Thermoelectric generator having a resiliently mounted removable thermoelectric module. [radioisotope fueled]

Patent · Tue Nov 02 00:00:00 EST 1976

OSTI ID:7307349

Purdy, D L; Shapiro, Z M; Hursen, T F; Maurer, G W

An electrical generator having an isotopic heat capsule including a radioactive fuel rod as a primary heat source and thermoelectric modules as converters is described. The biological shield for the capsule is suspended from spiders at each end each consisting of pretensioned rods and defining planes at right angles to each other. The modules are mounted in cups of transition members of a heat rejection fin assembly whose fins extend from both sides of the transition member for effective cooling.

• Assignee: ARCO Medical Products Co.
• Patent Number(s): US 3989547
• Application Number: TRN: 77-007823
• OSTI ID: 7307349
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: Filed date 11 Mar 1974
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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