Patents by Inventor Yukio Tani

Yukio Tani 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: 20190131546
    Abstract: Provided are an organic thin film transistor, an organic semiconductor film, a compound, an organic thin film transistor-forming composition, and a method of manufacturing the organic thin film transistor. The organic thin film transistor includes the organic semiconductor film. The organic semiconductor film includes a compound represented by a specific formula. The organic semiconductor film, the compound, and the organic thin film transistor-forming composition can be preferably used in the organic thin film transistor. The method of manufacturing the organic thin film transistor includes a step of forming an organic semiconductor film by applying the organic thin film transistor-forming composition to a substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicants: FUJIFILM Corporation, THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
    Inventors: Eiji FUKUZAKI, Tetsuya WATANABE, Yoshihisa USAMI, Yukio TANI, Toshihiro OKAMOTO, Junichi TAKEYA
  • Patent number: 10256048
    Abstract: Provided are a photoelectric conversion element and a dye sensitized solar cell having a supporting substrate, a conductive layer, a power generating layer having a porous semiconductor layer onto which a metal complex dye represented by Formula (1) is adsorbed, a porous insulating layer, and a counter electrode conductive layer, in which the layers are laminated in this order on the supporting substrate, and voids that each of the power generating layer, the porous insulating layer, and the counter electrode conductive layer has are filled with an electrolyte. R represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, or an aryl group. G represents a group represented by any one of Formulae (G-1) to (G-4). A1 to A3 each represent a hydrogen atom, a carboxyl group, or a salt thereof. At least one of A1 to A3 is a carboxyl group or a salt thereof. X1 and X2 each represent —O—, —S—, and others. Ra represents an alkyl group and the like. Rb to Re each represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent. na represents 1 to 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignees: FUJIFILM Corporation, SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yukio Tani, Katsumi Kobayashi, Ryohsuke Yamanaka, Atsushi Fukui, Norio Murofushi
  • Publication number: 20180327619
    Abstract: Provided are an inkjet printing method including at least a step of directly printing an inkjet ink containing an aqueous dispersion of a dye polymer having a repeating unit containing a structure derived from a dye on a fabric by an inkjet method; an inkjet ink containing the aqueous dispersion of a dye polymer; an ink cartridge filled with the inkjet ink; and a colored fabric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihiko FUJIE, Yoshiaki NAGATA, Yukio TANI, Minako HARA, Keiichi TATEISHI, Hiromi KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 10096526
    Abstract: A bonding method of a die bonder with a single conveyance lane and a single bonding head, or a plurality of conveyance lanes and a plurality of bonding heads includes the steps of generating a classification map of class dies with different electric properties on the wafer, which are classified in accordance with a plurality of grades, picking up the die from the wafer, bonding the die onto a substrate or the die using a bonding head, conveying a class substrate corresponding to the class die on the conveyance lane in a unit of the class substrate, and further bonding the class die to the corresponding class substrate based on the classification map.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Fasford Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki Mochizuki, Hiroshi Maki, Yukio Tani, Takehito Mochizuki
  • Publication number: 20180204683
    Abstract: Provided are a photoelectric conversion element including an electrically conductive support, a photoconductor layer, a charge transfer layer, and a counter electrode, in which the photoconductor layer has semiconductor fine particles carrying a metal complex dye represented by Formula (1), and at least one of metal complex dyes represented by Formulae (2) and (3), a dye-sensitized solar cell, a dye composition, and an oxide semiconductor electrode. In the formulae, M represents a metal ion. Ar11 to Ar14 each represent an aryl group or the like. L1 and L2 each represent an ethenylene group or the like. R11 to R14 each represent an alkyl group or the like. n11 and n12 each represent an integer of 0 to 3, and n13 and n14 each represent an integer of 0 to 4. X represents —NCS or —SCN. M1 and M2 each represent a proton, a metal cation, or a non-metal cation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kousuke WATANABE, Yukio TANI, Kenji SHIROKANE, Tomoaki YOSHIOKA, Kouitsu SASAKI
  • Patent number: 9953768
    Abstract: A photoelectric conversion element, a photoelectric conversion element, a dye-sensitized solar cell and a dye solution, having an electrically conductive support, a photoconductor layer containing an electrolyte, a charge transfer layer containing an electrolyte, and a counter electrode, wherein the photoconductor layer contains semiconductor fine particles carrying a metal complex dye; and wherein the metal complex dye has at least a carboxyl group and a salt of the carboxyl group, the salt being selected from the group consisting of a potassium salt, a lithium salt, and a cesium salt, and the ratio ? of the number of the salt of the carboxyl group divided by the total number of the carboxyl group and the salt of the carboxyl group to be found in one molecule of the metal complex dye, lying in the range of 0.1 to 0.9.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yukio Tani, Katsumi Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 9947482
    Abstract: A photoelectric conversion element has a conductive support, a photoreceptor layer containing an electrolyte, a charge carrier layer containing an electrolyte and a counter electrode, and the photoreceptor layer has semiconductor particles on which a metal complex dye represented by Formula (I) is carried. M1(LA)(LD)(Z1).CI??Formula (I) M1 represents a metal atom; Z1 represents a monodentate ligand; LA represents a tridentate ligand represented by Formula (AL-1); LD represents a bidentate ligand represented by Formula (DL-1); and CI represents a counterion necessary for neutralizing the charge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kohsuke Watanabe, Hirotaka Sato, Yukio Tani, Ryo Fujiwara, Kazuhiro Tsuna, Katsumi Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20180090280
    Abstract: Provided are a photoelectric conversion element and a dye sensitized solar cell having a supporting substrate, a conductive layer, a power generating layer having a porous semiconductor layer onto which a metal complex dye represented by Formula (1) is adsorbed, a porous insulating layer, and a counter electrode conductive layer, in which the layers are laminated in this order on the supporting substrate, and voids that each of the power generating layer, the porous insulating layer, and the counter electrode conductive layer has are filled with an electrolyte. R represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, or an aryl group. G represents a group represented by any one of Formulae (G-1) to (G-4). A1 to A3 each represent a hydrogen atom, a carboxyl group, or a salt thereof. At least one of A1 to A3 is a carboxyl group or a salt thereof. X1 and X2 each represent —O—, —S—, and others. Ra represents an alkyl group and the like. Rb to Re each represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent. na represents 1 to 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Applicants: FUJIFILM Corporation, Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yukio TANI, Katsumi KOBAYASHI, Ryohsuke YAMANAKA, Atsushi FUKUI, Norio MUROFUSHI
  • Publication number: 20170352493
    Abstract: Provided are a ruthenium complex dye having a water content of 0.2% to 4.0% by mass; a dye solution including the ruthenium complex dye; a photoelectric conversion element having semiconductor fine particles having the ruthenium complex dye carried thereon; and a dye-sensitized solar cell including the photoelectric conversion element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Naoyuki HANAKI, Yukio TANI, Kousuke WATANABE, Katsumi KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 9564274
    Abstract: A photoelectric conversion element, having: an electrically-conductive support; a photoconductor layer having a semiconductor fine-particle layer adsorbed a dye; a charge transfer layer containing an electrolyte; and a counter electrode; which are provided on one side of the support in this order, in which the dye has at least one terdentate ligand having at least one acidic group; at least one ligand coordinating to a metal atom M has an sp2 carbon atom; a cyclic group binds to the sp2 carbon atom; a specific substituent R is substituted at an atom of ?- or ?-position to the atom of the cyclic group directly binding to the sp2 carbon atom; and with the metal atom M, an atom G1 of the ?- or ?-position, and an atom G2 of the substituent R, an angle ? (?MG1G2) is 150° or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yukio Tani, Katsumi Kobayashi, Kimiatsu Nomura
  • Patent number: 9424998
    Abstract: A dye, having a structure represented by formula (1A): wherein A represents a group of atoms necessary for forming a ring together with the carbon-nitrogen bond; at least one of Y1A and Y2A represents an acidic group, in which when they each represent an acidic group, they may be the same as or different from each other, or when only one of them represents an acidic group, the other represents an electron-withdrawing group; D represents a group to give a dye; n represents an integer of 1 or greater; L represents a single bond or a divalent linking group; and Y3A represents an acidic group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Katsumi Kobayashi, Keizo Kimura, Tatsuya Susuki, Hirotaka Satou, Yukio Tani
  • Publication number: 20160042875
    Abstract: A photoelectric conversion element has a conductive support, a photoreceptor layer containing an electrolyte, a charge carrier layer containing an electrolyte and a counter electrode, and the photoreceptor layer has semiconductor particles on which a metal complex dye represented by Formula (I) is carried. M1(LA)(LD)(Z1).CI??Formula (I) M1 represents a metal atom; Z1 represents a monodentate ligand; LA represents a tridentate ligand represented by Formula (AL-1); LD represents a bidentate ligand represented by Formula (DL-1); and CI represents a counterion necessary for neutralizing the charge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kohsuke WATANABE, Hirotaka SATO, Yukio TANI, Ryo FUJIWARA, Kazuhiro TSUNA, Katsumi KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20160012977
    Abstract: A photoelectric conversion element, a photoelectric conversion element, a dye-sensitized solar cell and a dye solution, having an electrically conductive support, a photoconductor layer containing an electrolyte, a charge transfer layer containing an electrolyte, and a counter electrode, wherein the photoconductor layer contains semiconductor fine particles carrying a metal complex dye; and wherein the metal complex dye has at least a carboxyl group and a salt of the carboxyl group, the salt being selected from the group consisting of a potassium salt, a lithium salt, and a cesium salt, and the ratio ? of the number of the salt of the carboxyl group divided by the total number of the carboxyl group and the salt of the carboxyl group to be found in one molecule of the metal complex dye, lying in the range of 0.1 to 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2015
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yukio TANI, Katsumi KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20150248969
    Abstract: A photoelectric conversion element, having a photoconductor layercontaining semiconductor fine particles carrying a metal complex dye of Formula (I); a metal complex dye, a dye solution, a dye-adsorbed electrode, a dye-sensitized solar cell, and a method for producing the solar cell: M(LA)(LD)(LX)mX·(CI)mY??Formula (I) M represents a metal ion, LA represents a ligand of Formula (AL), LD represents a bidentate or tridentate ligand, at least one of coordinating atoms being an anion; LX represents a monodentate ligand; CI represents a counter ion; mX is 0 or 1; mY is 0 to 3; Rings A to C represent a heterocycle; Z1 and Z2 represent a carbon or nitrogen atom; Anc1 to Anc3 represent an acidic group; X1 to X3 represent a single bond or linking group; R1 to R3 represent a substituent; l1, l3, l2, m1, m3, m2, n1, n2, and n3 each are an integer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kousuke WATANABE, Yukio TANI, Kouitsu SASAKI, Hirotaka SATOU, Kazuhiro TSUNA, Katsumi KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 9087642
    Abstract: A photoelectric conversion element having a laminate structure including, provided on an electrically conductive support, a photoconductor layer having a layer of dye-adsorbed semiconductor fine particles, a charge transfer layer, and a counter electrode, wherein the dye is a metal complex dye represented by the following formula (1): M1L1L2Z1??(1) wherein, in formula (1), M1 represents a metal atom; Z1 represents a monodentate ligand; L1 represents a specific tridentate ligand; and L2 represents a specific bidentate ligand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yukio Tani, Tatsuya Susuki, Katsumi Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 8991681
    Abstract: A die bonder and a bonding method are disclosed which make it possible to provide high-quality products, particularly even if a die is rotated through predetermined degrees relative to an already-bonded die and then laminated. In the die bonder and bonding method in which a die is picked up from a wafer by a pick-up head which then places the die on an alignment stage, and the die is picked up from the alignment stage by a bonding head which then bond the die onto a substrate or an already-bonded die, a posture of the die is rotated through predetermined degrees on a plane parallel to a plane on which the bonding is performed, before the bonding head picks up the die from the alignment stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Hitachi High-Tech Instuments Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Maki, Masayuki Mochizuki, Yukio Tani, Takehito Mochizuki
  • Publication number: 20140290746
    Abstract: A photoelectric conversion element, having: an electrically-conductive support; a photoconductor layer having a semiconductor fine-particle layer adsorbed a dye; a charge transfer layer containing an electrolyte; and a counter electrode; which are provided on one side of the support in this order, in which the dye has at least one terdentate ligand having at least one acidic group; at least one ligand coordinating to a metal atom M has an sp2 carbon atom; a cyclic group binds to the sp2 carbon atom; a specific substituent R is substituted at an atom of ?- or ?-position to the atom of the cyclic group directly binding to the sp2 carbon atom; and with the metal atom M, an atom G1 of the ?- or ?-position, and an atom G2 of the substituent R, an angle ? (?ZMG1G2) is 150° or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yukio TANI, Katsumi KOBAYASHI, Kimiatsu NOMURA
  • Publication number: 20140209172
    Abstract: A photoelectric conversion element having a laminate structure including, provided on an electrically conductive support, a photoconductor layer having a layer of dye-adsorbed semiconductor fine particles, a charge transfer layer, and a counter electrode, wherein the dye is a metal complex dye represented by the following formula (1): M1L1L2Z1??(1) wherein, in formula (1), M1 represents a metal atom; Z1 represents a monodentate ligand; L1 represents a specific tridentate ligand; and L2 represents a specific bidentate ligand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yukio TANI, Tatsuya SUSUKI, Katsumi KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 8779126
    Abstract: A dye, having a structure represented by formula (1A): wherein A represents a group of atoms necessary for forming a ring together with the carbon-nitrogen bond; at least one of Y1A and Y2A represents an acidic group, in which when they each represent an acidic group, they may be the same as or different from each other, or when only one of them represents an acidic group, the other represents an electron-withdrawing group; D represents a group to give a dye; n represents an integer of 1 or greater; L represents a single bond or a divalent linking group; and Y3A represents an acidic group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventors: Katsumi Kobayashi, Keizo Kimura, Tatsuya Susuki, Hirotaka Satou, Yukio Tani
  • Publication number: 20140102540
    Abstract: A dye, having a structure represented by formula (1A): wherein A represents a group of atoms necessary for forming a ring together with the carbon-nitrogen bond; at least one of Y1A and Y2A represents an acidic group, in which when they each represent an acidic group, they may be the same as or different from each other, or when only one of them represents an acidic group, the other represents an electron-withdrawing group; D represents a group to give a dye; n represents an integer of 1 or greater; L represents a single bond or a divalent linking group; and Y3A represents an acidic group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Katsumi KOBAYASHI, Keizo KIMURA, Tatsuya SUSUKI, Hirotaka SATOU, Yukio TANI