Patents by Inventor Kazuyuki Suruga

Kazuyuki Suruga 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: 12102002
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide, as a material for a highly efficient and highly durable organic EL element, an organic compound that has excellent properties, including excellent electron-injecting/transporting capability, hole-blocking capability, and high stability in the form of a thin film. Another object of the present invention is to provide a highly efficient and highly durable organic EL element by using this compound. The present invention focuses on the properties of the benzazole ring, which has affinity for electrons, and specifically focuses on the capability of its nitrogen atom to coordinate to a metal and also on excellent heat resistance. The inventors have thus designed and chemically synthesized various compounds having a benzazole ring structure, and then experimentally produced organic EL elements including the compounds, followed by thoroughly evaluating the characteristics thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: HODOGAYA CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kouki Kase, Si-In Kim, Ji-Yung Kim, Yuta Hirayama, Kazuyuki Suruga, Shuichi Hayashi
  • Patent number: 12037332
    Abstract: A compound including a benzimidazole ring structure, represented by general formula (1). (In formula (1), X1 and X2 may be the same or different and each represent a specific carbon atom or a nitrogen atom, Ar represents a specific group, R1 and R2 may be the same or different and each represent a specific group, and m is an integer of 0-4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: HODOGAYA CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kouki Kase, Su-Jin Lee, Si-In Kim, Kazuyuki Suruga, Yuta Hirayama
  • Patent number: 11997870
    Abstract: The present disclosure is related to an organic EL element including a capping layer that contains a compound represented by formula (A-1). In the formula, A and X are monovalent groups represented by formula (B-1) having 1 binding site among R1 to R6. Z represents a monovalent group represented by formula (B-1) having 1 binding site among R1 to R6, an aromatic hydrocarbon group, an aromatic heterocyclic group or a fused polycyclic aromatic group. Ar is a single bond or a divalent group of an aromatic hydrocarbon group, an aromatic heterocyclic group, or a fused polycyclic aromatic group. R1 to R6 are each defined in the specification, and Q represents a nitrogen atom, an oxygen atom, or a sulfur atom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: HODOGAYA CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kouki Kase, Takeshi Yamamoto, Kazuyuki Suruga, Shunji Mochizuki, Shuichi Hayashi
  • Patent number: 11925107
    Abstract: To provide an organic EL device having low driving voltage, high luminous efficiency, and particularly a long lifetime by combining various materials for an organic EL device having excellent hole and electron injection/transport performances, electron blocking ability, stability in a thin-film state, and durability as materials for an organic EL device having high luminous efficiency and high durability so as to allow the respective materials to effectively reveal their characteristics. In the organic EL device having at least an anode, a hole injection layer, a hole transport layer, a light emitting layer, an electron transport layer, and a cathode, in this order, the hole injection layer includes an arylamine compound of the following general formula (1) and a radialene derivative of the following general formula (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Hodogaya Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Suruga, Shuichi Hayashi, Takeshi Yamamoto, Kouki Kase, Shunji Mochizuki
  • Publication number: 20240032321
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an organic electroluminescent element (organic EL element) including at least an anode, a first hole transport layer, a second hole transport layer, a blue light-emitting layer, an electron transport layer, and a cathode in this order, in which the second hole transport layer contains an arylamine compound represented by the following general formula (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicants: HODOGAYA CHEMICAL CO., LTD., SFC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki SURUGA, Sang-Won KO, Bong-Hyang LEE, Jung-Ho RYU, Takeshi YAMAMOTO, Junichi IZUMIDA, Soon-Wook CHA, Sung-Hoon JOO, Byung-Sun YANG, Ji-Hwan KIM, Bong-Ki SHIN
  • Publication number: 20230354629
    Abstract: The present invention provides an organic electroluminescent device having a capping layer comprising a material having a high absorption coefficient in the wavelength range of 400 nm to 410 nm and no absorption in the respective wavelength ranges of blue, green and red in order to prevent the light in the 400 nm to 410 nm wavelength of sunlight from being absorbed and affecting the materials inside the device and to improve the light extraction efficiency. Since the arylamine compound having a specific structure in the present invention is excellent in stability and durability of the thin film, an organic EL device obtained by selecting amine compounds with high absorbance in the absorption spectrum at concentration 10?5 mol/L at wavelengths of 400 nm to 410 nm, from amine compounds having a specific benzoazole ring structure with a high refractive index as a material of a capping layer, exhibits good characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: Hodogaya Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuta Hirayama, Eriko Chiba, Kouki Kase, Takeshi Yamamoto, Kazuyuki Suruga
  • Publication number: 20230345817
    Abstract: An object is to provide a material for an organic EL device having excellent hole injection and transport performance, electron blocking ability, stability in a thin film state, and durability, and further to provide an organic EL device having high efficiency, a low driving voltage, and a long lifetime by combining the material with various materials for an organic EL device having excellent hole and electron injection and transport performance, electron blocking ability, stability in a thin film state, and durability in such a manner that the characteristics of each of the materials can be effectively exhibited. An organic EL device was fabricated by focusing on the fact that a triarylamine compound having a specific structure has excellent hole injection and transport ability, thin film stability, and durability, and selecting a specific arylamine compound as a material for forming a second hole transport layer, and the invention was completed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicants: HODOGAYA CHEMICAL CO., LTD., SFC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junichi IZUMIDA, Sang-Won KO, Bong-Hyang LEE, Jung-Ho RYU, Takeshi YAMAMOTO, Kazuyuki SURUGA, Soon-Wook CHA, Sung-Hoon JOO, Byung-Sun YANG, Ji-Hwan KIM
  • Publication number: 20230309339
    Abstract: The present disclosure is related to an organic EL element including a capping layer that contains a compound represented by formula (A-1). In the formula, A and X are monovalent groups represented by formula (B-1) having 1 binding site among R1 to R6. Z represents a monovalent group represented by formula (B-1) having 1 binding site among R1 to R6, an aromatic hydrocarbon group, an aromatic heterocyclic group or a fused polycyclic aromatic group. Ar is a single bond or a divalent group of an aromatic hydrocarbon group, an aromatic heterocyclic group, or a fused polycyclic aromatic group. R1 to R6 are each defined in the specification, and Q represents a nitrogen atom, an oxygen atom, or a sulfur atom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: HODOGAYA CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kouki KASE, Takeshi YAMAMOTO, Kazuyuki SURUGA, Shunji MOCHIZUKI, Shuichi HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20230255103
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an organic EL device having a capping layer constituted by a material having (1) high absorption coefficient, (2) high refractive index, (3) good thin film stability, (4) excellent durability, (5) excellent light resistance, (6) no absorption in the blue, green, and red wavelength regions, respectively. Since an arylamine based material having a specific structure in the present invention is excellent in the stability and durability of the thin film, an organic EL device obtained by selecting amine compounds with high absorbance in the absorption spectrum at concentration 10?5 mol/L at wavelengths of 400 nm to 410 nm, from amine compounds having a specific benzazole ring structure with a high refractive index as a material of a capping layer, exhibits good characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: HODOGAYA CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eriko CHIBA, Kouki KASE, Takeshi YAMAMOTO, Yuta HIRAYAMA, Kazuyuki SURUGA
  • Patent number: 11706943
    Abstract: The present disclosure is related to an organic EL element including a capping layer that contains a compound represented by formula (A-1). In the formula, A and X are monovalent groups represented by formula (B-1) having 1 binding site among R1 to R6. Z represents a monovalent group represented by formula (B-1) having 1 binding site among R1 to R6, an aromatic hydrocarbon group, an aromatic heterocyclic group or a fused polycyclic aromatic group. Ar is a single bond or a divalent group of an aromatic hydrocarbon group, an aromatic heterocyclic group, or a fused polycyclic aromatic group. R1 to R6 each represent a linking group as a binding site, a hydrogen atom, a deuterium atom, a fluorine atom, a chlorine atom, a cyano group, a nitro group, a linear or branched alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkyloxy group, a cycloalkyloxy group, an aromatic hydrocarbon group, an aromatic heterocyclic group, a fused polycyclic aromatic group, or an aryloxy group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: HODOGAYA CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kouki Kase, Takeshi Yamamoto, Kazuyuki Suruga, Shunji Mochizuki, Shuichi Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20230180598
    Abstract: An objective of the present invention is to provide a material for organic EL devices offering excellent hole injectability and transportability, electron blockability, stability in a thin-film state, and durability, and also to provide an organic EL device having high efficiency, low driving voltage and long lifetime by employing, in combination, the aforementioned material and various materials for organic EL devices offering excellent hole/electron injectability and transportability, electron blockability, stability in a thin-film state, and durability, in a manner that the properties of each of the materials can be brought out effectively. The present invention relates to an organic EL device containing a specific arylamine compound as a material constituting a second hole transport layer, wherein the difference between the HOMO level of the second hole transport layer and the HOMO level of a first hole transport layer is 0.15 eV or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicants: HODOGAYA CHEMICAL CO., LTD., SFC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuta HIRAYAMA, Takeshi YAMAMOTO, Kouki KASE, Kazuyuki SURUGA, Shuichi HAYASHI, Soon-Wook CHA, Sung-Hoon JOO, Byung-Sun YANG, Ji-Hwan KIM
  • Publication number: 20230138055
    Abstract: The triarylamine compound having a specific structure in the present invention is excellent in hole injection/transport ability, stability and durability of thin film. By selecting the triarylamine compound having a specific structure as the material for the hole transport layer, holes injected from the anode side can be efficiently transported. Furthermore, various organic EL devices combining luminescent materials having a specific structure or the like exhibit good device characteristics. The triarylamine compound having a specific structure in the present invention is excellent in hole injection/transport ability, stability and durability of thin film. By selecting the triarylamine compound having a specific structure as the material for the hole transport layer, holes injected from the anode side can be efficiently transported. Furthermore, various organic EL devices combining luminescent materials having a specific structure or the like exhibit good device characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicants: Hodogaya Chemical Co., Ltd., SFC Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichi Izumida, Kouki Kase, Takeshi Yamamoto, Kazuyuki Suruga, Shuichi Hayashi, Norimasa Yokoyama, Soon-wook Cha, Sung-hoon Joo, Byung-sun Yang, Ji-hwan Kim
  • Publication number: 20230095238
    Abstract: The present invention is related to an organic EL element having a capping layer composed of a material having (1) a high absorption coefficient; (2) a high refractive index; (3) good stability of a thin film; (4) excellent durability; (5) excellent light resistance; and (6) no absorption in each of the wavelength regions of blue, green, and red. Since an arylamine-based material having a specific structure according to the present invention is excellent in the stability and durability of a thin film, an organic EL element in which an amine compound having a specific benzazole ring structure having a high refractive index is selected as a material having a high absorbance at a wavelength of 400 nm to 410 nm in an absorption spectrum having a concentration of 10?5 mol/L and used as a material constituting a capping layer exhibits good element characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: Hodogaya Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuta HIRAYAMA, Eriko CHIBA, Kouki KASE, Takeshi YAMAMOTO, Kazuyuki SURUGA
  • Publication number: 20230101400
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescent element including an anode and a cathode and including, between the anode and the cathode, at least a first hole transport layer, a second hole transport layer, a blue-light-emitting layer, and an electron transport layer disposed in this order from the anode side, in which at least one of the layers disposed between the first hole transport layer and the electron transport layer includes an arylamine compound represented by general formula (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicants: HODOGAYA CHEMICAL CO., LTD., SFC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junichi IZUMIDA, Takeshi YAMAMOTO, Kouki KASE, Kazuyuki SURUGA, Shuichi HAYASHI, Soon-Wook CHA, Sung-Hoon JOO, Byung-Sun YANG, Ji-Hwan KIM
  • Patent number: 11605785
    Abstract: There is provided an organic electroluminescence device, including at least an anode, a hole transport layer, a light-emitting layer, an electron transport layer, and a cathode in the stated order, the organic electroluminescence device being characterized in that the hole transport layer contains an arylamine compound represented by formula (1), and the light-emitting layer contains a heterocyclic compound having a fused ring structure represented by formula (2) or a heterocyclic compound having a fused ring stricture represented by formula (3), wherein each of formulas (1), (2) and (3) are set forth in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignees: HODOGAYA CHEMICAL CO., LTD., SFC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuta Hirayama, Takeshi Yamamoto, Kazuyuki Suruga, Se-Jin Lee, Oun-Gyu Lee, Bong-Ki Shin
  • Patent number: 11594700
    Abstract: To provide a material for an organic EL device that is excellent in hole injection and transport abilities, electron blocking ability, thin film stability, and durability, as a material for an organic EL device with high efficiency and high durability, and also to provide an organic EL device having a high efficiency, a low driving voltage, and a long lifetime by combining the material with various materials for an organic EL device that is excellent in hole and electron injection and transport abilities, electron blocking ability, thin film stability, and durability. An organic electroluminescent device comprising at least an anode, a hole transport layer, a light emitting layer, an electron transport layer and a cathode in this order, wherein the hole transport layer comprises a carbazole compound of the following general formula (1), and the light emitting layer comprises a blue light emitting dopant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Hodogaya Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Suruga, Takeshi Yamamoto, Keigo Naito
  • Patent number: 11578065
    Abstract: An organic EL device is provided, including at least an anode, a hole transport layer, a light-emitting layer, an electron transport layer, and a cathode in this order, wherein the hole transport layer contains an arylamine compound represented by the following formula (1), wherein Ar1 to Ar8 and n1 are defined in the specification, and the electron transport layer contains a compound having a benzoazole ring structure represented by the following formula (2), wherein Ar9, Ar10, X, Y1, Z1 and Z2 are defined in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: HODOGAYA CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Suruga, Takeshi Yamamoto, Kouki Kase, Shunji Mochizuki
  • Publication number: 20220416165
    Abstract: The present inventors have focused the fact that an arylamine material having a specific structure is excellent in hole injection/transport ability, thin film stability and durability. The arylamine compound of the above can be selected as a material for the hole transport layer, holes injected from the anode side can be efficiently transported. Furthermore, various organic EL devices combining electron transport materials having a specific structure and the like were manufactured, and the characteristics of the devices were evaluated diligently.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicants: Hodogaya Chemical Co., Ltd., SFC Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Suruga, Kouki Kase, Takeshi Yamamoto, Shuichi Hayashi, Soon-wook Cha, Sung-hoon Joo, Byung-sun Yang, Ji-hwan Kim
  • Patent number: 11437583
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an organic EL device in which, as a highly efficient and highly durable organic EL material, various materials excelling in electron injection/transport performance, hole blocking performance, hole resistance performance, exciton confinement performance, stability in a film state, and durability, are combined so that properties of each material can be effectively demonstrated, thereby achieving (1) high light emission efficiency and power efficiency, (2) low luminescence starting voltage, (3) low practical driving voltage, and (4) particularly long lifetime. An organic EL device including at least a anode, a hole transport layer, a light-emitting layer, a hole blocking layer, an electron transport layer, and a cathode in this order, characterized in that the hole blocking layer includes a compound having a benzoazole structure represented by the following general formula (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: HODOGAYA CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kouki Kase, Naoaki Kabasawa, Shunji Mochizuki, Kazuyuki Suruga
  • Publication number: 20220220083
    Abstract: An objective of the invention is to provide, as a material for highly efficient, highly durable organic EL devices, an organic compound having excellent properties, such as excellent electron injection capability and transportability, hole blocking capability, and high stability in a thin-film state, and also to provide a highly efficient, highly durable organic EL device by using this compound. The present invention has been achieved by focusing on the fact that a benzotriazole ring structure, which has electron affinity, contains nitrogen atoms having the ability to coordinate with a metal and also has excellent heat resistance, and by thus designing and chemically synthesizing various compounds having a benzotriazole ring structure and assessing the properties of various organic EL devices using those compounds, thereby finding out that organic EL devices having excellent properties can be achieved by using specifically-structured compounds having a benzotriazole ring structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Applicant: HODOGAYA CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kouki KASE, Jae-Geon LIM, Ji-Yung KIM, Yuta HIRAYAMA, Kazuyuki SURUGA