Patents by Inventor Nobuto HOSONO

Nobuto HOSONO 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: 11963760
    Abstract: A measuring device includes a total internal reflection prism having a total reflection plane that an object to be measured contacts, a light source to emit light to make the light having a wavelength equal to or greater than 7 micrometers (?m) and equal to or less than 12 ?m incident on the total reflection plane, and a sensor to detect light intensity of the light reflected by the total reflection plane. In the measuring device, an equation arc ? sin ? ( n ? 2 n ? 1 ) < ? ? c < arc ? sin ? ( n ? 2 n ? 1 ) + 5. [ DEG ] is satisfied, where n1 denotes a refractive index of a base material of the total internal reflection prism for the light having a wavelength of 10 ?m, n2 denotes a refractive index of the object to be measured for the light having the wavelength of 10 ?m and n2 takes a value 1.32 or 1.44, and ?c denotes an incident angle of a center of light flux emitted from the light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Oba, Ryosuke Kasahara, Toshihide Sasaki, Nobuto Hosono
  • Publication number: 20230293052
    Abstract: A measuring device includes a total internal reflection prism having a total reflection plane that an object to be measured contacts, a light source to emit light to make the light having a wavelength equal to or greater than 7 micrometers (?m) and equal to or less than 12 ?m incident on the total reflection plane, and a sensor to detect light intensity of the light reflected by the total reflection plane. In the measuring device, an equation arc ? sin ? ( n ? 2 n ? 1 ) < ? ? c < arc ? sin ? ( n ? 2 n ? 1 ) + 5. [ DEG ] is satisfied, where n1 denotes a refractive index of a base material of the total internal reflection prism for the light having a wavelength of 10 ?m, n2 denotes a refractive index of the object to be measured for the light having the wavelength of 10 ?m and n2 takes a value 1.32 or 1.44, and ?c denotes an incident angle of a center of light flux emitted from the light source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Yoshihiro OBA, Ryosuke KASAHARA, Toshihide SASAKI, Nobuto HOSONO
  • Publication number: 20230207633
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first gate electrode, an insulating part, a source electrode, a drain electrode, and a contact part. The insulating part is on one surface of the first gate electrode. The source electrode is connected to the insulating part. The drain electrode is connected to the insulating part. The contact part is between the source electrode and the drain electrode and on the insulating part. The contact part contains an atomic layered material. The contact part has a second part contactable with a sample. The second surface is opposite to a first surface facing the insulating part. A surface of the insulating part, the surface facing the contact part, has an uneven structure with respect to the first gate electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Ryota SUTO, Nobuto HOSONO
  • Publication number: 20230029567
    Abstract: An optical element includes a resin base; and multiple films on a surface of the resin base, the multiple films including: a first film having a first defect density; and a second film over the first film, the second film having a second defect density smaller than the first defect density of the first film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Nobuto HOSONO, Jun WATANABE, Takashi SUGAYA
  • Patent number: 10804496
    Abstract: A display panel includes: a substrate; a light emitting element array that is disposed above the substrate in an image display region; a peripheral electrode that is disposed above the substrate in a peripheral region, the peripheral region being located outside the image display region in plan view; a lyophilic insulating layer that is disposed on the peripheral electrode; and a peripheral bank that includes a liquid-repellent resin material including fluorine, and has an outer edge that overlaps the peripheral electrode in the peripheral region in plan view. The lyophilic insulating layer includes a resin material having a lower percentage of fluorine than the peripheral bank. At least a corner part of a bottom surface of the peripheral bank is disposed on the lyophilic insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: JOLED INC.
    Inventors: Nobuto Hosono, Takuya Tsujisawa
  • Publication number: 20190334125
    Abstract: A display panel includes: a substrate; a light emitting element array that is disposed above the substrate in an image display region; a peripheral electrode that is disposed above the substrate in a peripheral region, the peripheral region being located outside the image display region in plan view; a lyophilic insulating layer that is disposed on the peripheral electrode; and a peripheral bank that includes a liquid-repellent resin material including fluorine, and has an outer edge that overlaps the peripheral electrode in the peripheral region in plan view. The lyophilic insulating layer includes a resin material having a lower percentage of fluorine than the peripheral bank. At least a corner part of a bottom surface of the peripheral bank is disposed on the lyophilic insulating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Applicant: JOLED INC.
    Inventors: Nobuto HOSONO, Takuya TSUJISAWA
  • Patent number: 10109690
    Abstract: An object is to provide an organic light-emitting panel and an organic light-emitting device capable of reducing ink repellence at portions of banks intersecting an insulating layer. Light-emitting units of the organic light-emitting panel are separated by the insulating layer and the banks. The insulating layer is disposed between first electrode units that are adjacent in a first direction, and the banks are disposed between first electrode units that are adjacent in a second direction. Portions of the banks that intersect with the insulating layer extend over the insulating layer in the first direction. Each of the portions of the banks over the insulating layer, in lateral cross-section, have a surface where an inclination angle ?1 and an inclination angle ?2 between the surface and a surface of the insulating layer satisfy ?1>20° and ?2>20°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: JOLED INC.
    Inventors: Nobuto Hosono, Tsuyoshi Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 10109691
    Abstract: An organic EL display panel manufacturing method including: preparing a substrate; forming at least first electrodes on the substrate; forming, by performing photolithography on the substrate having the first electrodes, a bank layer made of a photoresist and having apertures corresponding one-to-one with the first electrodes; forming a functional layer in each of the apertures by applying an ink containing a functional material to the aperture and drying the applied ink; and forming at least a second electrode on the functional layer. The forming of the bank layer includes: applying the photoresist to the substrate having the first electrodes; forming apertures corresponding one-to-one with the first electrodes in the photoresist by performing exposure using a mask and then developing the photoresist; after forming the apertures, performing exposure of the photoresist having the apertures; after performing the exposure of the photoresist having the apertures, baking the photoresist.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: JOLED INC.
    Inventors: Kenichi Nendai, Nobuto Hosono
  • Patent number: 9876061
    Abstract: Organic light-emitting device including light-emitting portions disposed in two intersecting directions along a substrate main surface. Each light-emitting portion, in a first direction intersecting the substrate main surface, includes first and second electrodes, a charge transport layer, and an organic light-emitting layer, and is partitioned from adjacent light-emitting portions by first banks extending in a third direction being one of the two directions and second banks extending in a second direction being the other of the two directions. Each area between adjacent first banks is covered by the charge transport and organic light-emitting layers extending continuously across the area over the second banks. The first and second banks contain insulating material, a thickness of the second banks is no greater than 20% a height of the first banks, and the second banks have a surface portion contact angle smaller than that of the first banks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: JOLED INC.
    Inventors: Kenichi Nendai, Nobuto Hosono, Satoshi Kobayashi, Tsuyoshi Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 9865663
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting device including a substrate, first electrodes, first banks extending in a first direction, second banks extending in a second direction, organic functional layers each including an organic light-emitting layer, and a second electrode. The second banks include an organic fluorine compound, and have portions intersecting with and disposed above the first banks. Each of the first banks includes an organic bank layer including an organic material and an inorganic bank layer disposed on the organic bank layer. For each of the first banks, an uppermost surface thereof is a surface of the inorganic bank layer included therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: JOLED INC.
    Inventors: Nobuto Hosono, Kenichi Nendai
  • Patent number: 9728590
    Abstract: An organic EL device including: a substrate; a bank layer having therewithin an opening having an elongated shape in plan view; and a functional layer including an organic material, disposed within the opening, and having an elongated shape in plan view. The bank layer includes first banks opposing each other with the functional layer therebetween in an transverse direction of the functional layer and extending along a longitudinal direction of the functional layer and second banks opposing each other with the functional layer therebetween in the longitudinal direction of the functional layer and extending along the transverse direction of the functional layer. An angle ?2 between an inclined surface of a second bank and an upper surface of the substrate is greater than an angle ?1 between an inclined surface of a first bank and the upper surface of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: JOLED INC.
    Inventors: Yumeji Takashige, Nobuto Hosono
  • Publication number: 20170213880
    Abstract: Organic light-emitting device including light-emitting portions disposed in two intersecting directions along a substrate main surface. Each light-emitting portion, in a first direction intersecting the substrate main surface, includes first and second electrodes, a charge transport layer, and an organic light-emitting layer, and is partitioned from adjacent light-emitting portions by first banks extending in a third direction being one of the two directions and second banks extending in a second direction being the other of the two directions. Each area between adjacent first banks is covered by the charge transport and organic light-emitting layers extending continuously across the area over the second banks. The first and second banks contain insulating material, a thickness of the second banks is no greater than 20% a height of the first banks, and the second banks have a surface portion contact angle smaller than that of the first banks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Kenichi NENDAI, Nobuto HOSONO, Satoshi KOBAYASHI, Tsuyoshi YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20170162638
    Abstract: An organic EL display panel manufacturing method including: preparing a substrate; forming at least first electrodes on the substrate; forming, by performing photolithography on the substrate having the first electrodes, a bank layer made of a photoresist and having apertures corresponding one-to-one with the first electrodes; forming a functional layer in each of the apertures by applying an ink containing a functional material to the aperture and drying the applied ink; and forming at least a second electrode on the functional layer. The forming of the bank layer includes: applying the photoresist to the substrate having the first electrodes; forming apertures corresponding one-to-one with the first electrodes in the photoresist by performing exposure using a mask and then developing the photoresist; after forming the apertures, performing exposure of the photoresist having the apertures; after performing the exposure of the photoresist having the apertures, baking the photoresist.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventors: Kenichi NENDAI, Nobuto HOSONO
  • Publication number: 20170133442
    Abstract: An object is to provide an organic light-emitting panel and an organic light-emitting device capable of reducing ink repellence at portions of banks intersecting an insulating layer. Light-emitting units of the organic light-emitting panel are separated by the insulating layer and the banks. The insulating layer is disposed between first electrode units that are adjacent in a first direction, and the banks are disposed between first electrode units that are adjacent in a second direction. Portions of the banks that intersect with the insulating layer extend over the insulating layer in the first direction. Each of the portions of the banks over the insulating layer, in lateral cross-section, have a surface where an inclination angle ?1 and an inclination angle ?2 between the surface and a surface of the insulating layer satisfy ?1>20° and ?2>20°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: Nobuto HOSONO, Tsuyoshi YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20160372527
    Abstract: An organic EL device including: a substrate; a bank layer having therewithin an opening having an elongated shape in plan view; and a functional layer including an organic material, disposed within the opening, and having an elongated shape in plan view. The bank layer includes first banks opposing each other with the functional layer therebetween in an transverse direction of the functional layer and extending along a longitudinal direction of the functional layer and second banks opposing each other with the functional layer therebetween in the longitudinal direction of the functional layer and extending along the transverse direction of the functional layer. An angle ?2 between an inclined surface of a second bank and an upper surface of the substrate is greater than an angle ?1 between an inclined surface of a first bank and the upper surface of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2014
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Applicant: JOLED INC.
    Inventors: Yumeji TAKASHIGE, Nobuto HOSONO
  • Publication number: 20160172424
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting device including a substrate, first electrodes, first banks extending in a first direction, second banks extending in a second direction, organic functional layers each including an organic light-emitting layer, and a second electrode. The second banks include an organic fluorine compound, and have portions intersecting with and disposed above the first banks. Each of the first banks includes an organic bank layer including an organic material and an inorganic bank layer disposed on the organic bank layer. For each of the first banks, an uppermost surface thereof is a surface of the inorganic bank layer included therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Applicant: JOLED INC.
    Inventors: Nobuto HOSONO, Kenichi NENDAI
  • Publication number: 20160133677
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting device including a substrate, light emitters in a two-dimensional arrangement along a surface of the substrate, and banks that define the light emitters. The banks include elongated first banks and elongated second banks. The first banks and the second banks intersect. The first banks and the second banks include insulating material, and surfaces of the first banks and the second banks that face an organic functional layer of any of the light emitters contain fluorine. The first banks are above the second banks at each intersection between the first banks and the second banks. Fluorine concentration of the surface portion of each of the second banks is less than fluorine concentration of the surface portion of each of the first banks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2015
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Applicant: JOLED INC.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi YAMAMOTO, Nobuto HOSONO
  • Publication number: 20140021496
    Abstract: An EL display has a luminescence unit having a luminescence layer being disposed between the pair of electrodes, and a transistor array unit controlling the luminescence of the luminescence unit. An interlayer insulating film is disposed between the luminescence unit and the transistor array unit. An electrode of the luminescence unit is connected electrically to the transistor array unit via a contact hole provided in the interlayer insulation film. The transistor array unit has a wiring component made of copper or copper alloy. The wiring component has a lower layer pattern made of copper or copper alloy, and an upper layer pattern made of metal material different from that for the lower layer pattern. The upper layer pattern covers the upper surface and the side surface of the lower layer pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirofumi HIGASHI, Yoshiharu HIDAKA, Nobuto HOSONO