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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:
May. 20, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2010
Applicants:
Hideki Minami, Tokyo, JP;
Yuji Hiroshige, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Hideki Minami, Tokyo, JP;
Yuji Hiroshige, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01B 1/02 (2006.01); H01L 35/00 (2006.01); B22F 1/02 (2006.01); B22F 1/00 (2006.01); B22F 9/24 (2006.01); H01L 35/14 (2006.01); H01L 35/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B22F 1/025 (2013.01); B22F 1/0018 (2013.01); B22F 1/0044 (2013.01); B22F 9/24 (2013.01); H01L 35/14 (2013.01); H01L 35/34 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure provides a thermoelectric material which can be formed into a flexible and thin type material. The thermoelectric material is a composite that includes a binder resin, thermoelectric material particles dispersed in the binder resin, and fine metal particles supported on a surface of the thermoelectric material particles.