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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2012
Applicant:
Daimler Ag, Stuttgart, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Daimler AG, Stuttgart, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02N 11/00 (2006.01); H01L 35/32 (2006.01); B60L 11/18 (2006.01); B60L 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02N 11/002 (2013.01); B60L 11/002 (2013.01); B60L 11/1855 (2013.01); H01L 35/32 (2013.01); H01L 35/325 (2013.01); B60L 2240/445 (2013.01); B60L 2240/547 (2013.01); Y02T 10/166 (2013.01); Y02T 10/705 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7005 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and device for generating electrical energy in a motor vehicle involves thermoelectric generator having a plurality of thermoelectric modules and coupled to at least one electrical consumer. Module open-circuit voltages of the modules are determined and those modules for which a sum of their module open-circuit voltages attains twice a predefined generator output voltage with the smallest possible deviation are determined and electrically connected to one another in series.