeru Kusano
  • Patent number: 9005776
    Abstract: A compound having a benzotriazole ring structure and a formula (1): wherein Ar is a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group, aromatic heterocyclic group, or condensed polycyclic aromatic group; A and B are the same as or different from each other and each represent a hydrogen atom or a monovalent group of formula (2), provided that A and B are not simultaneously hydrogen atoms: wherein R1 to R8 are the same as or different and each represent a hydrogen atom, a deuterium atom, a fluorine atom, a chlorine atom, a cyano group, a trifluoromethyl group, a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, aromatic hydrocarbon group, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocyclic group, or condensed polycyclic aromatic group; m is an integer of 0, 1 or 2; X represents a carbon atom or a nitrogen atom; when X is a nitrogen atom, the nitrogen atom does not have substituents or bonding groups of R1, R2, R3 and R4; and when m is 2, a plurality of R1, R2, R3, R4 and X each are the
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignees: Hodogaya Chemical Co., Ltd., Shinshu University
    Inventors: Norimasa Yokoyama, Shuichi Hayashi, Naoaki Kabasawa, Yoshio Taniguchi, Musubu Ichikawa, Shunji Mochiduki
  • Publication number: 20150060803
    Abstract: An organic compound with characteristics excelling in hole-injecting/transporting performance and having an electron blocking ability, a highly stable thin-film state, and excellent heat resistance is provided as material for an organic electroluminescent device of high efficiency and high durability, and the organic electroluminescent device of high efficiency and high durability is provided using this compound. The compound of a general formula (Chemical Formula 1) having an acridan ring structure is used as a constituent material of at least one organic layer in the organic electroluminescent device that includes a pair of electrodes and one or more organic layers sandwiched between the pair of electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2013
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Norimasa Yokoyama, Makoto Nagaoka, Daizou Kanda, Naoaki Kabasawa, Shuichi Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20150048351
    Abstract: An organic compound with characteristics excelling in hole-injecting/transporting performance and having an electron blocking ability, a highly stable thin-film state, and excellent heat resistance is provided as material for an organic electroluminescent device of high efficiency and high durability, and the organic electroluminescent device of high efficiency and high durability is provided using this compound. The compound of a general formula (Chemical Formula 1) having a substituted acridan ring structure is used as a constituent material of at least one organic layer in the organic electroluminescent device that includes a pair of electrodes and one or more organic layers sandwiched between the pair of electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Inventors: Norimasa Yokoyama, Makoto Nagaoka, Naoaki Kabasawa, Eiji Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20150034924
    Abstract: Triphenylene derivatives represented by the following general formula (1), wherein Ar1 and Ar2 are aromatic groups. The compounds have a structure in which an aromatic tertiary amine is introduced into a triphenylene ring. Owing to this structure, the compounds exhibit (A) favorable hole injection property, (B) large hole mobility, (C) excellent electron blocking power, (D) stability in their thin-film form, and (E) excellent heat resistance. The compounds are useful as hole-transporting materials for use in the organic EL devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2012
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Applicant: HODOGAYA CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Norimasa Yokoyama, Naoaki Kabasawa, Hiroshi Ookuma, Shuichi Hayashi, Eiji Takahashi
  • Patent number: 8927119
    Abstract: There is provided an organic compound having excellent characteristics, including excellent electron-injecting/transporting performance, hole blocking ability, and high stability in the thin-film state, for use as material of an organic electroluminescent device having high efficiency and high durability. There is also provided a high-efficient and high-durable organic electroluminescent device using the compound. The compound is represented by general formula (1) having a substituted anthracene ring structure and a pyridoindole ring structure. The organic electroluminescent device includes a pair of electrodes, and one or more organic layers sandwiched between the pair of electrodes, and the compound is used as a constituent material of at least one organic layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Hodogaya Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Norimasa Yokoyama, Shuichi Hayashi, Naoaki Kabasawa, Daizou Kanda, Shigeru Kusano
  • Publication number: 20140374728
    Abstract: An improved OLED includes an emissive layer disposed between a cathode and an anode where the emissive layer includes a multi-component host material and a phosphorescent emitter material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2013
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Applicant: Universal Display Corporation
    Inventors: Vadim Adamovich, Hitoshi Yamamoto, Michael S. Weaver, Norimasa Yokoyama, Makoto Nagaoka, Naoaki Kabasawa
  • Publication number: 20140339518
    Abstract: An improved OLED includes an emitter layer disposed between a cathode and an anode where the emitter layer includes a host material and a phosphorescent emitter material. A first hole transport layer is disposed between the emitter layer and the anode and a second hole transport layer is disposed between the first hole transport layer and the anode. The first hole transport layer includes a first hole transport material that is a carbazole type compound and the second hole transport layer includes a second hole transport material that is different from the first hole transport material. The phosphorescent emitter material includes a phosphorescent organometallic compound that is a heteroleptic compound represented by the formula L2MX, LL?MX, LL?L?M, or LMXX?, wherein L, L?, L?, X, and X? are inequivalent, bidentate ligands and M is a metal that forms octahedral complexes, wherein L, L?, and L? are monoanionic inequivalent bidentate ligands coordinated to M through an sp2 hybridized carbon and a heteroatom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2011
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicants: HODOGAYA CHEMICAL CO., LTD., UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi Yamamoto, Michael Stewart Weaver, Norimasa Yokoyama, Makoto Nagaoka, Naoaki Kabasawa
  • Patent number: 8852759
    Abstract: An organic compound with characteristics excelling in hole-injecting/transporting performance and having an electron blocking ability, a highly stable thin-film state, and excellent heat resistance is provided as material for an organic electroluminescent device of high efficiency and high durability, and the organic electroluminescent device of high efficiency and high durability is provided using this compound. The compound of a general formula (Chemical Formula 1) having a substituted acridan ring structure is used as a constituent material of at least one organic layer in the organic electroluminescent device that includes a pair of electrodes and one or more organic layers sandwiched between the pair of electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Hodogaya Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Norimasa Yokoyama, Makoto Nagaoka, Naoaki Kabasawa, Eiji Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20140042425
    Abstract: An organic compound with characteristics excelling in hole-injecting/transporting performance and having an electron blocking ability, a highly stable thin-film state, and excellent heat resistance is provided as material for an organic electroluminescent device of high efficiency and high durability, and the organic electroluminescent device of high efficiency and high durability is provided using this compound. The compound of a general formula (Chemical Formula 1) having a substituted acridan ring structure is used as a constituent material of at least one organic layer in the organic electroluminescent device that includes a pair of electrodes and one or more organic layers sandwiched between the pair of electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2012
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: HODOGAYA CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Norimasa Yokoyama, Makoto Nagaoka, Naoaki Kabasawa, Eiji Takahashi