Batteries: thermoelectric and photoelectric – Thermoelectric – Peltier effect device
Reexamination Certificate
2011-08-09
2011-08-09
Ridley, Basia (Department: 1725)
Batteries: thermoelectric and photoelectric
Thermoelectric
Peltier effect device
C136S238000, C136S239000, C136S240000, C136S241000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07994415
ABSTRACT:
The thermoelectric device of the present invention includes a first electrode and a second electrode that are disposed to be opposed to each other, and a laminate that is interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, is connected electrically to both the first electrode and the second electrode, and is layered in the direction orthogonal to an electromotive-force extracting direction, which is the direction in which the first electrode and the second electrode are opposed to each other. The laminate includes a thermoelectric material layer as well as a first holding layer and a second holding layer that are disposed so as to interpose the thermoelectric material layer therebetween, the first holding layer and the second holding layer have layered structures with metals and insulators that are layered alternately, respectively, a layered direction of the layered structures is parallel with a layer surface of the laminate and is inclined with respect to the electromotive-force extracting direction, the insulators of the first holding layer and the insulators of the second holding layer are disposed so as to appear alternately in the layered direction, and a temperature difference is generated in the direction orthogonal to the layered direction of the laminate and orthogonal to the electromotive-force extracting direction, so that electrical power is output through the first electrode and the second electrode.
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Adachi Hideaki
Kanno Tsutomu
Sakai Akihiro
Takahashi Kohei
Yotsuhashi Satoshi
Hamre Schumann Mueller & Larson P.C.
Panasonic Corporation
Ridley Basia
Trinh Thanh-Truc
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