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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 1987
Filed:
Feb. 19, 1985
Applicant:
Inventors:
David Allred, Troy, MI (US);
Krystyna Dec, Troy, MI (US);
Nancy Jackett, Westland, MI (US);
On Van Nguyen, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Jaime Reyes, Birmingham, MI (US);
Assignee:
Energy Conversion Devices, Inc., Troy, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
427 34 ; 29573 ; 204 384 ; 204 385 ; 204 48 ; 20419215 ; 156646 ; 427 58 ; 427 89 ; 427 91 ; 427 92 ; 427423 ;
Abstract
Disclosed are a thermoelectric device and method of making the device. The device has a plurality of thermoelectric elements electrically in series and thermally in parallel, where the individual thermoelectric elements have a thermoelectric body formed of macroscopically disordered material with electrical contact surfaces at opposite ends and a multi-layered diffusion barrier coating on the electrical contact surfaces.