Patents by Inventor Hisahiro Higashi

Hisahiro Higashi 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: 20100201255
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device comprising a pair of electrodes and a layer of an organic light emitting medium disposed between the pair of electrodes, wherein the layer of an organic light emitting medium comprises a mixed layer comprising (A) at least one hole transporting compound and (B) at least one electron transporting compound, an energy gap of the hole transporting compound represented by Eg1 and an energy gap of the electron transporting compound represented by Eg2 satisfy a relation: Eg1<Eg2. Electrons and holes are recombined in the layer of an organic light emitting medium and light is emitted. The organic electroluminescence device has a long life and emits light at a high efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2010
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Applicant: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chishio Hosokawa, Hisahiro Higashi, Kenichi Fukuoka, Hidetsugu Ikeda, Takashi Arakane
  • Patent number: 7709102
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device comprising a pair of electrodes and a layer of an organic light emitting medium disposed between the pair of electrodes, wherein the layer of an organic light emitting medium comprises a mixed layer comprising (A) at least one hole transporting compound and (B) at least one electron transporting compound, an energy gap of the hole transporting compound represented by Eg1 and an energy gap of the electron transporting compound represented by Eg2 satisfy a relation: Eg1<Eg2. Electrons and holes are recombined in the layer of an organic light emitting medium and light is emitted. The organic electroluminescence device has a long life and emits light at a high efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chishio Hosokawa, Hisahiro Higashi, Kenichi Fukuoka, Hidetsugu Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20060159959
    Abstract: The invention is an organic electroluminescent device that comprises organic compound layer(s) including at least one organic emitting layer sandwiched between a pair of electrodes, wherein at least one organic compound layer is formed from an organic compound material having an impurity concentration of lower than 1000 ppm. The device has the advantages of applicability to lightweight, thin and low-voltage driving displays, good luminescent capacity attenuating little even in long-term driving operation, and good durability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2006
    Publication date: July 20, 2006
    Applicant: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hisahiro Higashi, Toshio Sakai, Chishio Hosokawa
  • Patent number: 7045950
    Abstract: The invention is an organic electroluminescent device that comprises organic compound layer(s) including at least one organic emitting layer sandwiched between a pair of electrodes, wherein at least one organic compound layer is formed from an organic compound material having an impurity concentration of lower than 1000 ppm. The device has the advantages of applicability to lightweight, thin and low-voltage driving displays, good luminescent capacity attenuating little even in long-term driving operation, and good durability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hisahiro Higashi, Toshio Sakai, Chishio Hosokawa
  • Publication number: 20050238921
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device comprising a pair of electrodes and a layer of an organic light emitting medium disposed between the pair of electrodes, wherein the layer of an organic light emitting medium comprises a mixed layer comprising (A) at least one hole transporting compound and (B) at least one electron transporting compound, an energy gap of the hole transporting compound represented by Eg1 and an energy gap of the electron transporting compound represented by Eg2 satisfy a relation: Eg1<Eg2. Electrons and holes are recombined in the layer of an organic light emitting medium and light is emitted. The organic electroluminescence device has a long life and emits light at a high efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2005
    Publication date: October 27, 2005
    Applicant: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chishio Hosokawa, Hisahiro Higashi, Kenichi Fukuoka, Hidetsugu Ikeda
  • Patent number: 6773831
    Abstract: The invention provides an organic EL device which produces high luminance and is durable and which can be fabricated with ease. The organic EL device comprises two electrodes and a light-emitting layer sandwiched therebetween, in which the light-emitting layer contains a molecular compound having an electron-transporting unit and a hole-transporting unit bonded to each other via a linking group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2004
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hisahiro Higashi, Chishio Hosokawa
  • Publication number: 20040007971
    Abstract: The invention is an organic electroluminescent device that comprises organic compound layer(s) including at least one organic emitting layer sandwiched between a pair of electrodes, wherein at least one organic compound layer is formed from an organic compound material having an impurity concentration of lower than 1000 ppm. The device has the advantages of applicability to lightweight, thin and low-voltage driving displays, good luminescent capacity attenuating little even in long-term driving operation, and good durability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2003
    Publication date: January 15, 2004
    Applicant: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hisahiro Higashi, Toshio Sakai, Chishio Hosokawa
  • Patent number: 6617051
    Abstract: The invention is an organic electroluminescent device that comprises organic compound layer(s) including at least one organic emitting layer sandwiched between a pair of electrodes, wherein at least one organic compound layer is formed from an organic compound material having an impurity concentration of lower than 1000 ppm. The device has the advantages of applicability to lightweight, thin and low-voltage driving displays, good luminescent capacity attenuating little even in long-term driving operation, and good durability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2003
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hisahiro Higashi, Toshio Sakai, Chishio Hosokawa
  • Patent number: 6534199
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device which exhibits excellent heat resistance, a long life and a high efficiency and emits bluish light and an organic light emitting medium advantageously used for the organic electroluminescence device. The organic electroluminescence device comprises a layer of an organic light emitting medium which is disposed between a pair of electrodes and comprises (A) a mono-, di-, tri- or tetrastyryl derivative containing amine and (B) an anthracene derivative having a specific structure. The organic light emitting medium comprises components (A) and (B).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chishio Hosokawa, Hisahiro Higashi, Kenichi Fukuoka, Hidetsugu Ikeda
  • Patent number: 6531234
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a practical organic EL element which is excellent in a durability without decreasing a luminance even in the driving for a long period of time and which is appropriately used in, for example, a display of information appliances or the like, a process for producing the same, and further an organic EL film. It is an organic electroluminescence element in which an organic compound layer having at least an organic emitting layer is held between a pair of electrodes, an anode and a cathode, an intensity of a main peak and an intensity of each sub-peak in a mass spectrum of at least one layer of the organic compound layer satisfying a specific relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2003
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hisahiro Higashi, Toshio Sakai, Chishio Hosokawa
  • Patent number: 6489489
    Abstract: Disclosed is a practical, organic, blue-emitting EL device having a long life and having high luminous efficiency and good thermal stability. The device comprises organic compound layers, of which at least one is an organic blue-emitting layer, as sandwiched between a pair of electrodes, and is characterized in that the organic blue-emitting layer comprises an organic host compound having a fluorescence quantum efficiency of not smaller than 0.3 in a solid state and a fluorescent substance, and the organic host compound and the fluorescent substance are selected such that the device retains a monomeric blue-emitting ability, and that all the organic compound layers have a glass transition temperature of not lower than 75° C., while the organic compound layers adjacent to the organic blue-emitting layer have a glass transition temperature of not lower than 105° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2002
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshio Sakai, Hisahiro Higashi, Hiroaki Nakamura, Hisayuki Kawamura, Chishio Hosokawa
  • Publication number: 20020136924
    Abstract: The invention provides an organic EL device which produces high luminance and is durable and which can be fabricated with ease. The organic EL device comprises two electrodes and a light-emitting layer sandwiched therebetween, in which the light-emitting layer contains a molecular compound having an electron-transporting unit and a hole-transporting unit bonded to each other via a linking group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2002
    Publication date: September 26, 2002
    Applicant: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hisahiro Higashi, Chishio Hosokawa
  • Patent number: 6406804
    Abstract: The invention provides an organic EL device which produces high luminance and is durable and which can be fabricated with ease. The organic EL device comprises two electrodes and a light-emitting layer sandwiched therebetween, in which the light-emitting layer contains a molecular compound having an electron-transporting unit and a hole-transporting unit bonded to each other via a linking group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2002
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hisahiro Higashi, Chishio Hosokawa
  • Publication number: 20010019783
    Abstract: Disclosed is a practical, organic, blue-emitting EL device having a long life and having high luminous efficiency and good thermal stability. The device comprises organic compound layers, of which at least one is an organic blue-emitting layer, as sandwiched between a pair of electrodes, and is characterized in that the organic blue-emitting layer comprises an organic host compound having a fluorescence quantum efficiency of not smaller than 0.3 in a solid state and a fluorescent substance, and the organic host compound and the fluorescent substance are selected such that the device retains a monomeric blue-emitting ability, and that all the organic compound layers have a glass transition temperature of not lower than 75° C., while the organic compound layers adjacent to the organic blue-emitting layer have a glass transition temperature of not lower than 105° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2001
    Publication date: September 6, 2001
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshio Sakai, Hisahiro Higashi, Hiroaki Nakamura, Hisayuki Kawamura, Chishio Hosokawa
  • Patent number: 6224966
    Abstract: An organic EL device comprising a plurality of organic compound layers that include at least two or more organic light-emitting layers and are sandwiched between a pair of electrodes of anode and cathode, wherein two or more of these organic light-emitting layers are all doped with a fluorescent substance of the same type or the same color that constitutes the organic light-emitting layers. The device has a long life and high light-emitting efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2001
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshio Sakai, Hisahiro Higashi, Hiroaki Nakamura, Chishio Hosokawa
  • Patent number: 6214481
    Abstract: A practical, organic, blue-emitting EL device having a long life and having high luminous efficiency and good thermal stability. The device comprises organic compound layers, of which at least one is an organic blue-emitting layer, as sandwiched between a pair of electrodes, and is characterized in that the organic blue-emitting layer comprises an organic host compound having a fluorescence quantum efficiency of not smaller than 0.3 in a solid state and a fluorescent substance, and the organic host compound and the fluorescent substance are selected such that the device retains a monomeric blue-emitting ability, and that all the organic compound layers have a glass transition temperature of not lower than 75° C., while the organic compound layers adjacent to the organic blue-emitting layer have a glass transition temperature of not lower than 105° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2001
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshio Sakai, Hisahiro Higashi, Hiroaki Nakamura, Hisayuki Kawamura, Chishio Hosokawa
  • Patent number: 6093864
    Abstract: An aromatic dimethylidyne compound of the formula: ##STR1## wherein X and Y are the same or different and are each an alkyl having 1 to 4 carbons, a phenyl, a cyclohexyl, a naphthyl, or a pyridyl and Ar' is ##STR2## A process for preparing an aromatic dimethylidyne compound which comprises condensing a phosphorus compound and a ketone compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2000
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Tokailin, Hisahiro Higashi, Chishio Hosokawa
  • Patent number: 5705284
    Abstract: A thin film electroluminescence device and a process for production thereof. This device is characterized in that as a light emitting layer material or charge injection layer material, a polymer film having at least one of a light emitting layer function, a charge transport function and a charge injection function, and having a film thickness of not: more than 0.5 .mu.m is prepared by the vacuum evaporation method and used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 6, 1998
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chishio Hosokawa, Hisahiro Higashi, Tadashi Kusumoto
  • Patent number: 5536949
    Abstract: A functional layer, such as a light emitting layer, of an organic electron device, such as an organic electroluminescence device, is provided. The function layer includes a small amount of a charge injection auxiliary material capable of enhancing charge injection properties. The charge injection auxiliary material comprises a stilbene, distyrylarylene or tris(styrylarylene) compound and is employed in an organic electron device wherein a positive-hole transporting organic functional layer is subjected to positive-hole injection from an external layer by incorporating the charge injection auxiliary material in the functional layer. The organic electroluminescence device provided by the present invention has a lowered applied voltage, an enhanced luminous efficiency and a prolonged service life.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 16, 1996
    Assignee: Idemistu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chishio Hosokawa, Hisahiro Higashi, Tadashi Kusumoto, Kiyoshi Ikeda
  • Patent number: 5503910
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device comprises the first light emitting layer containing an organic compound having a fluorescence peak wave length of 380 nm or longer to shorter than 480 nm in solid state and the second light emitting layer containing an organic compound having a fluorescence peak wave length of 480 nm or longer to shorter than 580 nm in solid state. One of the first light emitting layer and the second light emitting layer contains an organic compound having a fluorescence peak wave length of 580 nm or longer to 650 nm or shorter in solution state. The device has a structure in which the first light emitting layer and the second light emitting layer are laminated on the anode in this order and both of these layers emit light by application of an electric field. This device shows light emission, particularly white light emission, with high efficiency and excellent stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 2, 1996
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahide Matsuura, Hiroshi Tokailin, Hisahiro Higashi, Tadashi Kusumoto