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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2012
Micropower Global Limited, Hamilton, BM;
Thomas E. Zirkle, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Robert M. Gardner, Gilbert, AZ (US);
Robert S. Kilbourn, New Braunfels, TX (US);
MICROPOWER GLOBAL LIMITED, Tortola, VG;
Abstract
A thermoelectric device, module, and system, and method for and method for making is provided. The thermoelectric device () having a first and second elements (and). The first and second elements (and) having first and second portions (and), and third and fourth portions (and) with first and second regions (and) connected between the first and second portions (and) and third and fourth portions (and), respectively. The first and second portions (and) and third and fourth portions (and) are electrically coupled though regions (and) and with thermal conductance between first and second portions (and) and third and fourth portions (and) being inhibited by regions (and), respectively. Thermoelectric element () having first and second electrodes (), wherein electrode () of the thermoelectric element () is electrically and thermally coupled to portion () and wherein the electrode () is electrically and thermally coupled to portion ().