Patents by Inventor Andrew Ingle

Andrew Ingle 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: 10756294
    Abstract: A method is specified for production of an insulator layer. This method comprises the following process steps: A) providing a precursor comprising a mixture of a first, a second and a third component where—the first component comprises a compound of the general where R1 and R2 are each independently selected from a group comprising hydrogen and alkyl radicals and n=1 to 10 000; the second component comprises a compound of the general where R3 is an alkyl radical, and the third component comprises at least one amine compound; B) applying the precursor to a substrate; C) curing the precursor to form the insulator layer. The first compound comprises an epoxy group and a hydroxyl group. The second compound comprises an ester group. The curing takes place at room temperature or at temperatures between 50° C. and 260° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBH
    Inventors: Michael Popp, Andrew Ingle, Christoph Kefes, Johannes Rosenberger, Stefan Dechand, Egbert Hoefling, Benjamin Claus Krummacher
  • Patent number: 10418419
    Abstract: The invention relates to a radiation-emitting device (600), which comprises a substrate (100), an inner optoelectronic component (300) and an outer optoelectronic component (200) which at least partially laterally surrounds the inner optoelectronic component (300). Further, the radiation-emitting device (600) has a cover element (500) which is arranged on the optoelectronic components (200, 300) and comprises a first contact element (521), connected to a first electrode surface of the inner optoelectronic component (300) in an electrically conductive manner, and a second contact element (522) connected to a second electrode surface of the inner optoelectronic component (300) in an electrically conductive manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBH
    Inventor: Andrew Ingle
  • Patent number: 10355233
    Abstract: The organic light-emitting diode (1) has a first electrode (21) with a first electric conductivity and a second electrode (22) with a second lower electric conductivity. An organic layer stack (4) for generating light is located between the electrodes (21, 22). The light-emitting diode (1) further comprises a current distribution layer (3) with a third high electric conductivity. When seen in a plan view, multiple contact regions (33) are located outside of an outer contour line (40) of the layer stack (4). The second electrode (22) and the current distribution layer (3) contact each other in the contact regions (33). In a current blocking region (34), the current distribution layer (3) is located entirely within the contour line (40) such that the second electrode (22) is electrically disconnected from the current distribution layer (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBH
    Inventors: Erwin Lang, Arne Fleissner, Andrew Ingle
  • Patent number: 10326098
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting diode is disclosed. In an embodiment, the diode includes a first light-emitting segment and at least a second light-emitting segment, wherein the first and second light-emitting segments include a common first electrode and a common second electrode, and are configured to emit radiation with different brightnesses, wherein the first electrode includes at least one separating line that does not completely cut through the first electrode, wherein an electric conductivity of the first electrode is reduced in a region of the separating line, wherein the separating line separates the first light-emitting segment from the second light-emitting segment, and wherein the second light-emitting segment has a lower brightness during operation than the first light-emitting segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBH
    Inventors: Karsten Diekmann, Andrew Ingle, Jörg Farrnbacher
  • Patent number: 10187060
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lighting device comprising an illuminant embodied as an OLED, and comprising a capacitive switching means, which are arranged on a substrate, wherein the illuminant has a first electrically conductive electrode and a second electrically conductive electrode, wherein a layer comprising organic, electroluminescent material is arranged between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the switching means has an electrode, wherein one electrode from the first electrode or the second electrode of the illuminant together with the electrode of the switching means is arranged in one plane, wherein a nonconductive spacing amounting to between 100 ?m and 700 ?m, more particularly between 400 ?m and 600 ?m, is present between said one electrode of the illuminant and the electrode of the switching means in the plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: HELLA GMBH & CO. KGAA
    Inventors: Karsten Diekmann, Jürgen Heinrich, Andrew Ingle, Johannes Rosenberger, Thorsten Vehoff
  • Publication number: 20180277786
    Abstract: The organic light-emitting diode (1) has a first electrode (21) with a first electric conductivity and a second electrode (22) with a second lower electric conductivity. An organic layer stack (4) for generating light is located between the electrodes (21, 22). The light-emitting diode (1) further comprises a current distribution layer (3) with a third high electric conductivity. When seen in a plan view, multiple contact regions (33) are located outside of an outer contour line (40) of the layer stack (4). The second electrode (22) and the current distribution layer (3) contact each other in the contact regions (33). In a current blocking region (34), the current distribution layer (3) is located entirely within the contour line (40) such that the second electrode (22) is electrically disconnected from the current distribution layer (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2016
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Erwin LANG, Arne FLEISSNER, Andrew INGLE
  • Patent number: 10043988
    Abstract: An element (1) is provided for stabilising an optoelectronic device (7), wherein the element (1) comprises a main body (1C), wherein the main body (1C) consists of a glass or at least comprises a glass and wherein the main body (1C) comprises a first and a second surface (1A, 1B). The first and second surface (1A, 1B) are opposite to one another and extend in each case in a lateral main direction of extension of the element (1), wherein a protective layer (2A, 2B) is formed at least at one of the surfaces (1A, 1B) and wherein the protective layer (2A, 2B) is configured and arranged in such a way that cracks (3) present in the main body (1C) are filled in by a material of the protective layer (2A, 2B). In addition, an optoelectronic device (7) is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Richard Baisl, Andrew Ingle, Erwin Lang
  • Patent number: 9978964
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting component includes an organic light-emitting diode which has at least one organic layer arranged to generate light and a printed circuit board with electrical conductor tracks. The printed circuit board is an integral component of the organic light-emitting diode. At least one of the electrical conductor tracks of the printed circuit board is connected in electrically conductive manner to the organic layer of the organic light-emitting diode. The printed circuit board is electrically contactable from the side remote from the organic light-emitting diode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBH
    Inventors: Andrew Ingle, Marc Philippens
  • Patent number: 9818968
    Abstract: Various embodiments may relate to an optoelectronic component. The optoelectronic component may include a planar optically active structure and an electric circuit structure. The planar optically active structure is designed to receive and/or provide electromagnetic radiation. The electric circuit structure is designed such that it provides an output value. The output value is dependent on at least one operational parameter of the optically active structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Andrew Ingle, Kilian Regau
  • Publication number: 20170288667
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lighting device comprising an illuminant embodied as an OLED, and comprising a capacitive switching means, which are arranged on a substrate, wherein the illuminant has a first electrically conductive electrode and a second electrically conductive electrode, wherein a layer comprising organic, electroluminescent material is arranged between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the switching means has an electrode, wherein one electrode from the first electrode or the second electrode of the illuminant together with the electrode of the switching means is arranged in one plane, wherein a nonconductive spacing amounting to between 100 ?m and 700 ?m, more particularly between 400 ?m and 600 ?m, is present between said one electrode of the illuminant and the electrode of the switching means in the plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2015
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Applicants: HELLA KGAA HUECK & CO., OSRAM OLED GMBH
    Inventors: Karsten DIEKMANN, Jürgen HEINRICH, Andrew INGLE, Johannes ROSENBERGER, Thorsten VEHOFF
  • Patent number: 9780151
    Abstract: A radiation-emitting device includes a substrate; and at least one layer sequence arranged on the substrate that generates electromagnetic radiation, including at least one first electrode area, at least one second electrode area, and at least one functional layer between the first electrode area and the second electrode area, wherein the functional layer generates electromagnetic radiation in a switched-on operating state, and at least one removal region is arranged between at least two points of the first electrode area conductively connected to one another by the first electrode area, the first electrode area being at least partly removed in the at least one removal region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventor: Andrew Ingle
  • Publication number: 20170256592
    Abstract: The invention relates to a radiation-emitting device (600), which comprises a substrate (100), an inner optoelectronic component (300) and an outer optoelectronic component (200) which at least partially laterally surrounds the inner optoelectronic component (300). Further, the radiation-emitting device (600) has a cover element (500) which is arranged on the optoelectronic components (200, 300) and comprises a first contact element (521), connected to a first electrode surface of the inner optoelectronic component (300) in an electrically conductive manner, and a second contact element (522) connected to a second electrode surface of the inner optoelectronic component (300) in an electrically conductive manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2015
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Inventor: Andrew INGLE
  • Publication number: 20170149011
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting diode is disclosed. In an embodiment, the diode includes a first light-emitting segment and at least a second light-emitting segment, wherein the first and second light-emitting segments include a common first electrode and a common second electrode, and are configured to emit radiation with different brightnesses, wherein the first electrode includes at least one separating line that does not completely cut through the first electrode, wherein an electric conductivity of the first electrode is reduced in a region of the separating line, wherein the separating line separates the first light-emitting segment from the second light-emitting segment, and wherein the second light-emitting segment has a lower brightness during operation than the first light-emitting segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Karsten Diekmann, Andrew Ingle, Jörg Farrnbacher
  • Publication number: 20170084864
    Abstract: A method is specified for production of an insulator layer. This method comprises the following process steps: A) Providing a precursor comprising a mixture of a first, a second and a third component where—the first component comprises a compound of the general formula IA where R1 and R2 are each independently selected from a group comprising hydrogen and alkyl radicals and n=1 to 10 000; the second component comprises a compound of the general formula ILA where R3 is an alkyl radical, and the third component comprises at least one amine compound; B) applying the precursor to a substrate; C) curing the precursor to form the insulator layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Inventors: Michael POPP, Andrew INGLE, Christoph KEFES, Johannes ROSENBERGER, Stefan DECHAND, Egbert HOEFLING, Benjamin Claus KRUMMACHER
  • Patent number: 9583729
    Abstract: A method for producing an electronic component with at least one first electrode zone (21) and one second electrode zone (23), which are separated from one another by an insulator (9) and each comprise at least one sublayer of a first electrically conductive material. Also disclosed is an electronic component, which may be produced using the disclosed method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Andrew Ingle, Tilman Schlenker, Karsten Heuser
  • Patent number: 9553133
    Abstract: A method for producing an optoelectronic assembly having a first and at least a second optoelectronic components may include forming a first electrically conductive layer on a substrate, forming a second electrically conductive layer on the first electrically conductive layer, applying an insulator material on the second electrically conductive layer and the substrate, such that at least a first insulator region, which insulates a first component region from a second component region, a second insulator region, which insulates the second component region from a first contact region, a third insulator region arranged on a side of the first component region, and a fourth insulator region arranged between the first and second insulator regions on a side of the second component region are formed by the insulator material, forming a first and second optically functional layers in the first and second component regions, respectively, and applying an electrically conductive electrode layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBH
    Inventor: Andrew Ingle
  • Patent number: 9502682
    Abstract: An optoelectronic device is provided which comprises a functional layer stack (6), an encapsulation layer (7) provided for encapsulating the layer stack, and at least one metal layer (8), wherein the functional layer stack comprises at least one organic active layer (63), which emits electromagnetic radiation when the device is in operation, the encapsulation layer completely covers the at least one organic active layer when viewed in plan view onto the layer stack, and the metal layer is arranged on a side of the encapsulation layer remote from the layer stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBH
    Inventors: Tilman Schlenker, Andrew Ingle, Marc Philippens
  • Publication number: 20160329511
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting component includes an organic light-emitting diode which has at least one organic layer arranged to generate light and a printed circuit board with electrical conductor tracks. The printed circuit board is an integral component of the organic light-emitting diode. At least one of the electrical conductor tracks of the printed circuit board is connected in electrically conductive manner to the organic layer of the organic light-emitting diode. The printed circuit board is electrically contactable from the side remote from the organic light-emitting diode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2014
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventors: Andrew Ingle, Marc Philippens
  • Patent number: 9472781
    Abstract: Various embodiments may relate to a method for producing an optoelectronic component. The method may include providing an optoelectronic component comprising a dielectric layer on or above an electrically conductive layer, wherein the dielectric layer is designed for sealing the electrically conductive layer substantially hermetically impermeably with regard to water, wherein the dielectric layer has diffusion channels, and closely closing the dielectric layer, wherein at least some of the diffusion channels in the dielectric layer are closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBH
    Inventors: Andrew Ingle, Marc Philippens, Tilman Schlenker
  • Patent number: 9466797
    Abstract: In at least one embodiment of the organic optoelectronic component (1), the latter comprises a carrier (2) and a first electrode (11), which is mounted on the carrier (2). Furthermore, the component (1) contains at least one organic layer sequence (3) with at least one organic active layer (33). Furthermore, the component (1) comprises a second electrode (22), such that the organic layer sequence (3) is located between the first electrode (11) and the second electrode (22). At least one dark region (4) and at least one bright region (5) are formed in a lateral direction. In both the dark region (4) and the bright region (5), both the first electrode (11) and the second electrode (22) and also the organic layer sequence (3) are applied to the carrier (2) in places or over the entire surface. A first reflectivity of the dark region (4) differs from a second reflectivity of the bright region (5) by at most 15 percentage points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventor: Andrew Ingle