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Thermoelectric device

US5824947A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 16, 1995
Grant dateOct 20, 1998
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 16, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10N10/17

Abstract

A thermoelectric device fabricated of at least two dissimilar thermoelements and at least one of the thermoelements has a conductor in parallel therewith increasing the Figure of Merit. The thermoelements are also surrounded by a conductor along the leg lengths thereby simplifying the manufacturing process.

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