Patents by Inventor Nobuhiro Yabunouchi

Nobuhiro Yabunouchi 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: 20120074395
    Abstract: Provided is an organic EL device, including: an anode; a cathode; and an organic thin-film layer provided between the anode and the cathode, in which: the organic thin-film layer has a light emitting layer containing a host material and a light emitting material, and a hole transporting layer; and the hole transporting layer has a first hole transporting layer and a second hole transporting layer in the stated order from the anode; the first hole transporting layer contains a specific amine compound; and the second hole transporting layer contains a specific amine compound; or the hole transporting layer has a layer containing a specific electron acceptable compound and a first hole transporting layer; and the first hole-transporting layer contains a specific amine compound. The organic EL device has a reduced driving voltage, high luminous efficiency, and excellent practicality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Yabunouchi, Takashi Arakane, Kazuki Nishimura, Chishio Hosokawa
  • Patent number: 8129038
    Abstract: Provided are a novel aromatic amine derivative having a specific structure and an organic electroluminescence device in which an organic thin layer comprising a single layer or plural layers including a light emitting layer is interposed between a cathode and an anode, wherein at leas one layer of the above organic thin layer contains the aromatic amine derivative described above in the form of a single component or a mixed component. Thus, the organic electroluminescence device is less liable to be crystallized in molecules, improved in a yield in producing the organic electroluminescence device and extended in a lifetime.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Yabunouchi, Tetsuya Inoue
  • Publication number: 20120018710
    Abstract: A polymerizable monomer represented by the following formula (1) which is substituted by one or more groups comprising a polymerizable functional group wherein Ar1 and Ar4 to Ar6 are independently a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 40 ring carbon atoms; and Ar2, Ar3 and L1 are a substituted or unsubstituted arylene group having 6 to 40 ring carbon atoms:
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2010
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Inventors: Mitsuru Eida, Masami Watanabe, Masahiko Fukuda, Nobuhiro Yabunouchi
  • Publication number: 20120012832
    Abstract: There are provided an aromatic monoamine derivative having a fluorene structure-containing organic group and an aromatic hydrocarbon group-containing organic group, and an organic electroluminescent element containing an organic thin film layer composed of a single layer or plural layers while including at least a light emitting layer, the organic thin film layer being between a cathode and an anode, wherein at least one layer of the organic thin film layer, particularly a hole transport layer, contains the aromatic amine derivative alone or as a component of a mixture. An organic electroluminescent element which maintains high luminous efficiency even if exposed to a high temperature environment, and has a low driving voltage and a long emission lifetime, and an aromatic amine derivative capable of realizing the organic electroluminescent element are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2010
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Applicant: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Yabunouchi, Tomoki Kato, Takahiro Fujiyawa, Yoshiyuki Totani
  • Publication number: 20110315964
    Abstract: A polymerizable monomer represented by the following formula (1) wherein at least one of Ar1 to Ar3 is substituted by a group represented by the following formula (2) and which is substituted by one or more groups comprising a polymerizable functional group. Ar1 to Ar3 are a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 40 ring carbon atoms, Ar6 is a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 40 ring carbon atoms and Ar4 and Ar5 are a substituted or unsubstituted arylene group having 6 to 40 ring carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2010
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Inventors: Mitsuru Eida, Nobuhiro Yabunouchi, Yumiko Mizuki, Masami Watanabe, Akinori Yomogita
  • Publication number: 20110297924
    Abstract: Provided are a long-lifetime organic electroluminescence device which can be fabricated in an improved yield owing to suppressed crystallization of molecules, and an aromatic amine derivative that realizes the device, i.e., a novel aromatic amine derivative having a specific structure. Specifically provided are an organic electroluminescence device, including an organic thin film layer formed of one or more layers including at least a light emitting layer, the organic thin film layer being interposed between a cathode and an anode, and an aromatic amine derivative for at least one layer of the organic thin film layer, in particular, a hole transporting layer, the derivative having at least one such structure that a substituent in which two or more specific heterocycles are linked to each other, in particular, a substituent in which two or more specific heterocycles are linked through an aryl group is bonded to an amine through an aryl group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2010
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Yabunouchi, Tomoki Kato
  • Publication number: 20110278551
    Abstract: Provided are an organic electroluminescence device that not only provides high efficiency but also has a long lifetime, and an aromatic amine derivative that realizes the device. The organic electroluminescence device includes an aromatic amine derivative, including at least one substituent A having dibenzofuran and at least one substituent B selected from groups each having dibenzofuran or carbazole, in a molecule thereof, in which the substituent A and the substituent B include groups different from each other, and the substituent A and the substituent B are bonded to the same nitrogen atom, or different nitrogen atoms, in the molecule. The molecules of the aromatic amine derivative hardly crystallize, which improves a yield in the production of the organic electroluminescence device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2009
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Yabunouchi, Masahiro Kawamura, Tomoki Kato
  • Patent number: 8044222
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel aromatic amine derivative having a specific structure and an organic electroluminescence device in which an organic thin film layer comprising a single layer or plural layers including at least a light emitting layer is interposed between a cathode and an anode, wherein at least one layer in the above organic thin film layer, particularly a hole transporting layer contains the aromatic amine derivative described above in the form of a single component or a mixed component. Use of the aromatic amine derivative described above materialize an organic electroluminescence device which reduces an operating voltage and makes molecules less liable to be crystallized and which enhances a yield in producing the organic EL device and has a long lifetime.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Yabunouchi, Masahiro Kawamura, Hisayuki Kawamura
  • Publication number: 20110198581
    Abstract: Disclosed is a long-life organic EL device having high luminous efficiency even after storage at high temperatures. Also disclosed is an aromatic amine derivative which enables to realize such an organic EL device. The aromatic amine derivative is represented by the following general formula (1). (In the formula (1), Ar1 is represented by the general formula (2) below, and Ar2 is represented by the general formula (3) below.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2008
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Yabunouchi, Michiru Sekiguchi, Takahiko Ochi, Yoshiyuki Totani
  • Patent number: 7998596
    Abstract: Provided are an organic electroluminescent device including an aromatic amine derivative formed of a specific structure having a thiophene structure and an organic thin film layer interposed between a cathode and an anode and formed of one layer or a plurality of layers including at least a light emitting layer, in which at least one layer of the organic thin film contains the aromatic amine derivative alone or as a component of a mixture, the organic electroluminescent device in which molecules hardly crystallize, and which decreases a driving voltage, can be produced with improved yields upon the production of the organic electroluminescent device, and has a long lifetime, and an aromatic amine derivative realizing the organic electroluminescent device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Yabunouchi, Masahiro Kawamura
  • Patent number: 7976957
    Abstract: An aromatic amine derivative having a specific structure having m-terphenyl group and an organic electroluminescence device comprising a cathode, an anode and an organic thin film layer which is disposed between the cathode and the anode and comprises at least one layer comprising at least a light emitting layer, wherein at least one layer in the organic thin film layer comprises the aromatic amine derivative singly or as a component of a mixture. The organic electroluminescence device has a long life.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Yabunouchi, Hisayuki Kawamura, Chishio Hosokawa
  • Publication number: 20110017983
    Abstract: A polymer compound including a repeating unit shown by the following formula (1) wherein at least one of Ar1, Ar2 and Ar3 in the formula (1) is a group shown by the formula (2) and the two bonds shown in the formula (1) are present on any one or any two of Ar1, Ar2, Ar3 and L1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2009
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Inventors: Yumiko Mizuki, Nobuhiro Yabunouchi, Mitsuru Eida
  • Patent number: 7871951
    Abstract: A method for producing magnesium compound represented by formula (I): Mg(OEt)2-n(OMe)n??(I) where Et is an ethyl group, Me is a methyl group and n is a numerical value of from 0.001 to 1, by reacting metal magnesium, ethanol, methanol and a halogen and/or a halogen-containing compound containing at least 0.0001 gram atom of a halogen atom relative to one gram atom of the metal magnesium. A method of producing a solid catalyst component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shojiro Tanase, Nobuhiro Yabunouchi, Takanori Sadashima
  • Publication number: 20100283043
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device includes an anode, a cathode, and an organic thin-film layer interposed between the anode and the cathode. The organic thin-film layer includes a phosphorescent-emitting layer containing a host and a phosphorescent dopant, and an electron transporting layer that is provided closer to the cathode than the phosphorescent-emitting layer. The host contains a substituted or unsubstituted polycyclic fused aromatic skeleton.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2008
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Inventors: Kazuki Nishimura, Toshihiro Iwakuma, Kenichi Fukuoka, Chishio Hosokawa, Jun Endo, Nobuhiro Yabunouchi, Hiroshi Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 7737069
    Abstract: A magnesium compound represented by the formula (I): Mg(OC2H5)2?n(OR1)n??(I) where R1 is CmH2m+1 (where m is an integer of from 3 to 10), and n is a numerical value satisfying 0<n<0.35; a solid catalyst component for olefin polymer using the magnesium compound; a catalyst for olefin polymer; and methods of producing olefin copolymers such as a propylene-based random copolymer and propylene-based block copolymer by using the catalyst for olefin polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shojiro Tanase, Nobuhiro Yabunouchi, Takehito Konakazawa, Takanori Sadashima, Kiyokazu Katayama, Kenji Tanaka, Hideaki Noda
  • Publication number: 20100141119
    Abstract: An aromatic amine derivative having a specific structure having m-terphenyl group and an organic electroluminescence device comprising a cathode, an anode and an organic thin film layer which is disposed between the cathode and the anode and comprises at least one layer comprising at least a light emitting layer, wherein at least one layer in the organic thin film layer comprises the aromatic amine derivative singly or as a component of a mixture. The organic electroluminescence device has a long life.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2006
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Yabunouchi, Hisayuki Kawamura, Chishio Hosokawa
  • Patent number: 7723254
    Abstract: A method of producing a magnesium compound by reacting the following components (i), (ii) and (iii): (i) metal magnesium (ii) an alcohol (iii) a metal dihalide compound represented by the general formula (I) containing at least 0.001 mole of M relative to one mole of magnesium of the metal magnesium (i) MX2??(I) where X is a halogen atom and M is Mn, Fe, Co or Zn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shojiro Tanase, Nobuhiro Yabunouchi, Takehito Konakazawa, Takanori Sadashima, Kiyokazu Katayama
  • Publication number: 20100001636
    Abstract: An aromatic amine derivative having a specific structure. An organic electroluminescence device which is composed of one or more organic thin film layers sandwiched between a cathode and an anode, wherein at least one of the organic thin film layers, especially a hole transporting layer, contains the aromatic amine derivative. The aromatic amine derivative has at least one substituted or unsubstituted dibenzofuran skeleton and at least one substituted or unsubstituted terphenylene skeleton. Because the molecules in the aromatic amine derivative hardly crystallize, organic electroluminescence devices improving their production yield and having prolonged lifetime are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2009
    Publication date: January 7, 2010
    Applicant: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Nobuhiro YABUNOUCHI
  • Publication number: 20090186755
    Abstract: A method for producing magnesium compound represented by formula (I): Mg(OEt)2-n(OMe)n??(I) where Et is an ethyl group, Me is a methyl group and n is a numerical value of from 0.001 to 1, by reacting metal magnesium, ethanol, methanol and a halogen and/or a halogen-containing compound containing at least gram atom of a halogen atom relative to one gram atom of the metal magnesium. A method of producing a solid catalyst component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2009
    Publication date: July 23, 2009
    Applicant: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shojiro TANASE, Nobuhiro Yabunouchi, Takanori Sadashima
  • Publication number: 20090181845
    Abstract: A method of producing a magnesium compound by reacting the following components (i), (ii) and (iii): (i) metal magnesium (ii) an alcohol (iii) a metal dihalide compound represented by the general formula (I) containing at least 0.001 mole of M relative to one mole of magnesium of the metal magnesium (i) MX2??(I) where X is a halogen atom and M is Mn, Fe, Co or Zn.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2009
    Publication date: July 16, 2009
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shojiro TANASE, Nobuhiro Yabunouchi, Takehito Konakazawa, Takanori Sadashima, Kiyokazu Katayama