Patents by Inventor Shigeru Kusano

Shigeru Kusano 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: 8771841
    Abstract: A problem of the invention is to provide an organic EL device having a high efficiency, a low driving voltage and a long life, by combining various materials for organic EL device, which are excellent in an injection or transportation performance of holes or electrons, and in stability and durability in a thin film, so as to enable the respective materials to effectively reveal their characteristics. The invention relates to an organic electroluminescent device including at least an anode electrode, a hole-injecting layer, a hole-transporting layer, an emitting layer, an electron-transporting layer and a cathode electrode in this order, in which the hole-injecting layer contains an arylamine compound having, in its molecule, a structure in which three or more triphenylamine structures are connected through a single bond or a hetero atom-free divalent group; and the hole-transporting layer contains an arylamine compound having two triphenylamine structures in its molecule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Hodogaya Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Norimasa Yokoyama, Shigeru Kusano, Shuichi Hayashi
  • Patent number: 8722209
    Abstract: The invention relates to a compound having a pyridoindole ring structure having a substituted pyridyl group of formula (1); and to an organic electroluminescent device comprising a pair of electrodes and at least one organic layer interposed between the electrodes, wherein at least one of the organic layer(s) contains the compound: wherein Ar represents a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocyclic group, or a substituted or unsubstituted condensed polycyclic aromatic group; R1 to R10 may be the same or different from one another and each independently represents a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom, a cyano group, an alkyl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group; Z represents a 6-membered aromatic heterocyclic ring containing one nitrogen atom; and m and n each independently represents an integer of 1 to 3, provided that n is 1 when m is 2 or 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Hodogaya Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Norimasa Yokoyama, Shuichi Hayashi, Shigeru Kusano
  • Patent number: 8716698
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescent device comprising at least an anode electrode, a hole injection layer, a hole transport layer, a light emitting layer, an electron transport layer and a cathode electrode in this order, wherein the hole injection layer comprises an arylamine compound having at least three triphenylamine structures in the molecule, the hole transport layer comprises an arylamine compound having two triphenylamine structures in the molecule, and the electron transport layer comprises a substituted bipyridyl compound represented by the following general formula (1):
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Hodogaya Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Norimasa Yokoyama, Shigeru Kusano, Shuichi Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20140039221
    Abstract: A problem of the invention is to provide an organic EL device having a high efficiency, a low driving voltage and a long life, by combining various materials for organic EL device, which are excellent in an injection or transportation performance of holes or electrons, and in stability and durability in a thin film, so as to enable the respective materials to effectively reveal their characteristics. The invention relates to an organic electroluminescent device including at least an anode electrode, a hole-injecting layer, a hole-transporting layer, an emitting layer, an electron-transporting layer and a cathode electrode in this order, in which the hole-injecting layer contains an arylamine compound having, in its molecule, a structure in which three or more triphenylamine structures are connected through a single bond or a hetero atom-free divalent group; and the hole-transporting layer contains an arylamine compound having two triphenylamine structures in its molecule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: Hodogaya Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Norimasa YOKOYAMA, Shigeru Kusano, Shuichi Hayashi
  • Patent number: 8624228
    Abstract: Objects of the invention are to provide an organic compound having excellent properties, which is excellent in eleclron-injecting/transporling performance, has hole-blocking ability, and is highly stable in a thin-film state, as a material for an organic electroluminescent devices having a high-efficiency and a high durability; and to provide an organic electroluminescent device having a high-efficiency and a high durability using the compound. The invention relates to: a compound having a pyridoindolc ring structure bonded with a substituted pyridyl group and an organic electroluminescent device comprising a pair of electrodes and at least one organic layer interposed between the electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Hodogaya Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Norimasa Yokoyama, Shuichi Hayashi, Sawa Izumi, Shigeru Kusano
  • Publication number: 20130341604
    Abstract: The present invention provides an organic compound having excellent properties, which is excellent in electron-injection/transport performance, has hole-blocking ability and is high stability in a thin-film state, as a material for an organic electroluminescence device having a high efficiency and a high durability, and provides is an organic electroluminescence device having a high efficiency and a high durability using the compound. The present invention relates to a compound having a substituted anthracene ring structure and a pyridoindole ring structure represented by general formula (1); and an organic electroluminescence device having a pair of electrodes and at least one organic layer interposed between the electrodes in which the at least one organic layer contains the compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Inventors: Norimasa YOKOYAMA, Shuichi Hayashi, Sawa Izumi, Naoaki Kabasawa, Shigeru Kusano
  • Publication number: 20130328040
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescent device comprising, between an anode and a cathode, a hole-transporting layer, a luminous layer and an electron-transporting layer, wherein the hole-transporting layer contains an arylamine compound (X) having a molecular structure to which three or more triphenylamine skeletons are singly bonded or bonded through a divalent hydrocarbon group and an arylamine compound (Y) having a molecular structure to which two triphenylamine skeletons are singly bonded or bonded through the divalent hydrocarbon group. The device excels in hole and electron injection/transport property, stability and durability in the form of thin films, and is highly efficient, becomes luminous on a low driving voltage, and has a long life.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2012
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Applicant: HODOGAYA CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Norimasa Yokoyama, Shuichi Hayashi, Eiji Takahashi, Shigeru Kusano
  • Patent number: 8586210
    Abstract: The present invention provides an organic compound having excellent properties, which is excellent in electron-injection/transport performance, has hole-blocking ability and is high stability in a thin-film state, as a material for an organic electroluminescence device having a high efficiency and a high durability, and provides is an organic electroluminescence device having a high efficiency and a high durability using the compound. The present invention relates to a compound having a substituted anthracene ring structure and a pyridoindole ring structure represented by general formula (1); and an organic electroluminescence device having a pair of electrodes and at least one organic layer interposed between the electrodes in which the at least one organic layer contains the compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Hodogaya Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Norimasa Yokoyama, Shuichi Hayashi, Sawa Izumi, Naoaki Kabasawa, Shigeru Kusano
  • Patent number: 8377573
    Abstract: Provided is a compound having a substituted pyridyl group and a pyridoindole ring structure linked through a phenylene group, having formula (1), and an organic EL device with a pair of electrodes and at least one organic layer interposed between the electrodes, wherein the at least one organic layer having the compound:
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Hodogaya Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Norimasa Yokoyama, Shuichi Hayashi, Sawa Izumi, Shigeru Kusano
  • Publication number: 20120298969
    Abstract: The invention relates to a compound having a pyridoindole ring structure having a substituted pyridyl group of formula (1); and to an organic electroluminescent device comprising a pair of electrodes and at least one organic layer interposed between the electrodes, wherein at least one of the organic layer(s) contains the compound: wherein Ar represents a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocyclic group, or a substituted or unsubstituted condensed polycyclic aromatic group; R1 to R10 may be the same or different from one another and each independently represents a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom, a cyano group, an alkyl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group; Z represents a 6-membered aromatic heterocyclic ring containing one nitrogen atom; and m and n each independently represents an integer of 1 to 3, provided that n is 1 when m is 2 or 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2012
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: Hodogaya Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Norimasa YOKOYAMA, Shuichi Hayashi, Shigeru Kusano
  • Publication number: 20120292609
    Abstract: There is provided an organic compound of excellent characteristics that exhibits excellent hole-injecting/transporting performance and has an electron blocking ability and a highly stable thin-film state with excellent heat resistance. The compound of the present invention is an arylamine compound having a triphenylamine structure. The arylamine compound is used as a constituent material of at least one organic layer in an organic electroluminescent device that includes a pair of electrodes, and one or more organic layers sandwiched between the pair of electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2011
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: Hodogaya Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Norimasa Yokoyama, Makoto Nagaoka, Kouki Kase, Shingo Ozawa, Shigeru Kusano
  • Publication number: 20120273767
    Abstract: A high-efficiency, high-durability organic electroluminescent device, particularly a phosphorescent organic electroluminescent device is provided by using an organic compound of excellent characteristics that exhibits excellent hole-injecting/transporting performance and has high triplet exciton confining capability with an electron blocking ability, and that has high stability in the thin-film state and high luminous efficiency. The organic electroluminescent device includes a pair of electrodes, and a plurality of organic layers sandwiched between the pair of electrodes and including a light emitting layer and an electron blocking layer, wherein a compound of the following general formula (1) having a carbazole ring structure is used as a constituent material of the electron blocking layer and the light emitting layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2010
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicant: HODOGAYA CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Norimasa Yokoyama, Makoto Nagaoka, Kazunori Togashi, Shigeru Kusano, Eiji Takahashi
  • Patent number: 8252431
    Abstract: An organic compound is provided having excellent electron-injection/transport performance, hole-blocking ability, and high stability in a thin-film state. An organic electroluminescence device having a high efficiency and a high durability is provided, using the compound. The compound has a substituted bipyridyl group and a pyridoindole ring structure connected with each other through a phenylene group, is of formula (1). The organic EL device has a pair of electrodes and at least one organic layer interposed between the electrodes, wherein the compound is a constituent material for an organic layer therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Hodogaya Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Norimasa Yokoyama, Shuichi Hayashi, Shigeru Kusano, Makoto Nagaoka
  • Patent number: 8247087
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide an organic compound having excellent characteristics as a material for highly efficient and highly durable organic EL devices, and also to provide a highly efficient and highly durable organic EL device. This invention relates to a compound represented by the general formula (1) having an oxadiazole ring structure bonded with an aromatic heterocycle, and to an organic electroluminescence device containing the compound: wherein Ar represents a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocyclic group, or a substituted or unsubstituted condensed polycyclic aromatic group; A represents a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocyclic group; and n represents an integer of 1 to 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignees: Hodogaya Chemical Co., Ltd., Shinshu University
    Inventors: Tetsuzo Miki, Norimasa Yokoyama, Shuichi Hayashi, Shigeru Kusano, Yoshio Taniguchi, Musubu Ichikawa
  • Publication number: 20120205642
    Abstract: A high-efficiency, high-durability organic electroluminescent device, particularly a phosphorescent organic electroluminescent device is provided by using an organic compound of excellent characteristics that exhibits excellent hole-injecting/transporting performance and has high triplet exciton confining capability with an electron blocking ability, and that has high stability in the thin-film state and high luminous efficiency. The organic electroluminescent device includes a pair of electrodes, and a plurality of organic layers sandwiched between the pair of electrodes and including a phosphorescent light-emitting material-containing light emitting layer and a hole transport layer, wherein a compound of the following general formula (1) having a carbazole ring structure is used as a constituent material of the hole transport layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2010
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Applicant: HODOGAYA CHEMICAL CO., LTD
    Inventors: Norimasa Yokoyama, Makoto Nagaoka, Kazunori Togashi, Shigeru Kusano, Eiji Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20120175599
    Abstract: [Problem] An organic compound of excellent characteristics is provided that exhibits excellent hole-injecting/transporting performance with electron blocking ability, and that has high stability in the thin-film state and high luminous efficiency, the organic compound being provided as material for an organic electroluminescent device having high efficiency and high durability. The invention also provides a high-efficient, high-durable organic electroluminescent device using the compound. [Means for Resolution] The compound is of the following general formula having a carbazole ring structure. The organic electroluminescent device includes a pair of electrodes, and one or more organic layers sandwiched between the pair of electrodes, and the compound is used as a constituent material of at least one organic layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2010
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: Hodogaya Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Norimasa Yokoyama, Makoto Nagaoka, Kazunori Togashi, Shigeru Kusano
  • Publication number: 20120161107
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide an organic EL device having high efficiency, low driving voltage and long life by combining various materials for the organic EL device which are excellent in hole and electron injection/transport performances, stability as a thin film and durability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2009
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Inventors: Norimasa Yokoyama, Shigeru Kusano, Shuichi Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20120126220
    Abstract: There is provided an organic compound having excellent characteristics, including excellent electron-injecting/transporting performance, hole blocking ability, and high stability in the thin-film state, for use as material of an organic electroluminescent device having high efficiency and high durability. There is also provided a high-efficient and high-durable organic electroluminescent device using the compound. The compound is represented by general formula (1) having a substituted anthracene ring structure and a pyridoindole ring structure. The organic electroluminescent device includes a pair of electrodes, and one or more organic layers sandwiched between the pair of electrodes, and the compound is used as a constituent material of at least one organic layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2010
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicant: Hodogaya Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Norimasa Yokoyama, Shuichi Hayashi, Naoki Kabasawa, Daizou Kanda, Shigeru Kusano
  • Patent number: 8168308
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide an organic compound having excellent characteristics as a material for an organic EL device having a high efficiency and a high durability, and to provide an organic EL device having a high efficiency and a high durability by using the compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Hodogaya Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Norimasa Yokoyama, Shuichi Hayashi, Shigeru Kusano
  • Patent number: 8153277
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an organic compound having excellent characteristics, which is excellent in electron injection/transport performance, has hole blocking property and is high in stability in a thin film state, as a material for an organic EL device having high efficiency and high durability, and further to provide an organic EL device having high efficiency and high durability using this compound. The invention relates to a compound represented by general formula (1), which has a thiadiazole ring structure substituted with a substituted pyridyl group, and to an organic EL device having a pair of electrodes and at least one organic layer interposed therebetween, wherein the compound is contained as a constituent material of at least one of the organic layer(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Hodogaya Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Norimasa Yokoyama, Toru Akisada, Shigeru Kusano