Patents by Inventor Kenichi Fukuoka

Kenichi Fukuoka 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: 20130328030
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device having a layer of an organic light emitting medium which comprises (A) a specific arylamine compound and (B) at least one compound selected from specific anthracene derivatives, spirofluorene derivatives, compounds having condensed rings and metal complex compounds and is disposed between a pair of electrodes and an organic light emitting medium comprising the above components (A) and (B) are provided. The organic electroluminescence device exhibits a high purity of color, has excellent heat resistance and a long life and efficiently emits bluish to yellowish light. The organic light emitting medium can be advantageously used for the organic electroluminescence device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2013
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahide MATSUURA, Masakazu Funahashi, Kenichi Fukuoka, Chishio Hosokawa
  • Patent number: 8587192
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device includes: a cathode; an anode; and a single-layered or multilayered organic thin-film layer provided between the cathode and the anode. In the organic electroluminescence device, the organic thin-film layer includes at least one emitting layer, and the at least one emitting layer contains: at least one phosphorescent material; and a host material represented by the following formula (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuki Nishimura, Toshihiro Iwakuma, Kenichi Fukuoka, Chishio Hosokawa, Masahiro Kawamura, Mitsunori Ito, Yoriyuki Takashima, Toshinari Ogiwara
  • Patent number: 8586199
    Abstract: Provided is an organic electroluminescence device in which a reduction in luminance is suppressed and a lifetime is significantly improved. The object is achieved by an organic electroluminescence device having organic compound layers including an organic emitting layer, which is interposed between at least one pair of electrodes, in which the organic emitting layer is formed of an organic compound material containing an impurity composed of a hydroxyl group-containing compound at a concentration of less than 0.15% by mass, and a method of selecting an organic compound material for the organic electroluminescence device, the method including: determining the content of the impurity; and selecting an organic compound material in which the content is less than 0.15% by mass so that the material is used for forming the organic emitting layer. Provided are a coating film-forming ink, a method of forming a thin film, and a method of producing an organic electroluminescence device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayasu Sado, Kiyoshi Ikeda, Kenichi Fukuoka, Chishio Hosokawa
  • Patent number: 8574725
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device includes: an anode; a cathode; and an organic thin-film layer interposed between the anode and the cathode. The organic thin-film layer includes a phosphorescent-emitting layer containing a host and a phosphorescent dopant. The host contains a first host and a second host. The first host includes a substituted or unsubstituted polycyclic fused aromatic skeleton, the skeleton having 10 to 30 ring-forming atoms not including an atom of a substituent. The second host has an affinity level greater than the affinity level of the first host.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuki Nishimura, Toshihiro Iwakuma, Kenichi Fukuoka, Chishio Hosokawa
  • Publication number: 20130240859
    Abstract: A tandem organic electroluminescence device including a first emitting unit (3), an intermediate unit (4) and a second emitting unit (5) being stacked between opposing electrodes (2) and (6) the first emitting unit (3) including a blue fluorescent dopant and a red fluorescent dopant and the second emitting unit (5) including a red phosphorescent dopant and a green phosphorescent dopant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2011
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Arakane, Kazuki Nishimura, Kenichi Fukuoka, Hitoshi Kuma, Yukitoshi Jinde
  • Publication number: 20130240858
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device including opposite anode and cathode, and a hole-transporting region, an emitting layer and an electron-transporting region in sequential order from the anode between the anode and the cathode, wherein the emitting layer includes a red emitting portion, a green emitting portion, and a blue emitting portion; the blue emitting portion includes a host BH and a fluorescent dopant FBD; the triplet energy ETfbd of the fluorescent dopant FBD is larger than the triplet energy ETbh of the host BH; the green emitting portion includes a host GH and a phosphorescent dopant PGD; the electron-transporting region includes a common electron-transporting layer adjacent to the red emitting portion, the green emitting portion and the blue emitting portion; the common electron-transporting layer includes a material having a triplet energy ETel larger than ETbh; and the difference between the affinity of the host GH and the affinity of the material constituting the common electron-transportin
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2013
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuki NISHIMURA, Yuichiro KAWAMURA, Toshinari OGIWARA, Hitoshi KUMA, Kenichi FUKUOKA, Chishio HOSOKAWA
  • Publication number: 20130187143
    Abstract: An organic EL device includes: an anode for injecting holes; a phosphorescent-emitting layer; a fluorescent-emitting layer; and a cathode for injecting electrons. The phosphorescent-emitting layer contains a phosphorescent host and a phosphorescent dopant for phosphorescent emission. The fluorescent-emitting layer contains a fluorescent host and a fluorescent dopant for fluorescent emission. The fluorescent host is at least one of an asymmetric anthracene derivative represented by a formula (1) below and a pyrene derivative represented by a formula (2) below.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Inventors: Kazuki NISHIMURA, Toshihiro Iwakuma, Masahiro Kawamura, Chishio Hosokawa, Kenichi Fukuoka, Yukitoshi Jinde
  • Patent number: 8471008
    Abstract: A material for organic electroluminescence devices for use as a host material in combination with at least one phosphorescent metal complex, which comprises a compound having a specific heterocyclic structure, is described. Also described is an organic electroluminescence device having an anode, a cathode and an organic thin film layer having one or more layers. The organic thin film layer is interposed between the anode and cathode and has a light emitting layer containing a host material in combination with at least one phosphorescent metal complex. At least one layer of the organic thin film layer contains the material for organic electroluminescence devices. The material for organic electroluminescence devices provides an organic electroluminescence device which has a high emitting efficiency, causes little pixel defects, is excellent in heat resistance, and show a long lifetime.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiro Iwakuma, Jun Endo, Masaki Numata, Kenichi Fukuoka
  • Patent number: 8461574
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device including opposite anode and cathode, and a hole-transporting region, an emitting layer and an electron-transporting region in sequential order from the anode between the anode and the cathode, wherein the emitting layer includes a red emitting portion, a green emitting portion, and a blue emitting portion; the blue emitting portion includes a host BH and a fluorescent dopant FBD; the triplet energy ETfbd of the fluorescent dopant FBD is larger than the triplet energy ETbh of the host BH; the green emitting portion includes a host GH and a phosphorescent dopant PGD; the electron-transporting region includes a common electron-transporting layer adjacent to the red emitting portion, the green emitting portion and the blue emitting portion; the common electron-transporting layer includes a material having a triplet energy ETel larger than ETbh; and the difference between the affinity of the host GH and the affinity of the material constituting the common electron-transportin
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuki Nishimura, Yuichiro Kawamura, Toshinari Ogiwara, Hitoshi Kuma, Kenichi Fukuoka, Chishio Hosokawa
  • Patent number: 8436343
    Abstract: An organic EL device includes: an anode (3); a cathode (4); and an organic thin-film layer (5) provided between the anode (3) and the cathode (4). The organic thin-film layer (5) includes: a fluorescent-emitting layer (51) containing a fluorescent host and a blue fluorescent dopant; a red phosphorescent-emitting layer (52) containing a red phosphorescent host and a red phosphorescent dopant; and a green phosphorescent-emitting layer (53) containing a green phosphorescent host and a green phosphorescent dopant. The red phosphorescent dopant emits light mainly by receiving transfer of triplet energy from the fluorescent host. The green phosphorescent dopant emits light mainly by recombination of charges within the green phosphorescent-emitting layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuki Nishimura, Toshihiro Iwakuma, Masahiro Kawamura, Kenichi Fukuoka, Chishio Hosokawa
  • Patent number: 8426036
    Abstract: An organic EL device includes: an anode for injecting holes; a phosphorescent-emitting layer; a fluorescent-emitting layer; and a cathode for injecting electrons. The phosphorescent-emitting layer contains a phosphorescent host and a phosphorescent dopant for phosphorescent emission. The fluorescent-emitting layer contains a fluorescent host and a fluorescent dopant for fluorescent emission. The fluorescent host is at least one of an asymmetric anthracene derivative represented by a formula (1) below and a pyrene derivative represented by a formula (2) below.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuki Nishimura, Toshihiro Iwakuma, Masahiro Kawamura, Chishio Hosokawa, Kenichi Fukuoka, Yukitoshi Jinde
  • Publication number: 20130069523
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device having a layer of an organic light emitting medium which comprises (A) a specific arylamine compound and (B) at least one compound selected from specific anthracene derivatives, spirofluorene derivatives, compounds having condensed rings and metal complex compounds and is disposed between a pair of electrodes and an organic light emitting medium comprising the above components (A) and (B) are provided. The organic electroluminescence device exhibits a high purity of color, has excellent heat resistance and a long life and efficiently emits bluish to yellowish light. The organic light emitting medium can be advantageously used for the organic electroluminescence device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2012
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Inventors: Masahide MATSUURA, Masakazu Funahashi, Kenichi Fukuoka, Chishio Hosokawa
  • Patent number: 8367222
    Abstract: Provided is an organic electroluminescence device, including: an anode; a cathode; and organic thin film layers provided between the anode and the cathode, in which: the organic thin film layers have a light emitting layer, and have a hole injecting layer and a hole transporting layer, or a hole injecting/transporting layer on a side which is closer to the anode than the light emitting layer is; the hole injecting layer or the hole injecting/transporting layer contains an aromatic amine derivative having a specific substituent, and the hole transporting layer or the hole injecting/transporting layer contains an aromatic amine derivative having a specific substituent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Arakane, Yukitoshi Jinde, Hiroyuki Saito, Kazuki Nishimura, Kenichi Fukuoka, Toshio Sakai
  • Patent number: 8334648
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device having a layer of an organic light emitting medium which comprises (A) a specific arylamine compound and (B) at least one compound selected from specific anthracene derivatives, spirofluorene derivatives, compounds having condensed rings and metal complex compounds and is disposed between a pair of electrodes and an organic light emitting medium comprising the above components (A) and (B) are provided. The organic electroluminescence device exhibits a high purity of color, has excellent heat resistance and a long life and efficiently emits bluish to yellowish light. The organic light emitting medium can be advantageously used for the organic electroluminescence device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahide Matsuura, Masakazu Funahashi, Kenichi Fukuoka, Chishio Hosokawa
  • Patent number: 8330350
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device includes: a cathode; an anode; and a single-layered or multilayered organic thin-film layer provided between the cathode and the anode. In the organic electroluminescence device, the organic thin-film layer includes at least one emitting layer, and the at least one emitting layer includes at least one phosphorescent material and a host material represented by the following Formula (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuki Nishimura, Toshihiro Iwakuma, Kenichi Fukuoka, Chishio Hosokawa, Masahiro Kawamura, Mitsunori Ito, Yoriyuki Takashima, Toshinari Ogiwara
  • Patent number: 8324802
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device having a layer of an organic light emitting medium which comprises (A) a specific arylamine compound and (B) at least one compound selected from specific anthracene derivatives, spirofluorene derivatives, compounds having condensed rings and metal complex compounds and is disposed between a pair of electrodes and an organic light emitting medium comprising the above components (A) and (B) are provided. The organic electroluminescence device exhibits a high purity of color, has excellent heat resistance and a long life and efficiently emits bluish to yellowish light. The organic light emitting medium can be advantageously used for the organic electroluminescence device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan, Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahide Matsuura, Masakazu Funahashi, Kenichi Fukuoka, Chishio Hosokawa
  • Patent number: 8294142
    Abstract: An organic EL device includes: an anode; a cathode and an organic thin-film layer provided between the anode and the cathode. The organic thin-film layer includes: a fluorescent-emitting layer containing a fluorescent host and a fluorescent dopant; and a phosphorescent-emitting layer containing a first phosphorescent host and a first phosphorescent dopant. The first phosphorescent dopant emits light by receiving exited triplet energy transferred from the fluorescent host. The fluorescent host has a substituted or unsubstituted polycyclic fused aromatic skeleton and has an exited triplet energy gap of 2.10 eV to 3.00 eV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuki Nishimura, Toshihiro Iwakuma, Masahiro Kawamura, Kenichi Fukuoka, Chishio Hosokawa, Masakazu Funahashi
  • Publication number: 20120199817
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device includes an anode, a cathode, and an organic thin-film layer interposed between the anode and the cathode. The organic thin-film layer includes a phosphorescent-emitting layer containing a host and a phosphorescent dopant, and an electron transporting layer that is provided closer to the cathode than the phosphorescent-emitting layer. The host contains a substituted or unsubstituted polycyclic fused aromatic skeleton.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2012
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Inventors: Kazuki NISHIMURA, Toshihiro Iwakuma, Kenichi Fukuoka, Chishio Hosokawa, Jun Endo, Nobuhiro Yabunouchi, Hiroshi Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 8221907
    Abstract: A chrysene derivative shown by the following formula: wherein R1 to R10 and R21 to R25 are independently a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl group having 3 to 10 ring carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted alkylsilyl group having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted arylsilyl group having 8 to 30 carbon atoms, or a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 20 ring carbon atoms, provided that at least one of R21 to R25 is a substituted or unsubstituted fused aromatic ring group having 10 to 20 ring carbon atoms or a substituted or unsubstituted fluorenyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Kawamura, Kazuki Nishimura, Toshihiro Iwakuma, Kenichi Fukuoka, Chishio Hosokawa, Masakazu Funahashi, Tetsuya Inoue, Yukitoshi Jinde, Yuichiro Kawamura, Mitsunori Ito, Yoriyuki Takashima, Toshinari Ogiwara
  • Patent number: 8211552
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device includes: a cathode; an anode; and a single-layered or multilayered organic thin-film layer provided between the cathode and the anode. In the organic electroluminescence device, the organic thin-film layer includes at least one emitting layer, and the at least one emitting layer contains: a host material represented by the following formula (1); and at least one phosphorescent material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuki Nishimura, Toshihiro Iwakuma, Kenichi Fukuoka, Chishio Hosokawa, Masahiro Kawamura, Mitsunori Ito, Yoriyuki Takashima, Toshinari Ogiwara