Patent ID: 6489719
Filing Date: 2002-12-03
Classification: H01L,H05B

Abstract:
An electroluminescent device comprising:an electroluminescent element having an electroluminescent organic layer disposed between a hole-injecting electrode and an electron-injecting electrode, and a housing enclosing said electroluminescent element, said housing comprising a first shaped part having a first sealing surface, a box-like second shaped part having a second sealing surface with an inner perimeter, said electroluminescent element being mounted on said first shaped part, said first and second shaped parts being connected to each other by means of a seal comprising a closed ring of a single sealing material extending between said first and second sealing surfaces, characterized in that the sealing material comprises an organic sealing material, and in the direction towards the interior of the second part, the sealing material maximally extends to the inner perimeter of the second sealing surface.