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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2017
Applicant:
Gentherm Incorporated, Northville, MI (US);
Inventor:
Dmitri Kossakovski, South Pasadena, CA (US);
Assignee:
Gentherm Incorporated, Northville, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 35/30 (2006.01); H01L 35/04 (2006.01); B60N 2/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 35/30 (2013.01); B60N 2/5642 (2013.01); B60N 2/5692 (2013.01); H01L 35/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
A thermoelectric assembly includes first and second shunts spaced apart from one another in a through-plane direction. At least one of the first and second shunts having a shunt area in an in-plane direction. P-n pellets interconnect the first and second shunts electrically in series with one another in the in-plane direction. The p-n pellets have faces that engage the first and second shunts. At least one of the faces have a pellet area. The pellet area is substantially less than the shunt area.