ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,840, issued on May 20, was assigned to ams-OSRAM International GmbH (Regensburg, Germany).
"Operating element and method for producing an operating element" was invented by Patrick Hoerner (Regensburg, Germany), Marc Philippens (Regensburg, Germany), Erwin Lang (Regensburg, Germany) and Igor Stanke (Regensburg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control element includes a carrier element, a luminous foil in which or on which at least two optoelectronic components for generating light along a first main radiation direction as well as contact lines connected thereto are arranged, a diffuser layer downstream of the at least two op...