Patents by Inventor Mineki Hasegawa
Mineki Hasegawa 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).
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Patent number: 11700734Abstract: An organic electroluminescence element including an anode, a light-emitting layer, a functional layer, and a cathode stacked in this order. The light-emitting layer and the functional layer are in contact with each other. Hole mobility of the light-emitting layer is greater than electron mobility of the light-emitting layer. The electron mobility of the light-emitting layer is equal to or greater than an effective electron mobility of the functional layer. A highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) level of a first functional material included in the light-emitting layer is at least 0.4 eV greater than a HOMO level of a second functional material included in the functional layer.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2020Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: JOLED INC.Inventors: Toshiyuki Akiyama, Yasuhiro Sekimoto, Muneharu Sato, Shinichiro Ishino, Tomohiko Oda, Mineki Hasegawa
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Publication number: 20220158112Abstract: An organic EL element including an anode, a first functional layer including organic material, disposed above the anode, a second functional layer including organic material, disposed on and in contact with the first functional layer, a light emitting layer disposed on and in contact with the second functional layer, and a cathode disposed above the light emitting layer. A highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) level of the organic material of the second functional layer has an energy level at least 0.2 eV lower than that of a HOMO level of the organic material of the first functional layer, and film thickness of the second functional layer is 15 nm or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2021Publication date: May 19, 2022Applicant: JOLED Inc.Inventors: Toshiyuki AKIYAMA, Shinichiro ISHINO, Yasuhiro SEKIMOTO, Muneharu SATO, Takeshi KAMIYA, Tomohiko ODA, Mineki HASEGAWA, Masakazu TAKATA
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Publication number: 20210167312Abstract: An organic electroluminescence element including an anode, a light-emitting layer, a functional layer, and a cathode stacked in this order. The light-emitting layer and the functional layer are in contact with each other. Hole mobility of the light-emitting layer is greater than electron mobility of the light-emitting layer. The electron mobility of the light-emitting layer is equal to or greater than an effective electron mobility of the functional layer. A highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) level of a first functional material included in the light-emitting layer is at least 0.4 eV greater than a HOMO level of a second functional material included in the functional layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2020Publication date: June 3, 2021Applicant: JOLED Inc.Inventors: Toshiyuki AKIYAMA, Yasuhiro SEKIMOTO, Muneharu SATO, Shinichiro ISHINO, Tomohiko ODA, Mineki HASEGAWA
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Patent number: 10957856Abstract: Disclosed is a method for manufacturing an organic EL display panel in which a plurality of organic electroluminescence elements each including an organic layer are arranged on an upper side of a substrate. The method includes applying an ink obtained by dissolving or dispersing an organic material in a solvent to a preset application area over the substrate, and cooling the ink applied in the applying within a period until the ink is dried, to lower an ink temperature to a second temperature lower than a first temperature of the ink at a time of application thereof.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2019Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: JOLED INC.Inventors: Yasuhiro Yamauchi, Shinichiro Ishino, Tomohiko Oda, Mineki Hasegawa, Yasuhiro Sekimoto
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Publication number: 20200373494Abstract: Disclosed is a light-emitting layer-forming ink useful in forming an organic light-emitting layer for an organic EL element by a printing process, including a tetralin-based organic solvent, and a solute including an anthracene-based, low molecular material and dissolved at a concentration of 3% or higher and 12% or lower in the tetralin-based organic solvent.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2020Publication date: November 26, 2020Applicant: JOLED Inc.Inventors: Tomohiko ODA, Shinichiro ISHINO, Toshiyuki AKIYAMA, Mineki HASEGAWA, Yasuhiro SEKIMOTO, Muneharu SATO
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Publication number: 20200365820Abstract: Provided is an organic electroluminescent element obtained by stacking an anode, a light emitting layer, an electron transport layer, and a cathode in that order, the organic electroluminescent element including an electron injection control layer in contact with both the light emitting layer and the electron transport layer, in which the light emitting layer contains a fluorescent material as a luminescent material, a lowest unoccupied molecular orbital level of a functional material contained in the electron injection control layer is higher than a lowest unoccupied molecular orbital level of a functional material contained in the electron transport layer by 0.1 eV or higher, and the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital level of the functional material contained in the electron injection control layer is equal to or higher than a lowest unoccupied molecular orbital level of a functional material contained in the light emitting layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2020Publication date: November 19, 2020Applicant: JOLED Inc.Inventors: Yasuhiro SEKIMOTO, Toshiyuki Akiyama, Muneharu Sato, Shinichiro Ishino, Tomohiko Oda, Mineki Hasegawa
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Publication number: 20190280205Abstract: Disclosed is a method for manufacturing an organic EL display panel in which a plurality of organic electroluminescence elements each including an organic layer are arranged on an upper side of a substrate. The method includes applying an ink obtained by dissolving or dispersing an organic material in a solvent to a preset application area over the substrate, and cooling the ink applied in the applying within a period until the ink is dried, to lower an ink temperature to a second temperature lower than a first temperature of the ink at a time of application thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2019Publication date: September 12, 2019Inventors: YASUHIRO YAMAUCHI, SHINICHIRO ISHINO, TOMOHIKO ODA, MINEKI HASEGAWA, YASUHIRO SEKIMOTO
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Patent number: 9450119Abstract: Disclosed is a p-type organic semiconductive material that is easy to produce and that has a high planarity in its polymer skeleton, and also provides a photoelectric conversion material, a photoelectric conversion layer, a photoelectric conversion element, and an organic thin film solar cell each having high photoelectric conversion efficiency and using the p-type organic semiconductive material. Specifically, the invention provides a bibenzo[b]furan compound having at least one constitutional unit represented by the following formula (1) or (2), as well as a photoelectric conversion material, a photoelectric conversion layer, a photoelectric conversion element, and an organic thin film solar cell each using that compound for a p-type organic semiconductive material.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2012Date of Patent: September 20, 2016Assignee: ADEKA CORPORATIONInventors: Mineki Hasegawa, Toru Yano, Ryo Taniuchi
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Publication number: 20140252278Abstract: Disclosed is a p-type organic semiconductive material that is easy to produce and that has a high planarity in its polymer skeleton, and also provides a photoelectric conversion material, a photoelectric conversion layer, a photoelectric conversion element, and an organic thin film solar cell each having high photoelectric conversion efficiency and using the p-type organic semiconductive material. Specifically, the invention provides a bibenzo[b]furan compound having at least one constitutional unit represented by the following formula (1) or (2), as well as a photoelectric conversion material, a photoelectric conversion layer, a photoelectric conversion element, and an organic thin film solar cell each using that compound for a p-type organic semiconductive material.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2012Publication date: September 11, 2014Applicant: Adeka CorporationInventors: Mineki Hasegawa, Toru Yano, Ryo Taniuchi
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Patent number: 8066906Abstract: A polymerizable compound represented by general formula (1): wherein A represents a ring assembly composed of at least two 6-membered rings each optionally having a substituent; X1 and X2 each represent a (meth)acryloyloxy group; and Y1 and Y2 each independently represent a single bond, an optionally branched alkylene group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, an ether linkage, —COO—, —OCO—, a 6-membered ring optionally having a substituent, a naphthalene ring optionally having a substituent, or a combination thereof; the substituent being a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a nitrile group, an optionally branched alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, an optionally branched alkoxy group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, or an optionally branched alkenyl group having 2 to 8 carbon atoms, wherein the alkyl, alkoxy, or alkenyl group may have its —CH2— moiety replaced with a sulfur atom or an oxygen atom and may have its hydrogen atom replaced with a halogen atom or a nitrite group.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2007Date of Patent: November 29, 2011Assignee: Adeka CorporationInventors: Masatomi Irisawa, Mineki Hasegawa
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Patent number: 7919009Abstract: A polymerizable compound represented by general formula (1) of the invention has good solvent solubility and excellent alignment control properties and optical characteristics. In formula (1), M1 and M2 are each hydrogen or methyl; X1 and X2 are each a single bond, or an optionally branched C1-10 alkylene, alkyleneoxy or alkyleneoxycarbonyloxy; X3 is optionally branched C1-10 alkylene; Y1 and Y2 are each an ester linkage, etc.; and rings A, B, C, and D are each a cyclic structure, such as 2,6-naphthlene.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2007Date of Patent: April 5, 2011Assignee: Adeka CorporationInventors: Kazuyuki Itano, Hiroya Fukunaga, Masatomi Irisawa, Tatsunori Kobayashi, Mineki Hasegawa
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Patent number: 7910021Abstract: A polymerizable optically active compound of formula (1) has high helical twisting power. When added to a liquid crystal (LC) composition it achieves required helical pitch without largely impairing the physical and optical properties of the LC composition. The compound is suited to be compounded with a LC material, particularly a cholesteric LC material for making an optically anisotropic element excellent in heat resistance, solvent resistance, transparency, optical characteristics, and LC alignment fixing ability. The compound is also useful to form a LC alignment layer, a LC alignment controlling agent, a coating material, a protective film, etc. X1 and X2 each represent a (meth)acryloyloxy group; Y1 and Y2 each represent a single bond, an optionally branched C1-8 alkylene group, an ether linkage, a thioether linkage, —COO—, —OCO—, —OCO—O—, —S—CO—, —CO—S—, an optionally substituted 6-membered ring, an optionally substituted naphthalene ring, or a combination thereof.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2007Date of Patent: March 22, 2011Assignee: Adeka CorporationInventors: Mineki Hasegawa, Masatomi Irisawa
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Publication number: 20100320419Abstract: A polymerizable compound represented by general formula (1): wherein A represents a ring assembly composed of at least two 6-membered rings each optionally having a substituent; X1 and X2 each represent a (meth)acryloyloxy group; and Y1 and Y2 each independently represent a single bond, an optionally branched alkylene group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, an ether linkage, —COO—, —OCO—, a 6-membered ring optionally having a substituent, a naphthalene ring optionally having a substituent, or a combination thereof; the substituent being a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a nitrile group, an optionally branched alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, an optionally branched alkoxy group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, or an optionally branched alkenyl group having 2 to 8 carbon atoms, wherein the alkyl, alkoxy, or alkenyl group may have its —CH2— moiety replaced with a sulfur atom or an oxygen atom and may have its hydrogen atom replaced with a halogen atom or a nitrite group.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2007Publication date: December 23, 2010Applicant: ADEKA CORPORATIONInventors: Masatomi Irisawa, Mineki Hasegawa
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Patent number: 7771616Abstract: A polymerizable liquid crystal compound of formula (1). The compound has high optical (refractive index) anisotropy (?n), exhibits a liquid crystal phase at room temperature (having a broad liquid crystal phase temperature range) without crystallization, has high solubility in cyclohexanone, methyl ethyl ketone or like organic solvents, exhibits excellent coating properties and orientation properties, and, after polymerization, has high transparency. wherein R1 and R2 each represent hydrogen, a methyl group or halogen; rings A to C each represent a benzene ring, a naphthalene ring, etc.; at least one of rings A to C is a fused ring; X, Y, and Z each represent a C1 to C6 alkyl group, etc.; L1, L2, and L3 each represent —COO—, —OCO—, —O(CH2)j— (j=1 to 8), etc.; n is 0 or 1, and a to c are numbers such that the polymerizable liquid crystal compound may have at least one of X, Y, and Z.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2006Date of Patent: August 10, 2010Assignee: Adeka CorporationInventors: Masatomi Irisawa, Tatsunori Kobayashi, Mineki Hasegawa
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Patent number: 7754912Abstract: A novel polymerizable compound of the present invention is represented by the following general formula (I). Due to the presence of a reactive phenolic hydroxyl group at the end of the molecule, it can be reacted easily with various functional compounds and is useful as a monomer and an intermediate for various functional materials, especially as an intermediate for a polymerizable liquid crystal material. wherein R1 is a hydrogen atom, a methyl group or a halogen atom; R2 is an optionally substituted alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, an optionally substituted alkoxy group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, a halogen atom or a cyano group; an alkylene group of each of the alkyl and the alkoxy group may be interrupted by an unsaturated bond, an ether bond, a thioether bond or an ester bond; n is an integer from 0 to 14; and m is 0 or 1.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2006Date of Patent: July 13, 2010Assignee: Adeka CorporationInventors: Masatomi Irisawa, Tatsunori Kobayashi, Mineki Hasegawa
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Patent number: 7683203Abstract: The polymerizable compound of the present invention is represented by general formula (1) below and can provide a composition that is polymerizable near ambient temperature and exists in a liquid crystal phase at low temperatures. The composition and a (co)polymer of the polymerizable compound of the present invention are liquid crystal substances useful as optically anisotropic materials. (In the formula, each of rings A1 to A3 represents a benzene ring, cyclohexane ring, etc.; each of X to Z represents a C1-8 alkyl or alkoxy group, C2-6 alkenyl group, halogen atom, cyano group, or CH2?CR3—COO—; each of R1 to R3 represents a hydrogen atom, methyl group, or halogen atom; each of L1 to L3 represents —CH2CH2COO—, —COO—, —OCO—, —CH2CH2—, —O(CH2)f— (herein, f=1-8), etc.; n represents 0 or 1; and a to c represent such numbers that the polymerizable compound has at least one or more of any of X, Y, and Z).Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2005Date of Patent: March 23, 2010Assignee: Adeka CorporationInventors: Masatomi Irisawa, Tatsunori Kobayashi, Mineki Hasegawa
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Publication number: 20100032621Abstract: A polymerizable compound represented by general formula (1) of the invention has good solvent solubility and excellent alignment control properties and optical characteristics. In formula (1), M1 and M2 are each hydrogen or methyl; X1 and are each a single bond, or an optionally branched C1-10 alkylene, alkyleneoxy or alkyleneoxycarbonyloxy; X3 is optionally branched C1-10 alkylene; Y1 and Y2 are each an ester linkage, etc.; and rings A, B, C, and D are each a cyclic structure, such as 2,6-naphthlene.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2007Publication date: February 11, 2010Applicant: Adeka CorporationInventors: Kazuyuki Itano, Hiroya Fukunaga, Masatomi Irisawa, Tatsunori Kobayashi, Mineki Hasegawa
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Publication number: 20100032620Abstract: A polymerizable optically active compound of formula (1) has high helical twisting power. When added to a liquid crystal (LC) composition it achieves required helical pitch without largely impairing the physical and optical properties of the LC composition. The compound is suited to be compounded with a LC material, particularly a cholesteric LC material for making an optically anisotropic element excellent in heat resistance, solvent resistance, transparency, optical characteristics, and LC alignment fixing ability. The compound is also useful to form a LC alignment layer, a LC alignment controlling agent, a coating material, a protective film, etc. X1 and X2 each represent a (meth)acryloyloxy group; Y1 and Y2 each represent a single bond, an optionally branched C1-8 alkylene group, an ether linkage, a thioether linkage, —COO—, —OCO—, —OCO—O—, —S—CO—, —CO—S—, an optionally substituted 6-membered ring, an optionally substituted naphthalene ring, or a combination thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2007Publication date: February 11, 2010Applicant: Adeka CorporationInventors: Mineki Hasegawa, Masatomi Irisawa
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Publication number: 20090247782Abstract: A novel polymerizable compound of the present invention is represented by the following general formula (I). Due to the presence of a reactive phenolic hydroxyl group at the end of the molecule, it can be reacted easily with various functional compounds and is useful as a monomer and an intermediate for various functional materials, especially as an intermediate for a polymerizable liquid crystal material. wherein R1 is a hydrogen atom, a methyl group or a halogen atom; R2 is an optionally substituted alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, an optionally substituted alkoxy group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, a halogen atom or a cyano group; an alkylene group of each of the alkyl and the alkoxy group may be interrupted by an unsaturated bond, an ether bond, a thioether bond or an ester bond; n is an integer from 0 to 14; and m is 0 or 1.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2006Publication date: October 1, 2009Applicant: ADEKA CORPORATIONInventors: Masatomi Irisawa, Tatsunori Kobayashi, Mineki Hasegawa
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Publication number: 20090137761Abstract: A polymerizable liquid crystal compound of formula (1). The compound has high optical (refractive index) anisotropy (?n), exhibits a liquid crystal phase at room temperature (having a broad liquid crystal phase temperature range) without crystallization, has high solubility in cyclohexanone, methyl ethyl ketone or like organic solvents, exhibits excellent coating properties and orientation properties, and, after polymerization, has high transparency. wherein R1 and R2 each represent hydrogen, a methyl group or halogen; rings A to C each represent a benzene ring, a naphthalene ring, etc.; at least one of rings A to C is a fused ring; X, Y, and Z each represent a C1 to C6 alkyl group, etc.; L1L2, and L3 each represent —COO—, —OCO—, —O(CH2)j— (j=1 to 8), etc.; n is 0 or 1, and a to c are numbers such that the polymerizable liquid crystal compound may have at least one of X, Y, and Z.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2006Publication date: May 28, 2009Applicant: ADEKA CORPORATIONInventors: Masatomi Irisawa, Tatsunori Kobayashi, Mineki Hasegawa