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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2001
Robert W. Otey, Litchfield, NH (US);
Ferrotec (USA) Corporation, Nashua, NH (US);
Abstract
A flexible thermoelectric module having a pair of flexible substrates, a plurality of electrically conductive contacts on one side of each of the flexible substrates, and a plurality of P-type and N-type thermoelectric elements electrically connected between opposing sides of the pair of flexible substrates having the plurality of conductive contacts where the plurality of conductive contacts connect adjacent P-type and N-type elements to each other in series and where each of the P-type and N-type elements has a first end connected to one of the plurality of conductive contacts of one of the substrates and a second end connected to one of the plurality of electrical contacts of the other of the substrates.