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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:
Oct. 25, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2011
Applicants:
Nicholas F. Fowler, Corvallis, OR (US);
Marcus S. Ward, Corvallis, OR (US);
Paul H. Mcclelland, Corvallis, OR (US);
Inventors:
Nicholas F. Fowler, Corvallis, OR (US);
Marcus S. Ward, Corvallis, OR (US);
Paul H. McClelland, Corvallis, OR (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 35/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 35/30 (2013.01);
Abstract
A thermoelectric energy harvester comprises a cyclic energy input terminal supplying heat energy in a first part of the cycle to a thermal storage reservoir through a low thermal resistance generator. During a second part of the cycle, the thermal storage reservoir returns stored heat energy to the environment through an independent thermal circuit and a higher thermal resistance thermoelectric generator.