Patents by Inventor Hideaki Iwanaga

Hideaki Iwanaga 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: 6436558
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescence element comprising a substrate having provided thereon an anode for injecting holes, a cathode for injecting electrons, and at least one organic compound layer therebetween, wherein the organic compound layer contains at least one compound represented by formula (I), and at least one compound represented by formula (II), (III) or (IV) (definitions of formulas (I) to (IV) are described in the specification).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2002
    Assignees: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tadahisa Sato, Shintaro Hara, Akira Gyoutoku, Hideaki Iwanaga, Takahiro Komatsu
  • Patent number: 6416886
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescent device comprising a plurality of first electrodes of transparent conductive film patterns formed on a transparent substrate; an organic thin film formed on the first electrodes; and a second electrode formed on the organic thin film, wherein a recess, which is an interval region between the first electrodes, is embedded with a photo resist. Therefore, even if the thickness of the first electrodes is increased, the occurrence of defective coverage at the edge portion of first electrodes can be prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2002
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Gyoutoku, Hideaki Iwanaga
  • Patent number: 6195142
    Abstract: The invention presents an organic electroluminescence element excellent in long-term durability and reliability, a manufacturing method excellent in mass producibility, and a display device using the organic electroluminescence element. Accordingly, to prevent growth of dark spots in the luminous layer by completely shutting off invasion of moisture or oxygen into an anode or an organic thin film layer, a shield material is adhered to an element by using low melting glass or low melting solder. To fuse the low melting glass or low melting solder used for this purposes, laser or ultrasonic wave is used. The surface of the element is sealed with a protective film in a film thickness of 3 microns to 30 microns, or a protective film composed of two-layer laminate film of insulating compound layer andmetal film. According to these inventions, a highly reliable organic electroluminescence element small in changes in the time course suchas growth of dark sports and lowering of luminance is obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2001
    Assignee: Matsushita Electrical Industrial Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Gyotoku, Hideaki Iwanaga, Shintaro Hara, Takahiro Komatsu, Kei Sakanoue
  • Patent number: 6171715
    Abstract: An organic thin-film electroluminescent (organic EL) element having an improved luminescent efficiency and improved stability is described, which comprises a substrate and, formed thereover, an anode for injecting holes, a cathode for injecting electrons, and at least one organic-compound layer interposed between the anode and the cathode, wherein the organic-compound layer comprises, for example, any of the following organic compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2001
    Assignees: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tadahisa Sato, Shintaro Hara, Akira Gyoutoku, Hideaki Iwanaga, Takahiro Komatsu
  • Patent number: 5923119
    Abstract: An organic thin-film electroluminescent display device comprising a substrate, hole injection electrodes, an organic thin film layer, electron injection electrodes, an electrode-driving IC for driving the electron injection electrodes and the electron injection electrodes and lead wires for connecting the hole injection electrodes and the electron injection electrodes to the electrode-driving IC. The lead wires each include a lead underlayer made of the same material of the hole injection electrode and a lead electroconductive layer formed on the lead underlayer and having a higher electroconductivity than that of the lead underlayer and or the electron injection electrodes each may include an underlayer for the electron injection electrode and an electroconductive layer for the electron injection electrode formed on the underlayer for the electron injection electrode and having a higher electroconductivity than that of the underlayer for the electron.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1999
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shintaro Hara, Hideaki Iwanaga, Akira Gyoutoku, Takahiro Komatsu, Chiharu Wakamatsu
  • Patent number: 5857886
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide an organic thin film EL device that has an improved close adherence of a hole injection electrode to an organic thin film layer and a long life, maintaining uniform luminance and minimized performance deterioration over the lapse of time. The organic thin film EL device, which includes an electron injection electrode and a hole injection electrode with an organic thin film layer placed therebetween, has a part or the whole of the hole injection electrode formed of a carbon film. In addition, the carbon film is formed by a sputtering method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1999
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideaki Iwanaga, Akira Gyoutoku, Shintarou Hara
  • Patent number: 5710484
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide an organic thin film EL device that has an improved close adherence of a hole injection electrode to an organic thin film layer and a long life, maintaining uniform luminance and minimized performance deterioration over the lapse of time. The organic thin film EL device, which includes an electron injection electrode and an hole injection electrode with an organic thin film layer placed therebetween, has a part or the whole of the hole injection electrode formed of a carbon film. In addition, the carbon film is formed by a sputtering method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 20, 1998
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideaki Iwanaga, Akira Gyoutoku, Shintarou Hara