Patents by Inventor Toshihiro Iwakuma

Toshihiro Iwakuma 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: 8912531
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescent device including an emitting layer, an electron-injecting controlling layer and an electron-transporting layer between an anode and a cathode in sequential order from the anode, bonding one to another, the emitting layer including a host material and a dopant, the ionization potential (Ips) of the main material forming the electron-injecting controlling layer and the ionization potential (Iph) of the host material of the emitting layer satisfying the following relationship (i), the electron mobility of the electron-transporting material forming the electron-transporting layer being 10?5 cm2/Vs or more at the electric field intensity of 400 to 500 (V/cm)1/2, and the affinity level (Af1) of the host material of the emitting layer, the affinity level (Af2) of the main material forming the electron-injecting controlling layer, and the affinity level (Af3) of the electron-transporting material forming the electron-transporting layer satisfying the following relationships (ii) and (iii
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshinari Ogiwara, Kazuki Nishimura, Toshihiro Iwakuma
  • Patent number: 8895154
    Abstract: Provided is an organic electroluminescent device in which an organic thin film layer comprising a single layer or plural layers comprising a phosphorescence light-emitting layer containing at least a host material and a phosphorescent organic metal complex is interposed between a cathode and an anode, wherein the total of the halogen element mass concentrations of bromine, iodine and chlorine which are contained as impurities in the host material constituting the light-emitting layer described above is 50 ppm or less. It has a high emission luminance, a high luminous efficiency and a long life.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiro Iwakuma, Hiroya Yasuda, Kiyoshi Ikeda, Keiko Yamamichi, Takashi Arakane, Chishio Hosokawa
  • Publication number: 20140231794
    Abstract: A compound represented by the following formula (1): wherein in the formula (1), Ar1 and Ar2 are independently a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group; X1 to X4 and X13 to X16 are independently CR1, CH or N; one of X5 to X8 is a carbon atom bonding to one of X9 to X12, and at least one of X5 to X8 that is adjacent to the carbon atom bonding to one of X9 to X12 is CR2; one of X9 to X12 is a carbon atom bonding to one of X5 to X8, and X9 to X12 that is adjacent to the carbon atom bonding to one of X5 to X8 is CH or N; and the remaining X5 to X8 and the remaining X9 to X12 are CR1, CH or N.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2012
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiro Iwakuma, Kei Yoshida
  • Patent number: 8785003
    Abstract: An organic EL device material includes at least a unit including 3,5-biscarbazolylphenyl group, a unit including 4-carbazolylphenyl group, and a compound including a unit including a nitrogen-containing aromatic heterocyclic ring bonding the unit including 3,5-biscarbazolylphenyl group and the unit including 4-carbazolylphenyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Idemtisu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Inoue, Kumiko Hibino, Kei Yoshida, Kazuki Nishimura, Toshihiro Iwakuma
  • Patent number: 8779655
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device includes: a cathode; an anode; and a single-layered or multilayered organic thin-film layer provided between the cathode and the anode. The organic thin-film layer includes at least one emitting layer. The at least one emitting layer contains at least one phosphorescent material and a host material represented by the following formula (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuki Nishimura, Toshihiro Iwakuma, Kenichi Fukuoka, Chishio Hosokawa, Masahiro Kawamura, Mitsunori Ito, Yoriyuki Takashima, Toshinari Ogiwara
  • Patent number: 8759819
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device includes an anode, a cathode, and an organic thin-film layer interposed between the anode and the cathode. The organic thin-film layer includes a phosphorescent-emitting layer containing a host and a phosphorescent dopant, and an electron transporting layer that is provided closer to the cathode than the phosphorescent-emitting layer. The host contains a substituted or unsubstituted polycyclic fused aromatic skeleton.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuki Nishimura, Toshihiro Iwakuma, Kenichi Fukuoka, Chishio Hosokawa, Jun Endo, Nobuhiro Yabunouchi, Hiroshi Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 8741450
    Abstract: A material for organic electroluminescence devices comprising a compound in which a heterocyclic group having nitrogen is bonded to an arylcarbazolyl group or a carbazolylalkylene group and an organic electroluminescence device comprising an anode, a cathode and an organic thin film layer comprising at least one layer and disposed between the anode and the cathode, wherein at least one layer in the organic thin film layer comprises the material for organic electroluminescence devices described above. The material can provide an organic electroluminescence device emitting bluish light with a high purity of color. The organic electroluminescence device uses the material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiro Iwakuma, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Yoshio Hironaka, Hidetsugu Ikeda, Chishio Hosokawa, Seiji Tomita, Takashi Arakane
  • Publication number: 20140131680
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device includes an anode, a cathode, and an organic thin-film layer interposed between the anode and the cathode. The organic thin-film layer includes a phosphorescent-emitting layer containing a host and a phosphorescent dopant, and an electron transporting layer that is provided closer to the cathode than the phosphorescent-emitting layer. The host contains a substituted or unsubstituted polycyclic fused aromatic skeleton.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2013
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuki NISHIMURA, Toshihiro IWAKUMA, Kenichi FUKUOKA, Chishio HOSOKAWA, Jun ENDO, Nobuhiro YABUNOUCHI, Hiroshi YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 8685543
    Abstract: A material for electroluminescent devices which comprises a compound in which a heterocyclic group having nitrogen is bonded to carbazolyl group and an organic electroluminescent device having at least one organic thin film layer which is sandwiched between the cathode and the anode and contains the above material in at least one layer, are provided. The material can provide organic electroluminescent devices emitting bluish light with a high purity of color. The organic electroluminescence device uses the material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiro Iwakuma, Chishio Hosokawa, Hidetsugu Ikeda, Seiji Tomita, Takashi Arakane
  • Publication number: 20140061627
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device (1) includes: an anode (3); a cathode (4); and an organic thin-film layer (10) interposed between the anode (3) and the cathode (4). The organic thin-film layer (10) includes a phosphorescent-emitting layer (5) containing a host and a phosphorescent dopant. The host contains a first host and a second host. The first host includes a substituted or unsubstituted polycyclic fused aromatic skeleton, the skeleton having 10 to 30 ring-forming atoms not including an atom of a substituent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuki NISHIMURA, Toshihiro IWAKUMA, Kenichi FUKUOKA, Chishio HOSOKAWA
  • Publication number: 20140027744
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device including two or more organic thin film layers including an emitting layer between an anode and a cathode, the emitting layer including at least one compound represented by the following formula (1), and an organic thin film layer that is in contact with the emitting layer on the cathode side comprising at least one benzimidazole compound represented by the following formula (A):
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kei YOSHIDA, Toshihiro Iwakuma, Hideaki Nagashima, Ryohei Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20140021461
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device comprising a compound having a specific structure having a heteroatom and an organic electroluminescence device which comprises a cathode, an anode and an organic thin film layer which comprises at least one layer comprising at least a light emitting layer and is disposed between the cathode and the anode, wherein at least one layer in the organic thin film layer comprises the above compound. The device provides excellent efficiency of light emission, forms no defects in pixels, exhibits excellent heat resistance and has a long life.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshihiro Iwakuma, Masahide Matsuura, Yuki Nakano, Hidetsugu Ikeda
  • Patent number: 8623524
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device comprising a cathode, an anode and at least one layer comprising a phosphorescent light emitting material and a host material which is sandwiched between the cathode and the anode and further comprising an electron injecting layer which is adhered to the light emitting layer and is capable of transporting electrons, wherein an ionization potential of the host material is 5.9 eV or smaller, and wherein an energy gap of the electron transporting material in the electron injecting layer is smaller than that of the host material in the light emitting layer or wherein a triplet energy of the electron transporting material in the electron injecting layer is smaller than that of the host material in the light emitting layer. It emits phosphorescent light with enhanced efficiency because it comprises a light emitting layer and an electron injecting layer both satisfying specified condition and employs a light emitting layer capable of electron transporting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Arakane, Toshihiro Iwakuma, Chishio Hosokawa
  • Publication number: 20140001460
    Abstract: A material for electroluminescent devices which comprises a compound in which a heterocyclic group having nitrogen is bonded to carbazolyl group and an organic electroluminescent device having at least one organic thin film layer which is sandwiched between the cathode and the anode and contains the above material in at least one layer, are provided. The material can provide organic electroluminescent devices emitting bluish light with a high purity of color. The organic electroluminescence device uses the material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshihiro IWAKUMA, Chishio HOSOKAWA, Hidetsugu IKEDA, Seiji TOMITA, Takashi ARAKANE
  • Patent number: 8604466
    Abstract: Provided is an organic electroluminescence device that has solved the conventional problems, and is thermally and chemically stable, has high efficiency with which an electron is injected from a cathode layer or an intermediate conductive layer to a light emitting layer, provides high luminous efficiency at a low voltage, and can maintain a long lifetime.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Endo, Chishio Hosokawa, Toshihiro Iwakuma
  • Publication number: 20130306963
    Abstract: The OLEDs of the present invention are characterized by providing an organic thin film layer comprising a single layer or plural layers between a cathode and an anode, wherein the organic thin film layer comprises at least one organic light emitting layer, wherein at least one light emitting layer comprises at least one host material and at least one phosphorescent emitter material, wherein the host material comprises a bis-carbazole derivative host material; and the phosphorescent emitter material comprises a phosphorescent organometallic complex having a substituted chemical structure represented by one of the following partial chemical structures represented by the formula: LL?L?M wherein M is a metal that forms octahedral complexes, L, L?, L? are equivalent or inequivalent bidentate ligands wherein each L comprises a substituted or unsubstituted phenylpyridine ligand coordinated to M through an sp2 hybridized carbon and N; and one of L, L? and L? is inequivalent to at least one of the other tw
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2011
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: Universal Display Corporation
    Inventors: Hitoshi Yamamoto, Michael S. Weaver, Julia J. Brown, Kazuki Nishimura, Toshihiro Iwakuma, Tetsuya Inoue, Mitsunori Ito
  • Publication number: 20130306961
    Abstract: The present invention provides an OLED in which an organic thin film emissive layer comprising a single layer or plural layers between a cathode and an anode, wherein the organic thin film layer comprises at least one organic light emitting layer, wherein at least one light emitting layer comprises at least one host material and at least one phosphorescent emitter material, wherein the host material comprises a substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbon compound having the chemical structure represented by the following formula: wherein at least one of Ar1 to Ar3 is represented by the following formula: wherein at least X1 to X3 are independently a nitrogen atom or CR2, provided that two of X1 to X3 are a nitrogen atom, R1 is a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, a cycloalkyl group having 3 to 10 ring carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted silyl group, an aryl group having 6 to 50 ring carbon atoms, a heteroaryl group having 5 to 50 ring atoms, a halogen atom or a c
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2011
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicants: Idemitsu Kosen Co. Ltd, Universal Display Corporation
    Inventors: Hitoshi Yamamoto, Michael S. Weaver, Julia J. Brown, Kazuki Nishimura, Toshihiro Iwakuma, Tomoki Kato, Mitsunori Ito
  • Publication number: 20130306960
    Abstract: The present invention provides an OLED in which an organic thin film emissive layer comprising a single layer or plural layers between a cathode and an anode, wherein the organic thin film layer comprises at least one organic light emitting layer, wherein at least one light emitting layer comprises at least one host material and at least one phosphorescent emitter material, wherein the host material comprises a substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbon compound having the chemical structure represented by the following formula (1): wherein R2 represents a hydrogen atom, a benzene ring, a condensed aromatic hydrocarbon ring, a dibenzofuran ring or a group represented by Ar3—R3; Ar1 to Ar3 each independently represent a benzene ring, a condensed aromatic hydrocarbon ring or a dibenzofuran ring; R1 and R3 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a benzene ring, a condensed aromatic hydrocarbon ring, or a dibenzofuran ring; the condensed aromatic hydrocarbon ring represented by R1 to R3 and Ar1 to Ar3 i
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2011
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicants: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd., Universal Display Corporation
    Inventors: Hitoshi Yamamoto, Michael S. Weaver, Julia J. Brown, Kazuki Nishimura, Toshihiro Iwakuma, Mitsunori Ito
  • Publication number: 20130306962
    Abstract: The OLEDs of the present invention are characterized by providing an organic thin film layer comprising a single layer or plural layers between a cathode and an anode, wherein the organic thin film layer comprises at least one organic light emitting layer, wherein at least one light emitting layer comprises at least one host material and at least one phosphorescent emitter material, wherein the host material comprises a substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbon compound represented by the formula (1) or (2): (Cz-)nA??(1) Cz(-A)m??(2) wherein Cz represents a substituted or unsubstituted arylcarbazolyl group or carbazolylalkylene group, A represents a group represented by the following general formula (3): (M)p-(L)q-(M?)r??(3) wherein M and M? each independently represent a heteroaromatic ring having 2 to 40 carbon atoms and nitrogen atom and forming a substituted or unsubstituted ring, M and M? may represent a same ring or different rings, L represents a single bond, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2011
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: Universal Display Corporation
    Inventors: Hitoshi Yamamoto, Michael S. Weaver, Julia J. Brown, Kazuki Nishimura, Toshihiro Iwakuma, Kei Yoshida
  • Patent number: 8587192
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device includes: a cathode; an anode; and a single-layered or multilayered organic thin-film layer provided between the cathode and the anode. In the organic electroluminescence device, the organic thin-film layer includes at least one emitting layer, and the at least one emitting layer contains: at least one phosphorescent material; and a host material represented by the following formula (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuki Nishimura, Toshihiro Iwakuma, Kenichi Fukuoka, Chishio Hosokawa, Masahiro Kawamura, Mitsunori Ito, Yoriyuki Takashima, Toshinari Ogiwara