Patents by Inventor Nina Riegel

Nina Riegel 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: 10217941
    Abstract: A method for producing an organic light-emitting diode and an organic light-emitting diode are disclosed. In an embodiment, the method includes providing a substrate with a continuous application surface, generating multiple adhesion regions on the application surface, the adhesion regions being completely surrounded by the application surface, applying metal nanowires over the entire surface of the application surface, removing the metal nanowires outside of the adhesion regions by a washing process using a solvent such that the remaining metal nanowires completely or partly form a light-permeable electrode of the organic light-emitting diode, and applying an organic layer sequence onto the light-permeable electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Silke Scharner, Thomas Wehlus, Nina Riegel, Arne Fleißner, Johannes Rosenberger, Daniel Riedel
  • Publication number: 20190036062
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting diode includes a carrier; at least two electrodes; an organic layer sequence having at least one active zone that generates light; and light-opaque visual protection layers that have no influence on an emission characteristic of the organic layer sequence and the organic light-emitting diode, one of which is located directly on the carrier, the organic layer sequence is located between the two electrodes and one of the electrodes is attached directly to the carrier, the visual protection layer, viewed in a plan view, completely surrounds the organic layer sequence, at least one of the electrodes is provided with a structuring in a region adjacent to the organic layer sequence in a plan view, in a plan view, the structuring is located completely beside the organic layer sequence, and the structuring is hidden by the visual protection layer for a viewer from outside the organic light-emitting diode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Nina Riegel, Daniel Riedel, Thomas Wehlus, Arne Fleißner, Armin Heinrichsdobler
  • Patent number: 10180566
    Abstract: A lighting device includes a carrier, in which a laterally extended cavity is formed, a light source arranged alongside the cavity and serving for generating light that propagates from the light source through the cavity, a fluid reservoir for receiving a fluid, and a microfluid pump, which is designed for shifting the fluid received in the fluid reservoir between the fluid reservoir and the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBH
    Inventors: Nina Riegel, Thomas Wehlus, Dominik Pentlehner
  • Patent number: 10177202
    Abstract: A double-sided emissive organic display device includes a carrier, a control element layer structure above the carrier, a plurality of first organic light emitting components, which are formed above the carrier, which are electrically connected to the control element layer structure and which are driven by means of the control element layer structure during the operation of the double-sided emissive organic display device and emit first light substantially in a direction toward the carrier, and a plurality of second organic light emitting components, which are formed above the control element layer structure and which are electrically connected to the control element layer structure and which are driven by means of the control element layer structure during the operation of the double-sided emissive organic display device and emit second light substantially in a direction away from the carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Arne Fleissner, Simon Schicktanz, Erwin Lang, Nina Riegel, Egbert Hoefling
  • Publication number: 20180374910
    Abstract: The invention relates to an optoelectronic component, the optoelectronic component comprises a light-emitting layer stack, and an electrothermal protection element, which is connected to the layer stack in the component and has a temperature-dependent resistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Applicant: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Daniel Riedel, Carola Diez, Arne Fleissner, Ulrich Niedermeier, Dominik Pentlehner, Andreas Rausch, Nina Riegel, Johannes Rosenberger, Thomas Wehlus
  • Publication number: 20180358575
    Abstract: A method of preventing an analysis of the material composition of an organic optoelectronic component includes: A) providing an organic optoelectronic component having a functional component part and a camouflage layer, and B) determining an overall analysis spectrum of the organic optoelectronic component by IR or X-ray radiation, wherein the overall analysis spectrum is composed of a first analysis spectrum of the functional component part and a second analysis spectrum of the camouflage layer, and determination of the first and/or second analysis spectrum from the overall analysis spectrum is made more difficult or prevented so that, due to the camouflage layer, determination of the material composition of the functional component part is made difficult or prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2017
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: Thomas Wehlus, Daniel Riedel, Arne Fleißner, Armin Heinrichsdobler, Nina Riegel
  • Patent number: 10147773
    Abstract: According to the present disclosure, an organic light-emitting diode device is disclosed with an organic light-emitting diode having a first main surface and a second main surface lying opposite the first main surface, an optically functional device having a first hollow space and a second hollow space, and a control element. The first hollow space is arranged on or over the first main surface, and the second hollow space is arranged below the second main surface. The first hollow space and the second hollow space are connected to one another by means of a fluid connection. An optically functional fluid is arranged in the optically functional device. The control element is configured to move the optically functional fluid to and fro between the first hollow space and the second hollow space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBH
    Inventors: Dominik Pentlehner, Andreas Rausch, Thomas Wehlus, Carola Diez, Nina Riegel, Britta Goeoetz, Georg Dirscherl
  • Publication number: 20180294413
    Abstract: According to the present disclosure, a method for producing an optoelectronic component is provided. The method includes forming an organic first layer above a substrate, and forming an organic second layer above the first surface region. The first layer includes a surface. The surface is opposite the substrate and includes a first surface region and a second surface region. The second surface region surrounds the first surface region. The second surface region remains free of the second layer . The first layer and the second layer differ in their chemical composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Inventors: Nina Riegel, Arne Fleissner
  • Patent number: 10082270
    Abstract: A light-emitting module including a light-emitting component and a resilient body is provided. The light-emitting component includes a light-emitting layer structure for generating light and includes a light-emitting main face through which the generated light leaves the light-emitting component. The resilient body, which is arranged over the light-emitting main face, is connected firmly to the light-emitting component, includes at least one light-deviating region, and includes a free-lying surface which includes at least one surface element, which lies at a distance greater than or equal to 4 mm from the light-emitting layer structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Wehlus, Daniel Riedel, Nina Riegel, Silke Scharner, Johannes Rosenberger, Arne Fleissner
  • Publication number: 20180205028
    Abstract: The invention relates to an organic optoelectronic component (10) comprising a first electrode layer (2), having a doped matrix material and metal nanowires, an organic active layer (3), which is suitable for emitting or detecting electromagnetic radiation, and a second electrode layer (6). The organic active layer (3) is directly adjacent to the first electrode layer (2). The invention further relates to a method for producing the organic optoelectronic component (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2015
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Inventors: Silke SCHARNER, Daniel RIEDEL, Arne FLEISSNER, Thomas WEHLUS, Nina RIEGEL, Johannes ROSENBERGER
  • Publication number: 20180151833
    Abstract: In various embodiments, an optoelectronic component is provided. The optoelectronic component includes an optically active layer structure on a surface of a planar substrate. The surface in a predefined region is free of optically active layer structure. The optoelectronic component further includes an encapsulation structure having an inorganic encapsulation layer. The inorganic encapsulation layer is formed on or above the optically active layer structure and the surface of the substrate in the predefined region. The inorganic encapsulation layer at least in the predefined region is formed in direct contact with the surface of the substrate. The surface of the substrate at least in the predefined region includes a structuring. The structuring is configured to increase the roughness of the surface. The substrate at least in the predefined region at the surface thereof includes or is formed from an inorganic material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Inventors: Nina Riegel, Sebastian Wittmann, Erwin Lang, Arne Fleissner
  • Patent number: 9960381
    Abstract: A lighting device may include a substrate having a carrier, a first electrical busbar, a second electrical busbar, and an optically functional structure on or above the carrier, wherein the optically functional structure is formed laterally between the first and the second electrical busbar, and a first electrode electrically coupled to the first electrical busbar and/or the second electrical busbar, on or above the carrier, and an organic functional layer structure on or above the first electrode, wherein the organic functional layer structure is formed for converting an electric current into an electromagnetic radiation, and a second electrode on or above the organic functional layer structure. The optically functional structure is formed in such a way that the beam path of the electromagnetic radiation which passes through the substrate and/or the spectrum of the electromagnetic radiation passing through the substrate are/is variable by means of the optically functional structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Wehlus, Daniel Riedel, Nina Riegel, Silke Scharner, Johannes Rosenberger, Arne Fleissner
  • Publication number: 20180106436
    Abstract: In various embodiments, a method for producing an optoelectronic device is provided. The method may include in the following order: providing a substrate, having a first state having a non-planar shape, reshaping the substrate into a second state. The second state has a planar or substantially planar shape. The method may further include forming at least one optoelectronic component on the substrate and reshaping the substrate into a third state. The third state is identical or substantially identical to the first state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: Sebastian Wittmann, Arne Fleissner, Erwin Lang, Nina Riegel
  • Patent number: 9941486
    Abstract: Various embodiments may relate to a component. The component includes an optically active region designed for electrically controllably transmitting, reflecting, absorbing, emitting and/or converting an electromagnetic radiation, and an optically inactive region formed alongside the optically active region, wherein the optically inactive region and/or the optically active region have/has an adaptation structure designed to adapt the value of an optical variable in the optically inactive region to a value of the optical variable in the optically active region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBH
    Inventors: Daniel Riedel, Johannes Rosenberger, Thomas Wehlus, Nina Riegel, Silke Scharner, Arne Fleissner
  • Publication number: 20180083222
    Abstract: According to the present disclosure, a method for producing an optoelectronic component is provided. The method includes forming an optically functional layer structure in accordance with at least one part of a geometric network of a body, and bending the part of the geometric network in the at least one desired bending region, such that at least one part of the body is formed. The part of the geometric network includes at least one desired bending region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: Thomas Wehlus, Nina Riegel, Erwin Lang, Evelyn Trummer-Sailer, Arne Fleissner, Daniel Riedel, Johannes Rosenberger, Silke Scharner
  • Patent number: 9911940
    Abstract: The invention relates to an organic light-emitting diode (1000) with an organic layer sequence (100). The organic layer sequence (100) comprises a first organic emitter layer (1) for generating electromagnetic radiation of a first wavelength range (10) and a second organic emitter layer (2) for generating electromagnetic radiation of a second wavelength range (20). A charge carrier generation layer sequence (33), CGL for short, is arranged between the first (1) and the second (2) emitter layer, and the first emitter layer (1) and the second emitter layer (2) are electrically connected in series via said CGL. The CGL (33) additionally has a converter material which converts the radiation of the first (10) and/or the second (20) wavelength range at least partially into radiation of a third wavelength range (30). In this manner, the organic light-emitting diode (1000) can emit mixed light with components of the first (10), second (20), and third (30) wavelength range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Rausch, Carola Diez, Nina Riegel, Dominik Pentlehner, Britta Goeoetz
  • Publication number: 20180062115
    Abstract: A method for producing a light-emitting device and light-emitting device are disclosed. In an embodiment the method includes providing a carrier layer comprising a substrate, applying a first electrode layer, applying a layer sequence for generating light, applying a second electrode layer and structuring at least one layer for varying an optical thickness in a first region of the light-emitting device differently from the layer in a second region of the light-emitting device, wherein the second region is laterally arranged relative to the first region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: Michael Popp, Ulrich Niedermeier, Andreas Rausch, Nina Riegel, Philipp Schwamb, Benjamin Claus Höflinger
  • Patent number: 9893319
    Abstract: The invention relates to a radiation-emitting, organic component comprising a radiation-permeable carrier body (1) having a first surface (1a) on a top side of the carrier body (1), a radiation-permeable, structured layer (2) that is arranged on the first surface (1a) and covers same at least in places, a radiation-permeable first electrode (3) that is arranged on the side of the structured layer (2) facing away from the carrier body (1), a layer stack (10) that is arranged on the side of the first electrode (3) facing away from the structured layer (2) and comprises an organic, active region, and a second electrode (6), wherein the active region (10a) can be electrically contacted via the first electrode (3) and the second electrode (6), the structured layer (2) is different from the radiation-permeable carrier body (1), and the structured layer (2) comprises structures (2a) for refracting and/or scattering electromagnetic radiation generated in the active region (100) during operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Dobbertin, Thilo Reusch, Nina Riegel, Daniel Steffen Setz, Thomas Wehlus
  • Publication number: 20180019289
    Abstract: According to the present disclosure, an organic light-emitting diode device is disclosed with an organic light-emitting diode having a first main surface and a second main surface lying opposite the first main surface, an optically functional device having a first hollow space and a second hollow space, and a control element. The first hollow space is arranged on or over the first main surface, and the second hollow space is arranged below the second main surface. The first hollow space and the second hollow space are connected to one another by means of a fluid connection. An optically functional fluid is arranged in the optically functional device. The control element is configured to move the optically functional fluid to and fro between the first hollow space and the second hollow space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2016
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Inventors: Dominik Pentlehner, Andreas Rausch, Thomas Wehlus, Carola Diez, Nina Riegel, Britta Goeoetz, Georg Dirscherl
  • Publication number: 20180013066
    Abstract: A method for producing an organic light-emitting diode and an organic light-emitting diode are disclosed. In an embodiment, the method includes providing a substrate with a continuous application surface, generating multiple adhesion regions on the application surface, the adhesion regions being completely surrounded by the application surface, applying metal nanowires over the entire surface of the application surface, removing the metal nanowires outside of the adhesion regions by a washing process using a solvent such that the remaining metal nanowires completely or partly form a light-permeable electrode of the organic light-emitting diode, and applying an organic layer sequence onto the light-permeable electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2016
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Applicant: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Silke Scharner, Thomas Wehlus, Nina Riegel, Arne Fleißner, Johannes Rosenberger, Daniel Riedel