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Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2017

Filed:

Aug. 28, 2012
Applicants:

Yoonho Kim, Shiga, JP;

Juyoung Kim, Shiga, JP;

Satoru Yamanaka, 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;

Juyoung Kim, Shiga, JP;

Satoru Yamanaka, 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;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02N 2/18 (2006.01); H01L 41/08 (2006.01); H02N 11/00 (2006.01); H01L 37/02 (2006.01); F01N 5/02 (2006.01); H01L 41/113 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02N 11/002 (2013.01); F01N 5/025 (2013.01); H01L 37/02 (2013.01); H01L 41/113 (2013.01); Y02T 10/16 (2013.01);
Abstract

A power-generating system includes a heat source which is able to produce temporal temperature variation, a first device in which polarization occurs based on the temperature change of the heat source, and a second device for taking out a net generating power from the first device, wherein 80% or higher of the total surface area of the first device is heated and/or cooled with the heat source.


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