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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2016
Mahle International Gmbh, Stuttgart, DE;
Juergen Gruenwald, Ludwigsburg, DE;
Dirk Neumeister, Stuttgart, DE;
Mahle International GmbH, , DE;
Abstract
A thermoelectric device may include a plurality of electrically conductive first threads and a plurality of electrically insulating second threads structured and arranged to define a fabric. At least one first thread of the plurality of first threads may include a plurality of p-doped thread sections and a plurality of n-doped thread sections arranged in alternating relationship with one another. The plurality of first threads may extend in a wavy course defining a plurality of curvature-turning points. The plurality of p-doped thread sections and the plurality of n-doped thread sections may be arranged in a respective curvature-turning point of the plurality of curvature-turning points.