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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4969956 | Transparent thin film thermocouple A transparent thin film thermocouple and a method of manufacturing comprig a positive element of indium tin oxide (ITO) and a negative element of indium oxide (In2 O3) formed on a surface by reactive sputtering with the elements bei... | 11/13/1990 |
| 4963195 | Electric resistor and a power detector both comprising a thin film conductor The electric resistor of this invention is comprised of a Si-Ge alloy thin film containing amorphous and microcrystal phases which serve as an electric resistance, thereby keeping the resistance value ratio substantially constant and uninfluenced by frequ... | 10/16/1990 |
| 4938244 | Temperature difference detecting element using semiconductive ceramic material A temperature difference detecting element utilizing thermoelectromotive force which is generated by a Seebeck effect when temperature gradients are applied to a semiconductive ceramic material. A substrate has a plurality of thermoelements. Each thermoel... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4929282 | Silver, thallium, copper and tellurium-based thermoelectrical semiconductive thermoelectric material, preparation and application to thermoelectric converters Silver, thallium, copper and tellurium-based thermoelectric semiconductor materials, characterized in that they are represented by the general formula (I) Agx Cuy T1Te1+z (I) wherein, x, y and z veri... | 05/29/1990 |
| 4922822 | Thermoelectric cooler A thermoelectric cooler device having thermoelectric elements of n and p type semiconductor material arranged in rows and columns between insulating substrates of alumina or beryllia, or ceramic materials having a known emissivity is coated with material(... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4849033 | Annealing Group III-V compound doped silicon-germanium alloy for improved thermo-electric conversion efficiency The thermoelectric conversion efficiency of a GaP dope SiGe alloy is improved about 30 percent by annealing the alloy at a temperature above the melting point of the alloy, preferably stepwise from 1200° C. to 1275° C. in air to form large grains having... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4759905 | Method for fabrication of low cost finely divided silicon-germanium and consolidated compacts thereof Apparatus is provided for the production of ultrafine powder. The powder is produced by spark erosion within an electric discharge cell. The starting material for production of the powder is a body in chunk form of the material to be pulverized. The mater... | 07/26/1988 |
| 4717788 | Method for producing thermoelectric elements Thermoelectric elements of both P-type and N-type lead tellurides having unique characteristics including, particularly in the case of the P-type, a figure-of-merit 90% above that of the best commercial P-type element, are produced by a new process, invol... | 01/05/1988 |
| 4717789 | Thermoelectric elements Thermoelectric elements of both P-type and N-type lead tellurides having unique characteristics including, particularly in the case of the P-type, a figure-of-merit 90% above that of the best commercial P-type element, are produced by a new process involv... | 01/05/1988 |
| 4714798 | Titanium nitride electrodes for thermoelectric generators The invention is directed to a composite article suitable for use in thermoelectric generators. The article comprises a thin film of titanium nitride as an electrode deposited onto solid electrolyte. The invention is also directed to the method of making ... | 12/22/1987 |
| 4711971 | Thermoelectric Si-Ge alloy composition A thermoelectric alloy composition is described comprising from 5% to 95% silicon, from 95% to 5% Germanium, from 0.01% to 0.2% lead and from 0% to 0.2% tin, all percentages being atomic percentages. In a preferred composition at least 50% silicon and 50%... | 12/08/1987 |
| 4686320 | Electronically and ionically conducting electrodes for thermoelectric generators A composite article comprising a porous cermet electrode on a dense solid electrolyte and method of making same. The cerment electrode comprises beta-type-alumina and refractory metal.... | 08/11/1987 |
| 4650920 | Graphite fiber thermocouple device and method A thermocouple device (A, B) and method having first and second thermoelectric elements for producing a Seebeck voltage effect for measuring high temperatures wherein the first thermoelectric element consists of a first graphite fiber strand, (10,24) and ... | 03/17/1987 |
| 4589918 | Thermal shock resistant thermoelectric material A thermoelectric material comprising an alloy, a solid solution or an alloy and a solid solution consisting essentially of (a) iron disilicide, (b) 0.3 to 4.6 atomic %, based on the total amount of the whole component elements, of boron and optionally, (c) 0.1... | 05/20/1986 |
| 4500742 | Iron silicide thermoelectric conversion element An iron silicide thermoelectric conversion element wherein a part of one of components of the silicide is substituted by oxygen atom to form either Si-O bond or Fe-O bond in a matrix of the compound to provide either p-type conductivity or n-type conducti... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4500741 | Energy conversion element An energy conversion element is disclosed which is capable of efficiently converting light and thermal energies into electrical energy. The element comprises a thermoelectric material and a photoelectric material which are different in type and joined tog... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4491679 | Thermoelectric materials and devices made therewith The disclosed invention includes improved devices and materials for thermoelectric conversion, particularly for operation at temperatures of 300° C. and below. Disordered p-type semiconductor elements incorporate compound adjuvants of silver and lead to ... | 01/01/1985 |
| 4450314 | Thermocouple for measuring temperatures and method of making the thermocouple A thermocouple made of the silicon carbide and carbon. A carbon rod extends within a silicon carbide tube. The tube is closed at one end, and one end of the rod is fixed in a blind hole in the tube end to define the hot junction of the thermocouple, the h... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4415758 | Process for making a joint between two metal wires and a differential thermocouple Process for producing a joint between two metal wires for use in the construction of thermocouples or neutron flux probes or sensors having a small external diameter is disclosed. A stack is formed from two wires placed end to end and having an interface. ... | 11/15/1983 |
| 4177473 | Amorphous semiconductor member and method of making the same An amorphous semiconductor member includes an amorphous semiconductor material which is formed in a solid amorphous host matrix having structural configurations which have local rather than long-range order and electronic configurations which have an ener... | 12/04/1979 |
| 4032363 | Low power high voltage thermopile An electrical power generating array of a semiconductor, laminar structured thermopile for producing low values of electrical power at high values of direct output voltage and a method for its manufacture including the step of lapping opposed semiconducto... | 06/28/1977 |
| 4029472 | Thermoelectric exhaust gas sensor An extremely high output and durable thermoelectric sensor for detecting the quantitative content of combustibles in an exhaust gas. Thick film coatings of lithia-nickel and doped titanium dioxide provide two thermocouple junctions on a ceramic substrate.... | 06/14/1977 |
| 3972740 | Thermocouple with improved EMF stability A nickel-base thermocouple with improved EMF stability is described, the positive thermoelement of which is a nominal Ni/14.25Cr/1.45Si/.1Mg alloy and the negative thermoelement of which is a nominal Ni/4Si/.1Mg alloy.... | 08/03/1976 |
| 3945855 | Thermoelectric device including an alloy of GeTe and AgSbTe as the P-type element Improved alloys suitable for thermoelectric applications and having the general formula: wherein x has a value of about 0.80 and 0.85, have been found to possess unexpectedly high thermoelectric properties such as efficiency index, as well as other improv... | 03/23/1976 |
