Patents by Inventor Elichi MATSUMOTO

Elichi MATSUMOTO 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).

  • VAPOR DEPOSITION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT
    Publication number: 20160194747
    Abstract: The present invention provides a vapor deposition apparatus capable of preventing abnormal film formation due to scattering in vapor deposition streams; and a method for producing an organic electroluminescent element which includes forming a patterned thin film with the vapor deposition apparatus. The present invention relates to a vapor deposition apparatus that includes a vapor deposition source equipped with a nozzle that ejects vapor deposition particles; an integrated limiting plate equipped with a first limiting plate including an opening that is in front of the nozzle, and with second limiting plates placed in the opening in the first limiting plate; and a mask including slits. The present invention also relates to a method for producing electroluminescent elements that includes a vapor deposition step of forming a patterned thin film with the vapor deposition apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2014
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shinichi KAWATO, Satoshi INOUE, Takashi OCHI, Yuhki KOBAYASHI, Katsuhiro KIKUCHI, Elichi MATSUMOTO, Masahiro ICHIHARA