Patents by Inventor Hiroo Miyajima

Hiroo Miyajima 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: 7932518
    Abstract: Display devices such as EL elements or LED elements, are formed from thin film elements having banks of prescribed height and a thin film layer formed by an ink jet method in areas to be coated that are partitioned by those banks. The banks may be formed of an organic material on a bank formation surface configured of an inorganic material, plasma treatment is performed under conditions that the induction gas is fluorine-based and that fluorine is present excessively, and the areas enclosed by the banks subjected to surface treatment are filled with the liquid thin film material to form the thin film layer or layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shunichi Seki, Hiroshi Kiguchi, Ichio Yudasaka, Hiroo Miyajima
  • Publication number: 20090020751
    Abstract: Display devices such as EL elements or LED elements, are formed from thin film elements having banks of prescribed height and a thin film layer formed by an ink jet method in areas to be coated that are partitioned by those banks. The banks may be formed of an organic material on a bank formation surface configured of an inorganic material, plasma treatment is performed under conditions that the induction gas is fluorine-based and that fluorine is present excessively, and the areas enclosed by the banks subjected to surface treatment are filled with the liquid thin film material to form the thin film layer or layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2008
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunichi Seki, Hiroshi Kiguchi, Ichio Yudasaka, Hiroo Miyajima
  • Patent number: 7442955
    Abstract: Display devices such as EL elements or LED elements, are formed from thin film elements having banks of prescribed height and a thin film layer formed by an ink jet method in areas to be coated that are partitioned by those banks. The banks may be formed of an organic material on a bank formation surface configured of an inorganic material, plasma treatment is performed under conditions that the induction gas is fluorine-based and that fluorine is present excessively, and the areas enclosed by the banks subjected to surface treatment are filled with the liquid thin film material to form the thin film layer or layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2008
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shunichi Seki, Hiroshi Kiguchi, Ichio Yudasaka, Hiroo Miyajima
  • Patent number: 7273801
    Abstract: Display devices such as EL elements or LED elements, are formed from thin film elements having banks of prescribed height and a thin film layer formed by an ink jet method in areas to be coated that are partitioned by those banks. The banks may be formed of an organic material on a bank formation surface configured of an inorganic material, plasma treatment is performed under conditions that the induction gas is fluorine-based and that fluorine is present excessively, and the areas enclosed by the banks subjected to surface treatment are filled with the liquid thin film material to form the thin film layer or layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2007
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shunichi Seki, Hiroshi Kiguchi, Ichio Yudasaka, Hiroo Miyajima
  • Patent number: 7267426
    Abstract: The present invention provides a member comprising a substrate, an undercoat film formed on a surface of the substrate, and a liquid-repellent film of metal alkoxide formed on a surface of the undercoat film. Also disclosed are nozzle head, liquid-jet head and liquid-jet device employing the above-described member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2007
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroo Miyajima, Shintaro Asuke, Yasuhide Matsuo, Sukenori Ichikawa, Yasunori Koike
  • Patent number: 7214959
    Abstract: Display devices such as EL elements or LED elements, are formed from thin film elements having banks of prescribed height and a thin film layer formed by an ink jet method in areas to be coated that are partitioned by those banks. The banks may be formed of an organic material on a bank formation surface configured of an inorganic material, plasma treatment is performed under conditions that the induction gas is fluorine-based and that fluorine is present excessively, and the areas enclosed by the banks subjected to surface treatment are filled with the liquid thin film material to form the thin film layer or layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2007
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shunichi Seki, Hiroshi Kiguchi, Ichio Yudasaka, Hiroo Miyajima
  • Patent number: 7015503
    Abstract: Display devices such as EL elements or LED elements, or color filters, are provided, wherewith, when forming thin films such as organic semiconductor films or colored resins, there is remarkably little variation in film thickness from pixel to pixel. A method for fabricating thin film elements having banks of a prescribed height and a thin film layer formed by an ink jet method in areas to be coated that are partitioned by those banks is disclosed. Furthermore, banks are formed of an organic material on a bank formation surface configured of an inorganic material, plasma treatment is performed under conditions that the induction gas is fluorine-based and that fluorine is present excessively, and the areas enclosed by the banks subjected to surface treatment are filled with the liquid thin film material to form the thin film layer or layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shunichi Seki, Hiroshi Kiguchi, Ichio Yudasaka, Hiroo Miyajima
  • Publication number: 20050186403
    Abstract: Display devices such as EL elements or LED elements, are formed from thin film elements having banks of prescribed height and a thin film layer formed by an ink jet method in areas to be coated that are partitioned by those banks. The banks may be formed of an organic material on a bank formation surface configured of an inorganic material, plasma treatment is performed under conditions that the induction gas is fluorine-based and that fluorine is present excessively, and the areas enclosed by the banks subjected to surface treatment are filled with the liquid thin film material to form the thin film layer or layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2005
    Publication date: August 25, 2005
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunichi Seki, Hiroshi Kiguchi, Ichio Yudasaka, Hiroo Miyajima
  • Publication number: 20050170076
    Abstract: Display devices such as EL elements or LED elements, are formed from thin film elements having banks of prescribed height and a thin film layer formed by an ink jet method in areas to be coated that are partitioned by those banks. The banks may be formed of an organic material on a bank formation surface configured of an inorganic material, plasma treatment is performed under conditions that the induction gas is fluorine-based and that fluorine is present excessively, and the areas enclosed by the banks subjected to surface treatment are filled with the liquid thin film material to form the thin film layer or layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2005
    Publication date: August 4, 2005
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunichi Seki, Hiroshi Kiguchi, Ichio Yudasaka, Hiroo Miyajima
  • Publication number: 20050170550
    Abstract: Display devices such as EL elements or LED elements, are formed from thin film elements having banks of prescribed height and a thin film layer formed by an ink jet method in areas to be coated that are partitioned by those banks. The banks may be formed of an organic material on a bank formation surface configured of an inorganic material, plasma treatment is performed under conditions that the induction gas is fluorine-based and that fluorine is present excessively, and the areas enclosed by the banks subjected to surface treatment are filled with the liquid thin film material to form the thin film layer or layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2005
    Publication date: August 4, 2005
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunichi Seki, Hiroshi Kiguchi, Ichio Yudasaka, Hiroo Miyajima
  • Publication number: 20050001879
    Abstract: The present invention provides a member comprising a substrate, an undercoat film formed on a surface of the substrate, and a liquid-repellent film of metal alkoxide formed on a surface of the undercoat film. Also disclosed are nozzle head, liquid-jet head and liquid-jet device employing the above-described member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2004
    Publication date: January 6, 2005
    Inventors: Hiroo Miyajima, Shintaro Asuke, Yasuhide Matsuo, Sukenori Ichikawa, Yasunori Koike
  • Publication number: 20040201048
    Abstract: Display devices such as EL elements or LED elements, or color filters, are provided, wherewith, when forming thin films such as organic semiconductor films or colored resins, there is remarkably little variation in film thickness from pixel to pixel. When fabricating thin film elements having banks of a prescribed height and a thin film layer formed by an ink jet method in areas to be coated that are partitioned by those banks, if the width of the banks is made a (&mgr;m), the height thereof is made c (&mgr;m), the width of the areas to be coated is made b (&mgr;m), and the diameter of the liquid droplets of the liquid material forming the thin film layer is made d (&mgr;m), the banks are formed on the substrate so as to satisfy the conditions that a>d/4, d/2<b<5d, c>t0 (where t0 (&mgr;m) is the film thickness of the thin film layer), and c>½×d/b.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2003
    Publication date: October 14, 2004
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shunichi Seki, Hiroshi Kiguchi, Ichio Yudasaka, Hiroo Miyajima