Patents by Inventor Tadahiko Yoshinaga

Tadahiko Yoshinaga 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: 9647220
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescence multicolor light-emitting apparatus including: a substrate; and a first light-emitting device and a second light-emitting device being arranged in parallel relative to the surface of the substrate; wherein the first light-emitting device includes, between an anode and a cathode, a first organic layer, a second organic layer and a third organic layer in this sequence from the anode side in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the substrate, the second light-emitting device includes, between an anode and a cathode, a second organic layer and a third organic layer in this sequence from the anode side in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the substrate, the first organic layer includes a first emitting dopant, the third organic layer includes a second emitting dopant, and the second organic layers independently comprise any one of compounds represented by the following formulas (1) to (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignees: SONY CORPORATION, IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tadahiko Yoshinaga, Mitsuru Eida, Hironori Kawakami
  • Publication number: 20170073528
    Abstract: Provided is an ink composition including the following components (A), (B), and (C). The component (A) is an anthracene derivative represented by the following formula (A1). The component (B) is an aromatic amine derivative represented by the following formula (B1). The component (C) is a solvent represented by the following formula (C1) and having a boiling point of 110° C. or higher and a solubility of 1 wt % or less in water. where one or more of Ar1 to Ar4 are a heterocyclic group represented by a formula (B1?).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Inventors: Masakazu Funahashi, Tadahiko Yoshinaga, Emiko Kambe
  • Publication number: 20160365516
    Abstract: Provided is an ink composition including the following components (A), (B), and (C). The component (A) is an anthracene derivative represented by the following formula (A1). The component (B) is an aromatic amine derivative represented by the following formula (B1). The component (C) is a solvent represented by the following formula (C1) and having a boiling point of 110° C. or higher and a solubility of 1 wt % or less in water. where one or more of Ar1 to Ar4 are a heterocyclic group represented by a formula (B1?).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Inventors: Masakazu Funahashi, Tadahiko Yoshinaga, Emiko Kambe
  • Publication number: 20160276602
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescence multicolor light-emitting apparatus including: a substrate; and a first light-emitting device and a second light-emitting device being arranged in parallel relative to the surface of the substrate; wherein the first light-emitting device includes, between an anode and a cathode, a first organic layer, a second organic layer and a third organic layer in this sequence from the anode side in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the substrate, the second light-emitting device includes, between an anode and a cathode, a second organic layer and a third organic layer in this sequence from the anode side in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the substrate, the first organic layer includes a first emitting dopant, the third organic layer includes a second emitting dopant, and the second organic layers independently comprise any one of compounds represented by the following formulas (1) to (6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Applicants: Sony Corporation, Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tadahiko YOSHINAGA, Mitsuru EIDA, Hironori KAWAKAMI
  • Publication number: 20160190477
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescence composition including two or more compounds each having a specific structure combining a hole transporting ability and an electron transporting ability; an organic electroluminescence composition including one or more compounds each having a specific structure combining a hole transporting ability and an electron transporting ability and a different compound having an electron transporting skeleton; and a material for organic electroluminescence devices, a solution of a material for organic electroluminescence devices and an organic electroluminescence device, each including the aromatic heterocyclic derivative.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2014
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Applicants: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD., SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hironori KAWAKAMI, Masakazu FUNAHASHI, Tadahiko YOSHINAGA, Hiroaki TOYOSHIMA
  • Publication number: 20160020403
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescent device including: an anode, a cathode, an emitting layer formed of an organic compound and interposed between the cathode and the anode, and two or more layers provided in a hole-injecting/hole-transporting region between the anode and the emitting layer; of the layers which are provided in the hole-injecting/hole-transporting region, a layer which is in contact with the emitting layer containing a compound represented by the formula (1); and of the layers which are provided in the hole-injecting/hole-transporting region, a layer which is interposed between the anode and the layer which is in contact with the emitting layer containing an amine derivative represented by the formula (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Applicants: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd., Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro KAWAMURA, Emiko Kambe, Akifumi Nakamura, Yasunori Kijima, Tadahiko Yoshinaga, Shigeyuki Matsunami
  • Patent number: 9219087
    Abstract: A display unit includes a plurality of display function layers provided in a stacking direction, and each including a plurality of pixel circuits. A pixel circuit group configured by predetermined number of the pixel circuits configures a single display pixel, and the predetermined number of the pixel circuits spans the plurality of display function layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: Joled Inc.
    Inventors: Seiichiro Jinta, Tadahiko Yoshinaga
  • Patent number: 9214505
    Abstract: A display includes: a first region including first pixels configured of a single color; a second region including second pixels configured of a plurality of colors different from the single color, the second pixels having an organic layer including a common light emitting layer; and a dividing wall separating the first region from the second region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: JOLED INC.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Higo, Tadahiko Yoshinaga
  • Publication number: 20150287926
    Abstract: An organic EL display unit includes a first organic EL device including a first light-emitting layer that emits first color light and a second organic EL device including a second light-emitting layer that emits second color light of a shorter wavelength than the first color light. The first light-emitting layer includes, as a host material, a polymer material that does not emit the first color light or does not mainly emit the first color light, and includes, as a dopant, a low-molecular-weight material or a polymer material that emits the first color light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2013
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiaki Imai, Tadahiko Yoshinaga
  • Patent number: 9112167
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel aromatic amine derivative having a specific structure and an organic electroluminescence device in which an organic thin film layer comprising a single layer or plural layers including at least a light emitting layer is interposed between a cathode and an anode, wherein at least one layer in the above organic thin film layer, particularly a hole injecting layer contains the aromatic amine derivative described above in the form of a single component or a mixed component. Use of the aromatic amine derivative described above materialize an organic electroluminescence device which reduces an operating voltage and makes molecules less liable to be crystallized and which enhances a yield in producing the organic EL device and has a long lifetime.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Company, Limited
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Yabunouchi, Masahiro Kawamura, Hisayuki Kawamura, Chishio Hosokawa, Shigeyuki Matsunami, Tadahiko Yoshinaga, Yasunori Kijima
  • Patent number: 9105847
    Abstract: An organic EL display includes: lower electrodes arranged on a substrate to correspond to first organic EL elements of blue and second organic EL elements of any other color, respectively; hole injection/transport layers arranged on the lower electrodes; second organic light-emitting layers of the other color arranged on the hole injection/transport layers for the second organic EL elements; a first organic light-emitting layer of blue arranged on whole surfaces of the second organic light-emitting layers and the hole injection/transport layers for the first organic EL elements; an electron injection/transport layer arranged on a whole surface of the first light-emitting layer, the electron injection/transport layer made of a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound with an electron mobility of 1.0×10?6 cm2/Vs to 1.0×10?1 cm2/Vs both inclusive and having one or both of electron injection properties and electron transport properties; and an upper electrode arranged on the electron injection/transport layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: JOLED INC.
    Inventors: Tadahiko Yoshinaga, Tomoyuki Higo
  • Patent number: 9076740
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an organic electroluminescence display including a plurality of first electrodes, a hole injection/transport layer, a second organic light emitting layer for another color, a connection layer, a first organic light emitting layer for blue color, an electron injection/transport layer, and an electron injection/transport layer. The first electrodes are provided on a substrate on the basis of each of a first organic electroluminescence element for blue color and a second organic electroluminescence element for another color. The hole injection/transport layer is provided over the whole surface area on the first electrodes and having a property for one of hole injection or transport. The second organic light emitting layer for another color is provided over the whole surface area on the hole injection/transport layer and having a crystal part in a part. The connection layer is provided over the whole surface area on the second organic light emitting layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: JOLED INC.
    Inventors: Toshiki Matsumoto, Tadahiko Yoshinaga
  • Patent number: 9054331
    Abstract: An organic EL display includes: lower electrodes arranged on a substrate so as to correspond to red, green and blue organic EL elements, respectively; hole injection/transport layers arranged on the lower electrodes so as to correspond to the red, green and blue organic EL elements, respectively, the hole injection/transport layers having one or both of hole injection and hole transport properties; red and green organic light-emitting layers arranged on the hole injection/transport layers for the red and green organic EL elements, respectively, and including a low-molecular material; a blue organic light-emitting layer arranged on whole surfaces of the red and green organic light-emitting layers and the hole injection/transport layer for the blue organic EL element; and an electron injection/transport layer and an upper electrode arranged on a whole surface of the blue light-emitting layer, the electron injection/transport layer having one or both of electron injection properties and electron transport proper
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Higo, Tadahiko Yoshinaga
  • Patent number: 9024521
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an organic EL display device, including: a lower electrode provided every first organic EL element for a blue color and every second organic EL element for another color on a substrate; a hole injection/transport layer provided every first and second organic EL elements; a second organic light emitting layer for another color provided on said hole injection/transport layer for said second organic EL element; a connection layer made of a low-molecular material and provided over an entire surface of said hole injection/transport layer for said second organic light emitting layer and said first organic EL element; a first organic light emitting layer for a blue color provided over an entire surface of said connection layer; and an electron injection/transport layer and an upper electrode provided over an entire surface of said organic light emitting layer in order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tadahiko Yoshinaga, Toshiki Matsumoto, Tomoyuki Higo
  • Publication number: 20150090977
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescence unit includes: a plurality of light-emitting layers of different colors (14R, 14G, 14B); a first electrode (11) and a second electrode (16) applying a voltage to each of the plurality of light-emitting layers; and a charge transport layer disposed between one or more light-emitting layers of the plurality of light-emitting layers and the first electrode (11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2013
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: Toshiaki Imai, Kazunari Takagi, Tadahiko Yoshinaga, Tatsuya Matsumi, Makoto Ando
  • Patent number: 8994008
    Abstract: A reverse printing ink composition capable of realizing printing with a uniform film thickness and high-definition patterning, a printing method using the same, and a method of manufacturing a display unit using the same are provided. The reverse printing ink composition includes a solvent containing an aromatic carbon hydride and a straight-chain carbon hydride and a low-molecular material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiaki Imai, Makoto Ando, Tadahiko Yoshinaga
  • Patent number: 8889268
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescence element that includes a pair of electrodes and an organic light emitting functional layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Ichinori Takada, Tadahiko Yoshinaga, Emiko Kambe, Shigeyuki Matsunami, Yasunori Kijima
  • Patent number: 8841833
    Abstract: An organic EL display includes: lower electrodes arranged on a substrate so as to correspond to red, green and blue organic EL elements, respectively; hole injection/transport layers arranged on the lower electrodes so as to correspond to the red, green and blue organic EL elements, respectively, the hole injection/transport layers having one or both of hole injection and hole transport properties; red and green organic light-emitting layers arranged on the hole injection/transport layers for the red and green organic EL elements, respectively, and including a low-molecular material; a blue organic light-emitting layer arranged on whole surfaces of the red and green organic light-emitting layers and the hole injection/transport layer for the blue organic EL element; and an electron injection/transport layer and an upper electrode arranged on a whole surface of the blue light-emitting layer, the electron injection/transport layer having one or both of electron injection properties and electron transport proper
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Higo, Tadahiko Yoshinaga
  • Publication number: 20140247200
    Abstract: A display unit includes a plurality of display function layers provided in a stacking direction, and each including a plurality of pixel circuits. A pixel circuit group configured by predetermined number of the pixel circuits configures a single display pixel, and the predetermined number of the pixel circuits spans the plurality of display function layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Seiichiro JINTA, Tadahiko YOSHINAGA
  • Patent number: 8823255
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an organic EL display device, including: a lower electrode provided every first organic EL element for a blue color and every second organic EL element for another color on a substrate; a hole injection/transport layer provided every first and second organic EL elements; a second organic light emitting layer for another color provided on said hole injection/transport layer for said second organic EL element; a connection layer made of a low-molecular material and provided over an entire surface of said hole injection/transport layer for said second organic light emitting layer and said first organic EL element; a first organic light emitting layer for a blue color provided over an entire surface of said connection layer; and an electron injection/transport layer and an upper electrode provided over an entire surface of said organic light emitting layer in order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tadahiko Yoshinaga, Toshiki Matsumoto, Tomoyuki Higo