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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120103382 | THERMOELECTRIC GENERATION APPARATUS A thermoelectric generation apparatus connected with a heat generation element includes a spreader and at least one thermoelectric generator. The spreader has two opposite surfaces with one surface attached to the thermoelectric generator and another surface attached to... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120031453 | Control System for Thermoelectric Devices A system and method to control a thermoelectric device using a microcontroller is provided. The system and method include a temperature sensor operatively coupled to a microcontroller that has a central processing unit, at least one memory device, and a module for gener... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20110315181 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONVERSION OF HEAT TO ELECTRICAL ENERGY USING POLARIZABLE MATERIALS AND AN INTERNALLY GENERATED POLING FIELD A method for converting heat to electricity by exploiting changes in spontaneous polarization that occur in electrically polarizable materials is described. The method uses an internally generated field to achieve poling during cycling. The internal poling field is prod... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110290294 | DEVICE FOR CONVERTING ENERGY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS WITH THE DEVICE The present invention provides an energy converting device, which includes: a base substrate; and a plurality of thermoelectric element structures which are sequentially stacked on the base substrate and electrically interconnected in parallel to one another.... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20100319748 | THERMOPILE WIRE, WINDING SUPPORT, AND METHOD AND MACHINE FOR THE PRODUCTION OF A THERMOELECTRIC GENERATOR The invention relates to a thermopile wire (1), a winding support for such a thermopile wire, as well as a method and a machine (11) for producing a thermoelectric generator including a thermopile wire (1). The invention takes into account that the ... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100269881 | AREA-MEASURED MATERIAL The present invention concerns an area-measured material (sheet material) (10) comprising a continuous surface portion (frames) and a void content (12) of at least 25%, preferably 50% or more in relation to the total area covered by the area-measured mater... | 10/28/2010 |
| 20100132756 | VISIBLE-LIGHT TRANSMITTING SOLAR-HEAT REFLECTIVE FILM It is intended to realize a sheet which is used as a windshield of a building, a vehicle or a house or adhered to window glass, so that it may reflect and shield solar radiation heat rays, which might otherwise become a thermal load on air conditioning, while retaining ... | 06/03/2010 |
| 20090301542 | INFRARED ABSORBER AND THERMAL INFRARED DETECTOR The infrared ray absorbing film 2 is provided with a first layer 21 containing TiN and a second layer 22 containing an Si based compound, converting energy of infrared ray made incident from the second layer 22 to heat. TiN is high in absorpt... | 12/10/2009 |
| 20080142069 | Thermoelectric module A novel thermoelectric module in which the thermoelectric elements are stacked together with thermal and electrical conductors integrated in the stack to perform the dual functions of conducting both heat and electricity.... | 06/19/2008 |
| 20080029146 | Thermoelectric structure and use of the thermoelectric structure to form a textile structure The thermoelectric structure is formed by a network of wires oriented substantially in a weft direction of the structure. It comprises first and second conducting wires of different kinds, interwoven to form cold and hot junctions distributed respectively in a top plane... | 02/07/2008 |
