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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2003
Applicants:
Mark Hirst, Boise, ID (US);
Richard Lee Swantner, Boise, ID (US);
Inventors:
Mark Hirst, Boise, ID (US);
Richard Lee Swantner, Boise, ID (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41F 1/54 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
One embodiment of the present invention provides a cooling system in an imaging device having an element that generates heat. The cooling system comprises a thermoelectric generator and a cooling device. The thermoelectric generator is thermally coupled to the element to convert the heat generated by the element to electrical energy. The cooling device is powered by the electrical energy to thereby cool the imaging device.