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).

  • Publication number: 20100127616
    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 at least one of said organic layers comprises a compound for an organic EL device represented by general formula (1). Said organic layer is preferably a light-emitting layer containing a phosphorescent dopant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2008
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Kai, Toshihiro Yamamoto, Masanori Hotta, Junya Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20100044695
    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: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2008
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Applicant: Nippon Steel Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Kai, Toshihiro Yamamoto, Masanori Hotta, Junya Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20090315456
    Abstract: A flexible organic EL display of the present invention includes a plastic film, an adhesive layer and a lower insulating layer formed thereon, an organic EL element embedded in the lower insulating layer and constructed by forming a cathode, an organic EL layer, and an anode sequentially from a bottom, an upper insulating layer formed on the organic EL element, a TFT embedded in the upper insulating layer and constructed by forming an organic active layer, a source electrode and a drain electrode, a gate insulating layer, and a gate electrode sequentially from a bottom, and a via hole provided in the upper insulating layer and reaching the drain electrode of the TFT, wherein the anode is connected electrically to the drain electrode of the TFT via the via hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2009
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Applicants: KYODO PRINTING CO., LTD., NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI
    Inventors: Tadahiro Furukawa, Masayuki Hosoi, Shizuo Tokito, Toshihiro Yamamoto, Yoshiki Nakajima, Yoshihide Fujisaki, Tatsuya Takei
  • Publication number: 20090315457
    Abstract: A flexible organic EL display of the present invention includes a plastic film, an adhesive layer and a lower insulating layer formed thereon, an organic EL element embedded in the lower insulating layer and constructed by forming an anode, an organic EL layer, and a cathode sequentially from a bottom, an upper insulating layer formed on the organic EL element, a TFT embedded in the upper insulating layer and constructed by forming an oxide semiconductor layer, a source electrode and a drain electrode, a gate insulating layer, and a gate electrode sequentially from a bottom, and a via hole provided in the upper insulating layer and reaching the drain electrode of the TFT, wherein the cathode is connected electrically to the drain electrode of the TFT via the via hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2009
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Applicants: KYODO PRINTING CO., LTD., NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI
    Inventors: Tadahiro Furukawa, Masayuki Hosoi, Shizuo Tokito, Toshihiro Yamamoto, Yoshiki Nakajima, Yoshihide Fujisaki, Tatsuya Takei
  • Publication number: 20090302742
    Abstract: Disclosed are an organic electroluminescent device (organic EL device) which is improved in luminous efficiency, fully secured of driving stability, and simple in constitution and a compound for use therein. The organic electroluminescent device comprises a light-emitting layer disposed between an anode and a cathode piled one upon another on a substrate and the light-emitting layer contains a phosphorescent dopant and a compound for use in an organic electroluminescent device having two or more indolocarbazole skeletons as a host material. An example of the compound having indolocarbazole skeletons for use in the device is expressed by the following formula.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2006
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Applicant: Nippon Steel Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaki Komori, Toshihiro Yamamoto, Takahiro Kai, Masanori Hotta
  • Publication number: 20090295276
    Abstract: Disclosed is an organic electroluminescent device (organic EL device) which is improved in luminous efficiency, fully assured of driving stability, and simple in constitution. The organic electroluminescent device comprises a hole-transporting layer, a light-emitting layer, and an electron-transporting layer disposed between an anode and a cathode piled one upon another on a substrate and the light-emitting layer contains a phosphorescent dopant and an indolocarbazole compound of specific structure. Examples of the indolocarbazole compound are N,N?-diphenylindolocarbazole and bis(N-phenylindolo)carbazole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2006
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Inventors: Tohru Asari, Toshihiro Yamamoto, Masaki Komori, Takahiro Kai
  • Publication number: 20090153031
    Abstract: Disclosed is an organic electroluminescent device (organic EL device) which is improved in luminous efficiency, fully secured of driving stability, and simple in structure and also disclosed is a heterocyclic compound useful for the said device. Specifically, the heterocyclic compound is represented by the following general formula (I) and the organic EL device comprises an organic layer containing the said heterocyclic compound. In general formula (I), X1 and X2 respectively denote O, S, or N—R, R denotes a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, Ar1, Ar2, Ar3, and Ar4 respectively denote a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, Ar1, Ar2, and the nitrogen atom bonded thereto or Ar3, Ar4, and the nitrogen atom bonded thereto may form a nitrogen-containing hetero ring, and m and n respectively denote an integer of 1 or 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2006
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Applicant: Nippon Steel Chemical Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Takahiro Kai, Toshihiro Yamamoto, Masaki Komori, Masanori Hotta, Yuichi Sawada
  • Patent number: 7488200
    Abstract: This connector assembly comprises a pair of receptacles 1, and an attachment member 2. Each receptacle comprises a housing 10, and substrate terminals 11. The attachment member 2 comprises a pair of holders 20, and connection members 21. The connection members comprise first connection members 21a and second connection members 21b. Each of the first and second connection members have, respectively, a link section 200, 210 disposed between the pair of holders, and connection terminals 201, 211 formed at both ends of the link section. The first connection members connect between the substrate terminals arranged on a side of each housing which is near the opposite housing, and the second connection members connect between the substrate terminals arranged on a side far from the opposite housing. The link section of each first connection member is disposed nearer to the printed circuit boards than the link section each second connection member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2009
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiro Yamamoto, Hirohisa Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20090026923
    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: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2006
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshihiro Yamamoto, Takahiro Kai, Masaki Komori, Hiroshi Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 7437948
    Abstract: A flowmeter includes: a transit time method unit having a sensor and a reception signal amplification control unit and a flow rate calculation unit which are connected to the sensor via a sensor selector switch; a pulse Doppler method having a reception signal amplification control unit and an integration calculation unit which are connected to the sensor; a transmission/reception timing control unit common to them; a measurement method selection control unit for controlling switching between the transit time method unit and the pulse Doppler method unit, and parallel operation; and a measurement value output selector switch for selecting the output of the transit time method unit and the pulse Doppler method unit. That is, the single flowmeter can perform flow rate measurement by the transit time method having no restriction on the measurement range as well as by the pulse Doppler method having an upper limit of the measurement range but enabling a highly accurate measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2008
    Assignee: Fuji Electric Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masami Kishiro, Kouji Hagiwara, Toshihiro Yamamoto, Hironobu Yao, Yoshinori Ohmuro, Noritomo Hirayama
  • Patent number: 7390204
    Abstract: A compact and simple constitution of a card connector, with which attaching and detaching works of a card can be performed easily, is provided. The connector 1 comprises: a body 2 having a recess 2a for a card 100; six contact springs projecting from a bottom face 3a of the recess 2a on which the IC card 100 is disposed, and elastically contacting with contact terminals 101 of the card 100; a stationary hooking portion 20 provided on a rear face side of the body 2; a movable hooking member 5 provided on a front face side of the body 2, and movable in a anteroposterior direction of the body 2; and a plate spring 18 for charging the movable hooking member 5 toward the rear face of the body 2, and wherein a tapered face 5b is formed on a rear face side of a hooking portion 5c so as to come closer to the rear face of the body 2 as approaching to the bottom face 3a of the recess 2a.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirohisa Tanaka, Toshihiro Yamamoto, Mitsuru Iida, Yoshihisa Inaba
  • Publication number: 20080139939
    Abstract: In a doppler type ultrasonic flow meter 1 for measuring the volumetric flow of a measurement object fluid 10 using doppler shift of ultrasound, 1 pair of ultrasonic transducers 3a, 3b perform transmission of ultrasound and reception of an ultrasound echo resulting from the ultrasound being reflected. The 1 pair of ultrasonic transducers 3a, 3b are disposed on an extension line of a measurement line ML for performing measurement of doppler shift, symmetrical about the center axis 5 of a pipe 2 with a measurement object fluid 10 flowing through its inside, and on the outside of the pipe 2. A flow profile for the side opposite, with respect to the center axis 5 of the pipe 2, the side on which the respective ultrasonic transducer 3a, 3b is disposed is used for the calculation of the volumetric flow of the measurement object fluid 10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2005
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Applicant: FUJI ELECTRIC SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Ohmura, Toshihiro Yamamoto, Hironobu Yao
  • Publication number: 20080093984
    Abstract: Provided is an organic electroluminescent device which is suitable for use in full-color and multicolor panels and shows higher luminous efficiency and better driving stability than organic electroluminescent devices utilizing luminescence from the singlet state. The organic electroluminescent device comprises a substrate 1 and an anode 2, organic layers, and a cathode 8 piled one upon another on the substrate, at least one of the organic layers comprises a light-emitting layer 5 containing a host material and a dopant material, and a compound having 2 to 4 pyrazole structures represented by the following formula I (wherein Ar4 to Ar6 are independently hydrogen or substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon groups or aromatic heterocyclic groups) is used as said host material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2004
    Publication date: April 24, 2008
    Inventors: Osamu Yoshitake, Hiroshi Miyazaki, Toshihiro Yamamoto, Daisuke Suzaki, Yu Yamada, Sadao Kamimura
  • Patent number: 7363174
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for measuring a flow velocity profile of fluid traveling in a pipe or conduit uses an ultrasonic wave transmitted from an ultrasonic wave transducer mounted at an angle on the outside of a pipe using a wedge, and made incident onto the fluid in the pipe to measure the fluid flow velocity profile, using the principle that a frequency of an ultrasonic wave, reflected by a reflector existing in the fluid, is changed depending on a flow velocity due to Doppler effect. The transmission frequency and the angle of incidence onto the pipe can be selected to suppress frequency dependence of a measured value due to Lamb wave and allow the flow velocity or flow rate of fluid to be measured with a greater accuracy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2008
    Assignee: Fuji Electric Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masami Kishiro, Toshihiro Yamamoto, Hironobu Yao, Yoshinori Ohmuro, Noritomo Hirayama
  • Patent number: 7357661
    Abstract: Provided is a pressure coupling connector which can decrease the number of components for coping with various electric wire diameters, prevent problems due to difference in product kind, and reduce the stock. The pressure coupling connector includes a wire holding block for holding electric wires and a contact block for holding a connection terminal to which the electric wire is coupled with pressure by inserting the wire holding block into the contact block. The connection terminal of the contact block includes a U-shaped blade rising toward an opening surface into which the wire holding block is inserted. The wire holding block includes a wire holding portion in which a holding hole for transmitting the electric wire from the rear side thereof and holding the electric wire is formed and a reception groove for receiving the U-shaped blade of the connection terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2008
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiro Yamamoto, Norimasa Kaji, Hirohisa Tanaka, Hidetoshi Takeyama, Shuji Katou, Mitsuhiro Kadowaki
  • Publication number: 20070298641
    Abstract: This connector assembly comprises a pair of receptacles 1, and an attachment member 2. Each receptacle comprises a housing 10, and substrate terminals 11. The attachment member 2 comprises a pair of holders 20, and connection members 21. The connection members comprise first connection members 21a and second connection members 21b. Each of the first and second connection members have, respectively, a link section 200, 210 disposed between the pair of holders, and connection terminals 201, 211 formed at both ends of the link section. The first connection members connect between the substrate terminals arranged on a side of each housing which is near the opposite housing, and the second connection members connect between the substrate terminals arranged on a side far from the opposite housing. The link section of each first connection member is disposed nearer to the printed circuit boards than the link section of each second connection member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2007
    Publication date: December 27, 2007
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC WORKS, LTD.
    Inventors: Toshihiro Yamamoto, Hirohisa Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20070232124
    Abstract: Provided is a pressure coupling connector which can decrease the number of components for coping with various electric wire diameters, prevent problems due to difference in product kind, and reduce the stock. The pressure coupling connector includes a wire holding block for holding electric wires and a contact block for holding a connection terminal to which the electric wire is coupled with pressure by inserting the wire holding block into the contact block. The connection terminal of the contact block includes a U-shaped blade rising toward an opening surface into which the wire holding block is inserted. The wire holding block includes a wire holding portion in which a holding hole for transmitting the electric wire from the rear side thereof and holding the electric wire is formed and a reception groove for receiving the U-shaped blade of the connection terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2006
    Publication date: October 4, 2007
    Inventors: Toshihiro Yamamoto, Norimasa Kaji, Hirohisa Tanaka, Hidetoshi Takeyama, Shuji Katou, Mitsuhiro Kadowaki
  • Publication number: 20070220995
    Abstract: A flowmeter includes: a transit time method unit having a sensor and a reception signal amplification control unit and a flow rate calculation unit which are connected to the sensor via a sensor selector switch; a pulse Doppler method having a reception signal amplification control unit and an integration calculation unit which are connected to the sensor; a transmission/reception timing control unit common to them; a measurement method selection control unit for controlling switching between the transit time method unit and the pulse Doppler method unit, and parallel operation; and a measurement value output selector switch for selecting the output of the transit time method unit and the pulse Doppler method unit. That is, the single flowmeter can perform flow rate measurement by the transit time method having no restriction on the measurement range as well as by the pulse Doppler method having an upper limit of the measurement range but enabling a highly accurate measurement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2005
    Publication date: September 27, 2007
    Inventors: Masami Kishiro, Kouji Hagiwara, Toshihiro Yamamoto, Hironobu Yao, Yoshinori Ohmuro, Norimoto Hirayama
  • Publication number: 20070167792
    Abstract: The reliability of a reception wave from a transducer is checked and when the reliability is determined to be insufficient, a method different from the current method is selected. The reliability is judged by calculating a value serving as an index of the reliability of the reception wave and checking whether the value is smaller than a predetermined set value. When the value is smaller than the set value, the reliability is judged to be insufficient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2005
    Publication date: July 19, 2007
    Inventors: Yoshinori Ohmuro, Hironobu Yao, Toshihiro Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20070161274
    Abstract: A compact and simple constitution of a card connector, with which attaching and detaching works of a card can be performed easily, is provided. The connector 1 comprises: a body 2 having a recess 2a for a card 100; six contact springs projecting from a bottom face 3a of the recess 2a on which the IC card 100 is disposed, and elastically contacting with contact terminals 101 of the card 100; a stationary hooking portion 20 provided on a rear face side of the body 2; a movable hooking member 5 provided on a front face side of the body 2, and movable in a anteroposterior direction of the body 2; and a plate spring 18 for charging the movable hooking member 5 toward the rear face of the body 2, and wherein a tapered face 5b is formed on a rear face side of a hooking portion 5c so as to come closer to the rear face of the body 2 as approaching to the bottom face 3a of the recess 2a.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2005
    Publication date: July 12, 2007
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC WORKS, LTD.
    Inventors: Hirohisa Tanaka, Toshihiro Yamamoto, Mitsuru Iida, Yoshihisa Inaba