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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2017
Applicant:
Gentherm Incorporated, Northville, MI (US);
Inventors:
Dmitri Kossakovski, S. Pasadena, CA (US);
Alfred Piggott, Redford, MI (US);
Todd Robert Barnhart, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Assignee:
GENTHERM INCORPORATED, Northville, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 10/63 (2014.01); H01M 10/6551 (2014.01); H01M 10/6554 (2014.01); H01M 10/6572 (2014.01); F25B 21/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 10/6572 (2015.04); H01M 10/63 (2015.04); H01M 10/6551 (2015.04); H01M 10/6554 (2015.04); F25B 21/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed embodiments include thermoelectric-based thermal management systems and methods configured to heat and/or cool an electrical device. Thermal management systems can include a heat spreader positioned near a localized heat general of the electrical device. A fin can be connected to the heat spreader with a thermoelectric device positioned on the fin. Electric power can be directed to the thermoelectric device to provide controlled heating and/or cooling to the electrical device.