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: 8758904
    Abstract: Disclosed is an organic electroluminescent device (organic EL device) which can achieve high efficiency and long lifetime even when driven at low voltage. The organic El device comprises at least a light-emitting layer and an electron-transporting layer between an anode and a cathode facing each other. The electron-transporting layer consists of two layers, namely, a first electron-transporting layer and a second electron-transporting layer and the first electron-transporting layer and the second electron-transporting layer are arranged sequentially in this order from the light-emitting layer side to the cathode side. The first electron-transporting layer contains an indole derivative in which the ring nitrogen atom is substituted with an aromatic group and an aromatic ring is fused to the indole ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Nippon Steel & Sumikin Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayuki Fukumatsu, Toshihiro Yamamoto, Katsuhide Noguchi, Ikumi Ichihashi
  • Publication number: 20140154108
    Abstract: Fan motor 1 has: a stator 6, a rotor 4 having a rotary shaft 22, a cover portion 8 and bracket 2 surrounding the entirety of the stator 6 and rotor 4 in a liquid-tight manner except for the top end portion of rotary shaft 22, and a fan member 10 affixed to the top end portion of the rotary shaft 22; on cover portion 8 and bracket 2, an insertion hole 42 projecting outward of cover portion 8 and bracket 2 is formed on cover portion 8 and bracket 2, penetrating the top end portion of rotary shaft 22, and a cover portion bearing 44 is erected between insertion hole 42 and rotary shaft 22.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: IKURA SEIKI SEISAKUSHO CO., LTD
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Hirosawa, Toshihiro Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20140154717
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a method for highly accurately detecting a cancer cell. The method of the present invention is characterized by comprising imaging with the use of a fluorescently labeled L-glucose derivative. By using the method and imaging agent according to the present invention, a high contrast between a cancer cell and a normal cell can be obtained compared with the case that imaging is conducted with the use of a fluorescently labeled D-glucose derivative. According to this method, moreover, no fasting is needed for the determination. Thus, the imaging can be quickly carried out without imposing a burden on a patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicants: HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY, PEPTIDE INSTITUTE, INC., RIKEN
    Inventors: Katsuya Yamada, Hirotaka Onoe, Tadashi Teshima, Toshihiro Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 8722208
    Abstract: Disclosed is an organic electroluminescent device (organic EL device) which is improved in luminous efficiency, fully secured of high driving stability, and of a simple structure. The organic EL device is constituted of an anode, organic layers containing a phosphorescent light-emitting layer, and a cathode piled one upon another on a substrate and a phosphine oxide derivative represented by general formula (1) is contained in a phosphorescent light-emitting layer, an electron-transporting layer, a hole-blocking layer, or an exciton-blocking layer. In general formula (1), L1 is a direct bond or an aromatic group with a valence of 1-3 and Ar1 is an aromatic group. The two Ar1 groups linked to the same nitrogen atom may form a nitrogen heterocycle and may further form a fused ring together with the said nitrogen heterocycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Nippon Steel & Sumikin Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Kai, Hideki Tanaka, Mitsuru Suda, Toshihiro Yamamoto, Megumi Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 8709614
    Abstract: Disclosed are an organic electroluminescent device (organic EL device) that is improved in luminous efficiency and fully assured of driving stability and has a simple structure and an organic metal complex suitable therefor. The organic metal complex is represented by the following general formula (I) wherein Ar1 denotes an aromatic hydrocarbon group or a heteroaromatic group and may have substituents, Ar2 and Ar3 respectively denote an aromatic hydrocarbon group or a heteroaromatic group and may have substituents, M denotes a trivalent metal, and L denotes an arylate ligand containing a hetero ring having at least one nitrogen atom capable of coordinating M. This organic metal complex, along with a phosphorescent dopant, is suitable for a material constituting the light-emitting layer of an organic EL device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Nippon Steel & Sumikin Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiro Yamamoto, Takahiro Kai, Masaki Komori, Hiroshi Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 8703302
    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 disclosed also is a compound useful therefor. 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 an indolocarbazole derivative as a host material. The indolocarbazole derivative is represented by the following formula (3) wherein Ar is an aromatic group and L is a direct bond or an aromatic group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Nippon Steel & Sumikin Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Kai, Masaki Komori, Toshihiro Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 8703303
    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. The organic EL device comprises a light-emitting layer between an anode and a cathode piled one upon another on a substrate and the said light-emitting layer comprises (A) a phosphorescent dopant whose emission peak wavelength is longer than 600 nm and (B) a host material. The host material contains at least two kinds of compounds selected from two or more kinds of derivatives included in (b1) N-substituted indolocarbazole derivatives, (b2) derivatives of 8-hydroxyquinoline aluminum complex, and (b3) bisindolocarbazole derivatives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignees: Nippon Steel & Sumikin Chemical Co., Ltd., Pioneer Corporation, Tohoku Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihiro Yamamoto, Takahiro Kai, Masaki Komori, Taishi Tsuji, Yasuhiro Takahashi, Toshinao Yuki, Yusuke Nakajima, Tomoaki Hoshi, Jiro Asaka
  • Patent number: 8678519
    Abstract: Large impacts act on a spoke wheel and spokes fastened by nipples tend to be loosened when a racing off-road motorcycle and the like repeatedly jumps and lands. A hub is connected with a rim by using deformed spokes each having a deformed portion. The deformed spoke is fastened while being elastically deformed so that the deformed portion extends by the nipple. As compared to a straight spoke, the deformed spoke has low longitudinal elastic modulus and substantially the same stiffness with a spoke having an equal diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Daido Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiro Yamamoto, Akiyoshi Komeya
  • Publication number: 20130207097
    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: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2011
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: Nippon Steel & Sumikin Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Kai, Masaki Komori, Toshihiro Yamamoto, Tohru Asari, Takaya Ishiyama, Megumi Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20130112952
    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: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2010
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Applicants: Nippon Steel Chemical Co., Ltd., Universal Display Corporation (027166)
    Inventors: Vadim Adamovich, Michael Weaver, Raymond Kwong, Chuanjun Xia, Bert Alleyne, Takahiro Kai, Masaki Komori, Toshihiro Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 8389131
    Abstract: Provided is an organic electroluminescent device (organic EL device), in which the luminous efficiency of the device is improved, driving stability is sufficiently ensured, and the construction of the device is simple. This organic EL device is an organic electroluminescent device, including a light-emitting 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 as a host material. Examples of the indolocarbazole compound include a compound represented by the following formula (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Nippon Steel Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Kai, Masaki Komori, Toshihiro Yamamoto, Megumi Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20120305904
    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: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2011
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Kai, Masaki Komori, Toshihiro Yamamoto, Megumi Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20120305903
    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: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2011
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Inventors: Takahiro Kai, Masaki Komori, Toshihiro Yamamoto, Megumi Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20120235136
    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 wherein the light-emitting layer contains a phosphorescent dopant and a 1,9-substituted carbazole compound as a host material. An example of the 1,9-substituted carbazole compound is represented by the following general formula (1). In formula (1), Ar is an aromatic hydrocarbon group or aromatic heterocyclic group; L is an aromatic hydrocarbon group or aromatic heterocyclic group; each of R1 to R3 is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aromatic hydrocarbon group, or an aromatic heterocyclic group; n is an integer of 1 to 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Inventors: Junya Ogawa, Takahiro Kai, Toshihiro Yamamoto, Megumi Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20120235133
    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: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2010
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Inventors: Takahiro Kai, Toshihiro Yamamoto, Masaki Komori, Megumi Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20120205640
    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: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2010
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Inventors: Takahiro Kai, Toshihiro Yamamoto, Masaki Komori, Kazuaki Yoshimura, Taishi Tsuji, Yasuhiro Takahashi, Toshinao Yuki, Yusuke Nakajima
  • Patent number: 8227798
    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 EL device. The organic electroluminescent device comprises organic layers including a light-emitting layer disposed between an anode and a cathode which are piled one upon another on a substrate and said organic layers comprise a compound represented by general formula (1). A light-emitting layer containing a phosphorescent dopant is suitable for an organic layer comprising a compound represented by general formula (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Nippon Steel Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Kai, Toshihiro Yamamoto, Masanori Hotta, Junya Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20120007070
    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: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Inventors: Takahiro Kai, Toshihiro Yamamoto, Masaki Komori, Kazuaki Yoshimura, Taishi Tsuji, Yasuhiro Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20120001165
    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: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Inventors: Masaki Komori, Takahiro Kai, Toshihiro Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20110315975
    Abstract: Provided is an organic electroluminescent device (organic EL device), in which the luminous efficiency of the device is improved, driving stability is sufficiently ensured, and the construction of the device is simple. This organic EL device is an organic electroluminescent device, including a light-emitting 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 as a host material. Examples of the indolocarbazole compound include a compound represented by the following formula (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2010
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Inventors: Takahiro Kai, Masaki Komori, Toshihiro Yamamoto, Megumi Matsumoto