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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:
Jan. 19, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2004
Applicants:
Jihui Yang, Lakeshore, CA;
Gregory P. Meisner, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Inventors:
Jihui Yang, Lakeshore, CA;
Gregory P. Meisner, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
GM Global Technology Operations, Inc., Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B22F 1/00 (2006.01); H01L 35/12 (2006.01); H01M 4/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A low-cost filled skutterudite for advanced thermoelectric applications is disclosed. The filled skutterudite uses the relatively low-cost mischmetal, either alone or in addition to rare earth elements, as a starting material for guest or filler atoms.