Patents by Inventor Naoaki Kabasawa

Naoaki Kabasawa 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: 11944004
    Abstract: According to the present invention, there is provided an organic electroluminescence element including at least an anode, a hole injection layer, a hole transport layer, a light-emitting layer, an electron transport layer, and a cathode in the stated order, the organic electroluminescence element being characterized in that: the hole injection layer contains an arylamine compound represented by the following general formula (1) and an electron acceptor. The organic EL element of the present invention has a high light emission efficiency and an excellent durability, as compared with the related art, while maintaining the existing low drive voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: HODOGAYA CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Norimasa Yokoyama, Shuichi Hayashi, Naoaki Kabasawa, Takeshi Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 11672169
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an organic EL element that has (1) high light emission efficiency and high power efficiency, (2) a low light-emission start voltage, (3) a low actual driving voltage, and (4) an especially long lifespan. According to the present invention, provided is an organic electroluminescent element, or organic EL element, having at least an anode, a hole injection layer, a first hole transport layer, a second hole transport layer, a light emitting layer, an electron transport layer, and a cathode, in this order, wherein the second hole transport layer contains an arylamine compound represented by the general formula (1) below, and the electron transport layer contains a pyrimidine derivative represented by the general formula (2) below. Note that A in the general formula (2) represents a monovalent group represented by the structural formula (3) below.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: HODOGAYA CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shunji Mochizuki, Takeshi Yamamoto, Naoaki Kabasawa
  • Patent number: 11594683
    Abstract: A material for an organic electroluminescent device that is excellent in hole injection and transport abilities, electron blocking ability, stability in a thin film state, and durability is provided as a material for an organic electroluminescent device having high efficiency and high durability. Further, an organic electroluminescent device having low driving voltage, high efficiency, and a long lifetime is provided by combining the material with various materials for an organic EL device that is excellent in hole and electron injection and transport abilities, electron blocking ability, thin film stability, and durability, in such a manner that the characteristics of the materials can be effectively exhibited. An organic electroluminescent device comprising at least an anode, a hole transport layer, a light emitting layer, an electron transport layer, and a cathode in this order, wherein the hole transport layer comprises an arylamine compound of the following general formula (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Hodogaya Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuichi Hayashi, Naoaki Kabasawa, Takeshi Yamamoto, Hideyoshi Kitahara
  • Patent number: 11437583
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an organic EL device in which, as a highly efficient and highly durable organic EL material, various materials excelling in electron injection/transport performance, hole blocking performance, hole resistance performance, exciton confinement performance, stability in a film state, and durability, are combined so that properties of each material can be effectively demonstrated, thereby achieving (1) high light emission efficiency and power efficiency, (2) low luminescence starting voltage, (3) low practical driving voltage, and (4) particularly long lifetime. An organic EL device including at least a anode, a hole transport layer, a light-emitting layer, a hole blocking layer, an electron transport layer, and a cathode in this order, characterized in that the hole blocking layer includes a compound having a benzoazole structure represented by the following general formula (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: HODOGAYA CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kouki Kase, Naoaki Kabasawa, Shunji Mochizuki, Kazuyuki Suruga
  • Patent number: 11217754
    Abstract: According to the present invention, there is provided an organic electroluminescent device which has an anode, a hole transport layer, a luminous layer, an electron transport layer, and a cathode arranged in order of description. The device is characterized in that: the hole transport layer includes a specific arylamine compound, and that the luminous layer includes a specific indenoindole derivative or a specific carbazole derivative. The organic EL device of the present invention has improved efficiency of hole transport from the hole transport layer to the luminous layer and also improved efficiency of electron transport from the electron transport layer to the luminous layer, in comparison to conventional organic EL devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignees: HODOGAYA CHEMICAL CO., LTD., SFC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuichi Hayashi, Naoaki Kabasawa, Shunji Mochiduki, Se-Jin Lee, Oun-gyu Lee, Bong-Ki Shin
  • Patent number: 11158813
    Abstract: To provide an organic EL device having (1) high luminous efficiency and high power efficiency, (2) low turn on voltage, (3) low actual driving voltage, and (4) a long lifetime, by combining various materials for an organic EL device, which are excellent in hole injection/transport performances, electron injection/transport performances, electron blocking ability, stability in a thin-film state, and durability, so as to allow the respective materials to effectively reveal their characteristics. In the organic EL device having at least an anode, a hole transport layer, a light emitting layer, an electron transport layer and a cathode in this order, the hole transport layer includes an arylamine compound of the following general formula (1), and the electron transport layer includes a compound of the following general formula (2) having a benzazole ring structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Hodogaya Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoaki Kabasawa, Shuichi Hayashi, Kazuyuki Suruga, Shunji Mochizuki
  • Patent number: 11158811
    Abstract: In the organic electroluminescent device having at least an anode, a hole injection layer, a hole transport layer, a light emitting layer, an electron transport layer and a cathode in this order, the hole injection layer includes an arylamine compound of the following general formula (1) and an electron acceptor. In the formula, Ar1 to Ar4 may be the same or different, and represent a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocyclic group, or a substituted or unsubstituted condensed polycyclic aromatic group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignees: Hodogaya Chemical Co., Ltd., SFC Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuichi Hayashi, Naoaki Kabasawa, Daizou Kanda, Shunji Mochizuki, Soon-wook Cha, Sang-woo Park, Ju-man Song, Kyung-seok Jeon
  • Patent number: 11056653
    Abstract: Object To provide an organic electroluminescence device including, in order to improve the device characteristics of the organic electroluminescence device, particularly, to absorb light having the wavelengths of from 400 nm to 410 nm from sunlight, not to affect a material inside the device, and to significantly improve the light extraction efficiency, a capping layer formed of a material that has a high absorption coefficient, a high refractive index, and an excellent stability, durability, and light resistance of a thin film, and does not absorb light in the blue, green, and red wavelength range. Solving Means An organic electroluminescence device including at least an anode electrode, a hole transport layer, a light emitting layer, an electron transport layer, a cathode electrode, and a capping layer in the stated order, in which the capping layer includes a material having an extinction coefficient of not less than 0.3 at wavelengths of from 400 nm to 410 nm and an absorbance of not less than 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: HODOGAYA CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Norimasa Yokoyama, Shuichi Hayashi, Naoaki Kabasawa, Takeshi Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20210143326
    Abstract: To provide an organic EL device having (1) high luminous efficiency and high power efficiency, (2) low turn on voltage, (3) low actual driving voltage, and (4) a long lifetime, by combining various materials for an organic EL device, which are excellent in hole injection/transport performances, electron injection/transport performances, electron blocking ability, stability in a thin-film state, and durability, so as to allow the respective materials to effectively reveal their characteristics. In the organic EL device having at least an anode, a hole transport layer, a light emitting layer, an electron transport layer and a cathode in this order, the hole transport layer includes an arylamine compound of the following general formula (1), and the electron transport layer includes a compound of the following general formula (2) having a benzazole ring structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Naoaki Kabasawa, Shuichi Hayashi, Kazuyuki Suruga, Shunji Mochizuki
  • Publication number: 20210135116
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an organic EL element that has (1) high light emission efficiency and high power efficiency, (2) a low light-emission start voltage, (3) a low actual driving voltage, and (4) an especially long lifespan. According to the present invention, provided is an organic electroluminescent element, or organic EL element, having at least an anode, a hole injection layer, a first hole transport layer, a second hole transport layer, a light emitting layer, an electron transport layer, and a cathode, in this order, wherein the second hole transport layer contains an arylamine compound represented by the general formula (1) below, and the electron transport layer contains a pyrimidine derivative represented by the general formula (2) below. Note that A in the general formula (2) represents a monovalent group represented by the structural formula (3) below.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Applicant: HODOGAYA CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shunji MOCHIZUKI, Takeshi YAMAMOTO, Naoaki KABASAWA
  • Patent number: 10950797
    Abstract: The present invention provides an organic EL device having at least an anode, a first hole transport layer, a second hole transport layer, a luminous layer, an electron transport layer, and a cathode in this order, wherein the second hole transport layer contains an arylamine compound represented by the following general formula (1), and the electron transport layer contains a pyrimidine derivative represented by the following general formula (2). The organic EL device of the present invention has a high efficiency, and is driven at a low driving voltage. Further, it has a particularly long lifetime.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: HODOGAYA CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuichi Hayashi, Naoaki Kabasawa, Keigo Naito
  • Patent number: 10892420
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescent device having low driving voltage, high luminous efficiency, and a long lifetime is provided by combining various materials for an organic EL device, which are excellent, as materials for an organic electroluminescent device having high efficiency and high durability, in hole and electron injection/transport performances, electron blocking ability, stability in a thin-film state and durability, so as to allow the respective materials to effectively reveal their characteristics. In the organic electroluminescent device having at least an anode, a hole transport layer, a light emitting layer, an electron transport layer and a cathode in this order, the hole transport layer includes an arylamine compound represented by the following general formula (1), and the light emitting layer includes an amine derivative of the following general formula (2) having a condensed ring structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignees: Hodogaya Chemical Co., Ltd., SFC Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuichi Hayashi, Naoaki Kabasawa, Soon-wook Cha, Sang-woo Park, Ju-man Song, Kyung-seok Jeon
  • Publication number: 20200373500
    Abstract: [Object] It is an object of the present invention to provide an organic EL device in which, as a highly efficient and highly durable organic EL material, various materials excelling in electron injection/transport performance, hole blocking performance, hole resistance performance, exciton confinement performance, stability in a film state, and durability, are combined so that properties of each material can be effectively demonstrated, thereby achieving (1) high light emission efficiency and power efficiency, (2) low luminescence starting voltage, (3) low practical driving voltage, and (4) particularly long lifetime. [Solving Means] An organic EL device including at least a anode, a hole transport layer, a light-emitting layer, a hole blocking layer, an electron transport layer, and a cathode in this order, characterized in that the hole blocking layer includes a compound having a benzoazole structure represented by the following general formula (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Applicant: HODOGAYA CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kouki KASE, Naoaki KABASAWA, Shunji MOCHIZUKI, Kazuyuki SURUGA
  • Publication number: 20200328353
    Abstract: Object To provide an organic electroluminescence device including, in order to improve the device characteristics of the organic electroluminescence device, particularly, to absorb light having the wavelengths of from 400 nm to 410 nm from sunlight, not to affect a material inside the device, and to significantly improve the light extraction efficiency, a capping layer formed of a material that has a high absorption coefficient, a high refractive index, and an excellent stability, durability, and light resistance of a thin film, and does not absorb light in the blue, green, and red wavelength range. Solving Means An organic electroluminescence device including at least an anode electrode, a hole transport layer, a light emitting layer, an electron transport layer, a cathode electrode, and a capping layer in the stated order, in which the capping layer includes a material having an extinction coefficient of not less than 0.3 at wavelengths of from 400 nm to 410 nm and an absorbance of not less than 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventors: NORIMASA YOKOYAMA, SHUICHI HAYASHI, NAOAKI KABASAWA, TAKESHI YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20200303658
    Abstract: According to the present invention, there are provided a pyrimidine derivative represented by a general formula (1) indicated below, and an organic electroluminescent device comprising a pair of electrodes, and at least one organic layer sandwiched therebetween, wherein the pyrimidine derivative is used as a constituent material for the at least one organic layer. The pyrimidine derivative of the present invention is a material for a high efficiency, high durability organic electroluminescent device, is excellent in electron injection/transport performance, has hole blocking capability, and excels in characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Applicant: HODOGAYA CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuichi Hayashi, Hideyoshi Kitahara, Naoaki Kabasawa, Sung Keum Choi, Si In Kim, Yoo Na Shin, Ji Yung Kim
  • Patent number: 10593884
    Abstract: In the organic electroluminescent device having at least an anode, a hole injection layer, a first hole injection layer, a second hole injection layer, a light emitting layer, an electron transport layer and a cathode in this order, the hole injection layer includes an arylamine compound of the following general formula (1) and an electron acceptor. In the formula, Ar1 to Ar4 may be the same or different, and represent a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocyclic group, or a substituted or unsubstituted condensed polycyclic aromatic group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Hodogaya Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Norimasa Yokoyama, Shuichi Hayashi, Takeshi Yamamoto, Naoaki Kabasawa, Daizou Kanda, Kazunori Togashi, Shunji Mochizuki
  • Patent number: 10566540
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescent device having high luminous efficiency, low driving voltage, and particularly a long lifetime is provided by combining various materials for an organic electroluminescent device, which have excellent hole and electron injection/transport performances, electron blocking ability, stability in a thin-film state, and durability as materials for an organic electroluminescent device having high luminous efficiency and high durability so as to allow the respective materials to effectively reveal their characteristics. In the organic electroluminescent device having at least an anode, a hole transport layer, a light emitting layer, an electron transport layer and a cathode in this order, the hole transport layer includes an arylamine compound represented by the following general formula (1), and the light emitting layer includes an amine derivative of the following general formula (2) having a condensed ring structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignees: Hodogaya Chemical Co., Ltd., SFC Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuichi Hayashi, Hideyoshi Kitahara, Takeshi Yamamoto, Daizou Kanda, Naoaki Kabasawa, Soon-wook Cha, Sang-woo Park, Ju-man Song, Kyung-seok Jeon
  • Patent number: 10559759
    Abstract: The organic EL device of the present invention has an anode, a first hole transport layer, a second hole transport layer, a luminous layer, an electron transport layer, and a cathode in the order of description.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: HODOGAYA CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuichi Hayashi, Naoaki Kabasawa, Shunji Mochiduki
  • Patent number: 10505119
    Abstract: The organic EL device of the present invention has an anode, a hole transport layer, a luminous layer, an electron transport layer, and a cathode in the order of description. The hole transport layer includes an arylamine compound represented by the following general formula (1): in the formula, Ar1 to Ar4 each represent a monovalent aromatic hydrocarbon group or a monovalent aromatic heterocyclic group, and the luminous layer includes an N-aromatic substituted nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignees: HODOGAYA CHEMICAL CO., LTD., SFC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Norimasa Yokoyama, Shuichi Hayashi, Takeshi Yamamoto, Naoaki Kabasawa, Daizo Kanda, Shunji Mochiduki, Se-Jin Lee, Oun-gyu Lee, Bong-Ki Shin
  • Patent number: 10497876
    Abstract: In the organic electroluminescent device having at least an anode, a hole injection layer, a hole transport layer, a light emitting layer, an electron transport layer and a cathode in this order, the hole injection layer includes an arylamine compound of the following general formula (1) and an electron acceptor. In the formula, Ar1 to Ar4 may be the same or different, and represent a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocyclic group, or a substituted or unsubstituted condensed polycyclic aromatic group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignees: Hodogaya Chemical Co., Ltd., SFC Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Norimasa Yokoyama, Shuichi Hayashi, Takeshi Yamamoto, Naoaki Kabasawa, Daizou Kanda, Shunji Mochizuki, Soon-wook Cha, Sang-woo Park, Ju-man Song, Kyung-seok Jeon