Patents by Inventor Tomohiro Kubota

Tomohiro Kubota 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: 11964928
    Abstract: A novel organic compound is provided. A novel organic compound having a carrier-transport property is provided. A novel organic compound having a hole-transport property is provided. An organic compound having a low refractive index is provided. An organic compound having a low refractive index and a carrier-transport property is provided. An organic compound having a low refractive index and a hole-transport property is provided. An organic compound represented by the following general formula (G1) is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Kubota, Takeyoshi Watabe, Satoshi Seo, Nobuharu Ohsawa
  • Publication number: 20240096551
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an inductor component includes preparing an insulating paste that is photosensitive and that includes a filler material composed of quartz, a glass material and a resin material, and a conductive paste, forming a first insulating layer by applying the insulating paste, and exposing the first insulating layer in a state where a first portion of the first insulating layer is shielded by a mask. The method further includes removing the first portion of the first insulating layer to form a groove at a position corresponding to the first portion, applying the conductive paste in the groove to form a coil conductor layer in the groove, and applying the insulating paste on the first insulating layer and the coil conductor layer to form a second insulating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki OOTA, Tomohiro KIDO, Tomonori SAKATA, Masahiro KUBOTA, Kenta KONDO
  • Publication number: 20240065014
    Abstract: A light-emitting apparatus with low power consumption is provided. A light-emitting apparatus including a first light-emitting device and a first color conversion layer. The first light-emitting device includes an anode, a cathode, and an EL layer positioned between the anode and the cathode. The EL layer includes a layer including a material with a refractive index lower than or equal to 1.75 at 467 nm. The first color conversion layer includes a first substance capable of emission by absorbing light. Light emitted from the first light-emitting device enters the first color conversion layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Takeyoshi WATABE, Tomohiro KUBOTA, Airi UEDA, Satoshi SEO, Nobuharu OHSAWA, Yuko KUBOTA
  • Publication number: 20240049578
    Abstract: A light-emitting device with low power consumption is provided. The light-emitting apparatus including a first light-emitting device and a first color conversion layer. The first light-emitting device includes an anode, a cathode, and an EL layer between the anode and the cathode. The EL layer includes a layer including a material with an ordinary refractive index higher than or equal to 1.50 and lower than 1.75 with respect to light with a wavelength longer than or equal to 455 nm and shorter than or equal to 465 nm. The first color conversion layer includes a first substance that absorbs light and emits light. An ordinary refractive index of the first color conversion layer with respect to light with a wavelength longer than or equal to 455 nm and shorter than or equal to 465 nm is higher than or equal to 1.40 and lower than or equal to 2.10. The first color conversion layer is on an optical path of the light emitted from the first light-emitting device to an outside of the light-emitting apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Takeyoshi WATABE, Airi UEDA, Yuta KAWANO, Tomohiro KUBOTA, Nobuharu OHSAWA, Satoshi SEO
  • Publication number: 20240023431
    Abstract: Provided is a light-emitting device with high emission efficiency. Provided is a light-emitting device including an anode, a cathode, and an EL layer positioned therebetween; the EL layer includes a light-emitting layer, a first layer, and a second layer; the first layer is positioned between the anode and the light-emitting layer; the first layer is in contact with the second layer; the second layer contains a monoamine compound having an arylamine structure; a first group, a second group, and a third group are bonded to a nitrogen atom included in the amine in the monoamine compound; the first group is a group including a carbazole structure; the second group is a group including a dibenzofuran structure or a dibenzothiophene structure; the third group includes an aromatic hydrocarbon structure having 6 to 18 carbon atoms or a heteroaromatic hydrocarbon structure having 4 to 26 carbon atoms; and a refractive index of the first layer is lower than a refractive index of the light-emitting layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeyoshi WATABE, Airi UEDA, Kyoko TAKEDA, Nobuharu OHSAWA, Satoshi SEO, Tomohiro KUBOTA, Takashi HIRAHARA
  • Patent number: 11835887
    Abstract: A developer accommodating device includes a rotator including a rotation shaft, a collar that rotates together with the rotation shaft, and a bearing rotatably supporting the rotation shaft via the collar. The rotation shaft includes a resin material, and collar including a metal material. The collar includes a collar main portion to be in sliding contact with the bearing, and a flange portion closer to a center of the rotator in an axial direction of the rotator than the collar main portion. The collar main portion has a first outer diameter, and the flange portion has a second outer diameter greater than the first outer diameter of the collar main portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuuki Tsuchiya, Yoshihiro Fujiwara, Tomohiro Kubota, Shuntaroh Tamaki, Ryusuke Mase
  • Publication number: 20230340663
    Abstract: Methods of forming a silicon oxycarbide layer on a surface of a substrate are disclosed. Exemplary methods include providing an oxygen-free reactant to a reaction chamber and performing one or more deposition cycles, wherein each deposition cycle includes providing a silicon precursor to the reaction chamber for a silicon precursor pulse period and providing plasma power for a plasma power period to form the silicon oxycarbide layer. Exemplary silicon precursors comprise a molecule comprising silicon, oxygen, carbon, and optionally nitrogen. The silicon precursor can further include one or more of (i) one or two silicon-oxygen bonds, (ii) one or two silicon-carbon bonds, or (iii) one carbon-carbon double bond.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Fanyong Ran, Zecheng Liu, Tomohiro Kubota, Takashi Yoshida, Kai Okabe
  • Patent number: 11800734
    Abstract: A light-emitting apparatus with low power consumption is provided. A light-emitting apparatus including a first light-emitting device and a first color conversion layer. The first light-emitting device includes an anode, a cathode, and an EL layer positioned between the anode and the cathode. The EL layer includes a layer including a material with a refractive index lower than or equal to 1.75 at 467 nm. The first color conversion layer includes a first substance capable of emission by absorbing light. Light emitted from the first light-emitting device enters the first color conversion layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Takeyoshi Watabe, Tomohiro Kubota, Airi Ueda, Satoshi Seo, Nobuharu Ohsawa, Yuko Kubota
  • Publication number: 20230250531
    Abstract: Methods of forming structures using a neutral beam, structures formed using a neutral beam, and reactor systems for forming the structures are disclosed. The neutral beam can be used to provide activated species during deposition of a layer and/or to provide activated species to treat a deposited layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Tomohiro Kubota, Mitsuya Utsuno, Toshihisa Nozawa, Seiji Samukawa, Hua Hsuan Chen
  • Publication number: 20230203054
    Abstract: An organic compound with a long lifetime and high emission efficiency is provided. An organic compound represented by General Formula (G1) is provided. In the formula, any one of X1 to X4 represents N, another one represents C, and the others represent C or N. Any one of C is bonded to a group represented by General Formula (r1), and the others are bonded to hydrogen (H), an alkyl (R) group, a cycloalkyl (Cy) group, an aryl (Ar) group, or a heteroaryl (Het) group. Ar1 represents an aromatic hydrocarbon, and is fused to an adjacent ring at a given site. When Ar1 represents a benzene ring, the benzene ring includes an Ar group or a Het group. Q and Z represent O or S. Any of R31 to R34 represents a bond to any one of X1 to X4, and the others represent H, an R group, a Cy group, an Ar group, or a Het group. Any one of R35 to R38 represents a polycyclic ring aromatic hydrocarbon group or a Het group, and the others represent H, an R group, a Cy group, an Ar group, or a Het group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Sachiko KAWAKAMI, Yuki HAYASHI, Miyako MORIKUBO, Tomohiro KUBOTA, Hiromitsu KIDO, Tomoya YAMAGUCHI, Hideko YOSHIZUMI, Satoshi SEO
  • Patent number: 11643724
    Abstract: Methods of forming structures using a neutral beam, structures formed using a neutral beam, and reactor systems for forming the structures are disclosed. The neutral beam can be used to provide activated species during deposition of a layer and/or to provide activated species to treat a deposited layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: ASM IP Holding B.V.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Kubota, Mitsuya Utsuno, Toshihisa Nozawa, Seiji Samukawa, Hua Hsuan Chen
  • Publication number: 20230103249
    Abstract: A light-emitting device with high resistance to heat in a fabrication process is provided. The light-emitting device includes an EL layer between an anode and a cathode, and the EL layer includes at least a light-emitting layer. The light-emitting device includes, between the light-emitting layer and the cathode, a first layer in contact with the light-emitting layer. The light-emitting layer includes a light-emitting substance, a first organic compound, and a second organic compound. The first layer includes a third organic compound different from the first organic compound and the second organic compound. The light-emitting substance emits green to yellow light. The third organic compound includes a bicarbazole skeleton and a heteroaromatic ring skeleton including one selected from a pyridine ring, a diazine ring, and a triazine ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sachiko Kawakami, Yui Yoshiyasu, Nobuharu Ohsawa, Tsunenori Suzuki, Toshiki Sasaki, Naoaki Hashimoto, Tomohiro Kubota, Satoshi Seo
  • Publication number: 20230095876
    Abstract: A light-emitting apparatus with low power consumption is provided. A light-emitting apparatus including a first light-emitting device and a first color conversion layer. The first light-emitting device includes an anode, a cathode, and an EL layer positioned between the anode and the cathode. The EL layer includes a layer including a material with a refractive index lower than or equal to 1.75 at 467 nm. The first color conversion layer includes a first substance capable of emission by absorbing light. Light emitted from the first light-emitting device enters the first color conversion layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Takeyoshi WATABE, Tomohiro KUBOTA, Airi UEDA, Satoshi SEO, Nobuharu OHSAWA, Yuko KUBOTA
  • Publication number: 20230089346
    Abstract: A light-emitting device with high heat resistance is provided. The light-emitting layer device includes an anode, a cathode; and an EL layer between the anode and the cathode. The EL layer includes a light-emitting layer and a first layer. The first layer is between the light-emitting layer and the cathode. The light-emitting layer is in contact with the first layer. The light-emitting layer includes a first organic compound and a light-emitting substance. The first layer includes a second organic compound. The light-emitting substance is a substance that emits blue light. The first organic compound is an organic compound including a fused aromatic hydrocarbon ring. The second organic compound is an organic compound including a heteroaromatic ring skeleton including one selected from a pyridine ring, a diazine ring, and a triazine ring; and a bicarbazole skeleton.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sachiko KAWAKAMI, Yui YOSHIYASU, Nobuharu OHSAWA, Tsunenori SUZUKI, Toshiki SASAKI, Naoaki HASHIMOTO, Tomohiro KUBOTA, Satoshi SEO
  • Publication number: 20230076945
    Abstract: A light-emitting device having favorable heat resistance is provided. The light-emitting device includes an anode, a cathode, and an EL layer positioned between the first anode and the cathode. The EL layer includes a light-emitting layer and a first layer. The first layer is positioned between the light-emitting layer and the cathode. The light-emitting layer and the first layer are in contact with each other. The light-emitting layer contains a first organic compound, a second organic compound, and a light-emitting substance. The first layer contains a third organic compound. The first organic compound and the third organic compound each have an electron-transport property. The second organic compound has a hole-transport property. The light-emitting substance emits red light. The first organic compound is represented by General Formula (G100). The third organic compound is represented by General Formula (G300).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Sachiko KAWAKAMI, Yui YOSHIYASU, Nobuharu OHSAWA, Tsunenori SUZUKI, Toshiki SASAKI, Naoaki HASHIMOTO, Tomohiro KUBOTA, Satoshi SEO
  • Publication number: 20230029353
    Abstract: An organic semiconductor device with low driving voltage is provided. The light-emitting device includes an anode, a cathode, and an EL layer between the anode and the cathode. The EL layer includes a hole-transport layer and alight-emitting layer. The hole-transport layer is positioned between the anode and the light-emitting layer. The hole-transport layer is not in contact with the anode. The hole-transport layer includes a transport layer material for a light-emitting device and the GSP_slope that is a potential gradient of a surface potential of an evaporated film of the material is higher than or equal to 20 (mV/nm).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Takeyoshi WATABE, Hiromi SEO, Airi UEDA, Yuta KAWANO, Tomohiro KUBOTA, Yasushi KITANO, Takao TOSU, Nobuharu OHSAWA, Satoshi SEO
  • Publication number: 20220397841
    Abstract: A developer accommodating device includes a rotator including a rotation shaft, a collar that rotates together with the rotation shaft, and a bearing rotatably supporting the rotation shaft via the collar. The rotation shaft includes a resin material, and collar including a metal material. The collar includes a collar main portion to be in sliding contact with the bearing, and a flange portion closer to a center of the rotator in an axial direction of the rotator than the collar main portion. The collar main portion has a first outer diameter, and the flange portion has a second outer diameter greater than the first outer diameter of the collar main portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Inventors: Yuuki TSUCHIYA, Yoshihiro FUJIWARA, Tomohiro KUBOTA, Shuntaroh TAMAKI, Ryusuke MASE
  • Patent number: 11506994
    Abstract: A toner cartridge include a convex portion and a conveyance drive gear. There is a protrusion which protrudes from the center of the conveyance drive gear. Further, there is a hole at a rear side of the convex portion. The protrusion is to be inserted into the hole which is at the rear side of the convex portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Kubota, Naoki Nakatake, Yoshiyuki Shimizu, Shoh Tsuritani, Manabu Hamada, Masato Tsuji, Masanari Fujita
  • Publication number: 20220350248
    Abstract: Methods of forming structures including a photoresist underlayer and an adhesion layer and structures including the photoresist underlayer and adhesion layer are disclosed. Exemplary methods include forming the photoresist underlayer and forming an adhesion layer using a cyclical deposition process. The adhesion layer can be formed within the same reaction chamber used to form the photoresist underlayer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Zecheng Liu, Takashi Yoshida, Tomohiro Kubota, Hideaki Fukuda
  • Publication number: 20220348534
    Abstract: An organic compound having a hole-transport property and a low refractive index is provided. An organic compound represented by General Formula (G1) is provided. In the formula, Ar12 represents an aryl group having 6 to 10 carbon atoms in a ring and includes at least one branched-chain or cyclic alkyl group having 3 to 12 carbon atoms. The total number of carbon atoms of the branched-chain or cyclic alkyl group having 3 to 12 carbon atoms in Ar12 is 6 to 36. Ar11 and Ar21 each represent a substituted or unsubstituted arylene group having 6 to 13 carbon atoms in a ring. Ar22 represents a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 10 carbon atoms in a ring. In addition, n and m each independently represent an integer of 0 or 1. Ar1 represents a phenyl group including at least one alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms. Ar2 represents a phenyl group including at least one alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, or an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Tomohiro KUBOTA, Takao TOSU, Takeyoshi WATABE, Airi UEDA, Yuta KAWANO, Nobuharu OHSAWA, Satoshi SEO