Patents by Inventor Manabu Niboshi

Manabu Niboshi 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: 10693096
    Abstract: Provided is an EL element utilizing upconversion light emission involving highly efficient triplet-triplet annihilation. A blue-light-emitting layer includes an ionic liquid, a red phosphorescent material, and a blue fluorescent material. The blue fluorescent material and the red phosphorescent material are homogeneously dispersed in a liquid film of the ionic liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Asae Ito, Manabu Niboshi, Yuto Tsukamoto, Shinichi Kawato
  • Patent number: 10658607
    Abstract: An organic EL element (10) includes a first light-emitting layer (33a) having the shortest emission peak wavelength of a light-emitting layer (33) and containing a host material and a TTF material or at least the TTF material, a second light-emitting layer (33b) containing at least a TADF material, a third light-emitting layer (33c) having the longest emission peak wavelength of the light-emitting layer (33) and containing at least fluorescent material. The excited triplet level of the TTF material is lower than the excited triplet level of the TADF material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuto Tsukamoto, Katsuhiro Kikuchi, Shinichi Kawato, Manabu Niboshi, Eiji Koike, Asae Ito
  • Patent number: 10622575
    Abstract: Provided is a display apparatus where: a red light-emitting layer is formed as a layer that is common to a first subpixel, a second subpixel, and a third subpixel; a blue light-emitting layer is formed as a layer that is common to the first subpixel and the second subpixel; and the green light-emitting layer is formed only in the second subpixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuto Tsukamoto, Shinichi Kawato, Manabu Niboshi, Hiroshi Imada, Tokiyoshi Umeda, Bai Zhang, Tomoaki Jo
  • Patent number: 10597770
    Abstract: Provided is a line source that can achieve uniform film thickness distribution and also achieve high use efficiency of vapor deposition materials. A line source (10) has slit nozzles (1) having a slit nozzle's length-to-width ratio of 4 to 50, a width of 1 mm to 5 mm, and a depth of 5 mm to 20 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shinichi Kawato, Katsuhiro Kikuchi, Manabu Niboshi, Satoshi Inoue, Yuhki Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20200006712
    Abstract: For the purpose of manufacturing display panels to be manufactured during the manufacturing process in the same lot with the inspection process further shortened while luminance unevenness between the display panels reduced, provided is a method for manufacturing a display panel, the method including an inspection mother substrate manufacturing step of manufacturing an inspection mother substrate including a plurality of inspection elements, a manufacturing mother substrate manufacturing step of manufacturing a plurality of manufacturing mother substrates including a plurality of display panels including a light emitting element, a measurement step of measuring distribution of light emission intensity from the plurality of inspection elements, a calculation step of calculating a correction value of a light emission voltage for each of the display panels according to the distribution, and a correction step of correcting a light emission voltage of the light emitting element of each of the display panels based
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Kohji SAKIKAWA, Manabu NIBOSHI
  • Patent number: 10522775
    Abstract: A hole injection layer provided between a first electrode and each of light emitting layers, and an electron injection layer provided between a second electrode and each of light emitting layers, overlap only inward from an end portions each of the light emitting layers when viewed in plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuto Tsukamoto, Shinichi Kawato, Manabu Niboshi, Satoshi Inoue, Hiroshi Imada, Tokiyoshi Umeda, Bai Zhang, Tomoaki Jo
  • Publication number: 20190372059
    Abstract: A layered film is formed in a display region of an active matrix substrate, and a single layer vapor deposition film is formed outside the display region of the active matrix substrate such that at least part of the single layer vapor deposition film does not overlap with a single layer vapor deposition film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Yuhki KOBAYASHI, Manabu NIBOSHI, Satoshi INOUE, Tsuyoshi INOUE
  • Patent number: 10497771
    Abstract: A display device includes a cathode electrode provided on a subpixel-by-subpixel basis, an anode electrode provided commonly for a plurality of subpixels in an upper layer with respect to the cathode electrode, a light emitting layer provided between the cathode electrode and the anode electrode, a first wiring line provided in the same layer as the cathode electrode, and a second wiring line provided in an upper layer with respect to the first wiring line and superimposed on the first wiring line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masanori Ohara, Shinichi Kawato, Manabu Niboshi, Seiichi Mitsui
  • Publication number: 20190363138
    Abstract: An individual hole transport layer is individually disposed between a common hole transport layer and a light emitting layer in each sub pixel, and the energy level value of the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital of the individual hole transport layer is smaller than the energy level value of the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital of the common hole transport layer, but larger than the energy level value of the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital of the light emitting layer in sub pixel. Thus, a hole can be efficiently injected into the light emitting layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Tomoaki JO, Shinichi KAWATO, Manabu NIBOSHI, Yuto TSUKAMOTO, Hiroshi IMADA, Tokiyoshi UMEDA, Bai ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20190363272
    Abstract: A hole injection layer provided between a first electrode and each of light emitting layers, and an electron injection layer provided between a second electrode and each of light emitting layers, overlap only inward from an end portions each of the light emitting layers when viewed in plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Yuto TSUKAMOTO, Shinichi KAWATO, Manabu NIBOSHI, Satoshi INOUE, Hiroshi IMADA, Tokiyoshi UMEDA, Bai ZHANG, Tomoaki JO
  • Publication number: 20190363156
    Abstract: A display device includes a cathode electrode provided on a subpixel-by-subpixel basis, an anode electrode provided commonly for a plurality of subpixels in an upper layer with respect to the cathode electrode, a light emitting layer provided between the cathode electrode and the anode electrode, a first wiring line provided in the same layer as the cathode electrode, and a second wiring line provided in an upper layer with respect to the first wiring line and superimposed on the first wiring line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2017
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Masanori OHARA, Shinichi KAWATO, Manabu NIBOSHI, Seiichi MITSUI
  • Publication number: 20190360086
    Abstract: A vapor deposition mask including a metallic substrate provided with a plurality of openings for passing vapor deposition particles, wherein at least a portion of the plurality of openings are structured by one or more opening groups in which the plurality of openings are repeatedly arranged in accordance with a constant rule, and a plurality of protrusions of identical height are arranged to support the entire substrate from one side, and are provided only outside the opening group formation region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Shinichi KAWATO, Manabu NIBOSHI, Eiji KOIKE, Satoshi INOUE, Tsuyoshi INOUE, Yuhki KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 10461132
    Abstract: Provided is a display apparatus where: a green light-emitting layer is common to a first subpixel, a second subpixel, and a third subpixel; a blue light-emitting layer is formed solely in the first subpixel; the red light-emitting layer is formed solely in the third subpixel; and in the first subpixel a separation layer is formed between the blue light-emitting layer and the green light-emitting layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuto Tsukamoto, Shinichi Kawato, Manabu Niboshi, Hiroshi Imada, Tokiyoshi Umeda, Bai Zhang, Tomoaki Jo
  • Publication number: 20190326540
    Abstract: An organic EL element (10) includes a first light-emitting layer (33a) having the shortest emission peak wavelength of a light-emitting layer (33) and containing a host material and a TTF material or at least the TTF material, a second light-emitting layer (33b) containing at least a TADF material, a third light-emitting layer (33c) having the longest emission peak wavelength of the light-emitting layer (33) and containing at least fluorescent material. The excited triplet level of the TTF material is lower than the excited triplet level of the TADF material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventors: Yuto TSUKAMOTO, Katsuhiro KIKUCHI, Shinichi KAWATO, Manabu NIBOSHI, Eiji KOIKE, Asae ITO
  • Publication number: 20190312220
    Abstract: Provided is a display apparatus where: a red light-emitting layer is formed as a layer that is common to a first subpixel, a second subpixel, and a third subpixel; a blue light-emitting layer is formed as a layer that is common to the first subpixel and the second subpixel; and the green light-emitting layer is formed only in the second subpixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuto TSUKAMOTO, Shinichi KAWATO, Manabu NIBOSHI, Hiroshi IMADA, Tokiyoshi UMEDA, Bai ZHANG, Tomoaki JO
  • Publication number: 20190305054
    Abstract: Provided is a display apparatus where: a green light-emitting layer is common to a first subpixel, a second subpixel, and a third subpixel; a blue light-emitting layer is formed solely in the first subpixel; the red light-emitting layer is formed solely in the third subpixel; and in the first subpixel a separation layer is formed between the blue light-emitting layer and the green light-emitting layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Yuto TSUKAMOTO, Shinichi KAWATO, Manabu NIBOSHI, Hiroshi IMADA, Tokiyoshi UMEDA, Bai ZHANG, Tomoaki JO
  • Patent number: 10411211
    Abstract: An organic EL element (10) includes a first light-emitting layer (33a) having the shortest emission peak wavelength of a light-emitting layer (33) and containing a host material and a TTF material or at least the TTF material, a second light-emitting layer (33b) containing at least a TADF material, a third light-emitting layer (33c) having the longest emission peak wavelength of the light-emitting layer (33) and containing at least fluorescent material. The excited triplet level of the TTF material is lower than the excited triplet level of the TADF material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuto Tsukamoto, Katsuhiro Kikuchi, Shinichi Kawato, Manabu Niboshi, Eiji Koike, Asae Ito
  • Patent number: 10403841
    Abstract: An organic EL element is provided that has a high light emission efficiency and that emits a plurality of light beams having respective wavelength ranges different from one another, the light beams including short wavelength light having a high chromaticity. An organic EL element (1) includes an exciton generating layer (7) and a guest layer (8) that are adjacent to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Asae Ito, Yuto Tsukamoto, Manabu Niboshi, Eiji Koike, Shinichi Kawato, Katsuhiro Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 10381588
    Abstract: To provide an organic EL element having good injection properties and transport properties of a carrier. Included are: an InGaZnO layer with a composition rich in In2O3 as a transparent electrode contacting a negative electrode; an InGaZnO layer with a stoichiometric ratio of In:Ga:Zn:O=1:1:1:4 as an electron injecting layer; and an InGaZnO layer with a composition rich in Ga2O3 as an electron transport layer contacting a light emitting layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Manabu Niboshi, Hideki Uchida, Shinji Nakajima, Yoshiyuki Isomura, Eiji Koike, Yuto Tsukamoto, Asae Ito
  • Publication number: 20190228686
    Abstract: Provided is a display apparatus where: a blue light-emitting layer is formed as a layer that is common to a first subpixel, a second subpixel, and a third subpixel; a green light-emitting layer is formed as a layer that is common to the second subpixel and the third subpixel; and the red light-emitting layer is formed only in the third subpixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Yuto TSUKAMOTO, Shinichi KAWATO, Manabu NIBOSHI, Hiroshi IMADA, Tokiyoshi UMEDA, Bai ZHANG, Tomoaki JO