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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2000
Hideo Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Fumikazu Kiya, Kanagawa, JP;
ECO 21, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
With an object to provide a thermoelectric converter excellent in performance, this invention provides a thermoelectric converter provided with a first thermal converter,a blocked second thermal conductor,connected to a predetermined position of the first conductor,a frame,made of a synthetic resin and surrounding the second conductor,a thermally-conductive substrate,with the frame,fixed at a basal end portion,thereof on the substrate and also with a group of thermoelectric elements,supported inside the substrate, and a heat-insulating layer,interposed between the first thermal conductor,and the thermally-conductive substrate,such that the frame,is surrounded at an outer periphery thereof by the heat-insulating layer. The second thermal conductor,and the thermally-conductive substrate,are opposing each other and are maintained in close contact with each other via the group of thermoelectric elements,. The second thermal conductor,and the frame,are provided with an engaging flange,which prevents the second thermal conductor,from undergoing a displacement toward the first thermal conductor,and an engaged portion,which is in engagement with the engaging flange.