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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:
Feb. 20, 2007
Filed:
May. 08, 2003
Applicants:
Theodore C. Harman, Lexington, MA (US);
Patrick J. Taylor, Woburn, MA (US);
Michael P. Walsh, Lunenburg, MA (US);
Brian E. Laforge, Tyngsboro, MA (US);
Inventors:
Theodore C. Harman, Lexington, MA (US);
Patrick J. Taylor, Woburn, MA (US);
Michael P. Walsh, Lunenburg, MA (US);
Brian E. LaForge, Tyngsboro, MA (US);
Assignee:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 35/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A thermoelectric (TE) device includes a first leg of TE material (a pseudobinary or pseudoternary alloy) and a second leg comprising a metal wire. The second leg is in thermal and electrical communication with the first leg. The TE device has a ZT value of approximately 2.0 at a temperature of approximately 300K.