Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Mogamiya
Hiroyuki Mogamiya 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).
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Patent number: 5433887Abstract: The invention discloses optically active liquid crystal compounds represented by the formulas [I], [II] and [III]: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 each represents an alkyl group of 4-18 carbon atoms, X represents O, COO or a single bond, and (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E) each represents ##STR2## in which l represents a halogen. The invention further discloses optically active liquid crystal compounds which are able to exhibit tristable states, represented by the formulas [IV], [V] and [VI]: ##STR3## wherein R.sub.1 ' and R.sub.2 ' each represents a straight chain alkyl group of 5-16 carbon atoms, X' represents O or COO and (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E), and l each has the same meaning as above.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 1992Date of Patent: July 18, 1995Assignee: Showa Shell Sekiyu Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tadaaki Isozaki, Hiroyuki Mogamiya, Shigenori Sakuma, Noriko Yamakawa
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Patent number: 5424005Abstract: A composition of (R)-isomer and (S)-isomer of a liquid crystal compound represented by the formula; ##STR1## wherein X represents --O-- or a direct bond, Z represents a halogen-substituted alkyl group selected from a group consisting of --CF.sub.3, --CHF.sub.2, --CH.sub.2 F, --C.sub.2 F.sub.5, --CClF.sub.2, -CCl.sub.2 F, --CCl.sub.2 CF.sub.3, and --C.sub.3 F.sub.7, m represents an integer of from 1 to 20, n represents an integer of from 1 to 20, and * represents an asymmetric carbon, and the optical purity of said composition is high enough to exhibit optically tristable states in S*(3) phase when electric voltage is applied.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 1992Date of Patent: June 13, 1995Assignee: Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K.Inventors: Yoshiichi Suzuki, Hiroyuki Mogamiya, Ichiro Kawamrua
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Patent number: 5364561Abstract: A liquid crystal compound represented by the following formula; ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 each represents an alkyl group having 3-20 carbon atoms, and X represents a group ##STR2## or --O--, or a single bond, and a liquid crystal composition exhibiting optically tristable states comprising the liquid crystal compound represented by the above formula and an antiferroelectric liquid crystal compound.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 1993Date of Patent: November 15, 1994Assignee: Showa Shell Sekiyu Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tadaaki Isozaki, Hiroyuki Mogamiya, Yoshihiko Aihara, Takashi Hagiwara
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Patent number: 5346648Abstract: An antiferroelectric liquid crystal compound represented by the following general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are each independently selected from the group consisting of alkyl groups having from 3 to 18 carbon atoms, Rf is a lower alkyl group or a fluorinated lower alkyl group, (A) and (B) are each independently selected from the group consisting of 1,4-phenylene, 4,4'-biphenylene, and 2,6-naphthalene which may be substituted at least with a halogen atom, and * shows an asymmetric carbon atom.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 1993Date of Patent: September 13, 1994Assignee: Showa Shell Sekiyu Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yasuhiro Koide, Hiroyuki Mogamiya, Yoshiichi Suzuki
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Patent number: 5344586Abstract: A novel antiferroelectric liquid crystal compound is disclosed which is represented by the following formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are independently selected from C.sub.3 -C.sub.18 alkyl groups, respectively, Rf is a lower fluoroalkyl group, X is a group selected from the group consisting of --O--, --COO--, --OCO--, and --CO--, or a single bond, (A) and (B) each is a group independently selected from the group consisting of phenyl, biphenyl, and naphthalene group which may be substituted with a halogen atom, and C having an asterisk indicates an asynunetric carbon atom. A process for producing the antiferroelectric liquid crystal compound is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 1993Date of Patent: September 6, 1994Assignee: Showa Sheel Sekiyu Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yoshiichi Suzuki, Hiroyuki Mogamiya, Koichi Tanaka, Yoshihiro Takagi, Katutoshi Hirose
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Patent number: 5330678Abstract: Disclosed are novel liquid crystal compounds containing a naphthalene ring, having an excellent light leaking ratio at tristable states, and represented by the following formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is a C.sub.6 -C.sub.16 linear alkyl group or C.sub.6 -C.sub.16 linear alkoxy group, R.sub.2 is a C.sub.4 -C.sub.12 linear alkyl group, R.sub.3 is a C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 alkyl group or C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 haloalkyl group, and C having an asterisk indicates an asymmetric atom.The liquid crystal compounds are expected to find their applications in electrooptical devices and liquid crystal displays utilizing a S*.sub.(3) liquid crystal phase which shows tristable states.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 1993Date of Patent: July 19, 1994Assignee: Showa Shell Sekiyu Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Nobuhiro Okabe, Hiroyuki Mogamiya, Noriko Yamakawa
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Patent number: 5207947Abstract: Liquid crystal compound of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 each is a C.sub.1-18 alkyl group or an aralkyl group, R' is a haloalkyl group, X is --0--, --CO--, --COO-- or direct bond, Y is --COO--, --OCO-- or --CH.sub.2 O--, (A) and (B) each is ##STR2## and p and l each is zero or one.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 1991Date of Patent: May 4, 1993Assignee: Showa Shell Sekiyu Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yoshiichi Suzuki, Noriko Yamakawa, Yoshihiko Aihara, Hiroyuki Mogamiya, Toru Ooide, Tadaaki Isozaki, Yuvra Negi, Shigenori Sakuma
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Patent number: 5204020Abstract: Liquid crystal compounds represented by the formula; ##STR1## in which Ra means an alkyl group of 1-20 carbon atoms or an alkoxy group of 1-20 carbon atoms; Rb means an aliphatic alkyl group, a branched alkyl group or an aralkyl group respectively of 1-20 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group of 1-20 carbon atoms, or an alkanoyl methyl group having 1-20 carbon atoms in the alkyl; ##STR2## Z means a fluorinated alkyl or a fluorinated haloalkyl; m is an integer of from 1 to 3; n is an integer of from 0 to 2 where when n is 0, Y is a single bond; and * shows an optically active center, which have a larger spontaneous polarization, high speed of response and good orientation, and show tristable liquid crystal phase.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 1992Date of Patent: April 20, 1993Assignee: Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K.Inventors: Yoshiichi Suzuki, Hiroyuki Mogamiya, Ichiro Kawamura
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Patent number: 5202054Abstract: A liquid crystal compound represented by formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents an alkyl group having from 1 to 18 carbon atoms; R.sub.2 represents an optically active group represented by formula (II), (III) or (IV): ##STR2## wherein R.sub.3 represents a lower halo-alkyl group having from 1 to 2 carbon atoms; X represents --O--, --COO--, --OCO-- or a single bond; Y represents --CH.sub.2 O-- or --COO--; and Z represents --COO-- or --O--, l represents 0 or 1, provided that when l is 0, Y is a single bond; n represents an integer of from 1 to 18; and * indicates an optically active center. The compound exhibits three stable states of molecular orientation.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 1991Date of Patent: April 13, 1993Assignee: Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K.Inventors: Yoshiichi Suzuki, Hiroyuki Mogamiya, Noriko Yamakawa
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Patent number: 5194179Abstract: The invention lies particularly in novel compounds represented by the general formula; ##STR1## in which Z means CF.sub.3, CHF.sub.2, CH.sub.2 F, CClF.sub.2, CCl.sub.2 F, CHCLF, CCl.sub.3, C.sub.2 F.sub.2 or a perfluoroalkyl group of 3 or more carbon atoms, m and n are same or different with each other and represent an integral of 1-20, which are ferroelectric and chiral smetic liquid crystals of a large spontaneous polarization, a high speed of response and a good orientation, and showing a liquid crystal phase of tristable state and an electoclinic effect to be used as a liquid crystal element superior in an image display response.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 1989Date of Patent: March 16, 1993Assignee: Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K.Inventors: Yoshiichi Suzuki, Ichiro Kawamura, Hiroyuki Mogamiya
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Patent number: 5184847Abstract: Ferrelectric chiral smetic liquid crystal compound are provided which have the formula, for example ##STR1## wherein R is a C.sub.1-20 alkyl group.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 1991Date of Patent: February 9, 1993Assignee: Showa Shell Sekiyu Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yoshiichi Suzuki, Hiroyuki Mogamiya, Ichiro Kawamura
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Patent number: 5110496Abstract: An optically active liquid crystal compound which is represented by the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 each represents an alkyl or aralkyl group of 4-18 carbon atoms, R.sub.3 represents a haloalkyl group, X represents O, COO, OCO, CO or a single bond, Y represents COO, OCO, CH.sub.2 O or OCH.sub.2, Z represents COO or O, (A) represents a cyclic group shown by ##STR2## (B) represents a cyclic group shown by ##STR3## and l shows that the cyclic groups are substituted by at least one halogen atom.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 1991Date of Patent: May 5, 1992Assignees: Showa Shell Sekiyu Kabushiki Kaisha, Teikoku Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroyuki Mogamiya, Noriko Yamakawa, Yoshiichi Suzuki, Hitoshi Suenaga, Yasuhiro Hasegawa
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Patent number: 5051527Abstract: The invention lies in novel ferroelectric liquid crystal compounds particularly represented by the general formulae, having a good responsibility in relation to the applied electric field and a wide range of phase transition points inclusive of the room temperature so as to be useful alone as the liquid crystal material but also to be mixed with other liquid crystal compounds for expanding the phase transition points to a desired range and making the response speed of the liquid crystal composition faster. ##STR1## In the formulae, m and n are same or different with each other and represent an integral of 1-20.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 1989Date of Patent: September 24, 1991Assignee: Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K.Inventors: Yoshiichi Suzuki, Takashi Hagiwara, Hiroyuki Mogamiya