Patents by Inventor Masaki Nishimura

Masaki Nishimura 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: 20200144533
    Abstract: An organic EL display panel includes a substrate, a plurality of pixel electrodes disposed in a matrix pattern over the substrate, a first current feeding auxiliary electrode layer disposed to extend in a column or row direction in at least one of gaps between adjacent ones of the pixel electrodes over the substrate, a second current feeding auxiliary electrode layer that contains aluminum as a main constituent and is disposed to be superposed on the first current feeding auxiliary electrode layer, a plurality of light emitting layers disposed on the plurality of pixel electrodes, and a common electrode layer disposed continuously to cover the first current feeding auxiliary electrode layer and the second current feeding auxiliary electrode layer as well as an upper side of the plurality of light emitting layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: Masaki NISHIMURA, Hiroyuki AJIKI, Shuhei YADA, Yasuharu SHINOKAWA
  • Patent number: 10644082
    Abstract: An organic EL element includes a planarized layer arranged on a substrate, an insulation layer which is arranged on the planarized layer with the region corresponding to a subpixel of the planarized layer left exposed at least partly, a pixel electrode which has an opening that defines the region corresponding to the subpixel and which is arranged on a bank arranged on the insulation layer and on the exposed part of the planarized layer, a transparent conductive layer arranged on the pixel electrode, an emission layer arranged in the opening and above at least the transparent conductive layer, and a counter electrode arranged above the emission layer. The insulation layer is interposed between a bottom of the bank and the planarized layer. An upper surface of the planarized layer is coated with at least one of the pixel electrode and the insulation layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: JOLED INC.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Yokota, Hideyuki Shirahase, Takahiro Komatsu, Masaki Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20200131044
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide silica particles which can provide a silica particle dispersion exhibiting excellent uniformity. The present invention is silica particles having an average primary particle diameter dBET calculated from a specific surface area by a BET method of 1 nm or more and 100 nm or less and a ratio (dDLS/dBET) of an average secondary particle diameter dDLS measured by a dynamic light scattering method to the dBET of 1.2 or less. The silica particles of the present invention preferably have a coefficient of variation in a particle diameter measured using a transmission electron microscope at a magnification of 200,000 of 20% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2018
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicant: NIPPON SHOKUBAI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaki NISHIMURA, Yuji ONO, Shoichi SHIBAZAKI
  • Patent number: 10581019
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescence element includes an anode, a light-emitting layer disposed over the anode, a functional layer disposed on the light-emitting layer in contact with the light-emitting layer and including a first metal, a light-transmitting conductive layer disposed on the functional layer in contact with the functional layer and composed of a metallic oxide, and a cathode disposed on the light-transmitting conductive layer in contact with the light-transmitting conductive layer and composed of a metal. The functional layer has a film thickness of 15 to 35 nm. A surface of the anode on the light-emitting layer side and an interface between the cathode and the light-transmitting conductive layer are spaced from each other by not less than 150 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: JOLED INC.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Shirahase, Hiroyuki Ajiki, Jun Hashimoto, Masaki Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20200052052
    Abstract: A light-emitting panel includes a plurality of pixels, a plurality of first regulators, and a plurality of second regulators. The plurality of first regulators extends in a first direction and defines each two of the pixels that are adjacent to each other in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The plurality of second regulators extends in the second direction and defines each two of the pixels that are adjacent to each other in the first direction. The plurality of pixels at least includes a first pixel and a second pixel that have different lengths in the first direction from each other and share a light-emitting layer. The first pixel and the second pixel are at least adjacent to each other in the first direction with the second regulator being interposed between the first pixel and the second pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Applicant: JOLED Inc.
    Inventor: Masaki NISHIMURA
  • Patent number: 10559642
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting device including: a substrate; an anode above the substrate; wiring above the substrate, spaced away from the anode in a direction parallel to a main surface of the substrate; a light-emitting layer above the anode, containing an organic light-emitting material; an intermediate layer on the light-emitting layer and the wiring, continuous over the light-emitting layer and the wiring and containing a fluoride of a first metal which is an alkali metal or an alkaline earth metal; an organic functional layer on the intermediate layer, continuous over the light-emitting layer and the wiring and made of an organic material having an electron transporting property or an electron injection property and doped with a second metal having a property of cleaving a bond between the first metal and fluorine in the fluoride; and a cathode on the organic functional layer, continuous over the light-emitting layer and the wiring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: JOLED INC.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Yamane, Masaki Nishimura, Jun Hashimoto, Noriyuki Matsusue, Kazuhiro Yoneda, Minh Hiep Hoang
  • Patent number: 10516133
    Abstract: An organic EL display panel includes a substrate, a plurality of pixel electrodes disposed in a matrix pattern over the substrate, a first current feeding auxiliary electrode layer disposed to extend in a column or row direction in at least one of gaps between adjacent ones of the pixel electrodes over the substrate, a second current feeding auxiliary electrode layer that contains aluminum as a main constituent and is disposed to be superposed on the first current feeding auxiliary electrode layer, a plurality of light emitting layers disposed on the plurality of pixel electrodes, and a common electrode layer disposed continuously to cover the first current feeding auxiliary electrode layer and the second current feeding auxiliary electrode layer as well as an upper side of the plurality of light emitting layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: JOLED INC.
    Inventors: Masaki Nishimura, Hiroyuki Ajiki, Shuhei Yada, Yasuharu Shinokawa
  • Patent number: 10468623
    Abstract: An organic EL display panel includes a substrate, pixel electrodes, a current feeding auxiliary electrode layer provided to extend in a column direction over gaps between the pixel electrodes adjacent in a row direction, light emitting layers that each contain an organic light emitting material and are disposed over the pixel electrodes, a functional layer provided ranging over the light emitting layers and over the current feeding auxiliary electrode layer, and a common electrode layer provided continuously over the functional layer. A part of the functional layer is lacking or thinned. The common electrode layer is in direct contact with the current feeding auxiliary electrode layer exposed due to the lacking of the functional layer, or is electrically connected to the current feeding auxiliary electrode layer at a lower resistance at the thinned part of the functional layer than at other parts of the functional layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: JOLED INC.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Ajiki, Masaki Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20190300083
    Abstract: A saddled vehicle includes a steering stem inserted into a center part of a top bridge and having an upper end to be fixed to the top bridge with a fastening member. The saddled vehicle includes a handle locking device placed behind the top bridge in the vehicle front-rear direction. The handle locking device has a locking member and the top bridge includes a retaining recess on the rear face for detachable engagement with the locking member. The center part of the top bridge has a through hole for penetration of the steering stem and a storage recess that stores the upper end of the steering stem and the fastening member and is open toward the upper face of the top bridge. The storage recess continues to the upper part of the through hole while having a bottom that faces upward and is located between the through hole and the wall of the storage recess. The top bridge has a drainage hole connecting the storage recess and the retaining recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masaki NISHIMURA
  • Patent number: 10390287
    Abstract: A restriction control apparatus configured to perform restriction control of communication of a user apparatus in a mobile communication system includes an information obtaining unit configured to obtain, from a user information management apparatus in the mobile communication system, group identification information indicating a group to which the user apparatus belongs, and a restriction determination unit configured, when receiving a communication request from the user apparatus, to determine whether the group to which the user apparatus belongs is a control target or not based on the group identification information and group identification information of a control target determined by the restriction control apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Masaki Nishimura, Keisuke Suzuki, Reika Higa, Keisuke Sasada, Dirk Staehle, Srisakul Thakolsri
  • Publication number: 20190252635
    Abstract: An organic EL display panel includes a substrate, a plurality of pixel electrodes disposed in a matrix pattern over the substrate, a first current feeding auxiliary electrode layer disposed to extend in a column or row direction in at least one of gaps between adjacent ones of the pixel electrodes over the substrate, a second current feeding auxiliary electrode layer that contains aluminum as a main constituent and is disposed to be superposed on the first current feeding auxiliary electrode layer, a plurality of light emitting layers disposed on the plurality of pixel electrodes, and a common electrode layer disposed continuously to cover the first current feeding auxiliary electrode layer and the second current feeding auxiliary electrode layer as well as an upper side of the plurality of light emitting layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Masaki NISHIMURA, Hiroyuki AJIKI, Shuhei YADA, Yasuharu SHINOKAWA
  • Patent number: 10319935
    Abstract: An organic EL display panel includes a substrate, a plurality of pixel electrodes disposed in a matrix pattern over the substrate, a first current feeding auxiliary electrode layer disposed to extend in a column or row direction in at least one of gaps between adjacent ones of the pixel electrodes over the substrate, a second current feeding auxiliary electrode layer that contains aluminum as a main constituent and is disposed to be superposed on the first current feeding auxiliary electrode layer, a plurality of light emitting layers disposed on the plurality of pixel electrodes, and a common electrode layer disposed continuously to cover the first current feeding auxiliary electrode layer and the second current feeding auxiliary electrode layer as well as an upper side of the plurality of light emitting layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: JOLED INC.
    Inventors: Masaki Nishimura, Hiroyuki Ajiki, Shuhei Yada, Yasuharu Shinokawa
  • Patent number: 10305068
    Abstract: An organic EL element includes an anode, a light emitting layer, a functional layer, a cathode, and a low refractive index layer. The light emitting layer is disposed above the anode. The functional layer is disposed on and in contact with the light emitting layer and includes a first metal. The cathode is disposed on and in contact with the functional layer and is made of a light transmissive metal oxide. The low refractive index layer is disposed on and in contact with the cathode. Refractive index of the low refractive index layer is smaller than refractive index of the cathode, film thickness of the functional layer is from 15 nm to 35 nm, and a distance between an anode-side surface of the light emitting layer and an interface between the cathode and the low refractive index layer is 110 nm or greater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: JOLED, INC.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Shirahase, Hiroyuki Ajiki, Jun Hashimoto, Masaki Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20190074471
    Abstract: A display unit is provided with a plurality of pixels. The plurality of pixels each include a first electrode, an insulating film, an organic layer, and a second electrode. The insulating film is provided on the first electrode, and has openings. The organic layer is provided in each of the openings of the insulating film, and includes a light-emitting layer. The second electrode is provided on the organic layer. The first electrode includes a plurality of sub-electrodes that are provided to face the respective openings of the insulating film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventors: Kaoru ABE, Jiro YAMADA, Kazuma TERAMOTO, Kenichi NENDAI, Hideki KOBAYASHI, Masaki NISHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20180376404
    Abstract: A restriction control apparatus configured to perform restriction control of communication of a user apparatus in a mobile communication system includes an information obtaining unit configured to obtain, from a user information management apparatus in the mobile communication system, group identification information indicating a group to which the user apparatus belongs, and a restriction determination unit configured, when receiving a communication request from the user apparatus, to determine whether the group to which the user apparatus belongs is a control target or not based on the group identification information and group identification information of a control target determined by the restriction control apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Masaki Nishimura, Keisuke Suzuki, Reika Higa, Keisuke Sasada, Dirk Staehle, Srisakul Thakolsri
  • Patent number: 10158099
    Abstract: Organic light-emitting device manufacturing method performed by using a manufacturing apparatus placed where light from outside is blocked and a lighting device emitting light constituted of light components with wavelengths of 500 nm or longer is placed. The manufacturing apparatus includes a main body having an ejector ejecting ink containing organic light-emitting material and a light-transmissive tube forming at least part of a transport path connecting a tank containing the ink and the ejector. The method includes: removing the ink inside the transport path when a total exposure amount ET (lux×hours) satisfies ET??×17500 where ? is a constant satisfying ??1. ET is a product of E denoting light amount (lux) from the lighting device to which the tube is exposed and T denoting time amount (hours) over which the tube is exposed to the light from the lighting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignees: JOLED INC., SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Hirotaka Nanno, Masaki Nishimura, Masashi Komatsu, Sadamu Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20180294428
    Abstract: An organic EL display panel includes a substrate, a plurality of pixel electrodes disposed in a matrix pattern over the substrate, a first current feeding auxiliary electrode layer disposed to extend in a column or row direction in at least one of gaps between adjacent ones of the pixel electrodes over the substrate, a second current feeding auxiliary electrode layer that contains aluminum as a main constituent and is disposed to be superposed on the first current feeding auxiliary electrode layer, a plurality of light emitting layers disposed on the plurality of pixel electrodes, and a common electrode layer disposed continuously to cover the first current feeding auxiliary electrode layer and the second current feeding auxiliary electrode layer as well as an upper side of the plurality of light emitting layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Inventors: Masaki NISHIMURA, Hiroyuki AJIKI, Shuhei YADA, Yasuharu SHINOKAWA
  • Publication number: 20180248154
    Abstract: An organic EL element includes an anode, a light emitting layer, a functional layer, a cathode, and a low refractive index layer. The light emitting layer is disposed above the anode. The functional layer is disposed on and in contact with the light emitting layer and includes a first metal. The cathode is disposed on and in contact with the functional layer and is made of a light transmissive metal oxide. The low refractive index layer is disposed on and in contact with the cathode. Refractive index of the low refractive index layer is smaller than refractive index of the cathode, film thickness of the functional layer is from 15 nm to 35 nm, and a distance between an anode-side surface of the light emitting layer and an interface between the cathode and the low refractive index layer is 110 nm or greater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Applicant: JOLED INC.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Shirahase, Hiroyuki Ajiki, Jun Hashimoto, Masaki Nishimura
  • Patent number: 9991323
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescence (EL) element emitting blue light from a light emitting surface and including: a first electrode; an organic light-emitting layer disposed on the first electrode and/or closer to the light emitting surface than the first electrode; and a second electrode disposed on the organic light-emitting layer and/or closer to the light emitting surface than the organic light-emitting layer. In the organic EL element emitting blue light, the organic light-emitting layer contains an organic light-emitting material emitting, through photoluminescence, blue light that has a CIE y coordinate no greater than 0.13 such that a luminance drop due to film shape is suppressed to 10% or smaller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignees: JOLED INC., Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Yokota, Masaki Nishimura, Hiroyuki Ajiki
  • Publication number: 20180097050
    Abstract: An organic EL element includes a planarized layer arranged on a substrate, an insulation layer which is arranged on the planarized layer with the region corresponding to a subpixel of the planarized layer left exposed at least partly, a pixel electrode which has an opening that defines the region corresponding to the subpixel and which is arranged on a bank arranged on the insulation layer and on the exposed part of the planarized layer, a transparent conductive layer arranged on the pixel electrode, an emission layer arranged in the opening and above at least the transparent conductive layer, and a counter electrode arranged above the emission layer. The insulation layer is interposed between a bottom of the bank and the planarized layer. An upper surface of the planarized layer is coated with at least one of the pixel electrode and the insulation layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Inventors: Kazuhiro YOKOTA, Hideyuki SHIRAHASE, Takahiro KOMATSU, Masaki NISHIMURA