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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4493939 | Method and apparatus for fabricating a thermoelectric array A method and apparatus for fabricating a thermoelectric device includes forming a matrix board (12) with an array of orifices (100) formed therein. A plurality of P-type thermoelements (96) are formed and then a vacuum chuck (92) is utilized to dispose al... | 01/15/1985 |
| 4465894 | Substrateless thermoelectric device and method of making same A new and improved thermoelectric device of the type which provides electrical energy in response to a temperature gradient applied across the device exhibits both structural integrity and improved efficiency. The new thermoelectric device includes a plur... | 08/14/1984 |
| 4463214 | Thermoelectric generator apparatus and operation method A method of operating a thermoelectric generator includes: cyclically producing increasing then decreasing temperature differences in the thermoelectric material of the generator; and generating a cyclically increasing then decreasing electrical generator... | 07/31/1984 |
| 4459428 | Thermoelectric device and method of making same A thermoelectric device includes first and second sets of spaced apart copper plate segments. Thermoelectric elements which generate electricity are disposed between the sets of copper plate segments. The elements are electrically and thermally fastened t... | 07/10/1984 |
| 4306426 | Thermoelectric heat exchanger assembly for transferring heat between a gas and a second fluid In a heat pump, thermoelements (20,22) are disposed in a thermopile (P1) and are electrically connected in series. Heat is transferred horizontally from the thermopile and vertical air ducts (28) at its sides by suitable arms (42) prolonging heat conducto... | 12/22/1981 |
| 4276440 | Thermoelectric generator operating with a cooling device for converting solar energy into electric energy, and system for the use thereof A generator of electric energy by the transformation of thermal, solar energy, or of heat of any source, consisting in one or more thermocouples combined with a cooling device, cooling down the weldings of the thermocouples on which heat is produced by th... | 06/30/1981 |
| 4275259 | Thermal converter A thermal converter is constructed with thermoelectric element composed of a honeycomb structural body having a large number of parallel channels extending therethrough and separated by thin walls, a part of the channels forming a region for flowing a hig... | 06/23/1981 |
| 4251291 | Thermoelectric generator with latent heat storage Energy storage is accomplished for use with a thermoelectric generator in which thermopiles are provided. The source of solar energy irradiates upon the latent heat storage device to enable the heat to be stored at a relatively constant temperature to ser... | 02/17/1981 |
| 4175438 | Temperature measuring probe A temperature measuring probe which includes thermo-wires extending between bead-like temperature sensors and a coupling device which connects the probe to indicating or control equipment. A terminal member is provided at one end of the probe body with an... | 11/27/1979 |
| 4152537 | Electricity generator An electricity generator which produces electrical energy from the random Brownian movement of molecules in a gas, and the uneven distribution of thermal energy in the different molecules of the gas, which is at an overall average uniform temperature. A p... | 05/01/1979 |
| 4141955 | Combustible concentration analyzer Combustible element analyzer for determining the combustible element concentration of a sample gas. The sample is routed through an inlet conduit, mixed with a source of air, heated to an elevated temperature and analyzed by the combustible element analyz... | 02/27/1979 |
| 4092177 | Thermopile construction An improved thermopile construction particularly adapted for use as an electric generator for producing a signalin response to heat from a pilot flame. Groups of elongated elements of dissimilar metals are assembled or arrayed in a circle within a metal s... | 05/30/1978 |
| 4006039 | Component for thermoelectric generator In a thermoelectric generator, a component comprises a ceramic insulator, having over limited areas thereof, each area corresponding to a terminal end of thermoelectric wires, a coating of a first metal which adheres to the insulator, and an electrical th... | 02/01/1977 |
| 4006038 | Heat reflecting tape for thermoelectric converter Threads are interlaced with thermoelectric wires to provide a woven cloth in tape form, there being an intermediate layer of heat radiation reflecting material (e.g., aluminum foil) insulated electrically from said wires, which are of opposite thermoelect... | 02/01/1977 |
| 3979226 | Thermal generator with parallel circuits An improved thermal generator is described which includes a plurality of film thermocouples which are vapor-deposited on an insulating carrier material. The improvement resides in the fact that at least two rows of the thermocouples, arranged on the carri... | 09/07/1976 |
| 3945854 | Long-life thermoelectric generator Thermoelectric long-lasting microgenerator which may be implanted in the human body, using a cylinder containing a radioactive isotope as a heat source and the human body as a cold source. The connection between the heat source and the thermoelectric elem... | 03/23/1976 |
| 3939554 | Surface thermocouple A surface thermocouple assembly including a metal sheath having thermocouple conductors extending therethrough in spaced relation from each other and from the sheath by electrical insulating material, an opening in the sheath wall at the hot junction end ... | 02/24/1976 |
