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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2017
The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd, Marin, CH;
Francois Gueissaz, Cormondreche, CH;
Alain Jornod, Neuchatel, CH;
The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd, Marin, CH;
Abstract
A device is provided, including a housing having a cavity that is open to an exterior of the housing; an electrical element positioned inside the housing; and an actuation system configured to actuate the element and including a thermoelectric module including first and second electrically insulating plates substantially parallel to one another and each bear electrically conductive terminal blocks, and semiconductive pillars that extend between the respective blocks of the first and second plates, the module housed inside the cavity such that the second plate is positioned against walls of the cavity and the first plate is accessible from outside the housing, and an electronic transmission circuit linking at least two of the blocks of the second plate to the element, and where the system extends beyond the exterior of the housing in a direction perpendicular to a plane aligned with a surface of the exterior of the housing.