Patents by Inventor Yoshimasa Fujita

Yoshimasa Fujita 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: 9117977
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes an excitation light source element that emits excitation light; a substrate that faces the excitation light source element; a fluorescent layer located on the substrate, the fluorescent layer being excited by the excitation light to emit fluorescence; an optical reflection body disposed on a side surface of the fluorescent layer, the side surface extending in a direction parallel to a stacking direction of the substrate and the fluorescent layer; and a low-refractive-index material layer disposed between the fluorescent layer and the substrate, the low-refractive-index material layer having a refractive index lower than that of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hisanori Bessho, Takeshi Ishida, Yoshimasa Fujita, Yuhki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 9112169
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescence illuminating device (L) has a structure in which an organic electroluminescence element (10) is provided and encapsulated between a pair of substrates (20, 21). A light emitting surface of the organic electroluminescence element (10) has a portion which is not parallel to a light extraction surface of the entire illuminating device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hidenori Ogata, Emi Yamamoto, Yoshimasa Fujita
  • Patent number: 9099409
    Abstract: An organic EL display device includes an organic EL section including an organic layer held between a first electrode and a second electrode, one of the two electrodes serving as a reflective electrode, and the other serving as a translucent electrode; a blue pixel portion including a blue color filter configured to mainly transmit a light component in a blue wavelength region of light emitted from the organic EL section; a green pixel portion including a green color filter configured to mainly transmit a light component in a green wavelength region of the light emitted from the organic EL section; and a red pixel portion including a wavelength conversion layer configured to absorb at least one of the light component in the blue wavelength region and the light component in the green wavelength region of the light emitted from the organic EL section and emit light in a red wavelength region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yoshimasa Fujita
  • Patent number: 9091415
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes an excitation light source that emits excitation light; a first substrate which is disposed so as to face the excitation light source and on which a fluorescent layer and a first low-refractive-index layer are formed, the fluorescent layer being excited by the excitation light to emit fluorescence; and a barrier that surrounds side surfaces of the fluorescent layer, the side surfaces extending in a stacking direction of the excitation light source and the first substrate. At least a portion of the barrier that faces the fluorescent layer has a light-scattering property. The first low-refractive-index layer is located between the fluorescent layer and the first substrate. The first low-refractive-index layer has a refractive index lower than that of the first substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hisanori Bessho, Mitsuhiro Koden, Akiko Iwata, Yoshimasa Fujita, Yuhki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 9082730
    Abstract: An organic EL display unit is an organic EL display unit which includes a first substrate; an organic EL element which is located on the first substrate, which includes a first electrode, an organic layer containing at least an organic light emitting layer, and a second electrode, and which is configured to emit excitation light; a second substrate; and an optical conversion layer which is located on the second substrate and which is configured to emit light to the outside through a display surface, the light being obtained by conversion of a color tone of the excitation light, the display surface is flat and rectangular, and the second substrate is divided into a plurality of sections along a long side direction of the display surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hidenori Ogata, Yoshimasa Fujita
  • Publication number: 20150171372
    Abstract: A fluorescent material is configured with a phosphor containing material, and fine particles dispersed in the phosphor containing material. The fine particles have a refractive index lower than that of the phosphor, and external shapes of the fine particles may be various shapes such as a spherical shape, a rectangular parallelepiped shape, a cone shape, a trigonal pyramid shape, or an indefinite form. Further, the fine particles 12 of a plurality of different shapes may be mixed and dispersed in the phosphor containing material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2013
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akiko Iwata, Mitsuhiro Koden, Yoshimasa Fujita
  • Patent number: 9024936
    Abstract: Provided are an image display device in which a desired number of panels are combined so that a large light-emitting surface is realized, a panel provided in the image display device, and a method for manufacturing the panel. For this purpose, a panel (11) of the present invention includes a rectangular light-emitting section (13); a substrate (12) having a flat surface (12a?) on which the rectangular light-emitting section (13) is provided and a curved adjacent surface (12b?) that is adjacent to one of edge portions of the flat surface which extend along long sides of the rectangular light-emitting section (13); and a terminal group that is drawn out from a long side of the rectangular light-emitting section (13) and that is disposed in the adjacent surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hidenori Ogata, Yuhki Kobayashi, Makoto Yamada, Ken Okamoto, Yoshimasa Fujita, Katsumi Kondoh
  • Publication number: 20150077966
    Abstract: A light-scattering body includes at least light-transmitting resin, and first particles and second particles which are dispersed in the light-transmitting resin. An average grain size Da of the first particles is greater than an average grain size Db of the second particles. A refractive index na of the first particles is less than a refractive index nb of the second particles. The average grain size Db of the second particles is within a range of 150 nm?Db?300 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2013
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: Hisanori Bessho, Mitsuhiro Koden, Yoshimasa Fujita
  • Publication number: 20150003040
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes an excitation light source that emits excitation light; a first substrate which is disposed so as to face the excitation light source and on which a fluorescent layer and a first low-refractive-index layer are formed, the fluorescent layer being excited by the excitation light to emit fluorescence; and a barrier that surrounds side surfaces of the fluorescent layer, the side surfaces extending in a stacking direction of the excitation light source and the first substrate. At least a portion of the barrier that faces the fluorescent layer has a light-scattering property. The first low-refractive-index layer is located between the fluorescent layer and the first substrate. The first low-refractive-index layer has a refractive index lower than that of the first substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hisanori Bessho, Mitsuhiro Koden, Akiko Iwata, Yoshimasa Fujita, Yuhki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 8908125
    Abstract: A fluorescent substrate (5) of the present invention includes: a fluorescent layer (3) which emits light by receiving excitation light; and a reflecting film (10) being provided both (i) on a side surface(s) of the fluorescent layer (3) and (ii) on a surface of the fluorescent layer (3), on which surface the excitation light is incident, the reflecting film (10) (I) transmitting a component having a peak wavelength of the excitation light, and (II) reflecting a component having a peak wavelength of the light emitted from the fluorescent layer (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yoshimasa Fujita
  • Patent number: 8901804
    Abstract: In an organic EL illumination device (1), a plurality of organic EL elements (4) are provided between an element substrate (30) and a covering substrate (20). A heat dissipation member (14) which covers surfaces of the organic EL elements (4) is provided in a space formed between the element substrate (30) and the covering substrate (20), between each organic EL element (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Emi Yamamoto, Hidenori Ogata, Yoshimasa Fujita, Makoto Yamada
  • Publication number: 20140312339
    Abstract: An organic EL display device includes an organic EL section including an organic layer held between a first electrode and a second electrode, one of the two electrodes serving as a reflective electrode, and the other serving as a translucent electrode; a blue pixel portion including a blue color filter configured to mainly transmit a light component in a blue wavelength region of light emitted from the organic EL section; a green pixel portion including a green color filter configured to mainly transmit a light component in a green wavelength region of the light emitted from the organic EL section; and a red pixel portion including a wavelength conversion layer configured to absorb at least one of the light component in the blue wavelength region and the light component in the green wavelength region of the light emitted from the organic EL section and emit light in a red wavelength region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2012
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yoshimasa Fujita
  • Publication number: 20140306869
    Abstract: The transition metal complex is represented by Formula (1) [where M represents a transition metal element; K and L each represent a monodentate or bidentate ligand; m and o each represent an integer from 0 to 5; n represents an integer from 1 to 3; X, Y, R1, R2, and R4 each represent a hydrogen atom, alkyl, cycloalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, aralkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, or alkoxy; R3 represents a hydrogen atom, alkyl, cycloalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, aryl, aralkyl, heteroaryl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryloxy, or alkoxy having two or more carbon atoms; and A represents alkyl, cycloalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, aralkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, or alkoxy].
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshimasa Fujita, Masahito Ohe, Makoto Yamada, Tetsuji Itoh, Ayataka Endo
  • Patent number: 8853664
    Abstract: An organic electric-field element includes an elongated support base member, a first electrode provided on the support base member, an organic layer provided to cover the first electrode, and a second electrode provided to cover the organic layer. At one end portion of the support base member, a two-layer structure region including the support base member and the first electrode is provided, and a three-layer structure region including the support base member, the first electrode, and the organic layer is provided, extending continuously from the other end of the two-layer structure region. At the other end portion of the support base member, a two-layer structure region including the support base member and the second electrode is provided, and a three-layer structure region including the support base member, the second electrode, and the organic layer is provided, extending continuously from one end of the two-layer structure region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hidenori Ogata, Yoshimasa Fujita, Mitsuhiro Koden
  • Publication number: 20140231785
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescence illuminating device (L) has a structure in which an organic electroluminescence element (10) is provided and encapsulated between a pair of substrates (20, 21). A light emitting surface of the organic electroluminescence element (10) has a portion which is not parallel to a light extraction surface of the entire illuminating device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hidenori OGATA, Emi YAMAMOTO, Yoshimasa FUJITA
  • Patent number: 8796719
    Abstract: A light-emitting element of the present invention includes (i) a light-emitting layer (109), (ii) an electrode layer (110) being transparent to part of light emitted from the light-emitting layer (109), (iii) color converting layers (113, 114), and (iv) a transparent layer (115). The color converting layers (113, 114) and the transparent layer (115) sandwich the transparent electrode layer (110) with the light-emitting layer (109). The color converting layers (113, 114) and the transparent electrode layer (115) contain particles (116, 117, 118) expressing a surface plasmon phenomenon, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masahito Ohe, Yoshimasa Fujita, Yuhki Kobayashi, Ken Okamoto, Hidenori Ogata, Makoto Yamada
  • Patent number: 8796914
    Abstract: The present invention includes: a reflective electrode (2); a translucent electrode (10); an organic EL layer (21) for emitting blue light, the organic EL layer being sandwiched between the reflective electrode and the translucent electrode; a red fluorescent substance layer (13) for converting the light from the organic EL layer (21) into red light; a green fluorescent substance layer (14) for converting the light from the organic EL layer (21) into green light; and a blue pixel including a light-distribution-characteristic adjusting layer (15) for adjusting a light distribution characteristic of the light from the organic EL layer (21), the present invention being structured such that the reflective electrode (2) and the translucent electrode (10) produce a microcavity effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshimasa Fujita, Hidenori Ogata, Ken Okamoto, Yuhki Kobayashi, Makoto Yamada, Katsumi Kondoh
  • Publication number: 20140162808
    Abstract: A golf club head has a body defining a ball striking face. The body further has a first leg extending away from the ball striking face and a second leg extending away from the ball striking face wherein a void is defined between the first leg and the second leg. The body further defines a cover that extends over the void. The golf club head may further have support structures and adjustable weight members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2014
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: John T. Stites, Yoshimasa Fujita
  • Publication number: 20140152637
    Abstract: Disclosed is a transition metal complex represented by the following formula (1): (wherein M represents a transition metal element; K represents an uncharged monodentate or bidentate ligand; L represents a monodentate or bidentate monoanionic or dianionic ligand; m and o represent an integer from 0 to 5; n represents an integer from 1 to 3; p represents an integer from 0 to 4; W— represents a counterion; and Y1 to Y4, R1, and R2 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, a heterocycloalkyl group, an aryl group, an aralkyl group, a heteroaryl group, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group, or an alkoxy group).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2012
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshimasa Fujita, Masahito Ohe, Tetsuji Itoh
  • Patent number: 8729596
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescent element comprising: an anode (3); a cathode (4); and an organic layer (5), sandwiched between the anode (3) and the cathode (4), which contains a positive and negative charge transporting material, the organic layer (5) including an acceptor region (6) doped with an acceptor, a donor region (8) doped with a donor, and a light-emitting region (7) doped with an organic light-emitting material, the acceptor region (6) being located on the anode (3), the donor region (8) being located on the cathode (4), the light-emitting region (7) being located between the acceptor region (6) and the donor region (8), the acceptor having such a concentration gradient in the acceptor region (6) as to become lower in concentration from the anode (3) toward the light-emitting region (7), the donor having such a concentration gradient in the donor region (8) as to become lower in concentration from the cathode (4) toward the light-emitting region (7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yoshimasa Fujita