Patents by Inventor Sukekazu Aratani

Sukekazu Aratani 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: 9118031
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting device includes a lower electrode, an upper electrode, and an organic layer disposed between the lower electrode and the upper electrode, the organic layer including a charge transport layer and a mixed layer in contact with the charge transport layer, the mixed layer including a host, a first dopant, and a charge transporting material, the first dopant including a first functional group, the charge transporting material including a second functional group, the first dopant being drawn to a charge transport layer contact surface where the mixed layer is in contact with the charge transport layer, and the charge transporting material being drawn to the mixed layer surface other than the charge transport layer contact surface. With the present invention, the concentrations of the molecules contained in the mixed layer of the light-emitting layer and the charge transport layer can be easily controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotaka Sakuma, Sukekazu Aratani
  • Patent number: 9105856
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an organic light-emitting device which can emit white light by easily controlling dopant concentrations. The organic light-emitting device has a first electrode (112) and second electrode (111) which hold a light-emitting layer (113) in-between, wherein the light-emitting layer contains a host material (104), red-light-emitting dopant (105), green-light-emitting dopant (106) and blue-light-emitting dopant (107), the red-light-emitting dopant containing a first functional group for transferring the dopant toward the first electrode and the green-light-emitting dopant containing a second functional group for transferring the dopant toward the second electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotaka Sakuma, Sukekazu Aratani, Hiroshi Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20150194613
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting device includes an upper electrode, a lower electrode, and a light-emitting layer disposed between the upper and lower electrodes, wherein the light-emitting layer includes a host and a first dopant. The first dopant includes a pyridyltriazole derivative as an auxiliary ligand, the auxiliary ligand of the first dopant contains a functional group R1 or a functional group R2, and the first dopant is displaced toward a surface of the light emitting layer by the action of at least one of the functional groups R1 and R2, wherein the surface is on a side where the upper electrode is present, and also directed to a coating liquid for use in forming the light-emitting layer with an organic material. An organic light-emitting device is produced with the coating liquid, a light source apparatus includes the organic light-emitting device, and methods for manufacture thereof are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2013
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirotaka Sakuma, Sukekazu Aratani
  • Publication number: 20140203265
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an organic light-emitting device which can emit white light by easily controlling dopant concentrations. The organic light-emitting device has a first electrode (112) and second electrode (111) which hold a light-emitting layer (113) in-between, wherein the light-emitting layer contains a host material (104), red-light-emitting dopant (105), green-light-emitting dopant (106) and blue-light-emitting dopant (107), the red-light-emitting dopant containing a first functional group for transferring the dopant toward the first electrode and the green-light-emitting dopant containing a second functional group for transferring the dopant toward the second electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirotaka Sakuma, Sukekazu Aratani, Hiroshi Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20140151678
    Abstract: In order to achieve the increased efficiency of an organic light-emitting element, there is a need to reduce the influence of non-radiative recombination of electron-hole pairs except for surface plasmon polariton excitation, to convert most of exciton energy into visible light, and to tremendously improve the luminous efficiency of the organic light-emitting element. An organic light-emitting element according to the present invention includes a reflective electrode, a transparent electrode, and a light-emitting layer placed between the reflective electrode and the transparent electrode, and the organic light-emitting element is configured so that the light-emitting layer contains a host and a first dopant, and for the first dopant, one of the vertical component and horizontal component of the average value for transition dipole moments with respect to a substrate surface is larger than the other of the components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2012
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirotaka Sakuma, Sukekazu Aratani, Shunichiro Nobuki, Shingo Ishihara
  • Publication number: 20140138663
    Abstract: In an organic light-emitting element including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a light-emitting layer placed between the first electrode and the second electrode, the light-emitting layer includes a host material, a first emitter, and a second emitter, the emission peak wavelength of the first emitter is longer than the emission peak wavelength of the second emitter, and an aromatic heterocyclic ligand or an auxiliary ligand of the first emitter include an electron withdrawing group. Accordingly, an organic light-emitting element can be provided in which the HOMO value of a specific luminescent dopant is closer to the HOMO value of another luminescent dopant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2012
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Inventors: Sukekazu Aratani, Hirotaka Sakuma, Shingo Ishihara, Naoya Tokoo, Hiroshi Sasaki
  • Patent number: 8729536
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an organic light-emitting device which can emit white light by easily controlling dopant concentrations. The organic light-emitting device has a first electrode (112) and second electrode (111) which hold a light-emitting layer (113) in-between, wherein the light-emitting layer contains a host material (104), red-light-emitting dopant (105), green-light-emitting dopant (106) and blue-light-emitting dopant (107), the red-light-emitting dopant containing a first functional group for transferring the dopant toward the first electrode and the green-light-emitting dopant containing a second functional group for transferring the dopant toward the second electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirotaka Sakuma, Sukekazu Aratani, Hiroshi Sasaki
  • Patent number: 8730443
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes first and second substrates with a liquid crystal layer disposed therebetween, a display region and a peripheral region, a gate signal line and an image signal line, an insulating layer formed over the gate signal line and the image signal line, a pixel electrode formed in the display region, a counter electrode formed over the insulating layer and formed by a first transparent conductive layer, and a second transparent conductive layer and an external connection terminal. The second transparent conductive layer and the external connection terminal are disposed in the peripheral region, and the second transparent conductive layer is formed over the insulating layer and is electrically connected to the counter electrode and the external connection terminal. A part of the gate signal line is covered by the second transparent conductive layer in the peripheral region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignees: Japan Display Inc., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masuyuki Ohta, Kazuhiro Ogawa, Keiichiro Ashizawa, Kazuhiko Yamagawa, Masahiro Yanai, Nobutake Konishi, Nobuyuki Suzuki, Masahiro Ishii, Makoto Yoneya, Sukekazu Aratani
  • Patent number: 8704988
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate, a pixel electrode and a counter electrode, an insulation film, and a first orientation film formed over the pixel electrode and the counter electrode on the first substrate, the first orientation film being responsive to a radiated polarized light to obtain an initial orientation direction. A second substrate is opposed to the first substrate, a second orientation film is formed over the second substrate, and a liquid crystal is sealed between the first and second substrates. The first and second orientation films are made of polyimide, the liquid crystal has negative dielectric anisotropy, and the liquid crystal display device is normally in a black mode. An angle formed between the electric field and the initial orientation direction of the first orientation film is in a range of greater than 0° to 45°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignees: Japan Display Inc., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masuyuki Ohta, Kazuhiko Yanagawa, Kazuhiro Ogawa, Keiichiro Ashizawa, Masahiro Yanai, Nobutake Konishi, Katsumi Kondo, Masahito Ohe, Sukekazu Aratani, Hagen Klausmann
  • Publication number: 20130313537
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting display device is provided that has prolonged service life, lowered wiring resistance that can lower power consumption, and that is easy to manufacture. In a first embodiment, a moisture capturing layer is provided between an upper electrode and a lower electrode. A second embodiment includes a metal substrate, an organic light-emitting element on the substrate and an upper transparent electrode connected to the substrate through a contact hole. In a third embodiment, a method is provided for forming a first organic compound including a light-emitting layer, heating the first organic compound in vacuo, and forming a second organic compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: HITACHI, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sukekazu ARATANI, Kazuhito MASUDA, Kotaro ARAYA, Hiroyuki KAGAWA, Shintaro TAKEDA, Shingo ISHIHARA
  • Publication number: 20130299788
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting device includes a lower electrode, an upper electrode, and an organic layer disposed between the lower electrode and the upper electrode, the organic layer including a charge transport layer and a mixed layer in contact with the charge transport layer, the mixed layer including a host, a first dopant, and a charge transporting material, the first dopant including a first functional group, the charge transporting material including a second functional group, the first dopant being drawn to a charge transport layer contact surface where the mixed layer is in contact with the charge transport layer, and the charge transporting material being drawn to the mixed layer surface other than the charge transport layer contact surface. With the present invention, the concentrations of the molecules contained in the mixed layer of the light-emitting layer and the charge transport layer can be easily controlled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2011
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: Hatchi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirotaka Sakuma, Sukekazu Aratani
  • Publication number: 20130277662
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting device includes a lower electrode, an upper electrode, and an organic layer disposed between these electrodes. The organic layer is a laminate of a hole injection layer, a hole transport layer, a light-emitting layer, an electron transport layer, and an electron injection layer. The light-emitting layer includes a host and a first dopant. The hole transport layer includes a hole transporting material, and the electron transport layer includes an electron transporting material. The hole transporting material and the electron transporting material have functional groups. The first dopant in the light-emitting layer has a functional group, and is concentrated on the side of the light-emitting layer in contact with the hole transport layer or the electron transport layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sukekazu Aratani, Hirotaka Sakuma, Hiroshi Sasaki
  • Patent number: 8552930
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display apparatus is able to display high quality motion pictures with less after-image when displaying motion pictures and with less fuzzy images without making the response speed of the liquid crystal too fast. The display data emphasized excessively more than a changed value is written into the pixel having any change detected by comparison with the previous display data and its value is made to change excessively more than the value corresponding to its original display data, and then, according to the optical response of the liquid crystal, the lighting time and the lighting period of the light source are controlled for the individual areas of the illumination unit having plural areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignees: Hitachi Displays, Ltd., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsunenori Yamamoto, Sukekazu Aratani, Makoto Yoneya
  • Patent number: 8536611
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting display device is provided that has prolonged service life, lowered wiring resistance that can lower power consumption, and that is easy to manufacture. In a first embodiment, a moisture capturing layer is provided between an upper electrode and a lower electrode. A second embodiment includes a metal substrate, an organic light-emitting element on the substrate and an upper transparent electrode connected to the substrate through a contact hole. In a third embodiment, a method is provided for forming a first organic compound including a light-emitting layer, heating the first organic compound in vacuo, and forming a second organic compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sukekazu Aratani, Kazuhito Masuda, Kotaro Araya, Hiroyuki Kagawa, Shintaro Takeda, Shingo Ishihara
  • Publication number: 20130221337
    Abstract: The objects of the present invention are to provide an organic luminescent material capable of being easily controlled for dopant concentrations. The present invention is characterized in that a organic light-emitting device comprising a upper electrode, a lower electrode; and a light-emitting layer positioned between the upper electrode and the lower electrode, wherein the light-emitting layer contains a host, a first dopant and a second dopant, the first dopant is a blue-light-emitting dopant or a green-light-emitting dopant, the first dopant has a first functional group, and the first functional group makes the first dopant transfer toward the surface of the light-emitting layer on the upper electrode side in the light-emitting layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2010
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotaka Sakuma, Sukekazu Aratani
  • Publication number: 20130194534
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate, a pixel electrode and a counter electrode, an insulation film, and a first orientation film formed over the pixel electrode and the counter electrode on the first substrate, the first orientation film being responsive to a radiated polarized light to obtain an initial orientation direction. A second substrate is opposed to the first substrate, a second orientation film is formed over the second substrate, and a liquid crystal is sealed between the first and second substrates. The first and second orientation films are made of polyimide, the liquid crystal has negative dielectric anisotropy, and the liquid crystal display device is normally in a black mode. An angle formed between the electric field and the initial orientation direction of the first orientation film is in a range of greater than 0° to 45°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicants: Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd., Hitachi Displays, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masuyuki Ohta, Kazuhiko Yanagawa, Kazuhiro Ogawa, Keiichiro Ashizawa, Masahiro Yanai, Nobutake Konishi, Katsumi Kondo, Masahito Ohe, Sukekazu Aratani, Hagen Klausmann
  • Patent number: 8476618
    Abstract: To provide an organic electroluminescent display device including an organic electroluminescent layer that can be easily fabricated under an atmosphere containing oxygen and which can achieve high efficiency. An organic electroluminescent display device includes a substrate, an organic electroluminescent layer, an upper electrode and a lower electrode sandwiching therein the organic electroluminescent layer, either one of the upper and lower electrodes being a transparent electrode, and the other being a reflecting electrode, and a charge transport layer disposed between the organic electroluminescent layer and the substrate. The charge transport layer is photo-cured by light with a wavelength longer than that of a near-ultraviolet light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sukekazu Aratani, Hiroshi Sasaki, Kazuhito Masuda
  • Publication number: 20130153881
    Abstract: The present invention provides an organic light-emitting device including a first electrode (101), a second electrode (102), organic multi-layers (105, 115) in which the organic multi-layers (105, 115) is formed between the first electrode (101) and the second electrode (102) and has a hole blocking layer (16), an emission layer (15), and an electron blocking layer (14), and the emission layer 15 is interposed between the hole blocking layer (16) and the electron blocking layer (14), a first light-emitting dopant is added to the hole blocking layer (16), a second light-emitting dopant is added to the emission layer (15), a third light-emitting dopant is added to the electron blocking layer (14), and the first light-emitting dopant and the third light-emitting dopant trap carriers penetrating the emission layer. According to the invention, the emission layer can emit light at high efficiency and deterioration of the emission layer can be suppressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2011
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Naoya Tokoo, Shingo Ishihara, Sukekazu Aratani, Hirotaka Sakuma
  • Patent number: 8427613
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the first and second substrates, and an orientation film formed on the first substrate. The orientation film has two orientation regions in a pixel, and the orientation regions are formed by polarized light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignees: Hitachi Displays, Ltd., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masuyuki Ohta, Kazuhiko Yanagawa, Kazuhiro Ogawa, Keiichiro Ashizawa, Masahiro Yanai, Nobutake Konishi, Katsumi Kondo, Masahito Ohe, Sukekazu Aratani, Hagen Klausmann
  • Publication number: 20130048974
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an organic light-emitting device which can emit white light by easily controlling dopant concentrations. The organic light-emitting device has a first electrode (112) and second electrode (111) which hold a light-emitting layer (113) in-between, wherein the light-emitting layer contains a host material (104), red-light-emitting dopant (105), green-light-emitting dopant (106) and blue-light-emitting dopant (107), the red-light-emitting dopant containing a first functional group for transferring the dopant toward the first electrode and the green-light-emitting dopant containing a second functional group for transferring the dopant toward the second electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Inventors: Hirotaka Sakuma, Sukekazu Aratani, Hiroshi Sasaki