Technova Corporation

Thermovonics Co., Ltd.

Mitsutoshi Ogasawara

Hideo Watanabe

Hirofusa Tezuka

Kazuya Sato

Nobuhiko Suzuki

Fumikazu Kiya

Thermoelectric converter

A thermoelectric apparatus is composed of a heat-absorbing-side heat-exchanging base and a heat-dissipating-side heat-exchanging base having good thermal conductivity and arranged in a mutually opposing relationship with a group of thermoelectric elements interposed therebetween. The thermoelectric apparatus comprises a frame made of a synthetic resin material and holding one of the heat-absorbing-side heat-exchanging base and the heat-dissipating-side heat-exchanging base at an outer peripheral portion thereof. The frame and the other heat-exchanging base, which is not held by the frame, are both provided with extended portions extending substantially along and substantially in the same direction as a stacked direction of the heat-absorbing-side heat-exchanging base, the group of thermoelectric elements and the heat-dissipating-side heat-exchanging base. The extended portions are joined together.

Thermoelectric apparatus

One of a heat-absorbing-side thermal conductor and a heat-dissipating-side thermal conductor is substantially in a form of a single piece. Plural groups of thermoelectric elements are arranged relative to the single-piece thermal conductor. Corresponding to the plural groups of thermoelectric elements, the other one of the heat-absorbing-side thermal conductor and the heat-dissipating-side thermal conductor is arranged in a form divided into a like number of pieces.

Thermoelectric module

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Muroran, Japan

Mitsutoshi Ogasawara