Patent ID: 8450926

Claim:
An article of manufacture comprising: an organic light emitting diode (OLED) device having a planar light emitting side and an opposite planar mounting side, the OLED device including a backsheet sealing the planar mounting side and electrodes providing an electrically conductive pathway for electrically energizing the OLED device to cause the planar light emitting side to emit light, the electrodes passing through holes in the backsheet, the electrodes including patches of electrically conductive magnetic material that are part of the electrically conductive pathway and that seal the holes in the backsheet such that the OLED device, backsheet, and patches of electrically conductive magnetic material together define a sealed planar package, each patch comprising a foil element covering the hole in the backsheet that is sealed by the patch, the foil element being larger in area than the hole in the backsheet that is sealed by the patch; and a fixture having mating electrodes arranged to mate with the electrodes of the OLED device, the mating electrodes of the fixture including magnetic material that magnetically attracts the patches of electrically conductive magnetic material to mechanically connect the OLED device with the fixture and simultaneously electrically connect the OLED device with the fixture; wherein the OLED device is planar and does not include any power conditioning electronics.