Patents by Inventor Masahide Matsuura

Masahide Matsuura 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: 7608993
    Abstract: A blue organic electroluminescent device (1) including at least an emitting layer (40) between an anode (20) and a cathode (60), the emitting layer (40) including a host material and a plurality of dopants, at least one of the dopants having ultraviolet luminescent properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2009
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahide Matsuura, Toshihiro Iwakuma
  • Publication number: 20090224658
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device comprising a compound having a specific structure having a heteroatom and an organic electroluminescence device which comprises a cathode, an anode and an organic thin film layer which comprises at least one layer comprising at least a light emitting layer and is disposed between the cathode and the anode, wherein at least one layer in the organic thin film layer comprises the above compound. The device provides excellent efficiency of light emission, forms no defects in pixels, exhibits excellent heat resistance and has a long life.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2007
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshihiro Iwakuma, Masahide Matsuura, Yuki Nakano, Hidetsugu Ikeda
  • Patent number: 7576486
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescent device including a pair of electrodes, and at least two organic emitting layers held between the pair of electrodes, (1) two organic emitting layers being arranged with an electron barrier layer interposed therebetween, (2) the two organic emitting layers both including an electron-transporting emitting material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2009
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiro Iwakuma, Masahide Matsuura, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Hisayuki Kawamura, Chishio Hosokawa
  • Publication number: 20090009074
    Abstract: There are provided oligoarylene derivatives capable of emitting blue light at high luminous efficiency which are represented by the following general formulae (1) to (4): Ar1?Ch?Ar2??(1) Ch1?L?Ch2??(2) Ar3?(L1)a?Ch3?(L2)b?Ar4??(3) Ar5?Ch4?(Ar7)n?L3?(Ar8)m?Ch5?Ar6??(4) wherein Ch, Ch1 and Ch2 are respectively a group containing at least one substituted or unsubstituted condensed aromatic ring having 14 to 20 nuclear atoms; Ch3, Ch4 and Ch5 are respectively a substituted or unsubstituted arylene group having 14 to 20 nuclear atoms; Ar1, Ar2, Ar3, Ar4, Ar5 and Ar6 are respectively a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 5 to 30 nuclear atoms; Ar7 and Ar8 are respectively a substituted or unsubstituted arylene group having 5 to 30 nuclear atoms; L1, L2 and L3 are respectively a connecting group; and a, b, n and m are respectively an integer of 0 to 1, as well as organic electroluminescent devices using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2008
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Applicant: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidetsugu Ikeda, Masahide Matsuura, Hisayuki Kawamura
  • Publication number: 20090009073
    Abstract: There are provided oligoarylene derivatives capable of emitting blue light at high luminous efficiency which are represented by the following general formulae (1) to (4): Ar1—Ch—Ar2??(1) Ch1-L-Ch2??(2) Ar3-(L1)a-Ch3-(L2)b-Ar4??(3) Ar5—Ch4—(Ar7)n-L3-(Ar8)m—Ch5—Ar6??(4) wherein Ch, Ch1 and Ch2 are respectively a group containing at least one substituted or unsubstituted condensed aromatic ring having 14 to 20 nuclear atoms; Ch3, Ch4 and Ch5 are respectively a substituted or unsubstituted arylene group having 14 to 20 nuclear atoms; Ar1, Ar2, Ar3, Ar4, Ar5 and Ar6 are respectively a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 5 to 30 nuclear atoms; Ar7 and Ar8 are respectively a substituted or unsubstituted arylene group having 5 to 30 nuclear atoms; L1, L2 and L3 are respectively a connecting group; and a, b, n and m are respectively an integer of 0 to 1, as well as organic electroluminescent devices using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2008
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Applicant: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidetsugu Ikeda, Masahide Matsuura, Hisayuki Kawamura
  • Publication number: 20080246391
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescent device including at least an anode, a first emitting layer, a hole barrier layer, a second emitting layer and a cathode in this order. The first emitting layer and the second emitting layer both include a hole transporting material. The organic EL device is small in chromaticity change and has high efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2005
    Publication date: October 9, 2008
    Applicant: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiro Iwakuma, Masahide Matsuura, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Hisayuki Kawamura, Chishio Hosokawa
  • Patent number: 7429425
    Abstract: There are provided oligoarylene derivatives capable of emitting blue light at high luminous efficiency which are represented by the following general formulae (1) to (4): Ar1-Ch-Ar2 ??(1) Ch1-L-Ch2 ??(2) Ar3-(L1)a-Ch3-(L2)b-Ar4 ??(3) Ar5-Ch4-(Ar7)n-L3-(Ar8)m-Ch5-Ar6 ??(4) wherein Ch, Ch1 and Ch2 are respectively a group containing at least one substituted or unsubstituted condensed aromatic ring having 14 to 20 nuclear atoms; Ch3, Ch4 and Ch5 are respectively a substituted or unsubstituted arylene group having 14 to 20 nuclear atoms; Ar1, Ar2, Ar3, Ar4, Ar5 and Ar6 are respectively a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 5 to 30 nuclear atoms; Ar7 and Ar8 are respectively a substituted or unsubstituted arylene group having 5 to 30 nuclear atoms; L1, L2 and L3 are respectively a connecting group; and a, b, n and m are respectively an integer of 0 to 1, as well as organic electroluminescent devices using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2008
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidetsugu Ikeda, Masahide Matsuura, Hisayuki Kawamura
  • Publication number: 20070296328
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescent device having a structure in which an emitting layer (3) containing an organic metal complex having at least a heavy metal as a central metal and an electron-transporting layer (4) are stacked between an anode (2) and a cathode (1), wherein a difference (?AF) in electron affinity between a main organic material forming the emitting layer (3) and a main material forming the electron-transporting layer (4) satisfies the following expression; “0.2 eV<?AF?0.65 eV”.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2005
    Publication date: December 27, 2007
    Applicant: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahide Matsuura, Toshihiro Iwakuma, Keiko Yamamichi, Chishio Hosokawa
  • Publication number: 20070267970
    Abstract: Provided are a novel nitrogen-containing heterocyclic derivative having a specific structure and an organic electroluminescence device having an organic thin film layer composed of one or a plurality of layers including at least a light emitting layer and interposed between a cathode and an anode, in which at least one layer of the organic thin film layer contains the nitrogen-containing heterocyclic derivative alone or as a component of a mixture. As a result, a novel nitrogen-containing heterocyclic derivative useful as a component of an organic electroluminescence device can be provided, and an organic electroluminescence device being driven at a low voltage and having high luminous efficiency, excellent electron transporting property, and high emission luminance can be realized by using the nitrogen-containing heterocyclic derivative in at least one layer of its organic thin film layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2007
    Publication date: November 22, 2007
    Applicant: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yamamoto, Masahide Matsuura, Mineyuki Kubota, Masahiro Kawamura
  • Publication number: 20070257600
    Abstract: Organic electroluminescent device (100) having a multilayer structure including at least emitting layer (15) and electron-transporting layer (16) between cathodes (17) and (18) and anode (12), the triplet energy gap (EgT) of a host material forming emitting layer (15) being 2.52 eV or more and 3.7 eV or less, an electron-transporting material forming electron-transporting layer (16) being different from the host material, and having hole-transporting properties, and emitting layer (15) including a phosphorescent metal complex compound containing a heavy metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2005
    Publication date: November 8, 2007
    Applicant: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahide Matsuura, Toshihiro Iwakuma, Keiko Yamamichi, Chishio Hosokawa
  • Publication number: 20070237984
    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: June 12, 2007
    Publication date: October 11, 2007
    Applicant: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahide MATSUURA, Masakazu Funahashi, Kenichi Fukuoka, Chishio Hosokawa
  • Publication number: 20070224446
    Abstract: A material for organic electroluminescence device with specific structure. An an organic electroluminescence device comprising a cathode, an anode and an organic thin film layer which is sandwiched between the cathode and the anode and comprises at least one layer, wherein at least one layer in the organic thin film layer contains a material for the organic electroluminescence device described above. An organic electroluminescence device with excellent efficiency of light emission, without pixel defects, which is superior in heat resistance and prolonged lifetime is obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2006
    Publication date: September 27, 2007
    Applicant: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuki Nakano, Toshihiro Iwakuma, Masahide Matsuura, Hidetsugu Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20070194701
    Abstract: An organic EL device which can easily control colors to obtain white light emission, and has a high efficiency. An organic electroluminescent device 10 including; at least an anode 1, an organic emitting layer and a cathode 6 stacked in this order; at least a first emitting layer 3 including a fluorescent dopant and a second emitting layer 4 comprising a phosphorescent dopant being stacked in the organic emitting layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2005
    Publication date: August 23, 2007
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.,
    Inventors: Mitsunori Ito, Masahide Matsuura, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Hisayuki Kawamura, Chishio Hosokawa
  • Publication number: 20070188083
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescent device including a pair of electrodes, and at least two organic emitting layers held between the pair of electrodes, (1) two organic emitting layers being arranged with an electron barrier layer interposed therebetween, (2) the two organic emitting layers both including an electron-transporting emitting material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2005
    Publication date: August 16, 2007
    Applicant: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiro Iwakuma, Masahide Matsuura, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Hisayuki Kawamura, Chishio Hosokawa
  • Publication number: 20070159083
    Abstract: An organic EL device 100 including a plurality of emitting layers (15) and (17) between a cathode (18) and (19) and an anode (12), each of the emitting layers (15) and (17) made of a host material having a triplet energy gap of 2.52 eV or more and 3.7 eV or less, and a dopant having a light emitting property related to a triplet state, the dopant containing a metal complex with a heavy metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2005
    Publication date: July 12, 2007
    Applicant: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahide Matsuura, Chishio Hosokawa, Toshihiro Iwakuma, Keiko Yamamichi
  • Publication number: 20070138950
    Abstract: A novel heterocyclic derivative containing nitrogen having specific structure, and an organic EL device comprising at least one organic thin film layer comprising a light emitting layer interposed between a pair of electrodes consisting of an anode and a cathode in which at least one layer of the organic thin film layers comprises the novel heterocyclic derivative containing nitrogen singly or as its mixture component, are provided. By applying the heterocyclic derivative containing nitrogen to at least one organic layer, an organic EL device exhibits excellent emission luminance and current efficiency even at low electric voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2006
    Publication date: June 21, 2007
    Applicant: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yamamoto, Masahide Matsuura, Mineyuki Kubota, Masahiro Kawamura
  • Publication number: 20070141387
    Abstract: A material for organic electroluminescence devices comprising a compound having a specific structure and an organic electroluminescence device comprising an organic thin film layer which comprises one layer or a plurality of layers comprising at least a light emitting layer and disposed between a cathode and an anode, wherein at least one layer in the organic thin film layer comprises the material for organic electroluminescence devices, are provided. The material provides the organic electroluminescence device exhibiting a great efficiency of light emission, having no defect pixels, exhibiting excellent heat resistance and having a long life.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2005
    Publication date: June 21, 2007
    Applicant: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuki Nakano, Masahide Matsuura, Hidetsugu Ikeda, Toshihiro Iwakuma
  • Publication number: 20070108898
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescent device (1) comprising: an anode (20), a cathode (70) and a plurality of layers comprising at least a hole-injecting-transporting layer (30) in contact with the anode (20) and an emitting layer. (40), the plurality of layers being provided between the anode (20) and the cathode (70), a difference in ionization potential between the hole-injecting-transporting layer (30) and the anode (20) being more than 0.7 eV.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2006
    Publication date: May 17, 2007
    Applicant: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahide Matsuura, Hideaki Nagashima, Hidetsugu Ikeda, Toshihiro Iwakuma, Hiroaki Nakamura, Tadashi Kusumoto
  • Publication number: 20070069638
    Abstract: A blue organic electroluminescent device (1) including at least an emitting layer (40) between an anode (20) and a cathode (60), the emitting layer (40) including a host material and a plurality of dopants, at least one of the dopants having ultraviolet luminescent properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2006
    Publication date: March 29, 2007
    Applicant: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahide Matsuura, Toshihiro Iwakuma
  • Publication number: 20070052346
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescent device (1) including an anode (2), a cathode (6), and at least a first layer (3), a second layer (4), and a third layer (5) provided between the anode (2) and the cathode (6). At least one of the first to third layers (3), (4), and (5) includes a phosphorescent compound, and at least one of the first to third layers (3), (4), and (5) is an emitting layer. Compounds respectively forming the first to third layers (3), (4), and (5) and having the largest ionization potentials of the respective layers have an ionization potential of 5.7 eV or more and differ in the ionization potential in an amount of less than 1.0 eV.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2006
    Publication date: March 8, 2007
    Applicant: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiro Iwakuma, Masahide Matsuura, Hideaki Nagashima, Hidetsugu Ikeda, Hiroaki Nakamura, Tadashi Kusumoto