Patents by Inventor Yuichiro Kawamura

Yuichiro Kawamura 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: 8803420
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device includes an anode, an emitting layer, an electron-transporting region, and a cathode, the anode, the emitting layer, the electron-transporting region, and the cathode being stacked in this order, the emitting layer including a host material, and a dopant material that emits fluorescence having a main peak wavelength of 550 nm or less, the electron-transporting region including a barrier layer that is adjacent to the emitting layer, and the barrier layer including a barrier material that includes an electron-transporting structural part, and a triplet barrier structural part that includes a fused polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon compound, and satisfies the relationship “ETb>ETh” (where, ETh is the triplet energy of the host material, and ETb is the triplet energy of the barrier material).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuichiro Kawamura, Masahiro Kawamura, Hitoshi Kuma, Hirokatsu Ito
  • Patent number: 8748015
    Abstract: An indenofluorenedione derivative having a specific structure, which is useful as a material for organic electroluminescence devices because the derivative is excellent in heat resistance and can be vapor-deposited on a substrate at moderate temperature. An organic electroluminescence device including an anode, a cathode, and an organic thin layer between the anode and the cathode, which contains the material for organic electroluminescence devices in the organic thin layer, is driven at a low driving voltage and has a long lifetime.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hironobu Morishita, Yuichiro Kawamura, Jun Endo
  • Patent number: 8723171
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device including opposite anode and cathode, and a hole-transporting region, an emitting layer and an electron-transporting region in sequential order from the anode between the anode and the cathode, wherein the emitting layer includes a red emitting portion, a green emitting portion, and a blue emitting portion; the blue emitting portion includes a host BH and a fluorescent dopant FBD; the triplet energy ETfbd of the fluorescent dopant FBD is larger than the triplet energy ETbh of the host BH; the green emitting portion includes a host GH and a phosphorescent dopant PGD; the electron-transporting region includes a common electron-transporting layer adjacent to the red emitting portion, the green emitting portion and the blue emitting portion; the common electron-transporting layer includes a material having a triplet energy ETel larger than ETbh; and the difference between the affinity of the host GH and the affinity of the material constituting the common electron-transportin
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuki Nishimura, Yuichiro Kawamura, Toshinari Ogiwara, Hitoshi Kuma, Kenichi Fukuoka, Chishio Hosokawa
  • Publication number: 20140034943
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting medium including a pyrene derivative represented by the following formula (1) and a phenyl-substituted anthracene derivative represented by the following formula (2): wherein Ar1 to Ar4 are independently a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 30 ring carbon atoms or a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl group having 5 to 20 ring atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2012
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Inventors: Yumiko Mizuki, Hirokatsu Ito, Takeshi Ikeda, Hiroyuki Saito, Masahiro Kawamura, Yuichiro Kawamura
  • Publication number: 20140001461
    Abstract: An indenofluorenedione derivative having a specific structure, which is useful as a material for organic electroluminescence devices because the derivative is excellent in heat resistance and can be vapor-deposited on a substrate at moderate temperature. An organic electroluminescence device including an anode, a cathode, and an organic thin layer between the anode and the cathode, which contains the material for organic electroluminescence devices in the organic thin layer, is driven at a low driving voltage and has a long lifetime.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2013
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hironobu Morishita, Yuichiro Kawamura, Jun Endo
  • Publication number: 20130306957
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device including an anode, an emitting layer, a blocking layer, an electron-injecting layer and a cathode in this sequence, the emitting layer including a host and a styrylamine derivative having a specific structure; and the triplet energy ETb of the blocking layer being larger than the triplet energy ETh of the host.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2011
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO ., LTD.
    Inventors: Yumiko Mizuki, Hiroyuki Saito, Hitoshi Kuma, Yuichiro Kawamura
  • Publication number: 20130306958
    Abstract: An oxygen-containing fused ring derivative represented by the following formula (1) wherein Ar1 is an m-valent fused ring group in which four or more rings including one or more rings selected from a furan ring and a pyran ring are fused and HAr is any of the nitrogen-containing heterocyclic group represented by the following formulas (2) to (5):
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2011
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirokatsu Ito, Masahiro Kawamura, Yuichiro Kawamura, Yumiko Mizuki, Hiroyuki Saito
  • Publication number: 20130270539
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device including at least an anode, an emitting layer, an electron-transporting region and a cathode in sequential order, wherein the emitting layer contains a host and a dopant which gives fluorescent emission of which the main peak wavelength is 550 nm or less; the affinity Ad of the dopant is equal to or larger than the affinity Ah of the host; the triplet energy ETd of the dopant is larger than the triplet energy ETh of the host; and a blocking layer is provided within the electron-transporting region such that it is adjacent to the emitting layer, and the triplet energy ETb of the blocking layer is larger than ETh.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2013
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: HITOSHI KUMA, YUICHIRO KAWAMURA, YUKITOSHI JINDE, TOSHINARI OGIWARA, CHISHIO HOSOKAWA
  • Publication number: 20130240858
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device including opposite anode and cathode, and a hole-transporting region, an emitting layer and an electron-transporting region in sequential order from the anode between the anode and the cathode, wherein the emitting layer includes a red emitting portion, a green emitting portion, and a blue emitting portion; the blue emitting portion includes a host BH and a fluorescent dopant FBD; the triplet energy ETfbd of the fluorescent dopant FBD is larger than the triplet energy ETbh of the host BH; the green emitting portion includes a host GH and a phosphorescent dopant PGD; the electron-transporting region includes a common electron-transporting layer adjacent to the red emitting portion, the green emitting portion and the blue emitting portion; the common electron-transporting layer includes a material having a triplet energy ETel larger than ETbh; and the difference between the affinity of the host GH and the affinity of the material constituting the common electron-transportin
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2013
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuki NISHIMURA, Yuichiro KAWAMURA, Toshinari OGIWARA, Hitoshi KUMA, Kenichi FUKUOKA, Chishio HOSOKAWA
  • Publication number: 20130221331
    Abstract: A compound is shown by the following formula (1). wherein l, m, and n are independently an integer from 1 to 3, Ar1 to Ar4 are independently a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 30 ring carbon atoms, or a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl group having 5 to 30 ring atoms, Ar5, Ar6, and Ar7 are independently a substituted or unsubstituted arylene group having 6 to 30 ring carbon atoms, or a substituted or unsubstituted heteroarylene group having 5 to 30 ring atoms, and p is an integer from 0 to 2, and Ar6 and N are bonded via a single bond when p is 0, provided that at least one of Ar1 to Ar4 is substituted with a substituted silyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, or a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl group having 3 to 10 carbon atoms, and at least one of Ar1 to Ar4 is substituted with a cyano group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2011
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yumiko Mizuki, Hiroyuki Saito, Yuichiro Kawamura, Hirokatsu Ito, Masahiro Kawamura
  • Patent number: 8476823
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device including at least an anode, an emitting layer, an electron-transporting region and a cathode in sequential order, wherein the emitting layer contains a host and a dopant which gives fluorescent emission of which the main peak wavelength is 550 nm or less; the affinity Ad of the dopant is equal to or larger than the affinity Ah of the host; the triplet energy ETd of the dopant is larger than the triplet energy ETh of the host; and a blocking layer is provided within the electron-transporting region such that it is adjacent to the emitting layer, and the triplet energy ETb of the blocking layer is larger than ETh.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Kuma, Yuichiro Kawamura, Yukitoshi Jinde, Toshinari Ogiwara, Chishio Hosokawa
  • Patent number: 8461574
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device including opposite anode and cathode, and a hole-transporting region, an emitting layer and an electron-transporting region in sequential order from the anode between the anode and the cathode, wherein the emitting layer includes a red emitting portion, a green emitting portion, and a blue emitting portion; the blue emitting portion includes a host BH and a fluorescent dopant FBD; the triplet energy ETfbd of the fluorescent dopant FBD is larger than the triplet energy ETbh of the host BH; the green emitting portion includes a host GH and a phosphorescent dopant PGD; the electron-transporting region includes a common electron-transporting layer adjacent to the red emitting portion, the green emitting portion and the blue emitting portion; the common electron-transporting layer includes a material having a triplet energy ETel larger than ETbh; and the difference between the affinity of the host GH and the affinity of the material constituting the common electron-transportin
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuki Nishimura, Yuichiro Kawamura, Toshinari Ogiwara, Hitoshi Kuma, Kenichi Fukuoka, Chishio Hosokawa
  • Patent number: 8372527
    Abstract: A material for an organic electroluminescence device including at least one of compounds shown by the following formula (Ia), (Ib), (IIa), (IIb), (III), (IVa) or (IVb):
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hironobu Morishita, Yuichiro Kawamura
  • Publication number: 20120256172
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device sequentially includes an anode, an emitting layer, an electron-transporting region, and a cathode, the electron-transporting region including an electron-transporting material that includes a cyano group and an aromatic ring group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2011
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirokatsu Ito, Hiroyuki Saito, Yumiko Mizuki, Masahiro Kawamura, Yuichiro Kawamura
  • Publication number: 20120248420
    Abstract: A pyrene derivative represented by the following formula (1); wherein R1 to R10 are independently a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl group or a group represented by the following formula (2), at least one of R1 to R10 is a group represented by the following formula (2) and at least two of R1 to R10 are substituted or unsubstituted aryl group. Provided that in the case where only one of R1 to R10 is a group represented by the following formula (2), at least one of the substituted or unsubstituted aryl groups is an aryl group having 10 to 50 carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yumiko Mizuki, Masahiro Kawamura, Yuichiro Kawamura, Hiroyuki Saito
  • Publication number: 20120211743
    Abstract: A benzo[k]fluoranthene derivative represented by the following formula (1): wherein R1 to R12 are as defined in the specification. The benzo[k]fluoranthene derivative represented by the formula (1) reduces a driving voltage of an organic electroluminescence device and makes it possible to realize light emission with high efficiency and long lifetime.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2011
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirokatsu Ito, Masahiro Kawamura, Yuichiro Kawamura, Yumiko Mizuki, Hiroyuki Saito
  • Publication number: 20120187392
    Abstract: An imidazopyridine derivative shown by the following formula (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2011
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD
    Inventors: Hirokatsu Ito, Masahiro Kawamura, Yuichiro Kawamura, Yumiko Mizuki, Hiroyuki Saito
  • Publication number: 20120187826
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device including a pair of electrodes and one or more organic compound layers therebetween, the one or more organic compound layers comprising an emitting layer, wherein the emitting layer includes a pyrene derivative represented by the following formula (1) and the content of the pyrene derivative in the emitting layer is 50 to 100 wt %;
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Kawamura, Yuichiro Kawamura, Yumiko Mizuki, Hiroyuki Saito, Hirokatsu Ito
  • Publication number: 20120181922
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device sequentially includes an anode, a first organic layer, a second organic layer, and a cathode, the first organic layer including a monoanthracene derivative shown by a formula (1) and a fused aromatic amine derivative shown by a formula (2), and the second organic layer including a heterocyclic derivative shown by a formula (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2011
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Kawamura, Yuichiro Kawamura
  • Patent number: 8221907
    Abstract: A chrysene derivative shown by the following formula: wherein R1 to R10 and R21 to R25 are independently a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl group having 3 to 10 ring carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted alkylsilyl group having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted arylsilyl group having 8 to 30 carbon atoms, or a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 20 ring carbon atoms, provided that at least one of R21 to R25 is a substituted or unsubstituted fused aromatic ring group having 10 to 20 ring carbon atoms or a substituted or unsubstituted fluorenyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Kawamura, Kazuki Nishimura, Toshihiro Iwakuma, Kenichi Fukuoka, Chishio Hosokawa, Masakazu Funahashi, Tetsuya Inoue, Yukitoshi Jinde, Yuichiro Kawamura, Mitsunori Ito, Yoriyuki Takashima, Toshinari Ogiwara