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).

  • Publication number: 20190081268
    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: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventors: Asae ITO, Manabu NIBOSHI, Yuto TSUKAMOTO, Shinichi KAWATO
  • Patent number: 10230065
    Abstract: In an organic EL element equipped with an anode, a cathode, a luminescent layer, and an electron transport layer, the cathode includes a reflecting electrode. The electron transport layer includes a doped electron transport layer to which an n-type dopant material is added and a non-doped electron transport layer to which an n-type dopant material is not added. A first reflection surface that reflects light from the luminescent layer is provided at an interface between the doped electron transport layer and the non-doped electron transport layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Isomura, Katsuhiro Kikuchi, Shinichi Kawato, Hideki Uchida, Manabu Niboshi, Satoshi Inoue, Yuto Tsukamoto
  • Publication number: 20190071762
    Abstract: Provided is a scan vapor deposition metal mask with which a high-resolution, linear vapor deposition film pattern can be formed even on a large-sized substrate. Two first unit opening groups are included. The first unit opening groups are arranged by being shifted from each other in a Y direction so as not to be adjacent to each other in an X direction, while the first unit opening groups adjacent to each other in the Y direction are arranged by being shifted from each other in the X direction by ½ times a first opening pitch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2016
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventors: Yuhki KOBAYASHI, Katsuhiro KIKUCHI, Shinichi KAWATO, Satoshi INOUE, Manabu NIBOSHI
  • Patent number: 10223966
    Abstract: An organic EL display device includes a plurality of sub-pixels each including a first organic EL element and a second organic EL element, a temperature information detector configured to measure current-voltage characteristics of the second organic EL element included in each of the sub-pixels, and to detect, on the basis of a result of the measurement, temperature information of the second organic EL element included in each of the sub-pixels, and a correction unit configured to correct a driving signal of the first organic EL element included in each of the sub-pixels on the basis of the temperature information of the second organic EL element included in the same sub-pixel as the sub-pixel including the relevant first organic EL element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoshi Inoue, Katsuhiro Kikuchi, Hideki Uchida, Manabu Niboshi, Yoshiyuki Isomura, Yuto Tsukamoto
  • Publication number: 20180375050
    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: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2017
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventors: Asae ITO, Yuto TSUKAMOTO, Manabu NIBOSHI, Eiji KOIKE, Shinichi KAWATO, Katsuhiro KIKUCHI
  • Publication number: 20180331314
    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: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Inventors: Manabu NIBOSHI, Hideki UCHIDA, Shinji NAKAJIMA, Yoshiyuki ISOMURA, Eiji KOIKE, Yuto TSUKAMOTO, Asae ITO
  • Publication number: 20180323396
    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: November 4, 2016
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Yuto TSUKAMOTO, Katsuhiro KIKUCHI, Shinichi KAWATO, Manabu NIBOSHI, Eiji KOIKE, Asae ITO
  • Publication number: 20180309091
    Abstract: A restriction unit includes at least one restriction opening configured to allow vapor deposition particles to pass through and a plurality of restriction sections prepared at both sides of the restriction opening. The restriction section has a cross-sectional shape of an inverse concave formed of a top wall and opening walls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2016
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Yuhki KOBAYASHI, Katsuhiro KIKUCHI, Shinichi KAWATO, Satoshi INOUE, Manabu NIBOSHI
  • Patent number: 10109814
    Abstract: The organic electroluminescent element of the present invention includes, in the given order: an anode; a light-emitting layer; and a cathode, the light-emitting layer including a luminescent dopant layer and a luminescent host layer, the luminescent dopant layer containing a luminescent dopant material and substantially no luminescent host material, the luminescent host layer containing a luminescent host material and substantially no luminescent dopant material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuto Tsukamoto, Katsuhiro Kikuchi, Manabu Niboshi, Yoshiyuki Isomura, Hideki Uchida, Ayataka Endo, Asae Ito
  • Patent number: 10090467
    Abstract: A magnetic material section is provided on a mask substrate so as to be interposed between Y aperture lines of the mask substrate and between X aperture line of the mask substrate. A portion of the magnetic material section which portion is interposed between the X aperture lines has a first thickness and a second thickness which is less than the first thickness, the first thickness being that of each sub-portion thereof which is positioned between mutually adjacent ones of the Y aperture lines, the second thickness being that of each sub-portion thereof which is positioned between apertures which are mutually adjacent in a Y direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shinichi Kawato, Manabu Niboshi, Yuhki Kobayashi, Kazuo Takizawa
  • Publication number: 20180258521
    Abstract: To provide a vapor deposition source of which material usage efficiency is higher as compared with the related art. A vapor deposition source (10) includes a vapor deposition particles ejecting unit (30) configured to include multistage of nozzle units layered apart from each other in a vertical direction, each of the nozzle units including at least one vapor deposition nozzle (32, 52), and at least one space part (43) provided between the multistage of vapor deposition nozzles, and a vacuum exhaust unit (14) connected with the at least one space part (43).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: Satoshi INOUE, Shinichi KAWATO, Manabu NIBOSHI, Yuhki KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20180219187
    Abstract: A vapor deposition particles ejecting unit (30) in a vapor deposition source (10) includes: a plurality of stages of nozzle units each including at least one vapor deposition nozzle (32, 52) and stacked while separated from each other in a vertical direction; and at least one hollow portion (43) formed between the at least one vapor deposition nozzle and the at least one vapor deposition nozzle of respective stages. The at least one hollow portion is surrounded on four sides by a side wall (44) including at least one opening (45) formed in the side wall and connecting the at least one hollow portion and a vacuum chamber space (2a).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2016
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Satoshi INOUE, Katsuhiro KIKUCHI, Shinichi KAWATO, Manabu NIBOSHI, Yuhki KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20180187299
    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: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2016
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventors: Shinichi KAWATO, Katsuhiro KIKUCHI, Manabu NIBOSHI, Satoshi INOUE, Yuhki KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 10008550
    Abstract: A display according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an element substrate, a display section including a plurality of pixels each including a plurality of light-emitting elements, and monitoring elements for detecting the temperature of the light-emitting elements. The light-emitting elements each include an anode, a cathode, and a light-emitting layer placed between the anode and the cathode. The monitoring elements each include an anode, a cathode, and a light emission-suppressing layer containing the same light-emitting material as the light-emitting layer. When voltages are supplied to the monitoring elements, the light emission-suppressing layers do not emit any visible light or emit visible light with a luminance lower than the case where the same voltages as the above voltages are applied to the light-emitting elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideki Uchida, Katsuhiro Kikuchi, Satoshi Inoue, Manabu Niboshi, Yoshiyuki Isomura, Yuto Tsukamoto
  • Publication number: 20180175296
    Abstract: A vapor deposition device (100) includes a vapor deposition source (30), a vapor deposition mask (10), a limiting plate unit (20), and a gas supply mechanism (50). The limiting plate unit (20) is disposed between the vapor deposition source and the vapor deposition mask. The gas supply mechanism (50) causes a gas wall (501) to be formed in a non-opening portion (13). The non-opening portion (13) is a portion between the vapor deposition mask and the limiting plate unit. The non-opening portion (13) is positioned between limiting-plate openings (21) of the limiting plate unit, which are adjacent to each other, and is positioned between mask opening regions (11) of the vapor deposition mask, which are adjacent to each other in plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Yuhki KOBAYASHI, Shinichi KAWATO, Manabu NIBOSHI, Satoshi INOUE
  • Publication number: 20180166511
    Abstract: Provided is a display device with high productivity and with reduced color shift in light-emitting elements and reduced degradation in light-emitting element characteristics. An electron transport film (4c) formed on a blue light-emitting film (4b) in B pixels is thicker than an electron transport film (6d) formed on a green light-emitting film (6b) and a red light-emitting film (6c) in G and R pixels so that the remaining film percentage of the electron transport film (4c) after exposure to heat generated by irradiation with laser light is higher than the remaining film percentage of the electron transport film (6d) after exposure to heat generated by irradiation with laser light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2016
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventors: Manabu NIBOSHI, Shinichi KAWATO, Satoshi INOUE, Yuhki KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 9975133
    Abstract: In plan view, a magnet plate (10) has a first magnetic domain (11) and a second magnetic domain (12), a magnetic domain boundary line (14) is inclined to an opening side (26) and is bent or curved, and the magnet plate has magnetic fields that are generated in a respective plurality of different directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuhki Kobayashi, Shinichi Kawato, Manabu Niboshi, Kazuo Takizawa
  • Patent number: 9966550
    Abstract: The present invention provides an organic EL element having high luminous efficacy and productivity and an organic EL panel including the organic EL element. The organic electroluminescent element of the present invention includes, in the given order, an anode, a hole-transport layer, a luminescent unit, an electron-transport layer, and a cathode. The luminescent unit includes a mixed light-emitting layer and includes a luminescent dopant layer at least between the hole-transport layer and the mixed light-emitting layer or between the electron-transport layer and the mixed light-emitting layer. The mixed light-emitting layer contains a first luminescent host material and a first luminescent dopant material. The luminescent dopant layer consists essentially of a second luminescent dopant material and is thinner than the mixed light-emitting layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuto Tsukamoto, Katsuhiro Kikuchi, Shinichi Kawato, Hideki Uchida, Manabu Niboshi, Satoshi Inoue, Yoshiyuki Isomura
  • Publication number: 20180015493
    Abstract: In plan view, a magnet plate (10) has a first magnetic domain (11) and a second magnetic domain (12), a magnetic domain boundary line (14) is inclined to an opening side (26) and is bent or curved, and the magnet plate has magnetic fields that are generated in a respective plurality of different directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Inventors: YUHKI KOBAYASHI, SHINICHI KAWATO, MANABU NIBOSHI, KAZUO TAKIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20180002803
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method for manufacturing a vapor deposition mask (2) which includes a mask section (3) and a mask frame (4). The mask section (3) includes an alloy containing iron and nickel. The method includes a heat treatment step of carrying out heat treatment with respect to the mask section (3) in a state in which end parts of the mask section (3) are fixed to the mask frame (4) while tension is applied to the mask section (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: MANABU NIBOSHI, SHINICHI KAWATO, YUHKI KOBAYASHI, KAZUO TAKIZAWA