Patents by Inventor Norimasa Yokoyama

Norimasa Yokoyama 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).

  • Publication number: 20180006235
    Abstract: In the organic electroluminescent device having at least an anode, a hole injection layer, a first hole injection layer, a second hole injection layer, a light emitting layer, an electron transport layer and a cathode in this order, the hole injection layer includes an arylamine compound of the following general formula (1) and an electron acceptor. In the formula, Ar1 to Ar4 may be the same or different, and represent a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocyclic group, or a substituted or unsubstituted condensed polycyclic aromatic group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2016
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Norimasa Yokoyama, Shuichi Hayashi, Takeshi Yamamoto, Naoaki Kabasawa, Daizou Kanda, Kazunori Togashi, Shunji Mochizuki
  • Publication number: 20180006239
    Abstract: According to the present invention, there are provided pyrimidine derivatives represented by the following general formula (1). The pyrimidine derivatives of the invention are novel compounds and feature (1) good electron injection property, (2) high electron mobility, (3) excellent hole blocking property, (4) good stability in their form of thin films, and (5) excellent heat resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2016
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Applicant: HODOGAYA CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Norimasa YOKOYAMA, Shuichi HAYASHI, Hideyoshi KITAHARA, Sung Keum CHOI, Si In KIM, Ji Yung KIM, Hyunju OH
  • Publication number: 20170346009
    Abstract: In the organic electroluminescent device having at least an anode, a hole injection layer, a hole transport layer, a light emitting layer, an electron transport layer and a cathode in this order, the hole injection layer includes an arylamine compound of the following general formula (1) and an electron acceptor. In the formula, Ar4 to Ar4 may be the same or different, and represent a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocyclic group, or a substituted or unsubstituted condensed polycyclic aromatic group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Norimasa Yokoyama, Shuichi Hayashi, Takeshi Yamamoto, Naoaki Kabasawa, Daizou Kanda, Shunji Mochizuki, Soon-wook Cha, Sang-woo Park, Ju-man Song, Kyung-seok Jeon
  • Publication number: 20170338417
    Abstract: An organic compound having an excellent electron injection and transport performance is provided as a material for a low-power-consumption organic electroluminescent device. A low-power-consumption organic electroluminescent device is also provided by using the compound. The compound is a compound of general formula (1) or (2) having a substituted bipyridyl and triphenylene ring structure. The organic electroluminescent device includes a pair of electrodes, and one or more organic layers sandwiched between the pair of electrodes, and uses the compound as constituent material of at least one of the organic layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2017
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: Chihaya Adachi, Kazunori Togashi, Norimasa Yokoyama, Shintaro Nomura
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20170271595
    Abstract: An organic compound having an excellent electron injection and transport performance is provided as a material for a low-power-consumption organic electroluminescent device. A low-power-consumption organic electroluminescent device is also provided by using the compound. The compound is a compound of general formula (1) or (2) having a substituted bipyridyl and triphenylene ring structure. The organic electroluminescent device includes a pair of electrodes, and one or more organic layers sandwiched between the pair of electrodes, and uses the compound as constituent material of at least one of the organic layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2017
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: Chihaya Adachi, Kazunori Togashi, Norimasa Yokoyama, Shintaro Nomura
  • 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: 9732036
    Abstract: [Problem]An organic compound of excellent characteristics is provided that exhibits excellent hole-injecting/transporting performance with electron blocking ability, and that has high stability in the thin-film state and high luminous efficiency, the organic compound being provided as material for an organic electroluminescent device having high efficiency and high durability. The invention also provides a high-efficient, high-durable organic electroluminescent device using the compound. [Means for Resolution] The compound is of the following general formula having a carbazole 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: August 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Hodogaya Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Norimasa Yokoyama, Makoto Nagaoka, Kazunori Togashi, Shigeru Kusano
  • 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
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20170179398
    Abstract: The organic EL device of the present invention has an anode, a hole transport layer, a luminous layer, an electron transport layer, and a cathode in this order, and the hole transport layer contains an arylamine compound represented by the following general formula (1): where Ar1 to Ar4 each represent a monovalent aromatic hydrocarbon group or a monovalent aromatic heterocyclic group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2015
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Applicant: Hodogaya Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Norimasa YOKOYAMA, Takeshi YAMAMOTO, Shuichi HAYASHI, Hideyoshi KITAHARA
  • Patent number: 9685612
    Abstract: An organic compound having an excellent electron injection and transport performance is provided as a material for a low-power-consumption organic electroluminescent device. A low-power-consumption organic electroluminescent device is also provided by using the compound. The compound is a compound of general formula (1) or (2) having a substituted bipyridyl and triphenylene ring structure. The organic electroluminescent device includes a pair of electrodes, and one or more organic layers sandwiched between the pair of electrodes, and uses the compound as constituent material of at least one of the organic layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignees: Hodogaya Chemical Co., Ltd., Kyushu University, National University Corporation
    Inventors: Chihaya Adachi, Kazunori Togashi, Norimasa Yokoyama, Shintaro Nomura
  • 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
  • Patent number: 9564600
    Abstract: A compound having an indolocarbazole ring structure is represented by the following general formula (1), and is used as a material for forming a highly efficient and highly durable organic electroluminescent device. The compound features excellent hole injection/transport capability, has electron blocking power and is highly stable in the form of a thin film. wherein, A is a divalent aromatic hydrocarbon group or aromatic heterocyclic group, Ar1 to Ar4 are monovalent aromatic hydrocarbon groups or aromatic heterocyclic groups, and R1 to R9 are hydrogen atoms, deuterium atoms, fluorine atoms, chlorine atoms, cyano groups, nitro groups, alkyl groups, cycloalkyl groups, alkenyl groups, alkyloxy groups, cycloalkyloxy groups, aromatic hydrocarbon groups, aromatic heterocyclic groups or aryloxy groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: HODOGAYA CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Norimasa Yokoyama, Makoto Nagaoka, Sawa Izumi, Hiroshi Ookuma, Shuichi Hayashi
  • Patent number: 9553272
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescent device comprises, between an anode and a cathode, a hole injection layer, a hole-transporting layer, a luminous layer and an electron-transporting layer, wherein the hole injection layer contains an arylamine compound (?) having three or more triphenylamine skeletons, the hole-transporting layer contains an arylamine compound (?) having two triphenylamine skeletons, and the electron-transporting layer contains an electron-transporting compound having an anthracene ring skeleton and a pyridoindole ring skeleton. The organic EL device emits light highly efficiently, drives on a low voltage, and features excellent durability and long life.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: HODOGAYA CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Norimasa Yokoyama, Eiji Takahashi, Shuichi Hayashi, Daizou Kanda, Hiroshi Ookuma
  • Patent number: 9525140
    Abstract: A problem of the invention is to provide an organic EL device having a high efficiency, a low driving voltage and a long life, by combining various materials for organic EL device, which are excellent in an injection or transportation performance of holes or electrons, and in stability and durability in a thin film, so as to enable the respective materials to effectively reveal their characteristics. The invention relates to an organic electroluminescent device including at least an anode electrode, a hole-injecting layer, a hole-transporting layer, an emitting layer, an electron-transporting layer and a cathode electrode in this order, in which the hole-injecting layer contains an arylamine compound having, in its molecule, a structure in which three or more triphenylamine structures are connected through a single bond or a hetero atom-free divalent group; and the hole-transporting layer contains an arylamine compound having two triphenylamine structures in its molecule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: HODOGAYA CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Norimasa Yokoyama, Shigeru Kusano, Shuichi Hayashi
  • Patent number: 9444055
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescent device comprising, between an anode and a cathode, a hole-transporting layer, a luminous layer and an electron-transporting layer, wherein the hole-transporting layer contains an arylamine compound (X) having a molecular structure to which three or more triphenylamine skeletons are singly bonded or bonded through a divalent hydrocarbon group and an arylamine compound (Y) having a molecular structure to which two triphenylamine skeletons are singly bonded or bonded through the divalent hydrocarbon group. The device excels in hole and electron injection/transport property, stability and durability in the form of thin films, and is highly efficient, becomes luminous on a low driving voltage, and has a long life.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: HODOGAYA CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Norimasa Yokoyama, Shuichi Hayashi, Eiji Takahashi, Shigeru Kusano
  • Publication number: 20160155955
    Abstract: Dicarbazole derivatives represented by the following general formula (1), wherein X is an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom, Ar1 and Ar2 are aromatic hydrocarbon groups or aromatic heterocyclic groups, R1 to R12 are hydrogen atoms, deuterium atoms, fluorine atoms, chlorine atoms, cyano groups, nitro groups, alkyl groups having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, cycloalkyl groups having 5 to 10 carbon atoms, alkenyl groups having 2 to 6 carbon atoms, alkyloxy groups having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, cycloalkyloxy groups having 5 to 10 carbon atoms, aromatic hydrocarbon groups, aromatic heterocyclic groups, aryloxy groups or disubstituted amino groups having aromatic hydrocarbon groups or aromatic heterocyclic groups as substituents bonded to the nitrogen atom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2014
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Applicant: HODOGAYA CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Norimasa YOKOYAMA, Daizou KANDA, Shuichi HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20160126468
    Abstract: According to the present invention, there are provided an indenoindole derivative represented by the following general formula (1); and an organic electroluminescent element including a pair of electrodes and at least one organic layer sandwiched therebetween, wherein the above compound is used as a constituent material for the at least one organic layer. The indenoindole derivative of the present invention provides an organic compound, which is excellent in hole injection/transport performance, has electron blocking capability, is highly stable in a thin film state, and excels in heat resistance, as a material for a high efficiency, high durability organic electroluminescent element. An organic electroluminescent element formed using this compound is highly efficient and highly durable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2014
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Applicant: HODOGAYA CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto NAGAOKA, Shigetaka NUMAZAWA, Norimasa YOKOYAMA, Si In KIM, Shigeru KUSANO