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).
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Patent number: 11963760Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 13, 2023Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Yoshihiro Oba, Ryosuke Kasahara, Toshihide Sasaki, Nobuto Hosono
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Publication number: 20230293052Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2023Publication date: September 21, 2023Inventors: Yoshihiro OBA, Ryosuke KASAHARA, Toshihide SASAKI, Nobuto HOSONO
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Publication number: 20230207633Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2022Publication date: June 29, 2023Inventors: Ryota SUTO, Nobuto HOSONO
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Publication number: 20230029567Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2022Publication date: February 2, 2023Inventors: Nobuto HOSONO, Jun WATANABE, Takashi SUGAYA
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Patent number: 10804496Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 26, 2019Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: JOLED INC.Inventors: Nobuto Hosono, Takuya Tsujisawa
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Publication number: 20190334125Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2019Publication date: October 31, 2019Applicant: JOLED INC.Inventors: Nobuto HOSONO, Takuya TSUJISAWA
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Patent number: 10109690Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 10, 2015Date of Patent: October 23, 2018Assignee: JOLED INC.Inventors: Nobuto Hosono, Tsuyoshi Yamamoto
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Patent number: 10109691Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 24, 2015Date of Patent: October 23, 2018Assignee: JOLED INC.Inventors: Kenichi Nendai, Nobuto Hosono
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Patent number: 9876061Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 29, 2015Date of Patent: January 23, 2018Assignee: JOLED INC.Inventors: Kenichi Nendai, Nobuto Hosono, Satoshi Kobayashi, Tsuyoshi Yamamoto
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Patent number: 9865663Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 9, 2015Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: JOLED INC.Inventors: Nobuto Hosono, Kenichi Nendai
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Patent number: 9728590Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 23, 2014Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignee: JOLED INC.Inventors: Yumeji Takashige, Nobuto Hosono
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Publication number: 20170213880Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2015Publication date: July 27, 2017Inventors: Kenichi NENDAI, Nobuto HOSONO, Satoshi KOBAYASHI, Tsuyoshi YAMAMOTO
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Publication number: 20170162638Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2015Publication date: June 8, 2017Inventors: Kenichi NENDAI, Nobuto HOSONO
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Publication number: 20170133442Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2015Publication date: May 11, 2017Inventors: Nobuto HOSONO, Tsuyoshi YAMAMOTO
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Publication number: 20160372527Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2014Publication date: December 22, 2016Applicant: JOLED INC.Inventors: Yumeji TAKASHIGE, Nobuto HOSONO
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Publication number: 20160172424Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2015Publication date: June 16, 2016Applicant: JOLED INC.Inventors: Nobuto HOSONO, Kenichi NENDAI
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Publication number: 20160133677Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2015Publication date: May 12, 2016Applicant: JOLED INC.Inventors: Tsuyoshi YAMAMOTO, Nobuto HOSONO
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Publication number: 20140021496Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2013Publication date: January 23, 2014Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Hirofumi HIGASHI, Yoshiharu HIDAKA, Nobuto HOSONO