Patents by Inventor Takashi Arakane

Takashi Arakane 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: 9523031
    Abstract: Provided is an organic electroluminescence device having high luminous efficiency, high heat resistance and an extremely long lifetime. The organic electroluminescence device of the present invention includes an organic thin film layer composed of one or more layers containing at least a light emitting layer is interposed between a cathode and an anode. The light emitting layer includes a compound containing a condensed ring and a luminescent metal complex capable of emitting light having a red-based color. It is preferable that the compound containing a condensed ring includes a host material, while the luminescent metal complex capable of emitting light having a red-based color includes a phosphorescent dopant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Ikeda, Mitsunori Ito, Takashi Arakane
  • Patent number: 9174938
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device including: an anode (10), a cathode (70), an emitting layer (40) including an organic compound, which is between the anode (10) and the cathode (70), two or more layers arranged in a hole injection and transport region which is between the anode (10) and the emitting layer (40), and one or more layers arranged in an electron injection and transport region which is between the emitting layer (40) and the cathode (70), wherein a layer in the hole injection and transport region, which is in contact with the emitting layer (40), includes an aromatic amine derivative having a carbazole skeleton, one of the layers other than the layer in contact with the emitting layer (40) in the hole injection and transport region includes one or more materials selected from the group consisting of thiophene derivatives, tricyclic or more cyclic fused aromatic derivatives, amine derivatives excluding the compound represented by the following formula (A), conductive polymers, CFx, CuPc, transi
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yukitoshi Jinde, Hiroyuki Saito, Kenichi Fukuoka, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Yuichiro Kawamura, Masahiro Kawamura, Takashi Arakane
  • Patent number: 8945724
    Abstract: A novel nitrogen-containing heterocyclic derivative having a specific structure. An organic electroluminescence device comprises an organic thin-film layer which is disposed between a cathode and an anode and comprises one or more layers having a light emitting layer. At least one layer of the organic thin-film layer comprises the nitrogen-containing heterocyclic derivative. The organic electroluminescence device exhibits a high luminance and a high luminous efficiency even at a low driving voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yamamoto, Takashi Arakane
  • Patent number: 8911886
    Abstract: A material for electroluminescent devices which comprises a compound in which a heterocyclic group having nitrogen is bonded to carbazolyl group and an organic electroluminescent device having at least one organic thin film layer which is sandwiched between the cathode and the anode and contains the above material in at least one layer, are provided. The material can provide organic electroluminescent devices emitting bluish light with a high purity of color. The organic electroluminescence device uses the material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiro Iwakuma, Chishio Hosokawa, Hidetsugu Ikeda, Seiji Tomita, Takashi Arakane
  • Patent number: 8895154
    Abstract: Provided is an organic electroluminescent device in which an organic thin film layer comprising a single layer or plural layers comprising a phosphorescence light-emitting layer containing at least a host material and a phosphorescent organic metal complex is interposed between a cathode and an anode, wherein the total of the halogen element mass concentrations of bromine, iodine and chlorine which are contained as impurities in the host material constituting the light-emitting layer described above is 50 ppm or less. It has a high emission luminance, a high luminous efficiency and a long life.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiro Iwakuma, Hiroya Yasuda, Kiyoshi Ikeda, Keiko Yamamichi, Takashi Arakane, Chishio Hosokawa
  • Patent number: 8841003
    Abstract: In an organic electroluminescent element comprising an anode layer, an organic luminescent layer, an inorganic compound layer (or reductive dopant layer) and a cathode layer; the organic luminescent layer comprises an aromatic amine compound of a formula (1), and/or an aromatic amine compound of a formula (2) wherein A, B, and Ar1 to Ar6 are independently a C6-60 aromatic group which does not contain a styryl group nor an alkenyl group, at least one of A, Ar1, Ar2, or B, Ar3 to Ar6 contains at least three condensed aromatic rings, and p, q and r of a condensation number are an integer of 1 to 6. The element has significantly long half-life and high luminance even at low driving voltages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Arakane, Kenichi Fukuoka, Chishio Hosokawa
  • Patent number: 8741450
    Abstract: A material for organic electroluminescence devices comprising a compound in which a heterocyclic group having nitrogen is bonded to an arylcarbazolyl group or a carbazolylalkylene group and an organic electroluminescence device comprising an anode, a cathode and an organic thin film layer comprising at least one layer and disposed between the anode and the cathode, wherein at least one layer in the organic thin film layer comprises the material for organic electroluminescence devices described above. The material can provide an organic electroluminescence device emitting bluish light with a high purity of color. The organic electroluminescence device uses the material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiro Iwakuma, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Yoshio Hironaka, Hidetsugu Ikeda, Chishio Hosokawa, Seiji Tomita, Takashi Arakane
  • Patent number: 8685543
    Abstract: A material for electroluminescent devices which comprises a compound in which a heterocyclic group having nitrogen is bonded to carbazolyl group and an organic electroluminescent device having at least one organic thin film layer which is sandwiched between the cathode and the anode and contains the above material in at least one layer, are provided. The material can provide organic electroluminescent devices emitting bluish light with a high purity of color. The organic electroluminescence device uses the material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiro Iwakuma, Chishio Hosokawa, Hidetsugu Ikeda, Seiji Tomita, Takashi Arakane
  • Patent number: 8623524
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device comprising a cathode, an anode and at least one layer comprising a phosphorescent light emitting material and a host material which is sandwiched between the cathode and the anode and further comprising an electron injecting layer which is adhered to the light emitting layer and is capable of transporting electrons, wherein an ionization potential of the host material is 5.9 eV or smaller, and wherein an energy gap of the electron transporting material in the electron injecting layer is smaller than that of the host material in the light emitting layer or wherein a triplet energy of the electron transporting material in the electron injecting layer is smaller than that of the host material in the light emitting layer. It emits phosphorescent light with enhanced efficiency because it comprises a light emitting layer and an electron injecting layer both satisfying specified condition and employs a light emitting layer capable of electron transporting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Arakane, Toshihiro Iwakuma, Chishio Hosokawa
  • Publication number: 20140001460
    Abstract: A material for electroluminescent devices which comprises a compound in which a heterocyclic group having nitrogen is bonded to carbazolyl group and an organic electroluminescent device having at least one organic thin film layer which is sandwiched between the cathode and the anode and contains the above material in at least one layer, are provided. The material can provide organic electroluminescent devices emitting bluish light with a high purity of color. The organic electroluminescence device uses the material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshihiro IWAKUMA, Chishio HOSOKAWA, Hidetsugu IKEDA, Seiji TOMITA, Takashi ARAKANE
  • Patent number: 8580398
    Abstract: A material for electroluminescent devices which comprises a compound in which a heterocyclic group having nitrogen is bonded to carbazolyl group and an organic electroluminescent device having at least one organic thin film layer which is sandwiched between the cathode and the anode and contains the above material in at least one layer, are provided. The material can provide organic electroluminescent devices emitting bluish light with a high purity of color. The organic electroluminescence device uses the material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiro Iwakuma, Chishio Hosokawa, Hidetsugu Ikeda, Seiji Tomita, Takashi Arakane
  • Patent number: 8580391
    Abstract: A material for organic electroluminescence devices comprising a compound in which a heterocyclic group having nitrogen is bonded to an arylcarbazolyl group or a carbazolylalkylene group and an organic electroluminescence device comprising an anode, a cathode and an organic thin film layer comprising at least one layer and disposed between the anode and the cathode, wherein at least one layer in the organic thin film layer comprises the material for organic electroluminescence devices described above. The material can provide an organic electro-luminescence device emitting bluish light with a high purity of color. The organic electroluminescence device uses the material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiro Iwakuma, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Yoshio Hironaka, Hidetsugu Ikeda, Chishio Hosokawa, Seiji Tomita, Takashi Arakane
  • Publication number: 20130240859
    Abstract: A tandem organic electroluminescence device including a first emitting unit (3), an intermediate unit (4) and a second emitting unit (5) being stacked between opposing electrodes (2) and (6) the first emitting unit (3) including a blue fluorescent dopant and a red fluorescent dopant and the second emitting unit (5) including a red phosphorescent dopant and a green phosphorescent dopant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2011
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Arakane, Kazuki Nishimura, Kenichi Fukuoka, Hitoshi Kuma, Yukitoshi Jinde
  • Patent number: 8367222
    Abstract: Provided is an organic electroluminescence device, including: an anode; a cathode; and organic thin film layers provided between the anode and the cathode, in which: the organic thin film layers have a light emitting layer, and have a hole injecting layer and a hole transporting layer, or a hole injecting/transporting layer on a side which is closer to the anode than the light emitting layer is; the hole injecting layer or the hole injecting/transporting layer contains an aromatic amine derivative having a specific substituent, and the hole transporting layer or the hole injecting/transporting layer contains an aromatic amine derivative having a specific substituent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Arakane, Yukitoshi Jinde, Hiroyuki Saito, Kazuki Nishimura, Kenichi Fukuoka, Toshio Sakai
  • Publication number: 20120319099
    Abstract: A material for organic electroluminescence devices comprising a compound in which a heterocyclic group having nitrogen is bonded to an arylcarbazolyl group or a carbazolylalkylene group and an organic electroluminescence device comprising an anode, a cathode and an organic thin film layer comprising at least one layer and disposed between the anode and the cathode, wherein at least one layer in the organic thin film layer comprises the material for organic electroluminescence devices described above. The material can provide an organic electro-luminescence device emitting bluish light with a high purity of color. The organic electroluminescence device uses the material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiro IWAKUMA, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Yoshio Hironaka, Hidetsugu Ikeda, Chishio Hosokawa, Seiji Tomita, Takashi Arakane
  • Publication number: 20120298975
    Abstract: A material for organic electroluminescence devices comprising a compound in which a heterocyclic group having nitrogen is bonded to an arylcarbazolyl group or a carbazolylalkylene group and an organic electroluminescence device comprising an anode, a cathode and an organic thin film layer comprising at least one layer and disposed between the anode and the cathode, wherein at least one layer in the organic thin film layer comprises the material for organic electroluminescence devices described above. The material can provide an organic electroluminescence device emitting bluish light with a high purity of color. The organic electroluminescence device uses the material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiro IWAKUMA, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Yoshio Hironaka, Hidetsugu Ikeda, Chishio Hosokawa, Seiji Tomita, Takashi Arakane
  • Publication number: 20120235129
    Abstract: A material for electroluminescent devices which comprises a compound in which a heterocyclic group having nitrogen is bonded to carbazolyl group and an organic electroluminescent device having at least one organic thin film layer which is sandwiched between the cathode and the anode and contains the above material in at least one layer, are provided. The material can provide organic electroluminescent devices emitting bluish light with a high purity of color. The organic electroluminescence device uses the material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiro IWAKUMA, Chishio Hosokawa, Hidetsugu Ikeda, Seiji Tomita, Takashi Arakane
  • Publication number: 20120091438
    Abstract: Provided is an organic EL device, including: an anode; a cathode; and an organic thin-film layer provided between the anode and the cathode, in which: the organic thin-film layer has a light emitting layer containing a host material and a light emitting material, and a hole transporting layer; and the hole transporting layer has a first hole transporting layer and a second hole transporting layer in the stated order from the anode; the first hole transporting layer contains a specific amine compound; and the second hole transporting layer contains a specific amine compound; or the hole transporting layer has a layer containing a specific electron acceptable compound. The organic EL device has a reduced driving voltage, high luminous efficiency, and excellent practicality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Yabunouchi, Takashi Arakane, Kazuki Nishimura, Chishio Hosokawa
  • Publication number: 20120074395
    Abstract: Provided is an organic EL device, including: an anode; a cathode; and an organic thin-film layer provided between the anode and the cathode, in which: the organic thin-film layer has a light emitting layer containing a host material and a light emitting material, and a hole transporting layer; and the hole transporting layer has a first hole transporting layer and a second hole transporting layer in the stated order from the anode; the first hole transporting layer contains a specific amine compound; and the second hole transporting layer contains a specific amine compound; or the hole transporting layer has a layer containing a specific electron acceptable compound and a first hole transporting layer; and the first hole-transporting layer contains a specific amine compound. The organic EL device has a reduced driving voltage, high luminous efficiency, and excellent practicality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Yabunouchi, Takashi Arakane, Kazuki Nishimura, Chishio Hosokawa
  • Patent number: RE46368
    Abstract: A material for electroluminescent devices which comprises a compound in which a heterocyclic group having nitrogen is bonded to carbazolyl group and an organic electroluminescent device having at least one organic thin film layer which is sandwiched between the cathode and the anode and contains the above material in at least one layer, are provided. The material can provide organic electroluminescent devices emitting bluish light with a high purity of color. The organic electroluminescence device uses the material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiro Iwakuma, Chishio Hosokawa, Hidetsugu Ikeda, Seiji Tomita, Takashi Arakane