Patents by Inventor Thomas Wehlus

Thomas Wehlus 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: 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
  • Publication number: 20170023806
    Abstract: An optical element includes a light guide plate with a first major surface and with a second major surface opposite the first major surface and with side faces connecting the first and second major surfaces, wherein the light guide plate includes a matrix material transparent to ultraviolet light in which scattering centers are embedded, at least one light-emitting semiconductor device that couples ultraviolet light into the light guide plate via a side face when in operation, a first filter layer on the first major surface and a second filter layer on the second major surface, wherein the filter layers opaque to ultraviolet light and at least partially transparent to visible light, and a first photochromic layer at least on the first major surface, between the light guide panel and the first filter layer, with a transparency to visible light by ultraviolet light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2014
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: Thomas Wehlus, Arne Fleißner, Daniel Riedel, Johannes Rosenberger
  • Publication number: 20170005141
    Abstract: Various embodiments may relate to an optoelectronic component, including an optoelectronic structure formed for providing an electromagnetic radiation, a measuring structure formed for measuring the electromagnetic radiation, and a waveguide formed for guiding the electromagnetic radiation. The optoelectronic structure and the measuring structure are optically coupled to the waveguide. The waveguide includes scattering centers distributed in a matrix, wherein the scattering centers are distributed in the matrix in such a way that part of the electromagnetic radiation is guided from the optoelectronic structure to the measuring structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2015
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Inventor: Thomas Wehlus
  • Publication number: 20170005290
    Abstract: An optoelectronic component may include a first electrically conductively formed layer, including an electrically conductive substance in a matrix, a second electrically conductively formed layer, and an electrically conductively formed thin film encapsulation between the first electrically conductively formed layer and the second electrically conductively formed layer. The electrically conductively formed thin film encapsulation is formed in such a way that the second electrically conductively formed layer is electrically conductively connected to the first electrically conductively formed layer by the electrically conductively formed thin film encapsulation, and the electrically conductively formed thin film encapsulation is formed in a hermetically impermeable fashion with respect to a diffusion of water and/or oxygen from the first electrically conductively formed layer through the electrically conductively formed thin film encapsulation into the second electrically conductively formed layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2015
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Inventor: Thomas Wehlus
  • Publication number: 20160365541
    Abstract: In various embodiments, glassware is provided. The glassware may include a glass matrix having a surface, a first type of particles, and at least one second type of particles, wherein the particles of the second type have a higher refractive index than the particles of the first type, wherein the particles of the first type are completely surrounded by the glass matrix, such that the surface of the glass matrix is free of particles of the first type, and the particles of the second type are arranged above and/or between the particles of the first type at least partly in the glass matrix at the surface of the glass matrix in order to increase the refractive index of the glassware.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2015
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Inventor: Thomas Wehlus
  • Publication number: 20160359130
    Abstract: In various embodiments, an organic optoelectronic component is provided. The organic optoelectronic component may include a first electrode, an organic functional layer structure over the first electrode, and a second electrode over the organic functional layer structure. Optionally, the organic functional layer structure includes a charge carrier pair generation layer structure. At least one of the electrodes and/or the charge carrier pair generation layer structure includes electrically conductive nanostructures, the surfaces of which are at least partially coated with a coating material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2015
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Inventors: Thomas Wehlus, Erwin Lang, Richard Baisl, Daniel Riedel, Arndt Jaeger, Andreas Rausch, Silke Scharner
  • Publication number: 20160274351
    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: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: Nina Riegel, Thomas Wehlus, Dominik Pentlehner
  • Publication number: 20160268550
    Abstract: In various embodiments, an optoelectronic component is provided. The optoelectronic component may include a light-transmissive carrier, a light-transmissive electrode above the carrier, an organic functional layer structure, which has a first refractive index, above the first electrode, a light-transmissive current distributing layer above the organic functional layer structure, a light-transmissive TIR layer, which has a second refractive index, which is less than the first refractive index, above the current distributing layer, a specularly reflective current supply layer above the TIR layer, and at least one current conducting element which extends through the TIR layer and electrically couples the current supply layer and the current distributing layer to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2014
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Applicant: Osram OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Daniel Riedel, Thomas Wehlus
  • Publication number: 20160240815
    Abstract: An optoelectronic component may include an electrically conductive carrier structure having a first contact section and a carrier section, an organic functional layer structure which is formed above the carrier structure and which overlaps the carrier section and which does not overlap the first contact section, an electrically conductive covering structure, which is formed above the organic functional layer structure and which includes a covering section and a second contact section, wherein the covering section overlaps the organic functional layer structure and the carrier section, wherein the first contact section projects below the organic functional layer structure on a first side and on a third side of the optoelectronic component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2014
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Inventors: Johannes Rosenberger, Thomas Wehlus
  • Publication number: 20160233455
    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: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Inventors: Daniel Riedel, Johannes Rosenberger, Thomas Wehlus, Nina Riegel, Silke Scharner, Arne Fleissner
  • Publication number: 20160218326
    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: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2014
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Applicant: ORAM OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Arne Fleissner, Carola Diez, Nina Riegel, Thomas Wehlus, Daniel Riedel, Johannes Rosenberger, Silke Scharner
  • Publication number: 20160204386
    Abstract: A radiation-emitting component is disclosed. Embodiments of the invention relate to a radiation-emitting component with an organic layer stack which is arranged on a substrate. An outcoupling structure is arranged on a substrate face facing the organic layer stack, an additional optical layer is arranged between the substrate and the outcoupling structure, and the additional optical structure has a refractive index which is lower than the refractive index of the substrate, or the additional optical layer forms a mirror which has a selective angle and which only allows light that can be coupled out of the substrate at a substrate boundary surface facing away from the organic layer sequence to pass, the light being generated in the organic layer stack during operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2014
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Inventors: Christopher WIESMANN, Thomas WEHLUS
  • Patent number: 9385338
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting component includes a first light-emitting layer sequence, which is designed to emit light in a first wavelength range during the operation of the component. A second light-emitting layer sequence is designed to emit light in a second wavelength range during the operation of the component. A charge carrier generating layer sequence is designed to output charge carriers to the first light-emitting layer sequence and to the second light-emitting layer sequence during the operation of the component. The first wavelength range differs from the second wavelength range. The charge carrier generating layer sequence is arranged between the first light-emitting layer sequence and the second light-emitting layer sequence in a stacking direction of the organic light-emitting component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Wehlus, Arndt Jaeger
  • Publication number: 20160164037
    Abstract: A radiation emitting apparatus including a substrate, at least one layer sequence arranged on the substrate and producing electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength range, having at least one first electrode surface, at least one second electrode surface, and at least one functional layer between the first electrode surface and the second electrode surface, wherein the functional layer produces electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength range in a switched-on operating state, and a scatter layer having a first region and a second region, wherein radiation produced by the functional layer is directly incident on the scatter layer only in the first region of the scatter layer, and the scatter layer at least partially scatters radiation incident upon the first region of the scatter layer so that said radiation enters the second region of the scatter layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2014
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventors: Thomas Wehlus, Johannes Rosenberger
  • Publication number: 20160149153
    Abstract: Various embodiments may relate to an optoelectronic component, including an organic functional layer structure, and an electrode on or above the organic functional layer structure. The electrode is electrically conductively coupled to the organic functional layer structure. The electrode includes an optically transparent or translucent matrix including at least one matrix material, and particles embedded into the matrix. The particles have a refractive index that is greater than the refractive index of the at least one matrix material. A difference in refractive index between the at least one matrix material and the particles embedded into the matrix is at least 0.05.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2014
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Inventors: Silke Scharner, Thomas Wehlus
  • Publication number: 20160133879
    Abstract: Various embodiments may relate to an optoelectronic component and a method for producing an optoelectronic component. In various embodiments, an optoelectronic component is provided, the optoelectronic component, including an optically active structure, which is designed for receiving and/or providing electromagnetic radiation, and at least one scattering structure, which is formed in the beam path of the electromagnetic radiation on or above the optically active structure. The scattering structure is designed such that the directional characteristic of the electromagnetic radiation can be electrically modified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Inventor: Thomas Wehlus
  • Publication number: 20160126486
    Abstract: Various embodiments may relate to a process for producing an optoelectronic component. In the process, a carrier is provided. A first electrode is formed upon the carrier. An optically functional layer structure is formed upon the first electrode. A second electrode is formed upon the optically functional layer structure. At least one of the two electrodes is formed by disposing electrically conductive nanowires on a surface on which the corresponding electrode is to be formed, and by heating the nanowires in such a way that they plastically deform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: Silke Scharner, Thomas Wehlus
  • Publication number: 20160013447
    Abstract: A radiation-emitting device includes a substrate, at least one layer sequence arranged on the substrate and adapted to generate electromagnetic radiation, including at least one first electrode surface, at least one second electrode surface, and at least one functional layer between the first electrode surface and the second electrode surface, wherein the functional layer is adapted to generate electromagnetic radiation in a switched-on operating state, at least one transparency region transparent to at least one partial spectrum of electromagnetic radiation at least in a switched-off operating state, and at least one non-transparency region non-transparent to the partial spectrum of electromagnetic radiation, wherein the transparency region and the non-transparency region are arranged such that electromagnetic radiation from the partial spectrum can pass through the radiation-emitting device through the transparency region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2013
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventor: Thomas Wehlus
  • Patent number: 9196870
    Abstract: In at least one embodiment of the organic light-emitting diode (1), this comprises a mirror (3) and an organic layer sequence (4). The organic layer sequence (4) contains a first active layer (41) for producing first radiation and at least two second active layers (42, 43) for producing second radiation. The active layers (41, 42, 43) are arranged one above the other in a main direction (x) away from the mirror (3). A charge generation layer (45) is located in each case between two adjacent active layers (41, 42, 43). The second active layers (42, 43) each have the same at least two radiation active organic materials. The first active layer (41) has a radiation active organic material which is different therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Wehlus, Carola Diez, Stefan Seidel, Ulrich Niedermeier, Arndt Jaeger, Nina Riegel
  • Publication number: 20150318512
    Abstract: An optoelectronic device is provided which comprises an organic active layer (5) provided for generating electromagnetic radiation and a first electrode (1) provided for electrical contacting of the active layer, wherein the first electrode comprises a first electrode layer (11) and a first connection layer (12) spaced at least in places from the first electrode layer, the active layer is arranged at least in places between the first electrode layer and the first connection layer, and the first electrode comprises at least one through via (13) which extends through the active layer and, in so doing, forms an electrical contact between the first electrode layer and the first connection layer. A method for producing such a device is furthermore provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2013
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Inventor: Thomas WEHLUS