Patent ID: 7425795

Claim:
A customized electroluminescent device comprising a first subassembly comprising a front for emitting light produced by electroluminescence in said subassembly, a dielectric layer, and an electroluminescent layer between said front and said dielectric layer, an electroconductive layer between said electroluminescent layer and said front, and a second subassembly comprising a layer having electrical conductor in a pattern, said second subassembly being smaller in width than the width of said first subassembly and being positioned in contact with said first assembly to leave a boundary around said second subassembly, and a thermoplastic seal covering said second subassembly and directly attached to said first subassembly at said boundary to hold said first subassembly and said second subassembly together to provide a capacitive circuit with said electrical conductor in a pattern to cause electroluminescence by the electroluminescent layer in a pattern defined by said electrical conductor in a pattern, and an inert, dielectric liquid between and contacting said electrical conductor in a pattern, of the second subassembly, and said dielectric layer, of the first subassembly.