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US 9,851,076 B2Granted
Light-emitting device and mobile object
AssigneePanasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
InventorsItaru Onishi, Osamu Tanahashi
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Abstract
A light-emitting device includes: a holder having an elongate shape and flexibility; and a flat light-emitting element held by the holder and having a rectangular shape and flexibility. The holder includes a frame portion extending in a longitudinal direction of the holder, and a holding part protruding from the frame portion in a plan view. The frame portion of the holder and the flat light-emitting element overlap in a lateral-view direction, and the flat light-emitting element is joined to and held by the holding part.
Claims15
A light-emitting device comprising:
- a holder having an elongate shape and flexibility;
- and
- a flat light-emitting element held by the holder and having a rectangular shape and flexibility, the flat light-emitting element comprising:
- a pair of substrates;
- a pair of electrodes disposed between the pair of substrates and electrically connected to an anode and cathode;
- an extraction electrode extracted from each electrode of the pair of electrodes;
- and
- a light-emitting layer disposed between the pair of electrodes;
- wherein:
- the holder includes a frame extending in a longitudinal direction of the holder in a plan view, and a beam protruding from the frame and extending across the top of the light emitting layer in a latitudinal direction of the holder in a plan view and wherein the beam is configured to supply power to the flat light-emitting element via power supply units disposed on the beam,
- the frame of the holder and the beam overlap the light emitting element in an orthogonal direction in a plan view,
- the flat light-emitting element is joined to the frame and beam by a plurality of holding pieces, and
- the extraction electrodes are electrically and mechanically connected to the power supply units in a region where the power supply units and the flat light-emitting element are joined together.
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