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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2005
Yoshiyuki Kanai, Tokyo, JP;
Kazumasa Ibata, Tokyo, JP;
Shigeki Shoji, Tokyo, JP;
Masaki Takechi, Tokyo, JP;
Zentaro Nakamura, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiro Komatsu, Tokyo, JP;
Ken Iwakiri, Tokyo, JP;
Ryu Akimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Shingo Masumoto, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshiyuki Kanai, Tokyo, JP;
Kazumasa Ibata, Tokyo, JP;
Shigeki Shoji, Tokyo, JP;
Masaki Takechi, Tokyo, JP;
Zentaro Nakamura, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiro Komatsu, Tokyo, JP;
Ken Iwakiri, Tokyo, JP;
Ryu Akimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Shingo Masumoto, Tokyo, JP;
Yamatake Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a thermoelectric device, a thermoelectric element has one surface on a low temperature side and the other surface on a high temperature side. A member is attached to at least one of the low- and high-temperature-side surfaces of the thermoelectric element. A temperature detection element is provided between the member and the surface of the thermoelectric element to which the member is attached. A mirror surface state detection device is also disclosed.