Light-emitting device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9460643-B2
Application number	US-201414471686-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 28, 2014
Priority date	Sep 3, 2013
Publication date	Oct 4, 2016
Grant date	Oct 4, 2016

Abstract

A light-emitting device can be folded in such a manner that a flexible light-emitting panel is supported by a plurality of housings which are provided spaced from each other and the light-emitting panel is bent so that surfaces of adjacent housings are in contact with each other. Furthermore, in the light-emitting device, in which part or the whole of the housings have magnetism, the two adjacent housings can be fixed to each other by a magnetic force when the light-emitting device is used in a folded state.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A light-emitting device comprising:
a flexible light-emitting panel; and
a first housing and a second housing that support the flexible light-emitting panel,
wherein the flexible light-emitting panel includes a first surface on one side of the flexible light-emitting panel and a second surface on the other side of the flexible light-emitting panel,
wherein the flexible light-emitting panel is foldable so that a first portion of the first surface and a second portion of the first surface face each other,
wherein the first housing and the second housing are capable of being fixed to each other by magnetism when the first portion of the first surface and the second portion of the first surface face each other,
wherein each of the first housing and the second housing comprises a ferromagnet, and
wherein the ferromagnet is provided in each of the first housing and the second housing so that magnetic poles of an upper surface and a lower surface of each of the first housing and the second housing are opposite to each other and that magnetic poles of the upper surfaces of the first housing and the second housing are opposite to each other.

2. A light-emitting device comprising:
a flexible light-emitting panel; and
a first housing and a second housing that support the flexible light-emitting panel,
wherein the flexible light-emitting panel includes a first surface on one side of the flexible light-emitting panel and a second surface on the other side of the flexible light-emitting panel,
wherein the flexible light-emitting panel is foldable so that a first portion of the first surface and a second portion of the first surface face each other,
wherein the first housing and the second housing are capable of being fixed to each other when the first portion of the first surface and the second portion of the first surface face each other, and
wherein in the case where the first housing and the second housing that face each other when the flexible light-emitting panel is folded are fixed to each other, adsorption power of the first housing and the second housing is greater than or equal to 0.1 kgf and less than or equal to 2.0 kgf.

3. A light-emitting device comprising:
a flexible light-emitting panel; and
a plurality of housings that support the flexible light-emitting panel,
wherein the plurality of housings are provided spaced from each other, and
wherein two of the plurality of housings that face each other when the flexible light-emitting panel is folded are capable of being fixed to each other by magnetism,
wherein each of the plurality of housings comprises a ferromagnet, and
wherein the ferromagnet is provided in each of the plurality of housings so that magnetic poles of an upper surface and a lower surface of each of the plurality of housings are opposite to each other and that magnetic poles of the upper surfaces of the two adjacent housings are opposite to each other.

4. A light-emitting device comprising:
a flexible light-emitting panel; and
a plurality of housings that support the flexible light-emitting panel,
wherein the plurality of housings are provided spaced from each other,
wherein two of the plurality of housings that face each other when the flexible light-emitting panel is folded are capable of being fixed to each other by magnetism,
wherein the plurality of housings are each any of a first housing comprising a ferromagnet so that magnetic poles point to an upper surface and a lower surface of the first housing and a second housing comprising a soft magnetic substance capable of being magnetized by the ferromagnet,
wherein the first housing and the second housing are alternately disposed,
wherein the first housing and the second housing that face each other when the flexible light-emitting panel is folded are capable of being fixed to each other by magnetism, and
wherein the soft magnetic substance comprises one or more selected from Fe, an Fe—Ni alloy, an Fe—Si—Al alloy, and an Fe—Co alloy.

5. A light-emitting device comprising:
a flexible light-emitting panel; and
a plurality of housings that support the flexible light-emitting panel,
wherein the plurality of housings are provided spaced from each other,
wherein two of the plurality of housings that face each other when the flexible light-emitting panel is folded are capable of being fixed to each other by magnetism, and
wherein in the case where the two of the plurality of housings that face each other when the flexible light-emitting panel is folded are fixed to each other, adsorption power of the two of the plurality of housings is greater than or equal to 0.1 kgf and less than or equal to 2.0 kgf.

6. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the flexible light-emitting panel is foldable so that a first portion of the second surface and a second portion of the second surface face each other.

7. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the flexible light-emitting panel includes:
a first light-emitting portion;
a second light-emitting portion;
a third light-emitting portion between the first light-emitting portion and the second light-emitting portion;
a first bendable portion between the first light-emitting portion and the third light-emitting portion; and
a second bendable portion between the third light-emitting portion and the second light-emitting portion.

8. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first surface of the flexible light-emitting panel is a light-emitting surface, and
wherein the second surface of the flexible light-emitting panel is not a light-emitting surface.

9. The light-emitting device according to claim 2 , wherein the flexible light-emitting panel is foldable so that a first portion of the second surface and a second portion of the second surface face each other.

10. The light-emitting device according to claim 2 , wherein the flexible light-emitting panel includes:
a first light-emitting portion;
a second light-emitting portion;
a third light-emitting portion between the first light-emitting portion and the second light-emitting portion;
a first bendable portion between the first light-emitting portion and the third light-emitting portion; and
a second bendable portion between the third light-emitting portion and the second light-emitting portion.

11. The light-emitting device according to claim 2 ,
wherein the first surface of the flexible light-emitting panel is a light-emitting surface, and
wherein the second surface of the flexible light-emitting panel is not a light-emitting surface.

12. The light-emitting device according to claim 3 , wherein the ferromagnet comprises one or more selected from an isotropic ferrite magnet, an anisotropic ferrite magnet, a neodymium magnet, a samarium cobalt magnet, and an alnico magnet.

13. The light-emitting device according to claim 3 , wherein in the case where the two of the plurality of housings that face each other when the flexible light-emitting panel is folded are fixed to each other, adsorption power of the two of the plurality of housings is greater than or equal to 0.1 kgf and less than or equal to 2.0 kgf.

14. The light-emitting device according to claim 3 , wherein in the case where the flexible light-emitting panel is folded so that the adjacent housings are alternately overlapped with each other, one of the two housings at ends of the plurality of housings is capable of being reversibly modified into a first mode in which the flexible light-emitting panel is folded so that the one of the two housings is located uppermost among the plurality of housings o

Assignees

• Semiconductor Energy Lab

Inventors

• Hirakata Yoshiharu
• Jinbo Yasuhiro
• Yamazaki Shunpei

Classifications

• H01F1/14791

  Fe-Si-Al based alloys, e.g. Sendust · CPC title

• G06F1/1616

  with folding flat displays, e.g. laptop computers or notebooks having a clamshell configuration, with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position · CPC title

• Y02E10/549

  Organic PV cells · CPC title

• H01F1/14708

  Fe-Ni based alloys (pure Fe or Ni H01F1/14, H01F1/16 or H01F1/20) · CPC title

• H05K5/0086

  portable, e.g. battery operated apparatus (casings for switching devices H01H9/02) · CPC title