Cartridge-based thermoelectric systems

US9293680B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• GENTHERM INCORPORATED · US

Inventors

• Eric Poliquin · Arcadia, US
• Douglas T. Crane · Pasadena, US
• Vladimir Jovovic · Pasadena, US
• Joseph Charles Dean · Dalton, US
• Dmitri Kossakovski · South Pasadena, US
• John LaGrandeur · Arcadia, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 5, 2012
• Grant date: Mar 22, 2016
• Expiry date: Dec 31, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02T10/12
• WIPO field: Thermal processes and apparatus
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Cartridge-based thermoelectric assemblies and systems are provided which include at least one shunt configured to extend around a conduit, a plurality of thermoelectric elements in thermal communication and in electrical communication with the at least one shunt with at least a portion of the at least one shunt sandwiched between the at least one first thermoelectric element and the at least one second thermoelectric element. The thermoelectric elements are electrically isolated from the conduit. The thermoelectric assemblies and systems further include at least one heat exchanger in thermal communication with the at least one shunt and configured to be in thermal communication with a second fluid.