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).

  • Publication number: 20180006249
    Abstract: An optoelectronic device includes a flexible organic light-emitting diode having a main extension plane, a first retaining element having a first major surface formed in accordance with a bent surface, and a second retaining element, wherein the OLED is arranged between the first retaining element and the second retaining element, and the OLED is mechanically fixed by the first retaining element and/or the second retaining element such that the main extension plane of the OLED is formed in accordance with the bent surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Daniel Riedel, Nina Riegel, Thomas Wehlus, Arne Fleissner, Armin Heinrichsdobler, Sebastian Wittmann
  • Publication number: 20170358777
    Abstract: An light-emitting apparatus and a method for producing a light-emitting apparatus are disclosed. In an embodiment, the apparatus includes at least one organic device and an outcoupling layer, wherein the at least one organic device emits electromagnetic radiation during operation, wherein the outcoupling layer contains optical structures, and wherein the apparatus has a non-Lambertian radiation distribution curve during operation. The outcoupling layer influences the radiation passing through it in an optically varying manner by the optical structures along a lateral direction in order to produce the non-Lambertian radiation distribution curve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2016
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Inventors: Karsten Diekmann, Thorsten Vehoff, Ulrich Niedermeier, Andreas Rausch, Daniel Riedel, Nina Riegel, Thomas Wehlus
  • Patent number: 9832838
    Abstract: In various embodiments, an optoelectronic assembly may include at least one organic light emitting diode including a first light emitting diode element and a second light emitting diode element, and an electronic circuit. The first light emitting diode element and the second light emitting diode element are electrically connected in parallel and are deposited monolithically on a common substrate, and the electronic circuit is designed to compare an electric current through the first light emitting diode element that flows during operation with an electric current through the second light emitting diode element that flows during operation and, depending on the comparison, to detect a short circuit of the first light emitting diode element or of the second light emitting diode element and to initiate an electrical switching off of one of the light emitting diode elements and/or of the assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Arne Fleissner, Daniel Riedel, Nina Riegel, Silke Scharner, Johannes Rosenberger, Thomas Wehlus
  • Publication number: 20170331064
    Abstract: A light-emitting component is provided including a functional layer stack having at least one light-emitting layer which is set up to generate light during the operation of the component, a first electrode and a second electrode, which are set up to inject charge carriers into the functional layer stack during operation, and an encapsulation arrangement having encapsulation material, which is arranged above at least one of the electrodes and the functional layer stack. At least one of the electrodes is transparent and contains a wavelength conversion substance and/or the encapsulation material is transparent and contains a wavelength conversion substance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventors: Evelyn Trummer-Sailer, Richard Baisl, Dominik Pentlehner, Arne Fleissner, Nina Riegel
  • Patent number: 9818982
    Abstract: An optoelectronic assembly includes an optoelectronic component having a surface light source for emitting a light on a substrate which is at least partly transmissive for the light emitted by the surface light source, wherein the optoelectronic component includes at least one first main emission surface and a second main emission surface wherein the second main emission surface is situated opposite the first main emission surface, and a reflective structure which is arranged at least partly in the beam path of the light emitted by the surface light source and is designed to reflect at least part of the light impinging on the reflective structure in the direction of the substrate, such that a laterally offset image of the surface light source is generatable. The reflective structure and the optoelectronic component are arranged at a distance from one another in a range of approximately 1 mm to approximately 1000 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Daniel Riedel, Thomas Wehlus, Nina Riegel, Silke Scharner, Johannes Rosenberger, Arne Fleissner
  • Publication number: 20170284628
    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: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Thomas Wehlus, Daniel Riedel, Nina Riegel, Silke Scharner, Johannes Rosenberger, Arne Fleissner
  • Publication number: 20170284858
    Abstract: An acoustic sensor includes a layer sequence which can be caused to vibrate, and at least one detection element which is in mechanical contact with the layer sequence and is designed to convert vibrations into electrical signals. The layer sequence is a radiation-emitting layer sequence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Stefan Gschloessl, Karsten Diekmann, Steven Rossbach, Thorsten Vehoff, Nina Riegel, Norbert Haas
  • Publication number: 20170256715
    Abstract: An optoelectronic device is disclosed. In an embodiment the optoelectronic device includes a light-transmissive first electrode, an electrically conductive track including a metal, and a functional organic region having at least one active region, wherein the electrically conductive track is arranged between the first electrode and the functional organic region and wherein the electrically conductive track is in direct contact with the first electrode and the functional organic region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2015
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Inventors: Thomas Wehlus, Daniel Riedel, Nina Riegel, Silke Scharner, Johannes Rosenberger, Arne Fleissner
  • Patent number: 9755173
    Abstract: An optoelectronic component is provided. The optoelectronic component includes an electromagnetic radiation source including an optically active region designed for emitting a first electromagnetic radiation, and a converter structure, which includes at least one converter material and is arranged in the beam path of the first electromagnetic radiation. The at least one converter material is designed to convert at least one portion of the first electromagnetic radiation into at least one second electromagnetic radiation. The at least one second electromagnetic radiation has at least one different wavelength than the at least one portion of the first electromagnetic radiation. The converter structure is formed in a structured fashion in such a way that the converter structure has a predefined region, such that the at least one second electromagnetic radiation is emittable only from the predefined region. The predefined region has a smaller area than the optically active region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBH
    Inventors: Nina Riegel, Carola Diez, Andreas Rausch, Dominik Pentlehner, Georg Dirscherl
  • Patent number: 9748523
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting device includes a substrate, on which a transparent electrode and a further electrode are applied. An organic light-emitting layer is arranged between the electrodes. At least one optical scattering layer is arranged on a side of the transparent electrode facing away from the organic light-emitting layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Daniel Steffen Setz, Thilo Reusch, Nina Riegel
  • Patent number: 9735397
    Abstract: A process of producing a radiation-emitting organic-electronic device having a first and a second electrode layer and an emitter layer includes: A) providing a phosphorescent emitter with an anisotropic molecule structure and a matrix material, B) applying the first electrode layer to a substrate, C) applying the emitter layer under thermodynamic control, with vaporization of the phosphorescent emitter and of the matrix material under reduced pressure and deposition thereof on the first electrode layer such that molecules of the phosphorescent emitter are in anisotropic alignment, and D) applying the second electrode layer on the emitter layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignees: OSRAM OLED GmbH, Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Nina Riegel, Jörg Frischeisen, Wolfgang Brütting, Thomas Dobbertin, Karsten Heuser, Daniel Steffen Setz, Benjamin Claus Krummacher, Michael Flämmich, Norbert Danz
  • Publication number: 20170229675
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting device and a method for producing an organic light emitting device are disclosed. In an embodiment the device includes a substrate and at least one layer sequence arranged on the substrate and suitable for generating electromagnetic radiation. The at least one layer sequence includes at least one first electrode surface arranged on the substrate, at least one second electrode surface arranged on the first electrode surface and an organic functional layer stack having organic functional layers between the first electrode surface and the second electrode surface. The organic functional layer stack includes at least one organic light-emitting layer, wherein the at least one organic light-emitting layer is configured to emit light, wherein the organic functional layer stack includes at least one inhomogeneity layer, and wherein a thickness of the at least one inhomogeneity layer varies in a lateral direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2015
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventors: Daniel Riedel, Thomas Wehlus, Carola Diez, Nina Riegel, Ulrich Niedermeier, Arne Fleißner, Erwin Lang
  • Publication number: 20170229669
    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: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventors: Andreas RAUSCH, Carola DIEZ, Nina RIEGEL, Dominik PENTLEHNER, Britta GOEOETZ
  • Publication number: 20170229437
    Abstract: In various exemplary embodiments, an optoelectronic component device is provided. The optoelectronic component device includes a first organic light emitting diode and a second organic light emitting diode, which are connected to one another in physical contact one above the other. The first organic light emitting diode is electrically connected in parallel with the second organic light emitting diode. The first organic light emitting diode and the second organic light emitting diode have at least an approximately identical or identical electronic diode characteristic and/or an approximately identical or identical electronic diode characteristic variable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventors: Thomas Wehlus, Daniel Riedel, Nina Riegel, Silke Scharner, Johannes Rosenberger, Arne Fleissner
  • Publication number: 20170214002
    Abstract: An optoelectronic assembly includes an optoelectronic component having a surface light source for emitting a light on a substrate which is at least partly transmissive for the light emitted by the surface light source, wherein the optoelectronic component includes at least one first main emission surface and a second main emission surface wherein the second main emission surface is situated opposite the first main emission surface, and a reflective structure which is arranged at least partly in the beam path of the light emitted by the surface light source and is designed to reflect at least part of the light impinging on the reflective structure in the direction of the substrate, such that a laterally offset image of the surface light source is generatable. The reflective structure and the optoelectronic component are arranged at a distance from one another in a range of approximately 1 mm to approximately 1000 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2015
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Daniel Riedel, Thomas Wehlus, Nina Riegel, Silke Scharner, Johannes Rosenberger, Arne Fleissner
  • Publication number: 20170215249
    Abstract: In various embodiments, an optoelectronic assembly may include at least one organic light emitting diode including a first light emitting diode element and a second light emitting diode element, and an electronic circuit. The first light emitting diode element and the second light emitting diode element are electrically connected in parallel and are deposited monolithically on a common substrate, and the electronic circuit is designed to compare an electric current through the first light emitting diode element that flows during operation with an electric current through the second light emitting diode element that flows during operation and, depending on the comparison, to detect a short circuit of the first light emitting diode element or of the second light emitting diode element and to initiate an electrical switching off of one of the light emitting diode elements and/or of the assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2015
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Arne Fleissner, Daniel Riedel, Nina Riegel, Silke Scharner, Johannes Rosenberger, Thomas Wehlus
  • Patent number: 9685638
    Abstract: Various embodiments may relate to a method for producing an optoelectronic component, including forming a first electrode on a substrate, arranging a first mask structure on or above the substrate, wherein the first mask structure comprises a first structuring region including an opening and/or a region prepared for forming an opening, arranging a second mask structure on or above the first mask structure, forming a second structuring region in the first mask structure and in the second mask structure in such a way that at least one part of the first structuring region in the first mask structure is formed outside the second structuring region in the first mask structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: ORAM OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Arne Fleissner, Carola Diez, Nina Riegel, Thomas Wehlus, Daniel Riedel, Johannes Rosenberger, Silke Scharner
  • Publication number: 20170125722
    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: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2015
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Applicant: OSRAM OLED GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Wehlus, Daniel Riedel, Nina Riegel, Silke Scharner, Johannes Rosenberger, Arne Fleissner
  • Publication number: 20170025478
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting component is disclosed. The organic light emitting component includes a substrate and at least one layer sequence arranged on the substrate and suitable for generating electromagnetic radiation. The at least one layer sequence may include at least one first electrode area arranged on the substrate, at least one second electrode area arranged on the first electrode area, a basic color unit arranged between the first electrode area and the second electrode area and a plurality of color units arranged between the basic color unit and the first or second electrode area, wherein the plurality of color units are arranged laterally offset to one another, and wherein the basic color unit and each of the plurality of color units respectively comprises at least one organic light-emitting layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: Thomas Wehlus, Carola Diez, Erwin Lang, Nina Riegel, Daniel Riedel
  • Patent number: 9455416
    Abstract: An optoelectronic component may include a first organic functional layer structure, a second organic functional layer structure, and a charge generating layer structure between the first organic functional layer structure and the second organic functional layer structure. The charge generating layer structure includes a first electron-conducting charge generating layer, and a second electron-conducting charge generating layer. The second electron-conducting charge generating layer is formed from a single substance, and the substance of the first electron-conducting charge generating layer is a substance selected from the group of substances consisting of: HAT-CN, Cu(I)pFBz, NDP-2, NDP-9, Bi(III)pFBz, F16CuPc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBH
    Inventors: Carola Diez, Arndt Jaeger, Erwin Lang, Ulrich Niedermeier, Nina Riegel, Guenter Schmid, Stefan Seidel