Patents by Inventor Masakazu Funahashi

Masakazu Funahashi 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: 7642380
    Abstract: The present invention relates to aromatic amine derivatives having a specific structure; and organic electroluminescent devices comprising a cathode, an anode and one or plural organic thin film layers including at least a light emitting layer which are sandwiched between the cathode and the anode wherein at least one of the organic thin film layers contains the above aromatic amine derivatives in the form of a single substance or a component of a mixture. There are provided the organic electroluminescent devices exhibiting a long life and a high efficiency of light emission which are capable of emitting a blue light having a high color purity, as well as the aromatic amine derivatives capable of realizing such organic electroluminescent devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2010
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masakazu Funahashi
  • Publication number: 20090321729
    Abstract: An anthracene derivative represented by the following general formula (1) which enables an organic electroluminescence device to exhibit a great efficiency of light emission and uniform light emission even at high temperatures since crystallization is suppressed and no thermal decomposition takes place during vapor deposition and an organic electroluminescence device utilizing the derivative, are provided. [Ar represents a group represented by the following general formula (2): (L1 and L2 each represent a substituted or unsubstituted methylene group, ethylene group or the like, and at least one of them is present), Ar? represents a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 50 nuclear carbon atoms, X represent an alkyl group or the like, a and b each represent an integer of 0 to 4, and n represents an integer of 1 to 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2009
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Applicant: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Motohisa Ido, Masakazu Funahashi, Hiroshi Tokairin
  • Publication number: 20090267491
    Abstract: A novel compound which is useful as a constitutional component for an organic EL device is provided by an aminodibenzofluorene derivative comprising (A) at least one dibenzofluorene structure and (B) at least one amino group in a molecule, a material for an organic electroluminescence (EL) device comprising the same, a light emitting material for an organic EL device, a light emitting organic solution, an organic EL device in which an organic compound layer comprising a single layer or plural layers including at least a light emitting layer is interposed between a pair of electrodes, wherein at leas one layer in the organic compound layer described above contains at least one kind of the aminodibenzofluorene derivative described above and an equipment comprising the same. A practical organic EL device which has a low operating voltage, a long lifetime and a high current efficiency and which provides blue light emission having an excellent color purity is materialized by using the above compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Applicant: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoriyuki TAKASHIMA, Masakazu FUNAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20090261711
    Abstract: Provided is an organic electroluminescence device which includes an organic thin film layer composed of one or more layers including at least one light emitting layer, the organic thin film layer being interposed between a cathode and an anode, in which at least one layer of the organic thin layer contains an asymmetric fluorene-based derivative compound of a specific structural formula and an amine compound of a specific structural formula. This organic electroluminescence device has excellent heat resistance and a long lifetime and can emit any of blue, green, and red lights at a high luminous efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Applicant: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsunori Ito, Mineyuki Kubota, Masakazu Funahashi
  • Patent number: 7586006
    Abstract: The present invention relates to aromatic amine derivatives having a specific structure in which a substituted anthracene structure is bonded to an amine structure substituted with benzene rings having substituent groups; and organic electroluminescence devices comprising a cathode, an anode and one or plural organic thin film layers having at least a light emitting layer which are sandwiched between the cathode and the anode wherein at least one of the organic thin film layers contains the above aromatic amine derivative in the form of a single substance or a component of a mixture. There are provided organic electroluminescence devices having a high luminance of light emitted and a high efficiency of blue light emission and exhibiting a long life, as well as novel aromatic amine derivatives capable of realizing such organic electroluminescence devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2009
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masakazu Funahashi
  • Publication number: 20090200929
    Abstract: An anthracene derivative with a specified asymmetrical type structure. An organic electroluminescence device which comprises at least one organic thin film layer including a light emitting layer sandwiched between a pair of electrode consisting of an anode and a cathode, wherein at least one of the organic thin film layer comprises the anthracene derivative. An organic electroluminescence device which emits blue light of enhanced purity and has a long lifetime is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2009
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Applicant: Idemitsu Kosan Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Mineyuki Kubota, Masakazu Funahashi, Chishio Hosokawa
  • Publication number: 20090195149
    Abstract: The present invention provides an organic electroluminescent device material composed of an aromatic amine derivative having a specific structure in which amine moieties are linked to a chrysene moiety; and an organic electroluminescent device having a cathode, an anode, and one or more organic thin-film layers interposed between the cathode and the anode, the organic thin-layers including at least a light-emitting layer, wherein at least one of the organic thin-film layers contains the organic electroluminescent device material in the form of single component material or a mixture of a plurality of components. The organic electroluminescent device material and the organic electroluminescent device containing the material attains a long service life and can emit blue light of high color purity at high emission efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2009
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Applicant: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masakazu Funahashi
  • Publication number: 20090189522
    Abstract: A specified aromatic amine derivative having a chrysene structure. An organic electroluminescence device which comprises at least one organic thin film layer comprising a light emitting layer sandwiched between a pair of electrode consisting of an anode and a cathode, wherein at least one of the organic thin film layer comprises the aromatic amine derivative singly or as its mixture component. Organic electroluminescence devices having a long lifetime and a high efficiency of light emission, and aromatic amine derivatives capable of realizing such organic electroluminescence devices are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2009
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Applicant: Idernitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masakazu FUNAHASHI
  • Patent number: 7528542
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescent device 1 including: an anode 12, a cathode 14 and an organic emitting layer 13 held therebetween, the organic emitting layer 13 containing one or more host materials, a hole trapping dopant and an electron trapping dopant. The lifetime of an organic EL device 1 can be improved by causing a hole-trapping dopant and an electron-trapping dopant to be together present in its organic emitting layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2009
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hisayuki Kawamura, Mineyuki Kubota, Masakazu Funahashi
  • Patent number: 7524568
    Abstract: A specified aromatic amine derivative having a chrysene structure. An organic electroluminescence device which comprises at least one organic thin film layer comprising a light emitting layer sandwiched between a pair of electrode consisting of an anode and a cathode, wherein at least one of the organic thin film layer comprises the aromatic amine derivative singly or as its mixture component. Organic electroluminescence devices having a long lifetime and a high efficiency of light emission, and aromatic amine derivatives capable of realizing such organic electroluminescence devices are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2009
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masakazu Funahashi
  • Publication number: 20090085468
    Abstract: An aromatic amine derivative with a specified structure. An organic electroluminescence device which comprises one or more organic thin film layers having at least one light emitting layer sandwiched between a cathode and an anode, wherein at least one of the organic thin film layers comprises the aromatic amine derivative singly or in combination. The organic EL device employing the aromatic amine derivative has sufficient lifetime, exhibits an enhanced efficiency of light emission, and emits highly pure blue light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2006
    Publication date: April 2, 2009
    Applicant: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masakazu Funahashi, Chishio Hosokawa
  • Publication number: 20090072716
    Abstract: The present invention provides an aromatic amine derivative having a specific structure including a substituted diphenylamino group attached to a naphthalene structure. This aromatic amine derivative can realize an organic electroluminescent element having high emission luminance and luminous efficiency and having a prolonged lifetime. The organic electroluminescent element includes an organic thin film layer provided between a cathode and an anode. The organic thin film layer has a single layer or multilayer structure including at least a light emitting layer. At least one layer in the organic thin film layer contains the aromatic amine derivative either solely or as a component of a mixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2006
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masakazu Funahashi
  • Patent number: 7504526
    Abstract: An anthracene derivative with a specified asynmetrical type structure. An organic electroluminescence device which comprises at least one organic thin film layer including a light emitting layer sandwiched between a pair of electrode consisting of an anode and a cathode, wherein at least one of the organic thin film layer comprises the anthracene derivative. An organic electroluminescence device which emits blue light of enhanced purity and has a long lifetime is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2009
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mineyuki Kubota, Masakazu Funahashi, Chishio Hosokawa
  • Publication number: 20090066225
    Abstract: Provided is a novel aromatic amine derivative with specified structure. Also provided is an organic electroluminescence device having one or more organic thin-film layers including at least a luminescent layer interposed between a cathod and an anode, in which at least one of the organic thin-film layers contains the above aromatic amine derivative alone or as a component of mixture. As a result, there is provided an organic electroluminescence device that has high emission luminance and high heat resistance, excelling in high-temperature storage ability and has long life, and provided an aromatic amine derivative for realizing the organic electroluminescence device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2006
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Applicant: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto Kimura, Chishio Hosokawa, Masakazu Funahashi
  • Patent number: 7501189
    Abstract: A white organic electroluminescent device (1) including an emitting layer (5, 6 and 7) interposed between an anode (2) and a cathode (9), the emitting layer (5, 6 and 7) emitting blue light, green light and red light, the emitting layer (6) containing a green dopant that is an aromatic amine compound represented by formula (1), wherein A1, A2 and R12 are a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, a cycloalkyl group, an alkoxy group, an aryloxy group, an arylamino group, an alkylamino group or a halogen atom; d and e are independently 1 to 5; h is 1 to 9; R11 is a secondary or tertiary alkyl or cycloalkyl group; f is 1 to 9; g is 0 to 8 and f+g+h is 2 to 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2009
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Tokailin, Hitoshi Kuma, Mineyuki Kubota, Masakazu Funahashi
  • Publication number: 20090058284
    Abstract: A specified aromatic amine derivative having a naphthalene structure bonding to diphenylamino group with a substituent. An organic electroluminescence device which comprises at least one organic thin film layer comprising a light emitting layer sandwiched between a pair of electrode consisting of an anode and a cathode, wherein at least one of the organic thin film layer comprises the aromatic amine derivative singly or as its mixture component. Organic electroluminescence devices having a long lifetime and a high efficiency of light emission, and aromatic amine derivatives capable of realizing such organic EL devices are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2008
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Applicant: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masakazu FUNAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20090058270
    Abstract: Provided is an organic electroluminescence device including one or two or more organic thin-film layers having at least a light emitting layer interposed between a negative electrode and a positive electrode, in which the light emitting layer contains a pyrene derivative of a specified structure and an amine compound of a specified structure. The organic electroluminescence device excels in heat resistance, ensures long life and high luminous efficiency, and is capable of emitting blue, green and red lights.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Applicant: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsunori Ito, Mineyuki Kubota, Masakazu Funahashi
  • Publication number: 20090015144
    Abstract: A fluoranthene compound with a specified asymmetric structure; an organic EL device which is composed of one or more organic compound layers including at least one emitting layer sandwiched between a pair of electrodes, wherein at least one of the organic compound layers contains at least one kind of the fluoranthene compound; and a solution containing a material for the organic EL which is composed of the fluoranthene compound as the material for the organic EL and a solvent. An organic electroluminescence (EL) device having a superior luminance of light emission, an enhanced efficiency of light emission, and a prolonged lifetime and a compound realizing the device are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Applicant: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoriyuki Takashima, Masakazu Funahashi, Kiyoshi Ikeda, Tetsuya Inoue, Chishio Hosokawa, Yumiko Mizuki
  • Patent number: 7470472
    Abstract: A specified aromatic amine derivative having a naphthalene structure bonding to diphenylamino group with a substituent. An organic electroluminescence device which comprises at least one organic thin film layer comprising a light emitting layer sandwiched between a pair of electrode consisting of an anode and a cathode, wherein at least one of the organic thin film layer comprises the aromatic amine derivative singly or as its mixture component. Organic electroluminescence devices having a long lifetime and a high efficiency of light emission, and aromatic amine derivatives capable of realizing such organic EL devices are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2008
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masakazu Funahashi
  • Publication number: 20080268283
    Abstract: A specified aromatic amine derivative having a chrysene structure. An organic electroluminescence device which comprises at least one organic thin film layer comprising a light emitting layer sandwiched between a pair of electrode consisting of an anode and a cathode, wherein at least one of the organic thin film layer comprises the aromatic amine derivative singly or as its mixture component. Organic electroluminescence devices having a long lifetime and a high efficiency of light emission, and aromatic amine derivatives capable of realizing such organic electroluminescence devices are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2008
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Applicant: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masakazu Funahashi