Component for thermoelectric generator

Patent · Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1977

OSTI ID:862760

Purdy, David L ^[1]

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1. Indiana, PA

In a thermoelectric generator, a component comprises a ceramic insulator, having over limited areas thereof, each area corresponding to a terminal end of thermoelectric wires, a coating of a first metal which adheres to the insulator, and an electrical thermoelectric junction including a second metal which wets said first metal and adheres to said terminal ends but does not wet said insulator, and a cloth composed of electrically insulating threads interlaced with thermoelectric wires.

• Research Organization: Nuclear Materials and Equipment Corp., Apollo, Pa. Energy Conversion Div.
• DOE Contract Number: AT(30-1)-3731
• Assignee: ARCO Medical Products Company (Leechburg, PA)
• Patent Number(s): US 4006039
• OSTI ID: 862760
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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thermoelectric
generator
comprises
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insulator
limited
corresponding
terminal
wires
coating
metal
adheres
electrical
junction
including
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wet
cloth
composed
electrically
insulating
threads
interlaced
ceramic insulator
electric generator
electrically insulating
thermoelectric generator
thermoelectric wires
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