Patents by Inventor Toshihiro Yamamoto

Toshihiro Yamamoto 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: 9343685
    Abstract: Provided is an organic electroluminescent device (EL device) that uses an indolocarbazole compound. The organic EL device includes an anode, a plurality of organic layers including a phosphorescent light-emitting layer, and a cathode laminated on a substrate, in which at least one organic layer selected from the phosphorescent light-emitting layer, a hole-transporting layer, an electron-transporting layer, and a hole-blocking layer contains an indolocarbazole compound represented by the general formula (1). In the general formula (1), a ring I and a ring II represent rings represented by the formula (1a) and the formula (1b), respectively, each of which are fused to an adjacent ring. X's each represent nitrogen or C—Y and at least one of X's represents nitrogen. Y's each represent hydrogen, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, or an aromatic group. A represents an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, or an aromatic group. At least one of Y and A represents an alkyl group or a cycloalkyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Kai, Masaki Komori, Toshihiro Yamamoto, Tohru Asari, Takaya Ishiyama, Megumi Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 9299947
    Abstract: Provided is an organic electroluminescent device (organic EL device), which has improved luminous efficiency, shows sufficiently ensured driving stability, and has a simple construction. The organic electroluminescent device includes an anode, a cathode, and organic layers including a hole-transporting layer and a light-emitting layer, the organic layers being interposed between the anode and the cathode, in which the light-emitting layer contains a phosphorescent light-emitting material and the hole-transporting layer and the light-emitting layer have an electron- and/or exciton-blocking layer therebetween, the electron- and/or exciton-blocking layer being adjacent to the light-emitting layer and containing an indolocarbazole compound represented by the general formula (2). In the formula, a ring B represents a heterocycle represented by the formula (1c) to be fused with adjacent rings, Z represents an n-valent aromatic hydrocarbon group or an aromatic heterocyclic group, and n represents 1 or 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignees: NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN CHEMICAL CO., LTD., PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro Kai, Toshihiro Yamamoto, Masaki Komori, Kazuaki Yoshimura, Taishi Tsuji, Yasuhiro Takahashi
  • Patent number: 9290498
    Abstract: Disclosed is an organic electroluminescent device (organic EL device) which is improved in luminous efficiency, fully secure of driving stability, and of a simple configuration. The organic EL device comprises organic layers comprising a hole-transporting layer and a light-emitting layer sandwiched between an anode and a cathode. The light-emitting layer contains a fluorescent light-emitting material and an electron- and/or exciton-blocking layer containing an indolocarbazole derivative represented by general formula (2) is disposed between the hole-transporting layer and the light-emitting layer so as to be adjacent to the light-emitting layer. In general formula (2), ring B is a heterocyclic ring fused to the adjacent rings and represented by formula (1c), Z is an n-valent aromatic hydrocarbon group or aromatic heterocyclic group, and n is 1 or 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignees: NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN CHEMICAL CO., LTD., PIONEER CORPORATION, TOHOKU PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro Kai, Toshihiro Yamamoto, Masaki Komori, Kazuaki Yoshimura, Taishi Tsuji, Yasuhiro Takahashi, Toshinao Yuki, Yusuke Nakajima
  • Patent number: 9260433
    Abstract: Disclosed is an organic electroluminescent device (organic EL device) which is improved in luminous efficiency, sufficiently secures driving stability, and has a simple configuration. The organic EL device of this invention comprises a light-emitting layer between an anode and a cathode piled one upon another on a substrate and the light-emitting layer contains a phosphorescent dopant and an unsymmetrical indolocarbazole compound as a host material. The unsymmetrical indolocarbazole compound has a structure in which two or more groups having an indolocarbazole structure are linked together by a linking group and at least one of the groups has an isomeric indolocarbazole skeleton different from those of the other groups. Examples of the unsymmetrical indolocarbazole compound include compounds represented by the following formula (2) wherein A is a substituent, each of R1 to R3 is a hydrogen atom or a substituent, and L is a linking group composed of an aromatic group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Kai, Toshihiro Yamamoto, Masaki Komori, Megumi Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20160020397
    Abstract: Provided are an organic EL device which is practically satisfactory in terms of a light-emitting characteristic, a driving voltage, and durability, and a compound for organic EL devices to be used in the device. The organic EL device is an organic EL device produced by laminating, on a substrate, an anode, a plurality of organic layers including a light-emitting layer, and a cathode, the organic EL device containing, in at least one organic layer selected from the light-emitting layer, a hole-transporting layer, an electron-transporting layer, a hole-blocking layer, and an electron-blocking layer, a boron compound having two indolocarbazolyl groups in a molecule thereof. The boron compound is represented by Y-L-B(A)a-L-Y or Y-L(Z)b-Y, where Y represents an indolocarbazolyl group, L represents an aromatic group, and Z represents a boron-containing group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Rumi SANNOMIYA, Masaki KOMORI, Masashi TADA, Takahiro KAI, Toshihiro YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20150369797
    Abstract: The present invention has an object of providing a sugar derivative emitting blue fluorescence color which can be used for imaging of cells or intracellular molecules and a method for imaging cells using the derivative. Further, the present invention has an object of providing a method for detecting cancer cells at high accuracy by imaging, and an imaging agent used for this method. The present invention provides a fluorescently labeled sugar derivative having 3-carboxy-6,8-difluoro-7-hydroxycoumarin or 3-carboxymethyl-6,8-difluoro-7-hydroxy-4-methylcoumarin as a fluorescent molecular group in its molecule, and a cell imaging agent and an imaging method using the derivative. Further, the present invention provides an imaging agent and an imaging method for cancer cells using an L-glucose derivative having the above-described fluorescent molecular group in its molecule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2013
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Applicant: HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Katsuya YAMADA, Tadashi TESHIMA, Toshihiro YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 9156843
    Abstract: Disclosed is an organic electroluminescent device (organic EL device) that is improved in luminous efficiency, sufficiently secures driving stability, and has a simple configuration. This organic EL device is constituted of an anode, organic layers comprising a phosphorescent light-emitting layer, and a cathode piled one upon another on a substrate and at least one organic layer selected from a light-emitting layer, an electron-transporting layer, and a hole-blocking layer contains an indolocarbazole compound represented by general formula (1). In the case where the indolocarbazole compound is incorporated in the light-emitting layer containing a phosphorescent dopant and a host material, it is incorporated as the host material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Kai, Masaki Komori, Toshihiro Yamamoto, Megumi Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 9133205
    Abstract: Disclosed is an organic electroluminescent device (organic EL device) that is improved in luminous efficiency, sufficiently secures driving stability, and has a simple configuration. This organic EL device has a light-emitting layer between an anode and a cathode piled one upon another on a substrate and the said light-emitting layer contains a fused polycyclic compound in which seven or more rings are fused together as a host material. The aforementioned fused polycyclic compound has a structure formed by fusing two or more indole rings to a carbazole ring. A specific example thereof is the compound represented by the following formula.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Kai, Masaki Komori, Toshihiro Yamamoto, Megumi Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20150218191
    Abstract: Provided are an organic EL device practically satisfactory in terms of its light-emitting characteristics, driving voltage, and durability, and a compound for an organic EL device to be used in the device. The organic EL device has a structure in which an anode, a plurality of organic layers including a light-emitting layer, and a cathode are laminated on a substrate, and the organic EL device contains an indolocarbazole compound in at least one organic layer selected from the light-emitting layer, a hole-transporting layer, an electron-transporting layer, a hole-blocking layer, and an electron-blocking layer. The indolocarbazole compound is a compound having, in a molecule thereof, at least one boron-containing group having such a structure that boron of the boron-containing group is bonded to an atom on a linking group bonded to a nitrogen atom of an indolocarbazole ring or to a carbon atom of the ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2013
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Inventors: Rumi Sannomiya, Takahiro Kai, Masaki Komori, Toshihiro Yamamoto, Masashi Tada
  • Publication number: 20150212094
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for accurately evaluating the specific incorporation of D-glucose into cells. The present invention as a means for achieving the object is characterized by comprising contacting a D-glucose derivative that has a fluorescent chromophore in the molecule and is specifically incorporated into cells and an L-glucose derivative that has a fluorescent chromophore in the molecule with different cells in the same cell strain to be evaluated, respectively, comparing the fluorescence emitted by the D-glucose derivative that has a fluorescent chromophore in the molecule and is specifically incorporated into cells with the fluorescence emitted by the L-glucose derivative that has a fluorescent chromophore in the molecule, and evaluating the specific incorporation of D-glucose into cells relative to L-glucose by taking the difference between the two kinds of fluorescence intensities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2015
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Inventors: Katsuya YAMADA, Tadashi TESHIMA, Toshihiro YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 9040962
    Abstract: A combination of host materials suitable for co-evaporation or premix evaporation, and devices containing the combination of host materials are provided. The combination of host materials provides improved lifetime and efficiency. A method for fabricating devices containing the host material combination is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignees: Universal Display Corporation, Nippon Steel & Sumikin Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Vadim Adamovich, Michael Weaver, Raymond Kwong, Chuanjun Xia, Bert Alleyne, Takahiro Kai, Masaki Komori, Toshihiro Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 8986656
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for accurately evaluating the specific incorporation of D-glucose into cells. The present invention as a means for achieving the object is characterized by comprising contacting a D-glucose derivative that has a fluorescent chromophore in the molecule and is specifically incorporated into cells and an L-glucose derivative that has a fluorescent chromophore in the molecule with different cells in the same cell strain to be evaluated, respectively, comparing the fluorescence emitted by the D-glucose derivative that has a fluorescent chromophore in the molecule and is specifically incorporated into cells with the fluorescence emitted by the L-glucose derivative that has a fluorescent chromophore in the molecule, and evaluating the specific incorporation of D-glucose into cells relative to L-glucose by taking the difference between the two kinds of fluorescence intensities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignees: Hirosaki University, National University Corporation Tokyo Unversity of Agriculture and Technology
    Inventors: Katsuya Yamada, Hideaki Matsuoka, Tadashi Teshima, Toshihiro Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 8962158
    Abstract: Provided is an organic electroluminescent device (organic EL device), which has improved luminous efficiency, has sufficient driving stability, and has a simple construction. The organic EL device of the present invention is an organic electroluminescent device, including a light-emitting layer and a hole-transporting layer between an anode and a cathode laminated on a substrate, in which the light-emitting layer contains a phosphorescent light-emitting dopant and an indolocarbazole compound that serves as a host material, or alternatively, the hole-transporting layer contains an indolocarbazole compound. The indolocarbazole compound is represented by the following formula (1). In the formula: A1's each represent an aromatic hydrocarbon group or an aromatic heterocyclic group, provided that at least one of A1's has a fused ring structure; and R1's each represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, or an acyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Nippon Steel & Sumikin Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaki Komori, Takahiro Kai, Toshihiro Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20150041785
    Abstract: Provided is an organic electroluminescent device (EL device) using an indolocarbazole compound. The organic EL device is obtained by laminating an anode, a plurality of organic layers including a phosphorescent light-emitting layer, and a cathode on a substrate, and the phosphorescent light-emitting layer, a hole-transporting layer, an electron-transporting layer, a hole-blocking layer, or an electron-blocking layer contains an indolocarbazole compound represented by the general formula (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: Rumi Sannomiya, Takahiro Kai, Masaki Komori, Toshihiro Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 8906521
    Abstract: Disclosed is a useful organic EL device which comprises a phosphorescent light-emitting layer and is endowed with improved luminous efficiency and high driving stability. Also disclosed is a hole-transporting material suitable for use in the phosphorescent light-emitting device. The hole-transporting material is a triptycene derivative which has substituents at the 9- and 10-positions and is substituted with an aromatic group containing at least one diarylamino group (—ArNAr2). The organic EL device contains the triptycene derivative in at least one organic layer selected from the group of a phosphorescent light-emitting layer, a hole-transporting layer, an electron-blocking layer, and an exciton-blocking layer. The diarylamino group (—NAr2) may be fused to form an aromatic heterocyclic group such as a carbazolyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Nippon Steel & Sumikin Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuru Suda, Takahiro Kai, Toshihiro Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 8857548
    Abstract: A work vehicle (1) includes an engine (11), a cooling device (12), first and second hoses (14, 15), first and second flanges (16a, 17a), and a third flange (18a). The third flange (18a) is arranged to overlap with the first and second flanges (16a, 17a) by extending in a region R sandwiched between the first flange (16a) and the second flange (17a). Accordingly, there can be obtained a work vehicle (1) that can have rain water intruding inside prevented from entering the engine side along the hose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventor: Toshihiro Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 8859109
    Abstract: Disclosed is an organic electroluminescent device (organic EL device) that is improved in luminous efficiency, fully secured of driving stability, and of simple structure. The organic EL device comprises a light-emitting layer between an anode and a cathode piled one upon another on a substrate and the light-emitting layer comprises a phosphorescent dopant and a compound containing carbazolyl groups at both ends represented by the following formula (1) as a host material. In formula (1), X is independently CH optionally containing a substituent or N and L is a direct bond, an ethylene group, or an acetylene group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Nippon Steel & Sumikin Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuichi Sawada, Takahiro Kai, Masaki Komori, Toshihiro Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 8815416
    Abstract: Disclosed is an organic electroluminescent device (organic EL device) which is improved in luminous efficiency, fully secured of driving stability, and of simple constitution. Also disclosed is a compound useful for the fabrication of said organic electroluminescent device. This compound for organic electroluminescent device is a bipyrimidyl compound which has a basic skeleton of 2,2?-bipyrimidyl and is substituted by an aromatic hydrocarbon group, an aromatic heterocyclic group, or a substituted amino group. The aforementioned organic electroluminescent device has a light-emitting layer between an anode and a cathode which are piled one upon another on a substrate and the light-emitting layer contains a phosphorescent dopant and the aforementioned bipyrimidyl compound as a host material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Nippon Steel & Sumikin Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Kai, Junya Ogawa, Toshihiro Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 8795848
    Abstract: Disclosed is an organic electroluminescent device (organic EL device) that is improved in the luminous efficiency, fully secured of the driving stability, and of a simple structure and also disclosed is a compound for organic EL device useful for the said device. The compound for organic EL device is, for example, an indolocarbazole derivative represented by the following general formula (3). The organic EL device comprises a light-emitting layer disposed between an anode and a cathode piled one upon another on a substrate and the said light-emitting layer comprises a phosphorescent dopant and the aforementioned indolocarbazole derivative as a host material. In general formula (3), L is an aromatic heterocyclic group of a fused-ring structure with a valence of (n+1), Ar1 to Ar3 each is an alkyl group, an aralkyl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon or aromatic heterocyclic group, and n is an integer of 0-5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Nippon Steel & Sumikin Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Kai, Masaki Komori, Toshihiro Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20140190577
    Abstract: A work vehicle (1) includes an engine (11), a cooling device (12), first and second hoses (14, 15), first and second flanges (16a, 17a), and a third flange (18a). The third flange (18a) is arranged to overlap with the first and second flanges (16a, 17a) by extending in a region R sandwiched between the first flange (16a) and the second flange (17a). Accordingly, there can be obtained a work vehicle (1) that can have rain water intruding inside prevented from entering the engine side along the hose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2012
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventor: Toshihiro Yamamoto