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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 1981
Filed:
Oct. 05, 1979
Applicant:
Inventors:
Noboru Yamamoto, Nagoya, JP;
Akira Ohmura, Kasugai, JP;
Assignee:
NGK Insulators, Ltd., Nagoya, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
136209 ; 136210 ; 136224 ; 136225 ;
Abstract
A thermal converter is constructed with thermoelectric element composed of a honeycomb structural body having a large number of parallel channels extending therethrough and separated by thin walls, a part of the channels forming a region for flowing a high temperature fluid and the other part of the channels forming a region for flowing a low temperature fluid. A honeycomb structural body to constitute P type thermoelectric element and a honeycomb structural body to constitute N type thermoelectric element are preferably alternately arranged in a plurality of numbers.