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).
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Publication number: 20190131546Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2018Publication date: May 2, 2019Applicants: FUJIFILM Corporation, THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYOInventors: Eiji FUKUZAKI, Tetsuya WATANABE, Yoshihisa USAMI, Yukio TANI, Toshihiro OKAMOTO, Junichi TAKEYA
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Patent number: 10256048Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 20, 2017Date of Patent: April 9, 2019Assignees: FUJIFILM Corporation, SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yukio Tani, Katsumi Kobayashi, Ryohsuke Yamanaka, Atsushi Fukui, Norio Murofushi
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Publication number: 20180327619Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2018Publication date: November 15, 2018Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Yoshihiko FUJIE, Yoshiaki NAGATA, Yukio TANI, Minako HARA, Keiichi TATEISHI, Hiromi KOBAYASHI
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Patent number: 10096526Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 15, 2012Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: Fasford Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masayuki Mochizuki, Hiroshi Maki, Yukio Tani, Takehito Mochizuki
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Publication number: 20180204683Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2018Publication date: July 19, 2018Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Kousuke WATANABE, Yukio TANI, Kenji SHIROKANE, Tomoaki YOSHIOKA, Kouitsu SASAKI
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Patent number: 9953768Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 21, 2015Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Yukio Tani, Katsumi Kobayashi
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Patent number: 9947482Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 9, 2015Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Kohsuke Watanabe, Hirotaka Sato, Yukio Tani, Ryo Fujiwara, Kazuhiro Tsuna, Katsumi Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20180090280Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2017Publication date: March 29, 2018Applicants: FUJIFILM Corporation, Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yukio TANI, Katsumi KOBAYASHI, Ryohsuke YAMANAKA, Atsushi FUKUI, Norio MUROFUSHI
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RUTHENIUM COMPLEX DYE, DYE SOLUTION, PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT, AND DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL
Publication number: 20170352493Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2017Publication date: December 7, 2017Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Naoyuki HANAKI, Yukio TANI, Kousuke WATANABE, Katsumi KOBAYASHI -
Patent number: 9564274Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 11, 2014Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Yukio Tani, Katsumi Kobayashi, Kimiatsu Nomura
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Patent number: 9424998Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 20, 2013Date of Patent: August 23, 2016Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Katsumi Kobayashi, Keizo Kimura, Tatsuya Susuki, Hirotaka Satou, Yukio Tani
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Publication number: 20160042875Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2015Publication date: February 11, 2016Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATIONInventors: Kohsuke WATANABE, Hirotaka SATO, Yukio TANI, Ryo FUJIWARA, Kazuhiro TSUNA, Katsumi KOBAYASHI
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Publication number: 20160012977Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2015Publication date: January 14, 2016Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Yukio TANI, Katsumi KOBAYASHI
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Publication number: 20150248969Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2015Publication date: September 3, 2015Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATIONInventors: Kousuke WATANABE, Yukio TANI, Kouitsu SASAKI, Hirotaka SATOU, Kazuhiro TSUNA, Katsumi KOBAYASHI
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Patent number: 9087642Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 28, 2014Date of Patent: July 21, 2015Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Yukio Tani, Tatsuya Susuki, Katsumi Kobayashi
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Patent number: 8991681Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 6, 2012Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: Hitachi High-Tech Instuments Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroshi Maki, Masayuki Mochizuki, Yukio Tani, Takehito Mochizuki
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Publication number: 20140290746Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2014Publication date: October 2, 2014Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Yukio TANI, Katsumi KOBAYASHI, Kimiatsu NOMURA
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Publication number: 20140209172Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2014Publication date: July 31, 2014Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATIONInventors: Yukio TANI, Tatsuya SUSUKI, Katsumi KOBAYASHI
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Patent number: 8779126Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 29, 2009Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Fujifilm CorporationInventors: Katsumi Kobayashi, Keizo Kimura, Tatsuya Susuki, Hirotaka Satou, Yukio Tani
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Publication number: 20140102540Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2013Publication date: April 17, 2014Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Katsumi KOBAYASHI, Keizo KIMURA, Tatsuya SUSUKI, Hirotaka SATOU, Yukio TANI