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Title: Implantable thermoelectric generator having thermopile compression wires
Abstract:
Thermopile mounting comprising elongated thermoelectric elements with insulation therebetween arrayed into a thermopile block, electrical interconnections for said elements, a hot plate and a cold plate at each end of the thermopile and a plurality of tensioned wires extending from the hot plate to the cold plate in a manner to transfer the stress of the wires to the thermopile to place same under compression, said wires having a strength to thermal conductivity ratio of greater than 250,000.
Other info: Inventors: Bustard, Thomas Stratton (Ellicott City, MD, US) Goslee, David Earl (White Marsh, MD, US) Application Number: 448023 Filing Date: 1974-03-04 Publication_date: 1976-05-18 Assignee: Nuclear Battery Corporation (Columbia, MD) Primary Class(es): 136/205 136/202, 136/211, 136/212, 136/223, 136/225, 976/DIG416 Other Classes: US Patent Ref:
Other Refs: Other References: Altieri et al., "Transactions of A.N.S.," 13, (No. 2), p. 505, (Nov. 13, 1970). Alcatel; Prospectus, "Alcatel Thermoelectric Microgenerators," (4 pp.), published May, 4, 1970, Paris. | |