Patents by Inventor Jiro Yamada

Jiro Yamada 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: 11726428
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body, an opening/closing member, a cartridge configured to be inserted into and pulled out from the apparatus body, a supporting member configured to support the cartridge, a moving mechanism configured to support the supporting member and move the supporting member from a second position to a first position in accordance with a movement of the opening/closing member from an open position to a closed position, and an urging member configured to urge the supporting member or the moving mechanism so that the supporting member is retained at the second position by the moving mechanism in a state where the opening/closing member is in the open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Jiro Yamada
  • Patent number: 11678539
    Abstract: A display unit includes a substrate including a pixel region including a plurality of pixels and a peripheral region. The display unit includes a plurality of first electrodes, wherein each of the plurality of first electrodes is in a corresponding pixel of the plurality of pixels. The display unit includes a second electrode opposed to the first electrode, wherein the second electrode is common for all of the plurality of pixels. The display unit includes an organic layer between the second electrode and the plurality of first electrodes, wherein the organic layer includes a light-emitting layer. The display unit includes a wiring layer between the substrate and the plurality of first electrodes. The display unit includes an auxiliary electrically-conductive layer including an organic electrically-conductive material, wherein the auxiliary electrically-conductive layer is electrically coupled to the second electrode. The auxiliary electrically-conductive layer is in a recess in the wiring layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: JOLED INC.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Terai, Yasuharu Shinokawa, Jiro Yamada, Atsuhito Murai, Masahiko Kondo, Noriteru Maeda
  • Patent number: 11469281
    Abstract: Disclosed is an organic EL display panel including: a substrate; a planarization layer being disposed on an upper surface of the substrate and containing a resin material; plural pixel electrodes being disposed in a matrix manner on the planarization layer; a light emitting layer being disposed on the pixel electrodes and containing an organic luminescent material; and a common electrode covering at least an upper side of the light emitting layer and being disposed continuously in a plane direction. A recessed part is opened to extend in a column direction in at least one gap between the pixel electrodes adjacent to each other in a row direction on the planarization layer, the common electrode is disposed continuously in the recessed part, and a power feed auxiliary interconnect extending in the column direction and formed of an applied film is disposed on an upper surface of the common electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: JOLED INC.
    Inventors: Kenichi Nendai, Jiro Yamada
  • Patent number: 11454903
    Abstract: A cartridge attachable to an apparatus main body of an image forming apparatus, the apparatus main body having a restricting portion and to which the cartridge is mounted by being moved from a unmounted position to a mounting-completed position in a first direction, the cartridge includes a developer container provided with a supply port, and a shutter movable between an opening position for opening the supply port and a closing position for closing the supply port, having a restricted portion, and configured to be in the closing position when the cartridge is in the unmounted position and be in the opening position when the cartridge is in the mounting-completed position, wherein a movement of the shutter in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction is restricted by an engagement between the restricting portion and the restricted portion when the cartridge is in the mounting-completed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Jiro Yamada, Joji Goto, Shota Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20220278302
    Abstract: Provided is a light emitting apparatus including a substrate including a plurality of light emitting devices, wherein the substrate further includes a plurality of first members configured to diffuse light emitted from at least one of the light emitting devices, and a second member that is positioned between the first members, wherein the second member includes a light absorbing layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Yasuyuki KUDO, Jiro YAMADA, Seiichiro JINTA, Shigeyuki MATSUNAMI
  • Patent number: 11427512
    Abstract: There are provided a cubic boron nitride sintered body having a surface also excellent in adhesiveness to a ceramic coating film, while having excellent wear resistance and defect resistance, and a manufacturing method thereof, and a tool. The cubic boron nitride sintered body of the present invention includes 60.0 to 90.0% by volume of cubic boron nitride, the remainder being a binder phase, wherein the binder phase contains: at least any of a nitride, a boride, and an oxide of Al; at least any of a carbide, a nitride, a carbonitride, and a boride of Ti; and a compound represented by the following formula (1): W2NixCo(1-x)B2(0.40?x<1)??(1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
    Inventors: Takumi Nakajima, Jiro Yamada
  • Publication number: 20220253015
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body, an opening/closing member, a cartridge configured to be inserted into and pulled out from the apparatus body, a supporting member configured to support the cartridge, a moving mechanism configured to support the supporting member and move the supporting member from a second position to a first position in accordance with a movement of the opening/closing member from an open position to a closed position, and an urging member configured to urge the supporting member or the moving mechanism so that the supporting member is retained at the second position by the moving mechanism in a state where the opening/closing member is in the open position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventor: Jiro Yamada
  • Patent number: 11404501
    Abstract: A display unit is provided with a plurality of pixels that are two-dimensionally arranged and each include an organic electroluminescence element emitting light of one of a plurality of colors. The pixels are arranged along one direction for each of light emission colors. The pixels each include a first insulating film, a second insulating film, and an organic layer. The first insulating film has openings for the respective pixels. The second insulating film extends along the arrangement direction for each of the light emission colors, in a region between pixels of different light emission colors, out of the plurality of pixels, on the first insulating film. The organic layer is formed in each of the openings, and includes a light-emitting layer. The first insulating film includes a recess that connects together the openings of pixels of the same light emission color, out of the plurality of pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: JOLED INC.
    Inventors: Kazuma Teramoto, Jiro Yamada, Kenichi Nendai, Kaoru Abe, Hideki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11349100
    Abstract: Provided is a light emitting apparatus including a substrate including a plurality of light emitting devices, wherein the substrate further includes a plurality of first members configured to diffuse light emitted from at least one of the light emitting devices, and a second member that is positioned between the first members, wherein the second member includes a light absorbing layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Kudo, Jiro Yamada, Seiichiro Jinta, Shigeyuki Matsunami
  • Publication number: 20220085139
    Abstract: A display unit includes a substrate including a pixel region including a plurality of pixels and a peripheral region. The display unit includes a plurality of first electrodes, wherein each of the plurality of first electrodes is in a corresponding pixel of the plurality of pixels. The display unit includes a second electrode opposed to the first electrode, wherein the second electrode is common for all of the plurality of pixels. The display unit includes an organic layer between the second electrode and the plurality of first electrodes, wherein the organic layer includes a light-emitting layer. The display unit includes a wiring layer between the substrate and the plurality of first electrodes. The display unit includes an auxiliary electrically-conductive layer including an organic electrically-conductive material, wherein the auxiliary electrically-conductive layer is electrically coupled to the second electrode. The auxiliary electrically-conductive layer is in a recess in the wiring layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Yasuhiro TERAI, Yasuharu SHINOKAWA, Jiro YAMADA, Atsuhito MURAI, Masahiko KONDO, Noriteru MAEDA
  • Publication number: 20220055952
    Abstract: There are provided a cubic boron nitride sintered body having a surface also excellent in adhesiveness to a ceramic coating film, while having excellent wear resistance and defect resistance, and a manufacturing method thereof, and a tool. The cubic boron nitride sintered body of the present invention includes 60.0 to 90.0% by volume of cubic boron nitride, the remainder being a binder phase, wherein the binder phase contains: at least any of a nitride, a boride, and an oxide of Al; at least any of a carbide, a nitride, a carbonitride, and a boride of Ti; and a compound represented by the following formula (1): W2NixCo(1-x)B2(0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
    Inventors: Takumi NAKAJIMA, Jiro YAMADA
  • Patent number: 11258036
    Abstract: Provided is a display apparatus and a method of manufacture. The display apparatus includes a first substrate with a plurality of organic electroluminescence devices, a second substrate with a color filter, the second substrate facing the first substrate, and an adhesive layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate so as to cover the plurality of organic electroluminescence devices, the adhesive layer being made of a material selected from the group consisting of a phenol resin, a melanin resin, an unsaturated polyester resin, an epoxy resin, a silicon resin and a polyurethane resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: JOLED INC.
    Inventors: Yuichi Iwase, Yasunori Kijima, Jiro Yamada
  • Patent number: 11217641
    Abstract: A display unit includes multiple pixels, a first electrode, a partition wall, a light emission layer, and a second electrode. The multiple pixels each have a light emission region and a non-light emission region along a first direction. The first electrode is provided in the light emission region in each of the multiple pixels. The partition wall is provided between each two of the pixels that are adjacent to each other in a second direction. The second direction intersects the first direction. The light emission layer covers the first electrode and is provided in the light emission region and the non-light emission region in a continuous manner. The second electrode faces the first electrode across the light emission layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: JOLED INC.
    Inventors: Atsuhito Murai, Jiro Yamada, Yasuhiro Terai, Masahiko Kondo, Noriteru Maeda
  • Patent number: 11217650
    Abstract: A display unit includes a substrate, a first electrode, a second electrode, an organic layer, and an auxiliary electrically-conductive layer. The substrate includes a pixel region including a plurality of pixels and a peripheral region outside the pixel region. The first electrode is provided for each of the plurality of pixels in the pixel region on the substrate. The second electrode is opposed to the first electrode, and is provided common for the plurality of pixels. The organic layer is provided between the second electrode and the first electrode, and includes a light-emitting layer. The auxiliary electrically-conductive layer includes an organic electrically-conductive material, and the auxiliary electrically-conductive layer is disposed in the pixel region on the substrate and is electrically coupled to the second electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: JOLED INC.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Terai, Yasuharu Shinokawa, Jiro Yamada, Atsuhito Murai, Masahiko Kondo, Noriteru Maeda
  • Patent number: 11201309
    Abstract: A display unit is provided with a plurality of pixels. The plurality of pixels each include a first electrode, an insulating film, an organic layer, and a second electrode. The insulating film is provided on the first electrode, and has openings. The organic layer is provided in each of the openings of the insulating film, and includes a light-emitting layer. The second electrode is provided on the organic layer. The first electrode includes a plurality of sub-electrodes that are provided to face the respective openings of the insulating film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: JOLED INC.
    Inventors: Kaoru Abe, Jiro Yamada, Kazuma Teramoto, Kenichi Nendai, Hideki Kobayashi, Masaki Nishimura
  • Patent number: 11189809
    Abstract: An organic EL device of the disclosure includes: a first electrode and a second electrode; and an organic layer provided between the first electrode and the second electrode. The organic layer includes a light-emitting layer. The organic layer includes, between the first electrode and the light-emitting layer, a first layer that contains a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon compound having orientation, and a second layer that contains a larger amount of nitrogen element than the first layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiaki Imai, Emiko Kambe, Hideki Kobayashi, Jiro Yamada
  • Publication number: 20210311413
    Abstract: A cartridge attachable to an apparatus main body of an image forming apparatus, the apparatus main body having a restricting portion and to which the cartridge is mounted by being moved from a unmounted position to a mounting-completed position in a first direction, the cartridge includes a developer container provided with a supply port, and a shutter movable between an opening position for opening the supply port and a closing position for closing the supply port, having a restricted portion, and configured to be in the closing position when the cartridge is in the unmounted position and be in the opening position when the cartridge is in the mounting-completed position, wherein a movement of the shutter in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction is restricted by an engagement between the restricting portion and the restricted portion when the cartridge is in the mounting-completed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Jiro Yamada, Joji Goto, Shota Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20210296161
    Abstract: A semiconductor device including a protected element, an element isolation region, a contact region, and an insulating shield body. The protected element is configured including a p-n junction diode between an anode region and a cathode region, and is arranged in an active layer of a substrate. A periphery of the diode is surrounded by the element isolation region. The contact region is arranged at a portion on a main face of the anode region, is set with a same conductivity type as the anode region, and is set with a higher impurity concentration than the anode region. The insulating shield body has insulating properties and is arranged between the cathode region and the contact region so as to extend from the main face of the anode region as far as a region deeper than a depth of the contact region and shallower than the anode region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2019
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Kataoka, Jiro Yamada
  • Patent number: 11081675
    Abstract: A display unit includes a plurality of pixels and a first insulating film. The plurality of pixels are arranged in matrix in a first direction and a second direction. The first insulating film is provided between adjacent pixels of the pixels, and has first openings in light-emitting regions of the respective pixels. The first insulating film has, between pixels adjacent in the second direction of the pixels, a second opening extending in the first direction, and a remaining part inside the second opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: JOLED INC.
    Inventors: Kazuma Teramoto, Kenichi Nendai, Jiro Yamada, Hideki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11073774
    Abstract: A cartridge attachable to an apparatus main body of an image forming apparatus, the apparatus main body having a restricting portion and to which the cartridge is mounted by being moved from a unmounted position to a mounting-completed position in a first direction, the cartridge includes a developer container provided with a supply port, and a shutter movable between an opening position for opening the supply port and a closing position for closing the supply port, having a restricted portion, and configured to be in the closing position when the cartridge is in the unmounted position and be in the opening position when the cartridge is in the mounting-completed position, wherein a movement of the shutter in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction is restricted by an engagement between the restricting portion and the restricted portion when the cartridge is in the mounting-completed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Jiro Yamada, Joji Goto, Shota Nakamura