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7166796 |
In devices used for the direct conversion of heat into electricity, or vice versa, known in the art as thermoelectric power generators, thermoelectric refrigerators and thermoelectric heat pumps, the efficiency of energy conversion and/o...
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6756536 |
A thermoelectric microactuator on a substrate includes a first temperature control element having a first surface bonded to the substrate and having a second surface. A first electrically nonconductive layer has a first surface bonded to...
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6717225 |
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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6696635 |
A thermoelectric cooler utilizing superlattice and quantum-well materials may be deposited directly onto a die using thin-film deposition techniques. The materials may have a figure-of-merit of greater than one.
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6651446 |
An electrical equipment cabinet is provided that includes an enclosure adapted to contain electrical equipment. A battery compartment, which is located in the enclosure, is adapted to contain at least one battery electrically coupled to ...
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6624349 |
A heat of fusion thermoelectric generator. A heat source is in thermal contact with a phase change material, wherein the heat source is capable of providing sufficient heat so as to be able to melt the phase change material. The phase ch...
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6605773 |
A thermoelectric generator includes a thermal generator to which thermal energy is provided from a heat source. In order to keep the output voltage of the thermal generator in a range suitable for charging a battery or for directly feedi...
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6495749 |
Hybrid combustion power systems comprising multiple direct energy conversion devices are disclosed, which devices ( 12, 14, 16 ) are preferably combined with a Rankine cycle containing a steam turbine ( 114 ), where combustion air (A) ma...
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6489551 |
An electronic module is provided having an integrated thermoelectric cooling assembly disposed therein coupled to the module's electronic device. The thermoelectric assembly includes one or more thermoelectric stages and a thermal space ...
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6410842 |
There is provided an automatic burner driven generator system for powering a load. The Generator system generally comprises a burner unit for generating a thermal energy; a thermoelectric converter unit operatively coupled to the burner ...
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6410841 |
A thermal evolving method and apparatus for a plasma display panel method that is adaptive for reducing a noise as well as a thickness of the plasma display panel. In the method and apparatus, at least one of a Peltier effect and a Thoms...
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6380476 |
A device for generating electric power in a wellbore formed in an earth formation, the wellbore being provided with a conduit for passage of a stream of hydrocarbon fluid produced from the earth formation, the power generator comprising ...
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6365821 |
A thermoelectric cooler utilizing superlattice and quantum-well materials may be deposited directly onto a die using thin-film deposition techniques. The materials may have a figure-of-merit of greater than one.
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6359841 |
A portable electronic device has a casing has an upper case body and a rear case cover both made of a thermally conductive material. A heat insulating member thermally insulates the rear case cover from the upper case body of the casing....
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6346668 |
The invention provides a solid-state cooler that provides counter-current electricity flow through a device that includes Peltier junctions interconnecting the opposing flow of current through the device. The combination of counter-curre...
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6337435 |
Temperature control in a rectangular array of reaction vessels such as a thermal cycler such as is used for PCR procedures is achieved by use of a temperature block that is in contact with a combination of Peltier effect thermoelectric m...
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6316714 |
A power generating block is provided with a thermoelectric generator unit 180 containing one or more of electrothermic elements 140, further, including a 1st thermally conductive plate 120 constituting a heat absorbing plate and includin...
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6313393 |
A heat transfer and electric-power-generating component is disclosed that utilizes microstructural architecture for enhanced heat transfer. The component includes a heat source, a microstructural heat sink; and a thermoelectric device di...
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6310280 |
A semiconductor component comprising a layer of semiconductor material that is doped region-by-region in alternating fashion for positive and negative electrical conductivities. This layer is arranged perpendicular to layer surfaces betw...
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6307142 |
A combustion heat powered portable electronic device. At least one thermoelectric module is sandwiched between a hot block heated by a combustion heat source and a cold-side heat sink and provides electric power to a portable electronic ...
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6294721 |
A new device is provided for controlling and maintaining the ambient air temperature within a remote telecommunications battery enclosure. A thermoelectric device located in intimate contact with heat exchangers and fans configured such ...
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6291760 |
A thermoelectric generating electronic device has a heat insulating drum with a hollow portion extending in a vertical direction, a rear cover covering a lower end side of the hollow portion, a glass on an upper end side of the hollow po...
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6274803 |
A thermoelectric chip with exposed surfaces of N-type and P-type semiconductor elements on its top and bottom surfaces is prepared by arranging the semiconductor elements in a matrix manner such that each of the N-type semiconductor elem...
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6271459 |
A semiconductor processing system and method, which uses heat energy typically wasted in most common semiconductor processing systems, to generate power. The present invention includes a heat management system, which uses the waste heat ...
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6262357 |
Thermoelectric devices having enhanced thermal characteristics are fabricated using multilayer ceramic (MLC) technology methods. Aluminum nitride faceplates with embedded electrical connections provide the electrical series configuration...
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6255579 |
Embedded electronics (102) are operated under normal operating conditions, with power being supplied to embedded electronics via a power source (205). Heat is generated via the normal operation of the embedded electronics (102), and a vo...
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6239351 |
A self-diagnostic thermocouple (10) having a first (12), a second (14) and a reference (16) thermoelement enclosed in a sheath (20) filled with an insulator (18) separating the thermoelectric elements from each other and the sheath. The ...
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6232543 |
In order to optimally control supply of electric power to a load means and efficiently utilize generated energy of a thermoelectric power generator in consideration of influence of the Peltier effect against generated voltage of the ther...
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6222114 |
A wrist-portable device improves the radiation efficiency of the radiation section of a thermoelectric generator and minimizes a temperature difference between the radiation section and the outside air. In order to prevent a radiation se...
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6222112 |
A method and apparatus for controlling the temperature of a thermionic reactor over a wide range of operating power, including a thermionic reactor having a plurality of integral cesium reservoirs, a honeycomb material disposed about the...
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6143975 |
A system and method which will generate power from waste heat in a data processing system in such a way that system waste heat is reduced within, and no additional power is drawn from, the data processing system. The system includes a th...
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6119460 |
An effective temperature control system comprising a thermoelectric cooling module which can be reversibly attached to a device to be cooled. The power supply for the cooling module is controlled by a feedback controller which is coupled...
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6096967 |
Electric energy conversion system (4) with heat recovery which converts a first voltage applied to input terminals (11, 12) from an energy supply network, to a second direct voltage which is applied to at least one electronic circuit (2)...
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6084172 |
A π-type thermoelectric conversion component detects and controls temperature and at the same time exhibits a cooling performance inherently possessed by the thermoelectric conversion component without the need for mounting a discrete t...
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5998728 |
The present invention provides an ionic and electronic insulator interposed between a BASE tube and a tube mounting member in an AMTEC cell for preventing shunt currents from forming between BASE tube electrodes. In a first embodiment of...
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5959240 |
A thermoelectric power generator module having a plurality of thermoelectric elements is provided to a heat conduction wall of a heat-exchanger for recovering waste heat of an incinerator and so on so as to perform a power generation. An...
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5952605 |
The present invention provides an alkali metal thermal to electric conversion (AMTEC) cell of the type employing an alkali metal flowing between a high-pressure zone and low-pressure zone in the cell through a solid electrolyte structure...
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5942719 |
The present invention provides an alkali metal thermal to electric conversion cell having radially projecting beta-alumina type solid electrolyte elements and a central heat input region.
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5939666 |
The present invention provides an alkali metal thermal to electric conversion (AMTEC) cell of the type employing an alkali metal flowing between a high-pressure zone and low-pressure zone in the cell through a solid electrolyte structure...
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5928436 |
The present invention provides an AMTEC cell having a more robust power conductance path (conduction, radiation, convection, and latent heat transfer) from the heat input surface of the cell to the working fluid, evaporation surface, and...
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5837928 |
A thermoelectric radiator for generating a direct current while providing at least a portion of the necessary cooling is formed with a first and second plurality of interdigitated thermoelectric lamella which are electrically joined and ...
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5753383 |
A power supply includes a fuel cell stack, a thermoelectric module and a burner module. The fuel cell stack generates a primary source of electricity and secondary source of heat. The thermoelectric module generates a secondary source of...
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5705770 |
A thermoelectric module includes a switching circuit for switching the connection between a first thermoelectric element and a second thermoelectric element between series connection and parallel connection, a voltage detecting circuit f...
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5632556 |
A thermowell apparatus for a Petrochemical Application where a temperature sensing probe is used for a high temperature cracking furnace. The sensing probe is mounted on a flow line of the furnace fired processing unit. The tip member of...
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5623119 |
A reversible thermoelectric converter includes first and second quantum well diodes and an electrical connection between the first and second quantum well diodes without a thermal barrier between them. Each quantum well diode includes fi...
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5597976 |
The invention encompasses a torus formed by heated and cooled junctions of dissimilar metals such as copper and nickel to generate a low voltage current and form an electrical path of greatly enhanced conductivity wherein a greater curre...
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5576512 |
A thermoelectric apparatus (10) is provided that is compatible with multiple power sources (12) each providing a different voltage. The present apparatus (10) includes a thermoelectric assembly (14) having a plurality of thermoelectric d...
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5419780 |
An apparatus and method for recovering power dissipated by a semiconductor integrated circuit includes a thermoelectric generator which converts the heat generated by the integrated circuit into electrical energy. The electrical energy i...
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5393350 |
A low voltage high amperage thermopile generating and electron storage unit is disclosed wherein current is formed by heating and cooling alternate junctions of dissimilar metals arranged in a circular fashion and may be enhanced with an...
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5298084 |
A high-voltage electrical insulator (21) for electrically insulating a thermoelectric module (17) in a spacecraft from a niobium-1% zirconium alloy wall (11) of a heat exchanger (13) filled with liquid lithium (16) while providing good t...
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