Patents by Inventor Hisayuki Kawamura

Hisayuki Kawamura 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: 20060189828
    Abstract: Materials for organic electroluminescence devices are represented by following general formula [1]: wherein A represents a chrysene group, X1 to X4 each independently represent a substituted or unsubstituted arylene group having 6 to 30 carbon atoms, X1 and X2 may be bonded to each other, X3 and X4 may be bonded to each other, Y1 to Y4 each independently represent an organic group represented by general formula [2], a to d each represent an integer of 0 to 2 and, a+b+c+d?0; general formula [2] being: wherein R1 to R4 each independently represent hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms, cyano group or form a triple bond by a linkage of R1 and R2 or R3 and R4, Z represents a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms and n represents 0 or 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2006
    Publication date: August 24, 2006
    Applicant: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chishio Hosokawa, Masakazu Funahashi, Hisayuki Kawamura, Hiromasa Arai, Hidetoshi Koga, Hidetsugu Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20060159956
    Abstract: A fluorene-based derivative having a specific structure and an organic electroluminescence device in which an organic thin film layer comprising a single layer or plural layers including at least a light emitting layer is sandwiched between a cathode and an anode, wherein at least one layer of the organic thin film layers described above comprises the above fluorene-based derivative having a specific structure in the form of a single component or a mixed component. The organic electroluminescence device has a high luminous efficiency, and the fluorene-based derivative materializes the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2005
    Publication date: July 20, 2006
    Applicant: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsunori Ito, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Satoshi Hachiya, Hisayuki Kawamura
  • Publication number: 20060158102
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescent device 1 including: an anode 12, a cathode 14 and an organic emitting layer 13 held therebetween, the organic emitting layer 13 containing one or more host materials, a hole trapping dopant and an electron trapping dopant. The lifetime of an organic EL device 1 can be improved by causing a hole-trapping dopant and an electron-trapping dopant to be together present in its organic emitting layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2005
    Publication date: July 20, 2006
    Applicant: Idemitsu Kosan Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Hisayuki Kawamura, Mineyuki Kubota, Masakazu Funahashi
  • Publication number: 20060159957
    Abstract: A novel aromatic amine derivative having an asymmetric structure, and in an organic electroluminescence device which comprises at least one organic thin film layer comprising a light emitting layer sandwiched between a pair of electrode consisting of an anode and a cathode, at least one of the organic thin film layer comprises the aromatic amine derivative singly or as its mixture component. The organic electroluminescence device having an improved success ratio on its production due to difficult cristalization of the amine derivative and exhiviting a longlife time, and also to the aromatic amine derivative for realizing the organic electroluminescence device is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2005
    Publication date: July 20, 2006
    Applicant: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Yabunouchi, Hisayuki Kawamura, Chishio Hosokawa
  • Publication number: 20060134458
    Abstract: A novel aromatic amine derivative having an asymmetric structure; and an organic electroluminescence device comprising a cathode, an anode and an organic thin film layer which is disposed between the cathode and the anode and comprises at least one layer comprising a light emitting layer, wherein at least one layer in the organic thin film layer comprises the above aromatic amine derivative singly or as a component of a mixture. Crystallization of the molecules is suppressed, and the yield in the production of the organic electroluminescence device can be increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2004
    Publication date: June 22, 2006
    Inventor: Hisayuki Kawamura
  • Publication number: 20060134456
    Abstract: There are provided oligoarylene derivatives capable of emitting blue light at high luminous efficiency which are represented by the following general formulae (1) to (4): Ar1-Ch-Ar2 ??(1) Ch1-L-Ch2 ??(2) Ar3-(L1)a-Ch3-(L2)b-Ar4 ??(3) Ar5-Ch4-(Ar7)n-L3-(Ar8)m-Ch5-Ar6 ??(4) wherein Ch, Ch1 and Ch2 are respectively a group containing at least one substituted or unsubstituted condensed aromatic ring having 14 to 20 nuclear atoms; Ch3, Ch4 and Ch5 are respectively a substituted or unsubstituted arylene group having 14 to 20 nuclear atoms; Ar1, Ar2, Ar3, Ar4, Ar5 and Ar6 are respectively a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 5 to 30 nuclear atoms; Ar7 and Ar8 are respectively a substituted or unsubstituted arylene group having 5 to 30 nuclear atoms; L1, L2 and L3 are respectively a connecting group; and a, b, n and m are respectively an integer of 0 to 1, as well as organic electroluminescent devices using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2003
    Publication date: June 22, 2006
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD
    Inventors: Hidetsugu Ikeda, Masahide Matsuura, Hisayuki Kawamura
  • Publication number: 20060110623
    Abstract: An organic electro-luminescent device exhibiting an excellent heat resistance, a long serving life and a great efficiency of light emission and producing a light emission ranging from a blue light to a red light. The organic electroluminescent device comprising one or more thin-film layers which contain at least a light emitting layer and are interposed between a cathode and an anode, wherein the light emitting layer contains an amine compound represented by any of the following general formula (A) and a fluorene-based compound represented by any of the following general formula (B).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2005
    Publication date: May 25, 2006
    Applicant: Idemitsu Kosan Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Masakazu Funahashi, Mitsunori Ito, Hisayuki Kawamura
  • Publication number: 20060082294
    Abstract: The invention is to provide an organic EL device having a long life time that can reduce the driving voltage of the organic EL device, and to provide a material having a small ionization potential and exhibiting a large hole mobility by using as a layer or a zone. The organic electroluminescence device comprises a pair of electrodes and an organic light emitting layer sandwiched in the electrodes, characterized in that a hole transporting zone provided between the electrodes comprises the phenylenediamine derivative represented by the specific structural formulae, and the phenylenediamine derivative has a hole mobility of 10?4 cm2/V·s or more upon using as a layer or a zone, with the organic light emitting layer containing a charge injection auxiliary.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2005
    Publication date: April 20, 2006
    Applicant: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hisayuki Kawamura, Chishio Hosokawa
  • Publication number: 20060066226
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an organic electroluminescence element and the manufacturing method thereof comprising an anode, semiconductor layer, organic light-emitting medium, and a cathode, an organic light-emitting medium is located between the first electrode and the semiconductor layer comprising the non-monocrystal material and the second electrode is electrically connected to the edge section of the semiconductor layer when either one of the anode or cathode is designated to the first electrode and the other electrode to the second electrode. Because the first electrode and the second electrode are configured in such a manner not to be opposite to each other in this way, various electrode materials are able to be used and the light-emitting area is able to be increased, and therefore, the organic EL element with the luminous energy taken out to the outside and a manufacturing method that can efficiently obtain such organic EL element are able to be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2005
    Publication date: March 30, 2006
    Applicant: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chishio Hosokawa, Hisayuki Kawamura, Hiroaki Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20060061265
    Abstract: Provided are an aromatic amine compound represented by the following Formula (1) and an organic electroluminescent element which has at least one organic thin film layer containing the above aromatic amine derivative in the form of a single component. The organic electroluminescent element described above has a high luminescent efficiency even at a low voltage and a long life. It can emit blue light even at high temperatures. In Formula (1), Ar1 and Ar2 each represent naphthyl and the like; Ar3 to Ar6 each represent phenyl, naphthyl, phenanthryl and the like; Ar7 to Ar10 each represent 1,4-phenylene and the like; L represents a single bond and the like; provided that the conditions of (1) and/or (2) are satisfied: (1) at least one of Ar3 to Ar6 is a condensed aryl group having 10 to 50 nuclear carbon atoms and (2) at least one of Ar1 and Ar2 is a condensed aryl group having 12 to 50 nuclear carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2003
    Publication date: March 23, 2006
    Inventors: Hisayuki Kawamura, Chishio Hosokawa
  • Publication number: 20060063952
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for efficiently producing an aromatic diamine derivative represented by formula (3) at high yield, the method including reacting an aromatic amide represented by formula (1) with an aromatic halide represented by formula (2): (wherein each of Ar, Ar1 and Ar2 represents a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group or heteroaryl group; Ar3 represents a substituted or unsubstituted arylene group or heteroarylene group; and X represents a halogen atom).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2004
    Publication date: March 23, 2006
    Inventors: Hisayuki Kawamura, Hiroyuki Matsui, Koji Hirota
  • Patent number: 6998773
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescence element having an anode, a non-monocrystal material semiconductor layer, an organic light-emitting medium, and a cathode, the medium located between a first electrode and the semiconductor layer. A second electrode is electrically connected to an edge section of the semiconductor layer. Light emitted from the medium is taken out through the semiconductor layer, and not through the second electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2006
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chishio Hosokawa, Hisayuki Kawamura, Hiroaki Nakamura
  • Patent number: 6951693
    Abstract: Materials for organic electroluminescence devices represented by following general formula [1]: wherein A represents a substituted or unsubstituted arylene group having 22 to 60 carbon atoms, X1 to X4 each independently represent a substituted or unsubstituted arylene group having 6 to 30 carbon atoms, X1 and X2 may be bonded to each other, X3 and X4 may be bonded to each other, Y1 to Y4 each independently represent an organic group represented by general formula [2], a to d each represent an integer of 0 to 2 and, when the arylene group represented by A has 26 or less carbon atoms, a+b+c+d>0 and the arylene group does not contain two or more anthracene nucleus; general formula [2] being: wherein R1 to R4 each independently represent hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms, cyano group or form a triple bond by a linkage of R1 and R2 or R3 and R4, Z represents a substituted or unsu
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2005
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chishio Hosokawa, Masakazu Funahashi, Hisayuki Kawamura, Hiromasa Arai, Hidetoshi Koga, Hidetsugu Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20050116634
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an organic electroluminescence element and the manufacturing method thereof comprising an anode, semiconductor layer, organic light-emitting medium, and a cathode, an organic light-emitting medium is located between the first electrode and the semiconductor layer comprising the non-monocrystal material and the second electrode is electrically connected to the edge section of the semiconductor layer when either one of the anode or cathode is designated to the first electrode and the other electrode to the second electrode. Because the first electrode and the second electrode are configured in such a manner not to be opposite to each other in this way, various electrode materials are able to be used and the light-emitting area is able to be increased, and therefore, the organic EL element with the luminous energy taken out to the outside and a manufacturing method that can efficiently obtain such organic EL element are able to be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2004
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Applicant: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chishio Hosokawa, Hisayuki Kawamura, Hiroaki Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20050038296
    Abstract: Materials for organic electroluminescence devices are represented by following general formula [1]: general formula [1] wherein A represents a chrysene group X1 to X4 each independently represent a substituted or unsubstituted arylene group having 6 to 30 carbon atoms, X1 and X2 may be bonded to each other, X3 and X4 may be bonded to each other, Y1 to Y4 each independently represent an organic group represented by general formula [2], a to d each represent an integer of 0 to 2 and, a+b+c+d?0; general formula [2] being: general formula [2] wherein R1 to R4 each independently represent hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms, cyano group or form a triple bond by a linkage of R1 and R2 or R3 and R4, Z represents a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms and n represents 0 or 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2004
    Publication date: February 17, 2005
    Applicant: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chishio Hosokawa, Masakazu Funahashi, Hisayuki Kawamura, Hiromasa Arai, Hidetoshi Koga, Hidetsugu Ikeda
  • Patent number: 6856089
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an organic electroluminescence element and the manufacturing method thereof comprising an anode, semiconductor layer, organic light-emitting medium, and a cathode, an organic light-emitting medium is located between the first electrode and the semiconductor layer comprising the non-monocrystal material and the second electrode is electrically connected to the edge section of the semiconductor layer when either one of the anode or cathode is designated to the first electrode and the other electrode to the second electrode. Because the first electrode and the second electrode are configured in such a manner not to be opposite to each other in this way, various electrode materials are able to be used and the light-emitting area is able to be increased, and therefore, the organic EL element with the luminous energy taken out to the outside and a manufacturing method that can efficiently obtain such organic EL element are able to be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2005
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chishio Hosokawa, Hisayuki Kawamura, Hiroaki Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20040232437
    Abstract: The present invention provides an organic electroluminescence element which includes an anode and a cathode which are opposite to each other, and a hole injection layer and a luminous layer which are interposed between said anode and cathode, wherein the hole injection layer includes an oligomer having a phenylenediamine structure and a glass transition temperature of 110° C. or more, and wherein an intermediate layer for inhibiting a reaction in an interface between the hole injection layer and the anode is formed of phthalocyanine-based compound between the hole injection layer and the anode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2004
    Publication date: November 25, 2004
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshio Sakai, Chishio Hosokawa, Hisayuki Kawamura
  • Patent number: 6762438
    Abstract: The present invention provides an organic electroluminescence element which includes an anode and a cathode which are opposite to each other, and a hole injection layer and a luminous layer which are interposed between these anode and cathode, wherein the hole injection layer has a glass transition temperature of 110 C. or more and includes an oligomer having a phenylenediamine structure, and wherein an intermediate layer for inhibiting a reaction in an interface between the hole injection layer and the anode is formed between the hole injection layer and the anode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshio Sakai, Chishio Hosokawa, Hisayuki Kawamura
  • Patent number: 6743948
    Abstract: Materials for organic electroluminescence devices are represented by following general formula [1]:  wherein B represents a substituted or unsubstituted arylene group having 6 to 60 carbon atoms, X1 to X4 each independently represent a substituted or unsubstituted arylene group having 6 to 30 carbon atoms, X1 and X2 may be bonded to each other, X3 and X4 may be bonded to each other, Y1 to Y4 each independently represent an organic group represented by general formula [2], a to d each represent an integer of 0 to 2 and, when the arylene group represented by B has 26 or less carbon atoms, a+b+c+d>0 and at least one of the groups represented by B, X1, X2, X3 and X4 has a chrysene nucleus; general formula [2] being:
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2004
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chishio Hosokawa, Masakazu Funahashi, Hisayuki Kawamura, Hiromasa Arai, Hidetoshi Koga, Hidetsugu Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20040081836
    Abstract: A sintered article is fabricated which contains one or more of indium oxide, zinc oxide, and tin oxide as a component thereof and contains any one or more types of metal out of hafnium oxide, tantalum oxide, lanthanide oxide, and bismuth oxide. A backing plate is attached to this sintered article to constitute a sputtering target. This sputtering target is used to fabricate a conductive film on a predetermined substrate by sputtering. This conductive film achieves a large work function while maintaining as much transparency as heretofore. This conductive film can be used to achieve an EL device or the like of improved hole injection efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2003
    Publication date: April 29, 2004
    Applicant: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Inoue, Hisayuki Kawamura