Patents by Inventor Atsutaka Manabe

Atsutaka Manabe 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: 20170130129
    Abstract: The present invention relates to liquid-crystalline media comprising one or more compounds selected from the group of compounds of formulae I, II and III, in which the parameters R1-R3, Z21, Z31, Z32 and rings A11, A12, A13, A21, A22, A31, and A32 are as defined herein, and to components comprising these media for high-frequency technology, in particular phase shifters and microwave array antennas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Michael WITTEK, Dagmar KLASS, Atsutaka MANABE, Christian JASPER, Volker REIFFENRATH, Constanze BROCKE, Detlef PAULUTH
  • Patent number: 9605204
    Abstract: The present invention relates to liquid crystal media and to high frequency components comprising same, especially microwave components for high-frequency devices, such as devices for shifting the phase of microwaves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Atsutaka Manabe, Christian Jasper, Volker Reiffenrath, Constanze Brocke, Detlef Pauluth, Dagmar Klass
  • Patent number: 9593279
    Abstract: The present invention relates to liquid-crystalline media comprising one or more compounds selected from the group of compounds of formulae I, II and III, in which the parameters R1-R3, Z21, Z31, Z32 and rings A11, A12, A13, A21, A22, A31, and A32 are as defined herein, and to components comprising these media for high-frequency technology, in particular phase shifters and microwave array antennas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Michael Wittek, Dagmar Klass, Atsutaka Manabe, Christian Jasper, Volker Reiffenrath, Constanze Brocke, Detlef Pauluth
  • Patent number: 9540566
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for high-frequency technology, or for the microwave region and millimeter wave region of the electromagnetic spectrum, characterized in that it contains a liquid-crystal medium which consists of one or more compounds, which one or more compounds, which contain 6 to 15 five-, six- or seven-membered rings, preferably 1,4-linked phenylene rings, or in that it contains a liquid-crystal medium which itself comprises a component A, which itself consists of one or more of the said compounds, which one or more compounds, which contain 6 to 15 five-, six- or seven-membered rings, preferably 1,4-linked phenylene rings. The present invention additionally relates to compounds of the formula (I), in which the parameters have the meanings given in the text, and to the corresponding, novel liquid-crystal media, to the use and preparation thereof, and to the production and use of the devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Atsutaka Manabe, Christian Jasper, Volker Reiffenrath, Elvira Montenegro, Detlef Pauluth
  • Patent number: 9523037
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid-crystal medium which comprises a component A which consists of one or more compounds of the formula I in which the parameters have the respective meanings given in the claims or in the text, and to the corresponding, novel mesogenic compounds and to the preparation thereof. The present invention likewise relates to the use of these liquid-crystal media, in particular in components for high-frequency technology, and to components of this type which contain media according to the invention, and to the production and use of these components. The components according to the invention are suitable, in particular, as phase shifters in the microwave and millimeter wave region, for microwave and millimeter wave array antennae and very particularly for so-called tuneable “reflectarrays”.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Atsutaka Manabe, Christian Jasper, Volker Reiffenrath, Elvira Montenegro, Detlef Pauluth, Dagmar Klass
  • Patent number: 9493703
    Abstract: The present invention relates to liquid crystal media and to high-frequency components comprising same, especially microwave components for high-frequency devices, such as devices for shifting the phase of microwaves, in particular for microwave phased-array antennas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Atsutaka Manabe, Christian Jasper, Volker Reiffenrath, Constanze Brocke, Detlef Pauluth, Dagmar Klass
  • Publication number: 20160298033
    Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid-crystalline medium, having particular dielectric properties, in that it has: either a dielectric constant perpendicular to the director (??) in the range of 2 or more to less 8 or less and at the same time a ratio of the dielectric constant perpendicular to the director (??) to the dielectric anisotropy (??), i.e. (??/??) of 1.0 or more or or a dielectric constant perpendicular to the director (??) of 8 or more and a dielectric anisotropy (??) of 26 or less and preferably comprises one or more compounds having a high dielectric constant perpendicular to the director (??) and a high average dielectric constant (?av.). These compounds are suitable for use in an electro-optical display, particularly in an active-matrix display based on the IPS or FFS effect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2016
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventor: Atsutaka MANABE
  • Publication number: 20160298034
    Abstract: Disclosed are dibenzofuran and dibenzothiophene derivatives of the general formula I, in which X1, X2, W, Y, R, A, Z and m have the meaning defined in claim 1, to a process for the preparation thereof, to the use thereof as components in liquid-crystalline media, and to electro-optical display elements which contain the liquid-crystalline media according to the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2016
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Lars LIETZAU, Constanze BROCKE, Volker REIFFENRATH, Atsutaka MANABE
  • Patent number: 9434882
    Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid-crystalline medium having a nematic phase and negative dielectric anisotropy which comprises a) a compound of the formula (I), b) one or more compounds of the formula (II) and c) one or more compounds selected from the group of the compounds of the formulae (III-1) to (III-4. The liquid-crystalline medium is useful in an electro-optical display, particularly in an active-matrix display based on the VA, ECB, PALC, FFS or IPS effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Mark Goebel, Atsutaka Manabe, Elvira Montenegro, Detlef Pauluth
  • Publication number: 20160208167
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula I in which the parameters have the respective meanings given in the description, to the use thereof for high-frequency components, to liquid-crystalline media comprising the compounds, and to high-frequency components, in particular antennae, especially for the gigahertz range, comprising these media. The liquid-crystalline media serve, for example, for the phase shifting of microwaves for tunable ‘phased-array’ antennae.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2014
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Christian JASPER, Constanze BROCKE, Detlef PAULUTH, Volker REIFFENRATH, Atsutaka MANABE
  • Patent number: 9296948
    Abstract: A liquid-crystal medium which comprises a component A which consists of one or more compounds of the formula IA, in which the parameters have the respective meanings given in the claims or in the text, and to the corresponding, novel mesogenic compounds and to the preparation thereof. The use of these liquid-crystal media, in particular in components for high-frequency technology, and to components of this type which contain the media according to the invention, and to the production and use of these components. The components are suitable, in particular, for phase shifters in the microwave and millimeter wave region, for microwave and millimeter wave array antennae and very particularly for so-called tuneable “reflectarrays”.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Atsutaka Manabe, Dagmar Klass, Christian Jasper, Volker Reiffenrath, Detlef Pauluth
  • Publication number: 20160046866
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for high-frequency technology, or for the microwave region and millimetre wave region of the electromagnetic spectrum, characterised in that it contains a liquid-crystal medium which consists of one or more compounds, which one or more compounds, which contain 6 to 15 five-, six- or seven-membered rings, preferably 1,4-linked phenylene rings, or in that it contains a liquid-crystal medium which itself comprises a component A, which itself consists of one or more of the said compounds, which one or more compounds, which contain 6 to 15 five-, six- or seven-membered rings, preferably 1,4-linked phenylene rings. The present invention additionally relates to compounds of the formula (I), in which the parameters have the meanings given in the text, and to the corresponding, novel liquid-crystal media, to the use and preparation thereof, and to the production and use of the devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRANKTER HAFTUNG
    Inventors: Atsutaka MANABE, Christian JASPER, Volker REIFFENRATH, Elvira MONTENEGRO, Detlef PAULUTH
  • Publication number: 20160040066
    Abstract: The present invention relates to liquid-crystalline media comprising one or more compounds selected from the group of compounds of formulae I, II and III, in which the parameters R1-R3, Z21, Z31, Z32 and rings A11, A12, A13, A21, A22, A31, and A32 are as defined herein, and to components comprising these media for high-frequency technology, in particular phase shifters and microwave array antennas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Michael WITTEK, Dagmar KLASS, Atsutaka MANABE, Christian JASPER, Volker REIFFENRATH, Constanze BROCKE, Detlef PAULUTH
  • Publication number: 20160002533
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid-crystal medium which comprises a component A which consists of one or more compounds of the formula I in which the parameters have the respective meanings given in the claims or in the text, and to the corresponding, novel mesogenic compounds and to the preparation thereof. The present invention likewise relates to the use of these liquid-crystal media, in particular in components for high-frequency technology, and to components of this type which contain media according to the invention, and to the production and use of these components. The components according to the invention are suitable, in particular, as phase shifters in the microwave and millimetre wave region, for microwave and millimetre wave array antennae and very particularly for so-called tuneable “reflectarrays”.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2015
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Atsutaka MANABE, Christian JASPER, Volker REIFFENRATH, Elvira MONTENEGRO, Detlef PAULUTH, Dagmar KLASS
  • Patent number: 9193905
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for high-frequency technology, or for the microwave region and millimeter wave region of the electromagnetic spectrum, characterized in that it contains a liquid-crystal medium which consists of one or more compounds, which one or more compounds, which contain 6 to 15 five-, six- or seven-membered rings, preferably 1,4-linked phenylene rings, or in that it contains a liquid-crystal medium which itself comprises a component A, which itself consists of one or more of the said compounds, which one or more compounds, which contain 6 to 15 five-, six- or seven-membered rings, preferably 1,4-linked phenylene rings. The present invention additionally relates to compounds of the formula (I), in which the parameters have the meanings given in the text, and to the corresponding, novel liquid-crystal media, to the use and preparation thereof, and to the production and use of the devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Atsutaka Manabe, Christian Jasper, Volker Reiffenrath, Elvira Montenegro, Detlef Pauluth
  • Publication number: 20150322344
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid-crystal medium which comprises a component A which consists of one or more compounds selected from the group of the formulae I-M and I-U in which the parameters have the respective meanings given in the claims or in the text, and to the corresponding, novel mesogenic compounds and to the preparation thereof. The present invention likewise relates to the use of these liquid-crystal media, in particular in components for high-frequency technology, and to components of this type which contain media according to the invention, and to the production and use of these components. The components according to the invention are suitable, in particular, as phase shifters in the microwave and millimetre wave region, for microwave and millimetre wave array antennae and very particularly for so-called tuneable “reflectarrays”.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2013
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Atsutaka MANABE, Dagmar KLASS, Renate SEEGER, Michael WITTEK, Matthias BREMER
  • Patent number: 9175219
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds containing at least three ring systems, at least one of which is a 2,6-naphthylene group, and two unsaturated bridging groups between the ring systems, and to the use of the compounds for high-frequency components, in particular antennae, especially for the gigahertz region. The liquid-crystalline media comprising these compounds serve, for example, for the phase shifting of microwaves for tuneable ‘phased-array’ antennae.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Jasper, Elvira Montenegro, Detlef Pauluth, Volker Reiffenrath, Atsutaka Manabe
  • Patent number: 9169438
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula I to the use thereof for high-frequency components, to liquid-crystalline media comprising the compounds, and to high-frequency components, in particular antennae, especially for the gigahertz range, comprising these media. The liquid-crystalline media serve, for example, for the phase shifting of microwaves for tuneable “phased-array” antennae.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Volker Reiffenrath, Christian Jasper, Detlef Pauluth, Atsutaka Manabe
  • Publication number: 20150267115
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds containing at least one C—C triple bond of the formula I R1-[A1-Z1]m-A2A3-[Z2-A4]n-[Z3-A5]o-R2??I, which have neutral dielectric anisotropy, to the use thereof for high-frequency components, to liquid-crystalline media comprising the compounds, and to high-frequency components, in particular antennae, especially for the giga- and terahertz region, comprising these media. The liquid-crystalline media serve, for example, for the phase shifting of microwaves for tuneable phased-array antennae.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2013
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Constanze Brocke, Christian Jasper, Detlef Pauluth, Atsutaka Manabe
  • Patent number: 8999198
    Abstract: The present invention relates to 1,4-diethynylbenzene derivatives having substituents in the 2,3-position (cf. formula I, Claims), to the use thereof for high-frequency components, to liquid-crystalline media comprising the compounds, and to high-frequency components, in particular antennae, especially for the gigahertz range, comprising these media. The liquid-crystalline media serve, for example, for the phase shifting of microwaves for tuneable ‘phased-array’ antennae.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Volker Reiffenrath, Christian Jasper, Atsutaka Manabe, Elvira Montenegro, Detlef Pauluth