US 7,588,340 B2
Refrigerating appliance comprising an internal OLED lighting system
Peter Bauer, München (Germany); Fritz Hägele, Herbrechtingen (Germany); and Erich Hell, Giengen (Germany)
Assigned to BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH, Munich (Germany)
Appl. No. 10/567,323
PCT Filed Aug. 30, 2004, PCT No. PCT/EP2004/009651
§ 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Feb. 07, 2006,
PCT Pub. No. WO2005/024323, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 17, 2005.
Claims priority of application No. 103 39 904 (DE), filed on Aug. 29, 2003.
Prior Publication US 2006/0201181 A1, Sep. 14, 2006
Int. Cl. F21V 33/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 362—92  [362/222; 362/800; 362/223; 362/154; 362/85; 362/362] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A refrigerating appliance comprising:
a housing defining an interior space including a plurality of internal walls;
an internal lighting system disposed within said housing for illuminating at least a portion of said interior space, said internal lighting system including at least one organic light-emitting diode (OLED) for illuminating at least a portion of said interior space, said OLED including a substrate having applied thereto an electrode, at least one layer of organic material and a counter-electrode, said substrate formed as a transparent plate, wherein said OLED is supported in said housing for forming a luminous surface from at least one of said internal walls and a built-in component located in said interior space, said OLED being integrated into at least one of said internal walls and a surface of said built-in component.