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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2006
Michael Sullivan, Fremont, CA (US);
George Tyndall, San Jose, CA (US);
Michael Sullivan, Fremont, CA (US);
George Tyndall, San Jose, CA (US);
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon, KR;
Abstract
The invention includes a thermoelectric device, preferably including an electrical contact pair providing enabling power for a first heat transfer from an internal heat transfer interface to the exterior heat transfer interface, and a second heat transfer from the exterior heat transfer interface to the internal heat transfer interface. The device preferably includes a means for enabling the power from the electrical contact pair for the first and second heat transfers. The thermoelectric device may include a thermal controller and/or a thermal transfer element. The thermoelectric device may include a fan motor driving a fan moving air across a heat sink included in the thermal transfer element. An external cover may include the thermoelectric device. The hard disk drive including the thermoelectric device. A system including the hard disk drive. Manufacturing these apparatus and these apparatus as products of these manufacturing processes.