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Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2017

Filed:

Nov. 12, 2010
Applicants:

Jörg Oesterle, Laichingen, DE;

Rolf Jebasinski, Filderstadt, DE;

Thomas Nording, Esslingen, DE;

Georg Wirth, Kirchheim/Teck, DE;

Inventors:

Jörg Oesterle, Laichingen, DE;

Rolf Jebasinski, Filderstadt, DE;

Thomas Nording, Esslingen, DE;

Georg Wirth, Kirchheim/Teck, DE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 35/32 (2006.01); F01N 5/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 35/32 (2013.01); F01N 5/025 (2013.01); Y02T 10/16 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49108 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49398 (2015.01);
Abstract

The present invention relates to an exhaust system for a combustion engine, more preferably of a road vehicle, with at least one exhaust gas-conducting component having a ring-shaped closed inner wall in circumferential direction, whose inner side is exposed to the exhaust gas. The energetic efficiency of the combustion engine can be improved with at least one thermoelectric generator which converts heat into electric energy and which is arranged on an outer side of the inner wall.


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