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7467513 |
An exhaust emission control system. A generator has a thermoelectric conversion element for achieving thermoelectric conversion by making use of heat of exhaust gas. An exhaust purifying catalyst disposed in the generator or on the exha...
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7466376 |
A photovoltaic cell has two electrodes and a hole injection layer. A liquid crystal material and a plurality of particles can be disposed between the electrodes.
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7466240 |
A sensing system for sensing conditions or characteristics associated with a process or thing. The sensing system includes one or more energy converters and a sensor, which are coupled to the process or thing. A node is coupled to the se...
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7462217 |
The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of thermoelectric compositions of the formula In x CO 4 Sb 12 (0<x<1), with a figure of merit greater than 1.0 and a composition made by that process.
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7456543 |
An improved design for maintaining separation between electrodes in tunneling, diode, thermionic, and other devices is disclosed. At least one electrode is made from flexible material. A magnetic field is present to combine with the curr...
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7449628 |
The present invention provides an electric power generation method using a thermoelectric power generation element, a thermoelectric power generation element, and a thermoelectric power generation device, each of which has high thermoele...
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7446256 |
A thermoelectric conversion device of the present invention includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a layered oxide arranged between the first electrode and the second electrode. The first electrode, the layered oxide, and th...
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7435896 |
With conventional thermoelectric conversion materials, their thermoelectric conversion performance has been insufficient, and a problem has been to achieve stable performance in an oxidizing atmosphere and an air atmosphere. In view of t...
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7426910 |
A propulsion system for a vehicle, comprising of an internal combustion engine, a thermoelectric device in thermal communication with the engine, and a control system for controlling the engine and the thermoelectric device during a firs...
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7400050 |
A quantum well thermoelectric module providing very high conversion of heat energy in to electrical energy. In prefered embodiments the module provides electric power for monitoring, measuring or detecting any of a variety of things (suc...
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7371960 |
This invention provides novel thermoelectric compounds comprising:
a) atomic percent Ytterbium b) between 50 and 74.999 atomic percent Aluminum c) between 0.001 and 25 atomic percent Manganese and a process for their preparation.
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7365264 |
A thermoelectric converting device includes a P type thermoelectric element, an N type thermoelectric element, the N type thermoelectric element connected with the P type thermoelectric element alternately to be electrically in series, a...
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7355113 |
A thermoelectric conversion device for securely fixing a junction of a thermocouple to a top plate while ensuring heat transfer between the junction and the top plate. The thermoelectric conversion device includes a substrate having a ma...
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7342169 |
A thermoelectric structure and device including at least first and second material systems having different lattice constants and interposed in contact with each other, and a physical interface at which the at least first and second mate...
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7326850 |
A method for generating power is provided. The method including: providing a heat source with an output of radiation in a predetermined spectrum; generating a first portion of the power from the absorption of the radiation; and generatin...
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7317265 |
A system in accordance with the invention includes a power converter for converting a thermally generated voltage where the power converter includes a low-voltage direct current to direct current voltage converter (DC-DC converter) and a...
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7317159 |
The present invention provides a thermoelectric conversion element that has high efficiency even at reduced thickness. In this thermoelectric conversion element, striped p-type thermoelectric conversion parts are arranged on one surface ...
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7312392 |
The present invention provides a thermoelectric conversion device having high thermoelectric conversion performance. In this device, electrodes are arranged so that electric current flows in an interlayer direction of a layered substance...
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7311044 |
One embodiment of the present invention provides a cooling system in an imaging device having an element that generates heat. The cooling system comprises a thermoelectric generator and a cooling device. The thermoelectric generator is t...
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7309830 |
A thermoelectric material comprises two or more components, at least one of which is a thermoelectric material. The first component is nanostructured, for example as an electrically conducting nanostructured network, and can include nano...
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7273981 |
Representative configurations for improved thermoelectric power generation systems to improve and increase thermal efficiency are disclosed.
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7262360 |
Underwater power generation for an underwater vessel is provided when the vessel transits through an underwater thermocline. At least a portion of the shell of the vessel is made from a thermally conductive material. Thermo-to-electric e...
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7260939 |
A method of manufacturing a thermal transfer device including providing first and second thermally conductive substrates that are substantially atomically flat, providing a patterned electrical barrier having a plurality of closed shapes...
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7253549 |
In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, a Gap Diode is disclosed in which a tubular actuating element serves as both a housing for a pair of electrodes and as a means for controlling the separation between the electro...
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7253353 |
A thermoelectric augmented hybrid electric propulsion system for a hybrid electric vehicle is disclosed. The system includes a combustion engine and an electric motor for rotating wheels of the vehicle. A thermoelectric device having a h...
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7244887 |
Preferred electrode devices ( 10 ) including a substrate ( 11 ) and cathode ( 13 ) and anode material ( 12 ) coated thereon in discreet locations are described. The cathode materials desirably include multiple layers of thin metal films ...
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7235735 |
A thermoelectric device and method of manufacturing the device, where thermoelectric elements of opposite conductivity type are located on respective opposing sides of a heat source member. Heat sinks are disposed on opposite sides of th...
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7220015 |
Thermal indication methods and systems. In one example, electrical power is generated based on a temperature of a thermal surface, and at least one indication is provided, based on the generated electrical power, representative of the te...
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7195721 |
A nanocomposite having enhanced energy conversion between thermal, electron, phonons, and photons energy states. The composition comprises a synergistic blend of nanoscale powders wherein the powders have nanoscale layered surface modifi...
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7178332 |
In an exhaust heat recovery system, electric power generation efficiency of a thermoelectric conversion element can be improved, and warming-up of a catalyst can be completed early, without using a complicated device. The exhaust heat re...
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7119272 |
An apparatus and method for extracting energy is provided. In one aspect the method includes using chemical reactions to generate vibrationally excited molecules, such as high-quantum-number-vibrationally-excited gas molecules in a regio...
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7109408 |
A solid-state energy converter with a semiconductor or semiconductor-metal implementation is provided for conversion of thermal energy to electric energy, or electric energy to refrigeration. In n-type heat-to-electricity embodiments, a ...
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7098393 |
A thermoelectric device formed of nanowires on the nm scale. The nanowires are preferably of a size that causes quantum confinement effects within the wires. The wires are connected together into a bundle to increase the power density.
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7081686 |
This invention relates to an innovative power supply device for notebook computers, more particularly to a power supply device that can be carried with a notebook computer when computer users are out and unable to access alternate curren...
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7081684 |
A system for utilizing waste heat to provide power to an electronic device in a data center. The system includes at least one data center component configured to generate heat energy during operation thereof and a converter for receiving...
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7067733 |
Thermoelectric material is produced through a process sequence including a liquid quenching, a primary solidification such as a hot pressing or extrusion and an upset forging; although the C-planes of the crystal grains are directed in p...
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7067205 |
A thermoelectric transducing material according to this invention includes a layered cobaltite based substance represented by the chemical formula A x CoO 2 , wherein A consists of an element or element group selected from alkali metal e...
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7034411 |
An application of low-temperature and solid-state pyroelectric energy converter for converting heat produced from low-temperature operations into electric energy, which utilizes man-made waste heat or waste heat from natural environments...
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7012554 |
A tracking device for tracking a vehicle in which a radio transmitter is powered by heat energy of the exhaust system of an engine propelling the vehicle. A thermoelectric module is attached to a hot portion of the exhaust system. Electr...
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6986247 |
An automobile catalytic converter that utilizes the energy of the exothermic reactions that take place in the catalysis substrate to produce electrical energy with a thermoelectric generator. On vehicle cold start, the thermoelectric gen...
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6963147 |
Control means is provided, in which the whole of the phase difference of a power waveform of each phase is matched to a value dividing a cycle of the power waveform into n-equal portions, and at the same time, the whole of the power valu...
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6958443 |
Disclosed is a foil segment for a thermoelectric generator comprising a top plate disposed in spaced relation above a bottom plate. An array of the foil segments is perpendicularly disposed in side-by-side arrangement between and in ther...
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6946596 |
Tunneling-effect converters of thermal energy to electricity with an emitter and a collector separated from each other by a distance that is comparable to atomic dimensions and where tunneling effect plays an important role in the charge...
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6914343 |
An electric generator system for producing electric power from the environmental temperature changes such as occur during a normal summer day on Earth or Mars. In a preferred embodiment a phase-change mass is provided which partially or ...
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6903259 |
A fuel reforming system comprises a fuel reformer and a thermoelectric device positioned in thermal communication with the fuel reformer. A method of generating electrical energy is also disclosed.
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6879008 |
A Seebeck effect thermal sensor is formed in an integrated fashion with a power-dissipating device such as a power MOSFET. The integrated device generates a temperature difference between a relatively cold peripheral area and a relativel...
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6876123 |
A thermotunneling converter is disclosed comprising a pair of electrodes having inner surfaces substantially facing one another, and a spacer or plurality of spacers positioned between the two electrodes, having a height substantially eq...
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6872879 |
A thermoelectric generator comprising a plurality of semi-conductor elements of type n an type p alternatingly disposed and connected at the ends thereof to form a plurality of thermocouples on two opposite faces of the generator, said e...
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6856136 |
A test structure for testing a thick film thermoelectric device is presented. The test structure is able to test the thermoelectric device in the device's three modes of operation, namely as a cooling device, as a heat pump, and as a pow...
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6846983 |
A millivoltage generator is provided in which a rod formed of a first metal extends in spaced relationship within a tubular sheath of a second metal, the rod being welded to the sheath at one end to form a conductive junction and held in...
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