Patents by Inventor Takashi Ochi

Takashi Ochi 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: 10411207
    Abstract: An organic EL display device (1) includes: an organic EL display panel (2) including a flexible plastic substrate and an organic EL element formed on the plastic substrate; and a protective member (3) provided on the organic EL display panel (2), the protective member (3) being bendable. The protective member (3) includes a plurality of protective layers (3a) to (3e) stacked so as to be mutually slidable. The organic EL display panel (2) and the protective layer (3a) being in contact with the organic EL display panel (2) are fixed to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tohru Senoo, Takeshi Hirase, Takashi Ochi, Tohru Sonoda, Mamoru Ishida
  • Patent number: 10399057
    Abstract: With this analysis device, air that has been heated by a heater is blown by a fan in the direction of an analysis receptacle rotary driver and an analysis receptacle that is rotationally driven by the analysis receptacle rotary driver. The analysis receptacle rotary driver rotates the analysis receptacle within the analysis chamber in the same direction as the direction of air flow produced by the fan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: PHC HOLDINGS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seiichiro Iketani, Takashi Ochi, Ryuji Shimizu, Masahiro Kouge, Shinichi Nakasuka, Kazuyoshi Mori
  • Patent number: 10384417
    Abstract: It comprises: a film made of a resin in which an aperture pattern is formed, the aperture pattern passing through the film, the aperture being with a shape and dimension corresponding to the thin-film pattern in a pre-established region for formation of the thin-film pattern on the substrate; and a metal member that has an aperture part opposite the aperture pattern with a shape and dimension larger than the aperture pattern, the metal member being provided as a thin sheet in intimate contact with one surface of the film on an outside part of the aperture pattern of the film. The film is mutually distanced and distributed, at a position where the film does not overlap the aperture pattern, into a plurality of divided parts on one surface of the metal member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takashi Ochi, Shinichi Kawato, Kazuki Matsunaga, Yuhki Kobayashi, Katsuhiro Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20190237514
    Abstract: In this manufacturing method, in a blue fluorescent light-emitting layer formation step, a blue fluorescent light-emitting layer is formed in both a subpixel and a subpixel; in a green fluorescent light-emitting layer formation step, a green fluorescent light-emitting layer is formed in both the subpixel and a subpixel; and in a red light-emitting layer formation step, a red light-emitting layer is formed in both the subpixel and a subpixel. In at least two of the abovementioned steps, linear vapor deposition is performed using a slitted mask having an opening that is provided so as to extend across a plurality of pixels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Yuto TSUKAMOTO, Seiichi MITSUI, Shinichi KAWATO, Satoshi INOUE, Yuhki KOBAYASHI, Takashi OCHI
  • Patent number: 10340479
    Abstract: In an organic EL (electroluminescence) display device including a base member, and an organic EL element disposed on the base member, the organic EL display device further includes a sealing film to seal the organic EL element. The sealing film includes two inorganic layers, and two organic layers disposed between the two inorganic layers and having infiltration rates different from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mamoru Ishida, Tetsuya Okamoto, Takeshi Hirase, Takashi Ochi, Tohru Senoo, Tohru Sonoda
  • Publication number: 20190189035
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel which is flexible, and including a pair of flat portions held in a flat state, and a bending portion provided between the pair of the flat portions and held to be bendable; a first support supporting one of the pair of the flat portions in a flat state; a second support supporting the other of the pair of the flat portions in a flat state; and a joint joining the first support and the second support together. The joint is flexible and provided not to interfere with the bending portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Takashi OCHI, Mamoru ISHIDA, Tohru SONODA, Tohru SENOO, Takeshi HIRASE
  • Publication number: 20190157360
    Abstract: In this manufacturing method, in a blue fluorescent light-emitting layer formation step, a blue fluorescent light-emitting layer is formed in both a subpixel and a subpixel; in a green fluorescent light-emitting layer formation step, a green fluorescent light-emitting layer is formed in both the subpixel and a subpixel; and in a red light-emitting layer formation step, a red light-emitting layer is formed in both the subpixel and a subpixel. In at least two of the abovementioned steps, linear vapor deposition is performed using a slit mask having an opening that is provided so as to extend across a plurality of pixels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Yuto TSUKAMOTO, Seiichi MITSUI, Shinichi KAWATO, Satoshi INOUE, Yuhki KOBAYASHI, Takashi OCHI
  • Publication number: 20190140199
    Abstract: An organic EL display device (1) includes: an organic EL display panel (2) including a flexible plastic substrate and an organic EL element formed on the plastic substrate; and a protective member (3) provided on the organic EL display panel (2), the protective member (3) being bendable. The protective member (3) includes a plurality of protective layers (3a) to (3e) stacked so as to be mutually slidable. The organic EL display panel (2) and the protective layer (3a) being in contact with the organic EL display panel (2) are fixed to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Tohru SENOO, Takeshi HIRASE, Takashi OCHI, Tohru SONODA, Mamoru ISHIDA
  • Patent number: 10280251
    Abstract: Provided is an epoxy resin composition for giving a carbon fiber-reinforced composite material that simultaneously achieves tensile strength and compressive strength. An epoxy resin composition containing at least the following constituent elements [A]-[D] wherein the epoxy resin composition contains 5-50 mass % of constituent element [A] and 20-95 mass % of constituent element [B] relative to 100 mass % of total epoxy resin weight. [A]: at least one epoxy resin selected from 1,2-bis(glycidyloxy)benzene, 1,3-bis(glycidyloxy)benzene, 1,4-bis(glycidyloxy)benzene, derivatives of these, and epoxy resins having a structure represented by general formula [1] (in general formula [1], at least one of R1-R5 and at least one of R6-R10 is a glycidyl ether group, and the other R1-R10 represent any of a hydrogen atom, halogen atom, or aliphatic hydrocarbon group having four or fewer carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Junichi Aoki, Atsuhito Arai, Hiroaki Sakata, Takashi Ochi
  • Patent number: 10276797
    Abstract: The present invention provides a vapor deposition device including a novel alignment mechanism applicable to a large substrate, a vapor deposition method, and a method for manufacturing an organic electroluminescence element. The vapor deposition device of the present invention is a vapor deposition device for performing vapor deposition while transporting a substrate in a first direction, and includes: a mask; a substrate tray including a substrate-holding portion and a guide portion protruding from the substrate-holding portion to the mask side and disposed along the first direction; at least one distance meter disposed on a first end which is one end of the mask or the guide portion; and at least one driver coupled with a second end which is the other end of the mask. The at least one distance meter is configured to measure a distance between the at least one distance meter and the guide portion or the first end when the guide portion faces the first end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiro Ichihara, Eiichi Matsumoto, Yuhki Kobayashi, Katsuhiro Kikuchi, Shinichi Kawato, Takashi Ochi, Kazuki Matsunaga, Satoshi Inoue
  • Publication number: 20190115398
    Abstract: A blue fluorescent light-emitting layer is provided in common for a subpixel and a subpixel, a green fluorescent light-emitting layer is provided in common for the subpixel and a subpixel, and a red light-emitting layer is provided in common for the subpixel and a subpixel. An opposing surface distance is less than or equal to a Förster radius, and in the subpixel, the green fluorescent light-emitting layer and the red light-emitting layer are layered with a separation layer interposed therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Yuto TSUKAMOTO, Seiichi MITSUI, Shinichi KAWATO, Satoshi INOUE, Yuhki KOBAYASHI, Takashi OCHI
  • Publication number: 20190097135
    Abstract: The present invention provides a vapor deposition device including a novel alignment mechanism applicable to a large substrate, a vapor deposition method, and a method for manufacturing an organic electroluminescence element. The vapor deposition device of the present invention is a vapor deposition device for performing vapor deposition while transporting a substrate in a first direction, and includes: a mask; a substrate tray including a substrate-holding portion and a guide portion protruding from the substrate-holding portion to the mask side and disposed along the first direction; at least one distance meter disposed on a first end which is one end of the mask or the guide portion; and at least one driver coupled with a second end which is the other end of the mask. The at least one distance meter is configured to measure a distance between the at least one distance meter and the guide portion or the first end when the guide portion faces the first end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventors: MASAHIRO ICHIHARA, EIICHI MATSUMOTO, YUHKI KOBAYASHI, KATSUHIRO KIKUCHI, SHINICHI KAWATO, TAKASHI OCHI, KAZUKI MATSUNAGA, SATOSHI INOUE
  • Publication number: 20190088895
    Abstract: An organic EL display device includes an organic EL display panel having a plastic substrate exhibiting flexibility and organic EL elements formed on the plastic substrate, a first inorganic layer provided on an upper surface of the organic EL display panel, and a second inorganic layer provided on a lower surface of the organic EL display panel. The entire thickness T of the organic EL display device is equal to or less than 74 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Mamoru ISHIDA, Yoshifumi OHTA, Takeshi HIRASE, Takashi OCHI, Tohru SENOO, Tohru SONODA
  • Patent number: 10236459
    Abstract: Disclosed is a display device including: a display panel 40 including an element substrate 20 having a first resin substrate 10a over which a first underlayer film 11a and a plurality of switching elements are provided, and a counter substrate 30 having a second resin substrate 10b on which a second underlayer film 11b is provided; and a functional sheet 45 bonded to a surface, of the display panel 40, close to the counter substrate 30. The display device has a curved portion C in which the display panel 40 is able to be curved at a predetermined radius of curvature, and a pair of flat portions between which the curved portion C is interposed and a predetermined angle is formed, and in which the display panel 40 is held flatly. The functional sheet 45 is bonded such that the curved portion C is able to be maintained at the predetermined radius of curvature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiro Hasegawa, Yuki Yasuda, Takashi Ochi, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Shoji Okazaki, Kenji Misono
  • Publication number: 20190081110
    Abstract: Provided is an organic EL display device including an organic EL display panel exhibiting flexibility, a functional layer portion provided to face the organic EL display panel on one surface side thereof and exhibiting flexibility, and a support layer portion provided to face the organic EL display panel on the other surface side thereof and exhibiting flexibility. The functional layer portion is slidably provided on one surface of the organic EL display panel, and the support layer portion is slidably provided on the other surface of the organic EL display panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventors: Tohru SONODA, Takeshi HIRASE, Tohru SENOO, Takashi OCHI, Mamoru ISHIDA
  • Publication number: 20190081112
    Abstract: A blue fluorescent light-emitting layer is provided in common for first and second subpixels, a green fluorescent light-emitting layer is provided in common for second and third subpixels, and a red light-emitting layer is provided in common for the second and fourth subpixels. In the second subpixel, an opposing surface distance is less than or equal to a Förster radius, and at least of the blue fluorescent light-emitting layer and the green fluorescent light-emitting layer are layered with the red light-emitting layer with a separation layer interposed therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2017
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventors: Yuto TSUKAMOTO, Seiichi MITSUI, Shinichi KAWATO, Satoshi INOUE, Yuhki KOBAYASHI, Takashi OCHI
  • Publication number: 20190067636
    Abstract: An organic EL display device includes: a resin substrate; an organic EL element provided on the resin substrate; a foundation layer covering the organic EL element; and a hard coat layer provided on the foundation layer. The difference between the Martens hardness obtained if the hard coat layer is formed on the glass substrate and the Martens hardness obtained if the hard coat layer is formed on the glass substrate via the resin film is less than 34 N/mm2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: Tohru SENOO, Takeshi HIRASE, Takashi OCHI, Tohru SONODA, Mamoru ISHIDA
  • Patent number: 10217957
    Abstract: An organic EL display device includes: a first support member having flexibility; an organic EL layer layered in a matrix form on the first support member; and a second support member disposed opposite the first support member with the organic EL layer interposed between the first support member and the second support member. Grooves on the first support member and grooves on the second support member overlap with one another. As a result, flexibility of the organic EL display device can be enhanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tohru Sonoda, Takashi Ochi, Hisao Ochi, Tohru Senoo, Takeshi Hirase, Akihiro Matsui, Jumpei Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20190036077
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method including: an organic EL element formation step of forming an organic EL element (18) on an base substrate (10); and a sealing film formation step of forming a sealing film (20a) covering the organic EL element (18). The sealing film formation step includes an atomic layer deposition step of forming an inorganic barrier film (21) as the sealing film (20a) by atomic layer deposition and a molecular layer deposition step of forming an inorganic-organic composite barrier film (22) as the sealing film (20a) by molecular layer deposition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Takeshi HIRASE, Tetsuya OKAMOTO, Tohru SENOO, Tohru SONODA, Takashi OCHI, Mamoru ISHIDA
  • Patent number: 10184167
    Abstract: A vapor deposition unit (1) includes a vapor deposition mask (50), a vapor deposition source (10), and a limiting plate unit (20). The limiting plate unit (20) includes (i) a plurality of first limiting plates (32) separated from each other in an X axis direction and (ii) a plurality of second limiting plates (42) disposed directly above the first limiting plates (32) in a plan view and separated from each other in the X axis direction. At least two second limiting plates (42) are arranged in the X axis direction for each first limiting plate (32).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuhki Kobayashi, Katsuhiro Kikuchi, Shinichi Kawato, Satoshi Inoue, Takashi Ochi, Eiichi Matsumoto, Masahiro Ichihara