Patents by Inventor Suguru Akagawa

Suguru Akagawa 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: 9620736
    Abstract: An organic EL device includes an element substrate above which an organic EL element is provided; a counter substrate arranged so as to face the element substrate; a sealing layer arranged between the organic EL element and the counter substrate, and having at least a first sealing layer made from an inorganic material, a planarized second sealing layer, and a third sealing layer formed from an inorganic material; and a filler arranged between the sealing layer and the counter substrate, in which the counter substrate is arranged in a region spaced by a predetermined gap from any end portion of the element substrate, the filler is arranged so as to protrude to the gap from between the element substrate and the counter substrate, and the end portion of the second sealing layer is covered by the filler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Suguru Akagawa, Takeshi Koshihara
  • Publication number: 20170012084
    Abstract: An organic EL device according to the present application includes a substrate, a plurality of organic EL elements arranged on the substrate, the plurality of organic EL elements including an organic light-emitting layer interposed between an anode and a cathode, a plurality of connection terminals disposed on the substrate, a sealing layer covering the plurality of organic EL elements such that the plurality of organic EL elements lie between the substrate and the sealing layer, and an organic layer formed above the sealing layer. The organic layer and the sealing layer have an opening portion that exposes at least one of the plurality of connection terminals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Hisatoshi NAKAMURA, Shinichi IWATA, Seiji ATSUMI, Yuki HANAMURA, Suguru AKAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20170005144
    Abstract: An organic EL device includes an organic light-emitting layer provided above a first substrate; a protective layer provided above the organic light-emitting layer; a color filter provided on the protective layer; and a second substrate adhered to the color filter via an adhesive, in which a colored layer includes a first colored layer, a second colored layer, and a third colored layer, the color filter includes a first region in which the first colored layer, the second colored layer, and the third colored layer are respectively arranged as single colors and a second region in which the first colored layer, the second colored layer, and the third colored layer are arranged in a layered manner, and a height difference-relieving layer is provided between the color filter and the adhesive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Suguru AKAGAWA, Narumi ISHIBASHI, Naotaka KUBOTA
  • Patent number: 9490304
    Abstract: An organic EL device according to the present application includes a substrate, a plurality of organic EL elements arranged on the substrate, the plurality of organic EL elements including an organic light-emitting layer interposed between an anode and a cathode, a plurality of connection terminals disposed on the substrate, a sealing layer covering the plurality of organic EL elements such that the plurality of organic EL elements lie between the substrate and the sealing layer, and an organic layer formed above the sealing layer. The organic layer and the sealing layer have an opening portion that exposes at least one of the plurality of connection terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hisatoshi Nakamura, Shinichi Iwata, Seiji Atsumi, Yuki Hanamura, Suguru Akagawa
  • Publication number: 20160226018
    Abstract: An organic EL device includes an element substrate above which an organic EL element is provided; a counter substrate arranged so as to face the element substrate; a sealing layer arranged between the organic EL element and the counter substrate, and having at least a first sealing layer made from an inorganic material, a planarized second sealing layer, and a third sealing layer formed from an inorganic material; and a filler arranged between the sealing layer and the counter substrate, in which the counter substrate is arranged in a region spaced by a predetermined gap from any end portion of the element substrate, the filler is arranged so as to protrude to the gap from between the element substrate and the counter substrate, and the end portion of the second sealing layer is covered by the filler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Suguru AKAGAWA, Takeshi KOSHIHARA
  • Patent number: 9166193
    Abstract: Disclosed is an organic EL device as an light emitting device according to this application example includes a base material as a substrate, and an organic EL element as a plurality of light emitting elements having a light emitting functional layer as a functional layer in which an organic light emitting layer is included between a pixel electrode as an anode and an opposed electrode as a cathode and a sealing layer sealing the plurality of organic EL elements which are formed on the base material, and the opposed electrode is formed over the plurality of organic EL elements as a common cathode, and the sealing layer is formed so as to cover the common cathode in the same region where the common cathode is formed or inwards from the region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Suguru Akagawa, Takefumi Fukagawa, Hisatoshi Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20150255517
    Abstract: An organic EL device according to the present application includes a substrate, a plurality of organic EL elements arranged on the substrate, the plurality of organic EL elements including an organic light-emitting layer interposed between an anode and a cathode, a plurality of connection terminals disposed on the substrate, a sealing layer covering the plurality of organic EL elements such that the plurality of organic EL elements lie between the substrate and the sealing layer, and an organic layer formed above the sealing layer. The organic layer and the sealing layer have an opening portion that exposes at least one of the plurality of connection terminals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2015
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Inventors: Hisatoshi NAKAMURA, Shinichi IWATA, Seiji ATSUMI, Yuki HANAMURA, Suguru AKAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20150236074
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of an organic light emitting device including a light emitting element that includes an organic light emitting layer, a sealing layer above the light emitting element, and a color filter layer above the sealing layer. The color filter layer includes a first color filter that transmits light of a first wavelength region and a second color filter that transmits light of a second wavelength region, an area of the second color filter is smaller than an area of the first color filter, and the method includes forming the first color filter, and forming the second color filter thereafter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2015
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Inventors: Suguru AKAGAWA, Yuki HANAMURA
  • Patent number: 9076990
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an organic EL device according to the present application example includes forming a sealing layer by covering multiple organic EL elements and a connection terminal, forming a color filter as an organic layer that covers the sealing layer, patterning the color filter in such a manner that an opening extending up to the sealing layer is formed in a portion of the color filter, which overlaps the connection terminal, and etching the sealing layer in such a manner as to expose at least one part of the connection terminal with the pattern-formed color filter serving as a mask.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hisatoshi Nakamura, Shinichi Iwata, Seiji Atsumi, Yuki Hanamura, Suguru Akagawa
  • Patent number: 8928007
    Abstract: An electro-optical device includes: a pixel region that is formed on a substrate and in which a light emitting element that has a first electrode, a second electrode and a light emitting layer formed between the first electrode and the second electrode is arranged; a partition wall portion that is formed above the substrate and located on an outer side of the pixel region; a connecting line that is formed above the substrate and located on an outer side of the partition wall portion; and a connecting section that is formed above the substrate and electrically connects the second electrode to the connecting line, wherein the second electrode covers and extends over the pixel region and the partition wall portion and does not overlap the connecting line in a planar view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Suguru Akagawa, Yuki Hanamura
  • Publication number: 20140367661
    Abstract: An electro-optic device includes a substrate that has a first surface and an end face crossing the first surface; a light emitting element that is disposed on the first surface; a planarization layer that covers the light emitting element; and a first inorganic sealing layer that is disposed on the planarization layer. An outer edge of the first inorganic sealing layer is disposed between an outer edge of the planarization layer and a first region where the light emitting element is disposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventors: Suguru AKAGAWA, Takefumi FUKAGAWA
  • Patent number: 8823257
    Abstract: A light-emitting device is provided which includes: a cathode; an anode; at least one light-emitting layer which is provided between the cathode and the anode and which emits light when a voltage is applied between the cathode and the anode; a cathode terminal which is provided at a portion not in contact with the anode and the light-emitting layer and which supplies electrons to the cathode; and an electron adjust layer which includes a material having insulating properties and which adjusts the amount of electrons supplied from the cathode terminal to the cathode, and in the light-emitting device described above, the cathode is connected to the cathode terminal with the electron adjust layer interposed therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuji Fujita, Etsuo Mitsuhashi, Suguru Akagawa
  • Publication number: 20140117334
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an organic EL device according to the present application example includes forming a sealing layer by covering multiple organic EL elements and a connection terminal, forming a color filter as an organic layer that covers the sealing layer, patterning the color filter in such a manner that an opening extending up to the sealing layer is formed in a portion of the color filter, which overlaps the connection terminal, and etching the sealing layer in such a manner as to expose at least one part of the connection terminal with the pattern-formed color filter serving as a mask.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2013
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hisatoshi NAKAMURA, Shinichi IWATA, Seiji ATSUMI, Yuki HANAMURA, Suguru AKAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20140042408
    Abstract: Disclosed is an organic EL device as an light emitting device according to this application example includes a base material as a substrate, and an organic EL element as a plurality of light emitting elements having a light emitting functional layer as a functional layer in which an organic light emitting layer is included between a pixel electrode as an anode and an opposed electrode as a cathode and a sealing layer sealing the plurality of organic EL elements which are formed on the base material, and the opposed electrode is formed over the plurality of organic EL elements as a common cathode, and the sealing layer is formed so as to cover the common cathode in the same region where the common cathode is formed or inwards from the region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Suguru AKAGAWA, Takefumi FUKAGAWA, Hisatoshi NAKAMURA
  • Patent number: 8242685
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device includes an organic electroluminescence element having a function layer interposed between a first electrode and a second electrode. The function layer includes at least an organic light emission layer. The electroluminescence device includes: partition walls which define concave portions and each of formation areas of the organic electroluminescence element within each of the concave portions to arrange the function layer within the concave portion; and auxiliary electrodes which are each arranged continuously on the partition wall and within the concave portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yuji Chino, Suguru Akagawa
  • Publication number: 20110260204
    Abstract: An electro-optical device includes: a pixel region that is formed on a substrate and in which a light emitting element that has a first electrode, a second electrode and a light emitting layer formed between the first electrode and the second electrode is arranged; a partition wall portion that is formed above the substrate and located on an outer side of the pixel region; a connecting line that is formed above the substrate and located on an outer side of the partition wall portion; and a connecting section that is formed above the substrate and electrically connects the second electrode to the connecting line, wherein the second electrode covers and extends over the pixel region and the partition wall portion and does not overlap the connecting line in a planar view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2011
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Suguru AKAGAWA, Yuki HANAMURA
  • Publication number: 20100289417
    Abstract: A light-emitting device is provided which includes: a cathode; an anode; at least one light-emitting layer which is provided between the cathode and the anode and which emits light when a voltage is applied between the cathode and the anode; a cathode terminal which is provided at a portion not in contact with the anode and the light-emitting layer and which supplies electrons to the cathode; and an electron adjust layer which includes a material having insulating properties and which adjusts the amount of electrons supplied from the cathode terminal to the cathode, and in the light-emitting device described above, the cathode is connected to the cathode terminal with the electron adjust layer interposed therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2010
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuji FUJITA, Etsuo Mitsuhashi, Suguru Akagawa
  • Patent number: 7652683
    Abstract: A line head includes: a first substrate having a plurality of organic electroluminescent devices; a bonding layer disposed on the first substrate and having optical transparency; a second substrate bonded to the first substrate with the bonding layer therebetween and having a reflective film that covers at least a part of the bonding layer; and a plurality of exit portions respectively from which light that has passed through the bonding layer is exited, the light emitted from the organic electroluminescent devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2010
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Suguru Akagawa, Shinichi Yotsuya
  • Publication number: 20090273279
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device includes an organic electroluminescence element having a function layer interposed between a first electrode and a second electrode. The function layer includes at least an organic light emission layer. The electroluminescence device includes: partition walls which define concave portions and each of formation areas of the organic electroluminescence element within each of the concave portions to arrange the function layer within the concave portion; and auxiliary electrodes which are each arranged continuously on the partition wall and within the concave portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2009
    Publication date: November 5, 2009
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yuji CHINO, Suguru AKAGAWA
  • Patent number: 7521797
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a substrate joint body by mounting a TFT on a wiring substrate includes a step of arranging an electrode pad of the wiring substrate and an electrode pad of the TFT at a predetermined interval and mechanically coupling the wiring substrate and the TFT with a adhesive and a step of electrically coupling the wiring substrate and the TFT by growing a bump from the electrode pad of the wiring substrate and/or the electrode pad of the TFT.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2009
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Yoda, Suguru Akagawa