Patents by Inventor Tetsuji Ito

Tetsuji Ito 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: 11947249
    Abstract: A light emitting apparatus according to the present disclosure includes a first layer made of a semiconductor monocrystal, a second layer provided at the first layer and having a crystal orientation not continuous with the crystal orientation of the first layer, and a columnar crystal structure including a light emitting layer and extending from the second layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takafumi Noda, Hideki Hahiro, Tetsuji Fujita, Atsushi Ito, Koichiro Akasaka, Yasutaka Imai, Michifumi Nagawa
  • Publication number: 20230247849
    Abstract: Provided is a display device containing quantum dots. A display device includes a display area. The display area has a light emitting device in which a first electrode, a layer between the first electrode and an emitting layer, the emitting layer, a layer between the emitting layer and a second electrode, and the second electrode are stacked in this order on a substrate. The emitting layer is formed of an inorganic layer containing quantum dots, and the light emitting device is a top emission device. A thin film transistor connected to the light emitting device is preferably an n-ch TFT.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: NS MATERIALS INC.
    Inventors: Akiharu MIYANAGA, Tetsuji ITO, Mayuko WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20230232647
    Abstract: A quantum dot (QD) dispersion solution includes QD phosphor particles, ligands, and a solvent. Each ligand includes a thiol group and at least one functional group of ester groups and ether groups. The solvent is propylene glycol monomethyl ether acetate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2020
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: Masaki YAMAMOTO, Kazuki GOTO, Yuma YAGUCHI, Soichiro NIKATA, Yuko OGURA, Masanori TANAKA, Yuka TAKAMIZUMA, Tetsuji ITO, Mikihiro TAKASAKI
  • Patent number: 11672135
    Abstract: Provided is a display device containing quantum dots. A display device includes a display area. The display area has a light emitting device in which a first electrode, a layer between the first electrode and an emitting layer, the emitting layer, a layer between the emitting layer and a second electrode, and the second electrode are stacked in this order on a substrate. The emitting layer is formed of an inorganic layer containing quantum dots, and the light emitting device is a top emission device. A thin film transistor connected to the light emitting device is preferably an n-ch TFT.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: NS MATERIALS INC.
    Inventors: Akiharu Miyanaga, Tetsuji Ito, Mayuko Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20230080877
    Abstract: The electroluminescent element includes an anode electrode, a cathode electrode, and a quantum dot (QD) layer including quantum dots and arranged between the anode electrode and the cathode electrode. The quantum dots are Cd-free quantum dots that include at least Zn and Se, and do not include Cd at a mass ratio of 1/30 or greater in relation to Zn. The particle size of each quantum dot is within a range from 3 nm to 20 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2020
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Masaki YAMAMOTO, Hirohisa YAMADA, Yoshihiro UETA, Keisuke KITANO, Kazuki GOTO, Yusuke SAKAKIBARA, Tadashi KOBASHI, Masashi KAGO, Soichiro NIKATA, Yuko OGURA, Masanori TANAKA, Yuka TAKAMIZUMA, Tetsuji ITO
  • Publication number: 20220195300
    Abstract: The electroluminescent element includes a QD layer and an electron transport layers. QD phosphor particles contained in the QD layer are nanocrystals containing zinc and selenium, or zinc, selenium, and sulfur. A fluorescent half width of the QD phosphor particles is 25 nm or less, and a fluorescent peak wavelength of the QD phosphor particles is 410 nm or more and 470 nm or less. The QD layer contains a surface modifier that protects surfaces of the quantum dots, and a weight ratio of the surface modifier to the QD phosphor particles is 0.115 and more and 0.207 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Kanako NAKATA, Kazuki GOTO, Tatsuya RYOHWA, Masaki YAMAMOTO, Yuko OGURA, Yuka TAKAMIZUMA, Masanori TANAKA, Soichiro NIKATA, Tetsuji ITO, Mayuko WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20220199926
    Abstract: The electroluminescent element includes a QD layer and an electron transport layer. QD phosphor particles contained in the QD layer are nanocrystals containing zinc and selenium, or zinc, selenium, and sulfur. A fluorescent half width of the QD phosphor particles is 25 nm or less, and a fluorescent peak wavelength of the QD phosphor particles is 410 nm or more and 470 nm or less. The electron transport layer contains zinc oxide. A film thickness of the electron transport layer is 15 nm or more and 85 nm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Tadashi KOBASHI, Masaki YAMAMOTO, Yuko OGURA, Yuka TAKAMIZUMA, Masanori TANAKA, Soichiro NIKATA, Tetsuji ITO, Mayuko WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20220199924
    Abstract: The electroluminescent element includes a QD layer and a hole transport layer. QD phosphor particles contained in the QD layer are nanocrystals containing zinc and selenium, or zinc, selenium, and sulfur. A fluorescent half width of the QD phosphor particles is 25 nm or less, and a fluorescent peak wavelength of the QD phosphor particles is 410 nm or more and 470 nm or less. The hole transport layer includes poly[(9,9-dioctylfluorenyl-2,7-diyl)-co-(4,4?-(N-(4-sec-butylphenyl)diphenylamine)]. A film thickness of the hole transport layer is 10 nm or more and 57 nm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Tadashi KOBASHI, Masaki YAMAMOTO, Yuko OGURA, Yuka TAKAMIZUMA, Masanori TANAKA, Soichiro NIKATA, Tetsuji ITO, Mayuko WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20220199925
    Abstract: The electroluminescent element includes a QD layer. QD phosphor particles contained in the QD layer are nanocrystals containing zinc and selenium, or zinc, selenium, and sulfur. A fluorescent half width of the QD phosphor particles is 25 nm or less, and a fluorescent peak wavelength of the QD phosphor particles is 410 nm or more and 470 nm or less. The film thickness of the QD layer is 12 nm or more and 49 nm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Tadashi KOBASHI, Masaki YAMAMOTO, Yuko OGURA, Yuka TAKAMIZUMA, Masanori TANAKA, Soichiro NIKATA, Tetsuji ITO, Mayuko WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20210399249
    Abstract: Provided is a display device containing quantum dots. A display device includes a display area. The display area has a light emitting device in which a first electrode, a layer between the first electrode and an emitting layer, the emitting layer, a layer between the emitting layer and a second electrode, and the second electrode are stacked in this order on a substrate. The emitting layer is formed of an inorganic layer containing quantum dots, and the light emitting device is a top emission device. A thin film transistor connected to the light emitting device is preferably an n-ch TFT.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2018
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicant: NS MATERIALS INC.
    Inventors: Akiharu MIYANAGA, Tetsuji ITO, Mayuko WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20210234056
    Abstract: An object is to provide an infrared sensor with a quantum dot optimized. The present invention provides an infrared sensor (1) including a light absorption layer (5) that absorbs an infrared ray, wherein the light absorption layer includes a plurality of spherical quantum dots (21). Alternatively, the present invention provides an infrared sensor including a light absorption layer that absorbs an infrared ray, wherein the light absorption layer includes a plurality of quantum dots and the quantum dot includes at least one kind of PbS, PbSe, CdHgTe, Ag2S, Ag2Se, Ag2Te, AgInSe2, AgInTe2, CuInSe2, CuInTe2, and InAs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Applicant: NS Materials Inc.
    Inventors: Akiharu MIYANAGA, Tetsuji ITO
  • Publication number: 20210184074
    Abstract: Provided is a display device containing quantum dots. A display device includes a display area. The display area has a light emitting device in which a first electrode, a layer between the first electrode and an emitting layer, the emitting layer, a layer between the emitting layer and a second electrode, and the second electrode are stacked in this order on a substrate. The emitting layer is formed of an inorganic layer containing quantum dots, and the light emitting device is a bottom emission device. All the layers from the first electrode to the second electrode are preferably each formed of the inorganic layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2018
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Applicant: NS MATERIALS INC.
    Inventors: Akiharu MIYANAGA, Tetsuji ITO, Mayuko WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20200328325
    Abstract: Provided is a light emitting device and an illumination device that include quantum dots. A light emitting device includes an anode, a hole transport layer, an emitting layer, an electron transport layer, and a cathode. The light emitting layer is formed of an inorganic layer containing quantum dots. All the layers from the anode to the cathode are preferably each formed of the inorganic layer. The hole transport layer, the emitting layer, and the electron transport layer are preferably each constituted by the inorganic layer formed from nanoparticles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Applicant: NS MATERIALS INC.
    Inventors: Akiharu MIYANAGA, Tetsuji ITO, Mayuko WATANABE
  • Patent number: 10598844
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a wavelength conversion member capable of appropriately performing color conversion compared to the prior arts and a light-emitting apparatus, a light-emitting element, a light source apparatus, and a display apparatus using the wavelength conversion member. A wavelength conversion member of the present invention includes a light incident surface, a light emission surface and a side face that connects between the light incident surface and the light emission surface, and includes a container provided with a storage space inside the side face, a wavelength conversion substance that fills the inside of the storage space and a colored layer formed on the side face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: NS MATERIALS INC.
    Inventors: Shingo Kokudo, Akiharu Miyanaga, Eiichi Kanaumi, Tetsuji Ito, Yoshikazu Nageno
  • Publication number: 20200079649
    Abstract: To provide a quantum dot-containing member, a sheet member, a backlight device, and a display device containing quantum dots capable of effectively suppressing a temporal change of a light emission intensity, particularly, without providing a barrier layer, a sheet member (1) containing quantum dots of the invention is a sheet member obtained by dispersing quantum dots in resin, and the resin contains the following general formula (1) and general formula (2). where “R1” and “R2” refer to H or CnHm (where “n” and “m” denote integers).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2017
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Applicant: NS Materials Inc.
    Inventors: Akiharu MIYANAGA, Tetsuji ITO
  • Patent number: 10422937
    Abstract: To provide a wavelength converting member in which the occurrence of blackening can be suppressed compared to the prior art; and a light emitting device, a light emitting element, a light source unit, and a display device using the wavelength converting member. The wavelength converting member includes: a receptacle including a light entrance plane and a light exit plane opposite to the light entrance plane and provided with a receiving space inside the light entrance plane and the light exit plane; and a wavelength conversion layer having quantum dots that is placed in the receiving space. The distance between the light entrance plane and the wavelength conversion layer is longer than the distance between the light exit plane and the wavelength conversion layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: NS MATERIALS INC.
    Inventors: Akiharu Miyanaga, Shingo Kokudo, Eiichi Kanaumi, Tetsuji Ito, Yoshikazu Nageno
  • Publication number: 20170315288
    Abstract: To provide a wavelength converting member in which the occurrence of blackening can be suppressed compared to the prior art; and a light emitting device, a light emitting element, a light source unit, and a display device using the wavelength converting member. The wavelength converting member includes: a receptacle including a light entrance plane and a light exit plane opposite to the light entrance plane and provided with a receiving space inside the light entrance plane and the light exit plane; and a wavelength conversion layer having quantum dots that is placed in the receiving space. The distance between the light entrance plane and the wavelength conversion layer is longer than the distance between the light exit plane and the wavelength conversion layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Applicant: NS MATERIALS INC.
    Inventors: Akiharu MIYANAGA, Shingo KOKUDO, Eiichi KANAUMI, Tetsuji ITO, Yoshikazu NAGENO
  • Publication number: 20170269280
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a wavelength conversion member capable of appropriately performing color conversion compared to the prior arts and a light-emitting apparatus, a light-emitting element, a light source apparatus, and a display apparatus using the wavelength conversion member. A wavelength conversion member of the present invention includes a light incident surface, a light emission surface and a side face that connects between the light incident surface and the light emission surface, and includes a container provided with a storage space inside the side face, a wavelength conversion substance that fills the inside of the storage space and a colored layer formed on the side face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2015
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Applicant: NS MATERIALS INC.
    Inventors: Shingo KOKUDO, Akiharu MIYANAGA, Eiichi KANAUMI, Tetsuji ITO, Yoshikazu NAGENO
  • Patent number: 7309945
    Abstract: The invention provides a laminate-type piezoelectric element comprising a ceramic laminate 10 with ceramic layers 11 and internal electrode layers 12 respectively stacked alternately, and a pair of external electrodes respectively connecting with a pair of connecting areas 15 formed at an outer peripheral area of the ceramic laminate 10. The internal electrode layer comprises an internal electrode part 120 with electric conductivity, and a non-pole part 120 where the internal electrode part 120 does not exist at the inside near an outer peripheral area. The ceramic laminate 10 comprises stress relaxation parts 13 able to modify more easily their shapes than the ceramic layers 11, along at least a part of said internal electrode layers. This stress relaxation part 13 is placed so as to overlap with the non-pole part 129 of either of the internal electrode layers 12, in a stacking direction of the ceramic laminate 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2007
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Akio Iwase, Tetsuji Ito, Toshio Ooshima, Shige Kadotani
  • Publication number: 20050168106
    Abstract: The invention provides a laminate-type piezoelectric element comprising a ceramic laminate 10 with ceramic layers 11 and internal electrode layers 12 respectively stacked alternately, and a pair of external electrodes respectively connecting with a pair of connecting areas 15 formed at an outer peripheral area of the ceramic laminate 10. The internal electrode layer comprises an internal electrode part 120 with electric conductivity, and a non-pole part 120 where the internal electrode part 120 does not exist at the inside near an outer peripheral area. The ceramic laminate 10 comprises stress relaxation parts 13 able to modify more easily their shapes than the ceramic layers 11, along at least a part of said internal electrode layers. This stress relaxation part 13 is placed so as to overlap with the non-pole part 129 of either of the internal electrode layers 12, in a stacking direction of the ceramic laminate 10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2005
    Publication date: August 4, 2005
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akio Iwase, Tetsuji Ito, Toshio Ooshima, Shige Kadotani