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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2020
Applicant:
Kelk Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Isao Shibata, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
KELK Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H10N 10/17 (2023.01); H10N 10/01 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H10N 10/17 (2023.02); H10N 10/01 (2023.02);
Abstract
A thermoelectric generator includes a thermoelectric generation module, a power storage unit configured to store electric charge generated from the thermoelectric generation module, a switching unit configured to switch between supply and stop of discharge to a transceiver (transmission/reception unit) driven by discharge from the power storage unit, and a determination unit configured to determine stop of discharge from the power storage unit, in which the determination unit determines stop of discharge before completion of discharge from the power storage unit.