Patents by Inventor Masaki Yamamoto

Masaki Yamamoto 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: 20230147514
    Abstract: A light-emitting element includes a light-emitting layer including quantum dots, a selectively reflective layer, the selectively reflective layer having a reflection band having a higher reflectivity than a reflectivity of another band, and a wavelength at a long wavelength end in the reflection band of the selectively reflective layer is longer than a wavelength having a half value of a peak value of a light emission spectrum due to electroluminescence of the quantum dots at a shorter wavelength side than a peak wavelength of the light emission spectrum due to the electroluminescence of the quantum dots, and is shorter than a wavelength having the half value of the peak value of the light emission spectrum due to the electroluminescence of the quantum dots at a longer wavelength side than the peak wavelength of the light emission spectrum due to the electroluminescence of the quantum dots.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Keisuke KITANO, Masaki YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230136993
    Abstract: A light-emitting element includes a light-emitting layer, and the light-emitting layer includes a plurality of quantum dots covered by shells containing a ferritin protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2020
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: HIROFUMI YOSHIKAWA, TATSUYA RYOHWA, Masaki YAMAMOTO, TAKAHIRO DOE
  • Publication number: 20230080877
    Abstract: The electroluminescent element includes an anode electrode, a cathode electrode, and a quantum dot (QD) layer including quantum dots and arranged between the anode electrode and the cathode electrode. The quantum dots are Cd-free quantum dots that include at least Zn and Se, and do not include Cd at a mass ratio of 1/30 or greater in relation to Zn. The particle size of each quantum dot is within a range from 3 nm to 20 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2020
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Masaki YAMAMOTO, Hirohisa YAMADA, Yoshihiro UETA, Keisuke KITANO, Kazuki GOTO, Yusuke SAKAKIBARA, Tadashi KOBASHI, Masashi KAGO, Soichiro NIKATA, Yuko OGURA, Masanori TANAKA, Yuka TAKAMIZUMA, Tetsuji ITO
  • Publication number: 20230084597
    Abstract: Provided is a light-emitting element having a high external quantum efficiency and a method for manufacturing the same. The light-emitting element is provided with a light-emitting layer, an electron transport layer, and an organic silicon compound. The light-emitting layer contains quantum dots. The electron transport layer is positioned on the light-emitting layer. The electron transport layer contains metal oxide particles. The organic silicon compound is positioned between the light-emitting layer and the electron transport layer. The organic silicon compound has at least one hydrocarbon group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Masaki YAMAMOTO, TADASHI KOBASHI
  • Publication number: 20230008595
    Abstract: A sensor performs measurement of a culture medium and is used in a state of being immersed in a medium placed in a well, the sensor comprising a main body having a first surface and a second surface that is on the opposite side from the first surface; an electrode unit that is provided on the first surface in the main body and to which a specific voltage is applied in the course of performing measurement in a state of being immersed in the medium; and a liquid holding portion that is provided around the electrode unit on the first surface, and that is disposed near the inner wall surface of the well and holds the medium up to above the electrode unit, in between the inner wall surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Inventors: Seiitirou IKETANI, Shingo OTANI, Masahiro KOUGE, Masaki YAMAMOTO, Kenta NAKAMAE, Tetsurou TAKAOKA
  • Publication number: 20230006162
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes: a first light-emitting element including a first light-emitting layer configured to emit light having a light-emitting central wavelength of a first wavelength, and a first electron transport layer layered with the first light-emitting layer; and a second light-emitting element including a second light-emitting layer configured to emit light having a light-emitting central wavelength of a second wavelength shorter than the first wavelength, and the second electron transport layer layered with the second light-emitting layer. Each of the first electron transport layer and the second electron transport layer includes a plurality of nanoparticles, and the second electron transport layer includes the plurality of nanoparticles having a smaller average particle size than the plurality of nanoparticles included in the first electron transport layer, and has a smaller thickness than the first electron transport layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: YUSUKE SAKAKIBARA, Masaki YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 11524487
    Abstract: There is provided laminated glass which is high in heat shielding properties. The laminated glass according to the present invention includes a first laminated glass member, a second laminated glass member and an interlayer film arranged between the first and second laminated glass members, the interlayer film includes an infrared ray reflection layer which reflects infrared rays, a first resin layer which is arranged on a first surface side of the infrared ray reflection layer and contains a thermoplastic resin and a second resin layer which is arranged on a second surface side of the infrared ray reflection layer and contains a thermoplastic resin, and the infrared ray transmittance in the wavelength of 780 to 2100 nm of the whole layer composed of the first laminated glass member and the first resin layer is higher by 15% or more than the infrared ray transmittance in the wavelength of 780 to 2100 nm of the whole layer composed of the second laminated glass member and the second resin layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kouhei Yamaguchi, Masaki Yamamoto, Daisuke Nakajima, Izumi Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 11512380
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for manufacturing more beautiful black coated steel sheets by uniformly blackening the coating layer. Specifically, the present invention provides a method for manufacturing black coated steel sheets, which brings Zn—Al—Mg alloy coated steel sheets (1) into contact with steam in a closed container (10), wherein said closed container (10) can maintain a predefined internal pressure through variable control of the amount of steam flowing into said closed container (10) and/or the amount of steam flowing out of said closed container (10), and in said closed container (10) that can maintain said predefined pressure, said Zn—Al—Mg alloy coated steel sheets (1) have contact with the steam introduced into said closed container (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL NISSHIN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaki Yamamoto, Tadashi Nakano, Ichiro Takahashi, Hiroyuki Nakamizo, Toshiaki Sato, Yoshinobu Kurisu, Yuuki Sakuraba, Yoshitaka Yukura, Tsutomu Ohta, Shinichi Kajimoto, Noboru Suzuki, Masahiko Tsuchiyama, Yuusuke Murai
  • Publication number: 20220367825
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a first sub-pixel provided with a first light emitter, and a second sub-pixel provided with a second light emitter and constituting, together with the first sub-pixel, one of a plurality of pixels. The first light emitter has a first cathode, a first anode, and a first light-emitting layer containing a first quantum dot and disposed between the first cathode and the first anode. The second light emitter has a second cathode, a second anode, and a second light-emitting layer containing a second quantum dot and disposed between the second cathode and the second anode. The second quantum dot emits light having a longer light-emission wavelength than the first quantum dot. The first light-emitting layer is thicker than the second light-emitting layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: YUSUKE SAKAKIBARA, Masaki YAMAMOTO, YOSHIHIRO UETA
  • Publication number: 20220359845
    Abstract: A light-emitting element includes, in sequence, an anode, a hole transport layer, a luminous layer containing a plurality of quantum dots, an electron transport layer, and a cathode. The electron transport layer includes a plurality of inorganic nanoparticles having electron transportability, and an organic layer having electron transportability. The organic layer partly contains the plurality of inorganic nanoparticles, and includes a plurality of first hollows in an interface adjacent to the luminous layer. The plurality of first hollows are filled with the plurality of quantum dots.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2019
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: TADASHI KOBASHI, Masaki YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220344606
    Abstract: A display device includes: ferritin encaging a first quantum dot and modified with a first peptide bound to a first pixel electrode; and ferritin encaging a second quantum dot and modified with a second peptide bound to a second pixel electrode. A first metal material and a second metal material are of different types.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: HIROFUMI YOSHIKAWA, TATSUYA RYOHWA, Masumi KUBO, TAKAHIRO DOE, Masaki YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220320191
    Abstract: A display device includes a plurality of pixel electrodes, a common electrode common to the plurality of pixel electrodes, and a light-emitting layer sandwiched between the plurality of pixel electrodes and the common electrode. The light-emitting layer includes quantum dots covered by ferritin. Each of the plurality of pixel electrodes and the quantum dots are bonded via a peptide modifying the ferritin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: HIROFUMI YOSHIKAWA, TATSUYA RYOHWA, Masumi KUBO, TAKAHIRO DOE, Masaki YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 11445769
    Abstract: An assist garment is configured to be worn on a part of a human body and includes a plurality of garment-fitting actuators placed linearly along at least one end portion of a garment body and configured to be driven to extend and contract, a plurality of assisting actuators placed linearly on the garment body to cross the plurality of garment-fitting actuators and configured to be driven to extend and contract, and a controller configured to individually control driving of the plurality of assisting actuators and driving of the plurality of garment-fitting actuators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Stephen William John, Katsuhiko Asai, Takayuki Nagata, Masaki Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20220199924
    Abstract: The electroluminescent element includes a QD layer and a hole transport layer. QD phosphor particles contained in the QD layer are nanocrystals containing zinc and selenium, or zinc, selenium, and sulfur. A fluorescent half width of the QD phosphor particles is 25 nm or less, and a fluorescent peak wavelength of the QD phosphor particles is 410 nm or more and 470 nm or less. The hole transport layer includes poly[(9,9-dioctylfluorenyl-2,7-diyl)-co-(4,4?-(N-(4-sec-butylphenyl)diphenylamine)]. A film thickness of the hole transport layer is 10 nm or more and 57 nm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Tadashi KOBASHI, Masaki YAMAMOTO, Yuko OGURA, Yuka TAKAMIZUMA, Masanori TANAKA, Soichiro NIKATA, Tetsuji ITO, Mayuko WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20220199926
    Abstract: The electroluminescent element includes a QD layer and an electron transport layer. QD phosphor particles contained in the QD layer are nanocrystals containing zinc and selenium, or zinc, selenium, and sulfur. A fluorescent half width of the QD phosphor particles is 25 nm or less, and a fluorescent peak wavelength of the QD phosphor particles is 410 nm or more and 470 nm or less. The electron transport layer contains zinc oxide. A film thickness of the electron transport layer is 15 nm or more and 85 nm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Tadashi KOBASHI, Masaki YAMAMOTO, Yuko OGURA, Yuka TAKAMIZUMA, Masanori TANAKA, Soichiro NIKATA, Tetsuji ITO, Mayuko WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20220195300
    Abstract: The electroluminescent element includes a QD layer and an electron transport layers. QD phosphor particles contained in the QD layer are nanocrystals containing zinc and selenium, or zinc, selenium, and sulfur. A fluorescent half width of the QD phosphor particles is 25 nm or less, and a fluorescent peak wavelength of the QD phosphor particles is 410 nm or more and 470 nm or less. The QD layer contains a surface modifier that protects surfaces of the quantum dots, and a weight ratio of the surface modifier to the QD phosphor particles is 0.115 and more and 0.207 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Kanako NAKATA, Kazuki GOTO, Tatsuya RYOHWA, Masaki YAMAMOTO, Yuko OGURA, Yuka TAKAMIZUMA, Masanori TANAKA, Soichiro NIKATA, Tetsuji ITO, Mayuko WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20220194059
    Abstract: There is provided an interlayer film for laminated glass with which the haze value of laminated glass can be lowered and the releasability of a lamination glass member from the interlayer film can be made moderately high. The interlayer film for laminated glass according to the present invention is a single-layered interlayer film provided with only a first layer or is a multi-layered interlayer film provided with a first layer and another layer, the first layer contains no magnesium or contains magnesium in a content of 50 ppm or less and the first layer contains a phosphorus compound having a polyoxyalkylene group or a silane compound having a polyoxyalkylene group, the first layer contains heat shielding particles in the case of the interlayer film provided with only the first layer, and at least one layer in the interlayer film contains heat shielding particles in the case of the interlayer film provided with the first layer and another layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Shougo Yoshida, Yuusuke Oota, Masaki Yamamoto, Daizou Ii
  • Publication number: 20220199925
    Abstract: The electroluminescent element includes a QD layer. QD phosphor particles contained in the QD layer are nanocrystals containing zinc and selenium, or zinc, selenium, and sulfur. A fluorescent half width of the QD phosphor particles is 25 nm or less, and a fluorescent peak wavelength of the QD phosphor particles is 410 nm or more and 470 nm or less. The film thickness of the QD layer is 12 nm or more and 49 nm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Tadashi KOBASHI, Masaki YAMAMOTO, Yuko OGURA, Yuka TAKAMIZUMA, Masanori TANAKA, Soichiro NIKATA, Tetsuji ITO, Mayuko WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20220165973
    Abstract: A light-emitting element includes: an anode electrode configured to supply holes; a cathode electrode configured to supply electrons; and a light-emitting layer disposed between the anode electrode and the cathode electrode. The light-emitting layer includes a plurality of quantum dot phosphors configured to emit light in conjunction with combining of holes supplied from the anode electrode and electrons supplied from the cathode electrode and a p-type dopant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: HIROFUMI YOSHIKAWA, TATSUYA RYOHWA, Masaki YAMAMOTO, TAKAHIRO DOE
  • Publication number: 20220158108
    Abstract: A light-emitting element includes: an anode; a cathode; and a light-emitting layer between the anode and the cathode, wherein the light-emitting layer contains quantum dots, and the quantum dots have a number average particle diameter greater than or equal to DLO2 and less than or equal to 100 nm, where DLO2 is a particle diameter of the quantum dots when the quantum dots exhibit an energy gap, between a ground state and a first excited state of a conduction band thereof, that is equivalent to twice an LO phonon energy of a material for the quantum dots.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: HIROFUMI YOSHIKAWA, TATSUYA RYOHWA, Masaki YAMAMOTO, TAKAHIRO DOE