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Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2015

Filed:

Mar. 30, 2011
Applicants:

Yoonho Kim, Shiga, JP;

Takeshi Serizawa, Shiga, JP;

Hirohisa Tanaka, Shiga, JP;

Tadachika Nakayama, Niigata, JP;

Masatoshi Takeda, Niigata, JP;

Noboru Yamada, Niigata, JP;

Koichi Niihara, Niigata, JP;

Inventors:

Yoonho Kim, Shiga, JP;

Takeshi Serizawa, Shiga, JP;

Hirohisa Tanaka, Shiga, JP;

Tadachika Nakayama, Niigata, JP;

Masatoshi Takeda, Niigata, JP;

Noboru Yamada, Niigata, JP;

Koichi Niihara, Niigata, JP;

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02N 2/18 (2006.01); H01L 35/30 (2006.01); H01L 37/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 37/02 (2013.01); H01L 35/30 (2013.01); H02N 2/18 (2013.01); Y02E 20/14 (2013.01);
Abstract

A power-generating system includes a heat source having a temperature that goes up and down over time; a first device that undergoes electric polarization due to a temperature change of the heat source; and a second device that takes out an electric power from the first device.


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