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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2010
Applicant:
Pierrick Descure, Saint-Ismier, FR;
Inventor:
Pierrick Descure, Saint-Ismier, FR;
Assignee:
STMicroelectronics (Grenoble 2) SAS, Grenoble, FR;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02N 2/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02N 2/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
A thermoelectric generator including a membrane maintained by lateral ends and capable of taking a first shape when its temperature reaches a first threshold and a second shape when its temperature reaches a second threshold greater than the first threshold; and mechanism capable of converting the motions and the deformations of the membrane into electricity.