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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7935882 | Self powered electric generating food heater A self-powered food heater. The food heater includes a burner with an electric fuel pump and an electric blower, a fire box, a water tank and electronic controls. The food heater also includes a set of thermoelectric modules compressed against a heat transfer surfac... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7649138 | Thermoelectric device with surface conforming heat conductor A quickly attachable electric generator device for producing electric power from surfaces of hot or cold pipes. The invention provides a thermoelectric unit which includes a pedestal comprised of a material with high thermal conductivity on which a thermoelectric mo... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7400050 | Quantum well thermoelectric power source 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 (such as temperature, smoke, othe... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7342170 | Thermoelectric module with Si/SiC and BC/BC super-lattice legs A super-lattice thermoelectric device. The device is comprised of p-legs and n-legs, each leg being comprised of a large number of very thin alternating layers of two materials with differing electron band gaps. The n-legs in the device are comprised of alternating ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7038234 | Thermoelectric module with Si/SiGe and B4C/B9C super-lattice legs A super-lattice thermoelectric device. The device includes p-legs and n-legs, each leg having a large number of alternating layers of two materials with differing electron band gaps. The n-legs in the device are comprised of alternating layers of silicon and silicon... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7012554 | Thermoelectric vehicle tracking device 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. Electrical power generated by the t... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6914343 | Thermoelectric power from environmental temperature cycles 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 completely freezes during the... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6828579 | Thermoelectric device with Si/SiC superlattice N-legs A superlattice thermoelectric device. The device includes p-legs and n-legs, each leg includes a large number of at least two different very thin alternating layers of elements. The n-legs in the device includes alternating layers of silicon and silicon carbide. In ... | 12/07/2004 |
