Patents by Inventor Hiroaki Toyoshima

Hiroaki Toyoshima 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: 20240415013
    Abstract: An organic EL device includes an emitting region between a cathode and an anode, a first anode side organic layer, and a second anode side organic layer, in which the emitting region includes at least a first emitting layer, the first emitting layer contains a first host material, a first additional host material, and a first luminescent compound, the first anode side organic layer contains first and second organic materials, a content of the first organic material is less than 50 mass %, the second anode side organic layer contains a second hole transporting zone material, the first emitting layer is an emitting layer that emits fluorescence, and a refractive index NM1 of constituent materials in the first anode side organic layer and a refractive index NM2 of a constituent material in the second anode side organic layer satisfy a relationship of Numerical Formula NM, NM 1 > NM 2 .
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO.,LTD.
    Inventors: Masato NAKAMURA, Satomi TASAKI, Tasuku HAKETA, Emiko KAMBE, Keitaro YAMADA, Tetsuya MASUDA, Yusuke TAKAHASHI, Hiroaki TOYOSHIMA, Takeshi IKEDA, Kazuki NISHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20240376072
    Abstract: Specific compounds represented by formula (I), a material for an organic electroluminescence device comprising said specific compound, an organic electroluminescence device comprising said specific compound, an electronic equipment comprising said organic electroluminescence device and the use of said compounds in an organic electroluminescence device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO.,LTD.
    Inventors: Michelle GROARKE, Natalia CHEBOTAREVA, Hiroaki TOYOSHIMA, Masatoshi SAITO, Sayaka MIZUTANI, Masato MITANI
  • Publication number: 20240334814
    Abstract: A mixed powder comprising a first compound and a second compound, wherein the first compound has the fused ring structure having the most rings and having three or more rings, in fused ring structures included therein, and the second compound has the fused ring structure having the most rings and having 5 or more rings, in fused ring structures included therein, and the fused ring structure having the most rings thereof has more rings than that of the first compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN Co.,LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya MASUDA, Hiroyuki IWABUCHI, Masato NAKAMURA, Yoshinao SHIRASAKI, Satomi TASAKI, Hiroaki TOYOSHIMA
  • Publication number: 20240260300
    Abstract: An organic EL device includes: an anode; a cathode; an emitting region; and a hole transporting zone, in which the emitting region includes a first emitting layer containing a first host material and a first emitting compound and a second emitting layer containing a second host material and a second emitting compound; the first emitting layer is disposed close to the anode; the hole transporting zone includes a first organic layer that is in direct contact with the first emitting layer; the first organic layer contains a hole transporting zone material; a triplet energy of the first host material T1(H1) and a triplet energy of the second host material T1(H2) satisfy a relationship of a numerical formula (Numerical Formula 1) below, and an affinity value of the hole transporting zone material Af(cHT) is less than 1.47 eV, T 1 ( H ? 1 ) > T 1 ( H ? 2 ) .
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO.,LTD.
    Inventors: Satomi TASAKI, Tasuku HAKETA, Hiroaki TOYOSHIMA
  • Publication number: 20240251585
    Abstract: An organic EL device includes: an anode; a cathode; an emitting region; and a hole transporting zone, in which the emitting region includes a first emitting layer containing a first host material and a second emitting layer containing a second host material, at least one organic layer in the hole transporting zone is a first organic layer, the first organic layer contains a hole transporting zone material, the first emitting layer is disposed close to the anode, and a triplet energy of the first host material T1(H1) and a triplet energy of the second host material T1(H2) satisfy Numerical Formula 1, and a dipole of the first host material is 0.4 D or more, T1(H1)>T1(H2)??(Numerical Formula 1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO.,LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya MASUDA, Satomi TASAKI, Hiroaki TOYOSHIMA, Masato NAKAMURA, Kazuki NISHIMURA, Hiroaki ITOI, Emiko KAMBE
  • Patent number: 12006459
    Abstract: A phosphor powder of the present invention is a phosphor powder which contains an inorganic compound in which Eu as an activator is solid-soluted in a crystal represented by Ba26Si51O2N84 or in an inorganic crystal having the same crystal structure as the crystal represented by Ba26Si51O2N84, and which is constituted such that in an emission spectrum obtained by irradiating the phosphor powder with excitation light having a wavelength of 450 nm, when a luminescence intensity at a peak wavelength in a range of equal to or more than 750 nm and equal to or less than 950 nm is P0, and when a luminescence intensity at a peak wavelength in a range of equal to or more than 520 nm and equal to or less than 600 nm is P1, 0.01?P1/P0?0.12 is satisfied by P0 and P1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: DENKA COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiroki Banno, Hiroaki Toyoshima
  • Publication number: 20240147843
    Abstract: An organic EL device includes an emitting region provided between a cathode and an anode, a first anode-side-organic layer, a second anode-side-organic layer, and a third anode-side-organic layer, in which the emitting region includes at least a first emitting layer, the first anode-side-organic layer is in direct contact with the second anode-side-organic layer, the second anode-side-organic layer is in direct contact with the third anode-side-organic layer, the third anode-side-organic layer has a film thickness of 20 nm or more, the second anode-side-organic layer contains at least one compound different from a compound contained in the third anode-side-organic layer, the first emitting layer is a fluorescent emitting layer, and a refractive index NM2 of a constituent material contained in the second anode-side-organic layer and a refractive index NM3 of a constituent material contained in the third anode-side-organic layer satisfy a relationship of Numerical Formula NM, NM2>NM3??(Numerical Formula NM
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Satomi TASAKI, Kazuki NISHIMURA, Tetsuya MASUDA, Hiroaki TOYOSHIMA, Masato NAKAMURA, Hiroaki ITOI, Emiko KAMBE, Tasuku HAKETA, Yusuke TAKAHASHI, Keitaro YAMADA, Takeshi IKEDA
  • Publication number: 20240130224
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device includes an emitting region between a cathode and an anode, a first anode side organic layer, and a second anode side organic layer. The emitting region includes at least a first emitting layer, the first anode side organic layer is in direct contact with the second anode side organic layer, the first anode side organic layer contains first and second organic materials, a content of the first organic material in the first anode side organic layer is less than 50 mass %, the second anode side organic layer contains a second hole transporting zone material, the first emitting layer is an emitting layer that emits fluorescence, and a refractive index NM1 of the constituent materials contained in the first anode side organic layer and a refractive index NM2 of the constituent material contained in the second anode side organic layer satisfy a relationship of NM1>NM2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2021
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroaki TOYOSHIMA, Kazuki NISHIMURA, Tetsuya MASUDA, Satomi TASAKI, Masato NAKAMURA, Hiroaki ITOI, Emiko KAMBE, Yusuke TAKAHASHI, Keitaro YAMADA, Takeshi IKEDA, Tasuku HAKETA
  • Publication number: 20240130223
    Abstract: An organic EL device includes: an emitting layer including a first emitting layer and a second emitting layer; and a hole transporting zone including at least two organic compound layers, in which a first organic compound layer of the hole transporting zone includes a first organic material and a second organic material that are mutually different, a content of the first organic material in the first organic compound layer is less than 10 mass %, the first emitting layer includes a first host material and a first emitting compound, the second emitting layer includes a second host material and a second emitting compound, and a triplet energy of the first host material T1(H1) and a triplet energy of the second host material T1(H2) satisfy a relationship of Numerical Formula 1, T1(H1)>T1(H2)??(Numerical Formula 1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2021
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroaki TOYOSHIMA, Kazuki NISHIMURA, Emiko KAMBE, Masato NAKAMURA, Tetsuya MASUDA, Yusuke TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20240124773
    Abstract: A phosphor powder containing a phosphor represented by General Formula (I) below. In General Formula (I), M1 includes at least La and optionally further includes one or more elements selected from the group made of lanthanoid elements other than Y and La, M2 includes at least Ba and optionally further includes one or more elements selected from the group made of Mg, Ca, and Sr, x is equal to or more than 0.005 and equal to or less than 0.2, y is equal to or more than 0 and equal to or less than 0.1, and z is more than 0.44 and equal to or less than 0.99: (Eu(1-x)(1-z)M1xM2(1-x)z)2(Si1-yAly)5N8 . . . (I).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: DENKA COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiroki BANNO, Hiroaki TOYOSHIMA
  • Publication number: 20240130146
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device includes: a first emitting layer disposed between an anode and a cathode; and a second emitting layer disposed between the first emitting layer and the cathode. The first emitting layer contains a first host material and a first emitting compound, and the second emitting layer contains a second host material and a second emitting compound. A triplet energy of the first host material T1(H1) and a triplet energy of the second host material T1(H2) satisfy the relationship of a Numerical Formula 1 (T1(H1)<T1(H2)), and a lowest unoccupied molecular orbital energy level of the second host material LUMO(H2) and a lowest unoccupied molecular orbital energy level of the second emitting compound LUMO(D2) satisfy the relationship of a Numerical Formula 2 (|LUMO(D2)|?|LUMO(H2)|<0.74 eV).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2021
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO.,LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroaki TOYOSHIMA, Kazuki NISHIMURA, Yuichiro KAWAMURA
  • Publication number: 20240122064
    Abstract: An organic EL device includes a first emitting layer and a second emitting layer, in which the first emitting layer contains a first host material, the second emitting layer contains a second host material, the first host material and the second host material are mutually different, the first emitting layer contains at least a first emitting compound that emits light with a maximum peak wavelength of 453 nm or less, the second emitting layer contains at least a second emitting compound that emits light with a maximum peak wavelength of 500 nm or less, the first emitting compound and the second emitting compound are mutually the same or different, and the triplet energy T1(H1) of the first host material and the triplet energy T1(H2) of the second host material satisfy a relationship of a numerical formula (Numerical Formula 1) below, T1(H1)>T1(H2)??(Numerical Formula 1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Hiroaki TOYOSHIMA, Kazuki NISHIMURA, Tetsuya MASUDA, Satomi TASAKI, Emiko KAMBE
  • Patent number: 11952520
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a phosphor powder of the present invention, in which the phosphor powder contains an inorganic compound in which Eu as an activator is solid-soluted in a crystal represented by Ba26Si51O2N84 or in an inorganic crystal having the same crystal structure as the crystal represented by Ba26Si51O2N84, the method including: a mixing step of mixing a raw material containing each element constituting the inorganic compound to obtain a raw material mixture blended such that b=51 and a/b>(26?c)/51 are satisfied when molar ratios of Ba, Si, and Eu in the raw material mixture are respectively a, b, and c; a firing step of firing the raw material mixture to obtain a fired product; and a cleaning treatment step of subjecting the fired product to an acid treatment and/or a water treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: DENKA COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiroki Banno, Hiroaki Toyoshima
  • Publication number: 20240107876
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device including a cathode, an anode, an emitting layer arranged between the cathode and the anode, and an electron-transporting region arranged between the emitting layer and the cathode, wherein the electron-transporting region includes one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by the following formulas (1) to (4) and a rare earth element, and the electron-transporting region substantially does not include an alkali metal, a compound containing an alkali metal, a metal belonging to Group 13 of the Periodic Table of the Elements, and a compound having a metal belonging to Group 13 of the Periodic Table of the Elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO.,LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroaki TOYOSHIMA, Masatoshi SAITO, Kei YOSHIDA, Masato MITANI, Sayaka MIZUTANI
  • Patent number: 11856808
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device includes a first emitting unit, a first charge generating layer, a second emitting unit, a second charge generating layer, and a third emitting unit provided between an anode and a cathode in this order from the anode, in which the second charge generating layer includes an N layer close to the anode and a P layer close to the cathode, the third emitting layer contains a blue fluorescent compound, at least one of the first or second emitting layer contains a blue fluorescent compound, the third emitting unit includes a hole transporting zone between the second charge generating layer and the third emitting layer, the hole transporting zone is in contact with the second charge generating layer, and a thickness of the hole transporting zone is in a range from 5 nm to 40 nm and smaller than a thickness of the N layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masato Nakamura, Emiko Kambe, Hiroaki Toyoshima, Kazuki Nishimura, Hitoshi Kuma
  • Publication number: 20230323199
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a phosphor powder of the present invention, in which the phosphor powder contains an inorganic compound in which Eu as an activator is solid-soluted in a crystal represented by Ba26Si51O2N84 or in an inorganic crystal having the same crystal structure as the crystal represented by Ba26Si51O2N84, the method including: a mixing step of mixing a raw material containing each element constituting the inorganic compound to obtain a raw material mixture blended such that b=51 and a/b>(26?c)/51 are satisfied when molar ratios of Ba, Si, and Eu in the raw material mixture are respectively a, b, and c; a firing step of firing the raw material mixture to obtain a fired product; and a cleaning treatment step of subjecting the fired product to an acid treatment and/or a water treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: DENKA COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiroki BANNO, Hiroaki TOYOSHIMA
  • Publication number: 20230323201
    Abstract: A phosphor powder of the present invention is a phosphor powder which contains an inorganic compound in which Eu as an activator is solid-soluted in a crystal represented by Ba26Si51O2N84 or in an inorganic crystal having the same crystal structure as the crystal represented by Ba26Si51O2N84, and which is constituted such that in an emission spectrum obtained by irradiating the phosphor powder with excitation light having a wavelength of 450 nm, when a luminescence intensity at a peak wavelength in a range of equal to or more than 750 nm and equal to or less than 950 nm is P0, and when a luminescence intensity at a peak wavelength in a range of equal to or more than 520 nm and equal to or less than 600 nm is P1, 0.01?P1/P0?0.12 is satisfied by P0 and P1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: DENKA COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiroki BANNO, Hiroaki TOYOSHIMA
  • Publication number: 20230263001
    Abstract: An organic EL device includes: an anode; a cathode; a first emitting layer containing a first host material; a second emitting layer containing a second host material; and a hole transporting zone, in which all of one or more organic layers in the hole transporting zone contain a common hole transporting zone material, a triplet energy of the first host material T1(H1) and a triplet energy of the second host material T1(H2) satisfy a relationship of a numerical formula (Numerical Formula 1) below, and an absolute value of a difference between an energy level of the hole transporting zone material HOMO(HT) and an energy level of the first host material HOMO(H1) satisfies a relationship of a numerical formula (Numerical Formula 2) below, T1(H1)>T1(H2)??(Numerical Formula 1) |HOMO(HT)?HOMO(H1)|<0.4 eV??(Numerical Formula 2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO.,LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroaki TOYOSHIMA, Kazuki NISHIMURA, Satomi TASAKI
  • Publication number: 20230240133
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device includes: a first emitting layer including a first host material, a first organic material, and a first dopant material; and a second emitting layer including a second host material and a second dopant material, in which the first host material, the first organic material, and the second host material are different compounds in structure and satisfy Numerical Formula 1 and Numerical Formula 2. Numerical Formula 1: T1(H1)>T1(H3), Numerical Formula 2: T1(H2)>T1(H3) (In Numerical Formula 1 and Numerical Formula 2, T1(H1), T1(H2), T1(H3) are triplet energies of the first host material, the first organic material, and the second host material, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO.,LTD.
    Inventors: Masato NAKAMURA, Tetsuya MASUDA, Satomi TASAKI, Hiroaki TOYOSHIMA, Takeshi IKEDA, Kazuma MASE
  • Publication number: 20230210002
    Abstract: A composition including a compound represented by the following formula (12) and a compound represented by the following formula (21) (provided that the compound represented by the formula (12) is different from the compound represented by the formula (21)).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO.,LTD.
    Inventors: Shota TANAKA, Keitaro YAMADA, Yusuke TAKAHASHI, Hiroaki TOYOSHIMA