Flexible oled panel fashioned to resemble a lamp shade

Abstract

A flexible organic light emitting diode (“OLED”) and method of assembly to facilitate the use in a lighting luminaire and appear like a traditional cone shaped lamp shade. Flexible OLED panels, manufactured with a certain pattern or design resembling an unrolled and flattened conic frustum, allow the flexible panel to be curled, during assembly, to create a cone shape by bringing two ends of the panel together and resemble a traditional cone shaped light shade. Auxiliary frames or tensioning ties can be placed on the cone shaped OLED panel to retain the shape of the cone or, in instances where a portion of the OLED panel extends beyond the cone form in assembly, a lap joint can be made with two ends of the panel and secured with an adhesive. Frames may aid in the suspension of the OLED panel, as desired, to serve as a luminaire or lighting fixture.

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