Patents by Inventor Shota HIROSAWA

Shota HIROSAWA 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: 10074825
    Abstract: The present invention provides an organic electroluminescent element containing a flexible substrate having thereon: a first gas barrier layer, an insulating layer, a first electrode, a light emitting unit containing an organic functional layer, and a second electrode, in that order, wherein the first gas barrier layer is a polysilazane reforming layer; the insulating layer is a layer containing a metal oxide; and a metal element in the metal oxide has a lower redox potential than silicon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Shota Hirosawa
  • Publication number: 20180049281
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescent element contains a flexible substrate having thereon: a first gas barrier layer; a second gas barrier layer laminated on the first gas barrier layer; a light emitting unit layer laminated on the second gas barrier layer; and a covering layer spreading over the light emitting unit layer. The first gas barrier layer is a polysilazane reforming layer. The second gas barrier layer is a layer incorporating a metal oxide containing a metal element selected from: vanadium (V), niobium (Nb), tantalum (Ta), titanium (Ti), zirconium (Zr), hafnium (Hf), magnesium (Mg), yttrium (Y), and aluminum (Al).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventor: Shota HIROSAWA
  • Patent number: 9773993
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an electroluminescence element that is excellent in color rendering properties and has a long service life as a white light-emitting element, that is, high durability. The electroluminescence element (100) includes: a substrate (1); a first electrode (2); a functional layer (20) including at least one light-emitting layer (5); and a second electrode (8), wherein the at least one light-emitting layer (5) contains a quantum dot material (11), and wherein when a particle size at a cumulative frequency of 10% and a particle size at a cumulative frequency of 90% in a volume-based cumulative particle size distribution of the quantum dot material (11) are defined as d10 (nm) and d90 (nm), respectively, the quantum dot material (11) satisfies d90?d10?3 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Shota Hirosawa
  • Patent number: 9577217
    Abstract: The present invention provides an organic electroluminescent element containing: a first gas barrier layer; an intermediate layer; a second gas barrier layer; a third gas barrier layer; a first electrode; an organic functional layer; and a second electrode, in that order, wherein the intermediate layer contains a resin and has a thickness of 10 ?m to 250 ?m; the second gas barrier layer contains silicon, carbon and oxygen, wherein a composition of silicon, carbon and oxygen contained in the second gas barrier layer is continuously changed in a thickness direction of the second gas barrier layer, and distribution curves of silicon, carbon and oxygen each have an extremum point; and the third gas barrier layer is a polysilazane reforming layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Shota Hirosawa
  • Publication number: 20160336526
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an electroluminescence element that is excellent in color rendering properties and has a long service life as a white light-emitting element, that is, high durability. The electroluminescence element (100) includes: a substrate (1); a first electrode (2); a functional layer (20) including at least one light-emitting layer (5); and a second electrode (8), wherein the at least one light-emitting layer (5) contains a quantum dot material (11), and wherein when a particle size at a cumulative frequency of 10% and a particle size at a cumulative frequency of 90% in a volume-based cumulative particle size distribution of the quantum dot material (11) are defined as d10 (nm) and d90 (nm), respectively, the quantum dot material (11) satisfies d90?d10?3 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventor: Shota HIROSAWA
  • Publication number: 20160056413
    Abstract: The present invention provides an organic electroluminescent element containing: a first gas barrier layer; an intermediate layer; a second gas barrier layer; a third gas barrier layer; a first electrode; an organic functional layer; and a second electrode, in that order, wherein the intermediate layer contains a resin and has a thickness of 10 ?m to 250 ?m; the second gas barrier layer contains silicon, carbon and oxygen, wherein a composition of silicon, carbon and oxygen contained in the second gas barrier layer is continuously changed in a thickness direction of the second gas barrier layer, and distribution curves of silicon, carbon and oxygen each have an extremum point; and the third gas barrier layer is a polysilazane reforming layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventor: Shota HIROSAWA
  • Publication number: 20160056412
    Abstract: The present invention provides an organic electroluminescent element containing a flexible substrate having thereon: a first gas barrier layer, an insulating layer, a first electrode, a light emitting unit containing an organic functional layer, and a second electrode, in that order, wherein the first gas barrier layer is a polysilazane reforming layer; the insulating layer is a layer containing a metal oxide; and a metal element in the metal oxide has a lower redox potential than silicon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventor: Shota HIROSAWA
  • Publication number: 20160005997
    Abstract: This organic electroluminescent element is provided with the following: a barrier layer that is provided on a flexible substrate and comprises a modified-polysilazane layer; a laminate that is laid out on top of the barrier layer and is provided with an organic functional layer that has at least one light-emitting layer between a pair of electrodes; a covering intermediate layer formed on top of the barrier layer at least at the periphery of the laminate; and a sealing member joined to the top of the covering intermediate layer with a sealing resin layer interposed therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventor: Shota HIROSAWA