Title: Microwatt thermoelectric generator

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1. In a microwatt thermoelectric generator including a sealed container having a header forming part of the container, a feed-through assembly in the header for making external electric connections to the generator, a nuclear source heating a thermopile, electrical conducting means connected to the thermopile for conducting electricity from the thermopile to the feed-through assembly and a foil insulation package, the improvement comprising:

a tube extending through the feed-through assembly said tube having an open end located on the outside of the container and a closed end located on the inside of the container, the electrical conducting means being attached to said tube closed end, an electrically conductive nut fixed to said tube at said open end and an electrically conductive bolt positioned in said tube open end so that a lead positioned on said bolt may be electrically attached to the generator to effect a temporary attachment of that lead to the generator for test purposes.

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Inventors: Goslee, David E. (White Marsh, MD, US)
Barr, Harold N. (Baltimore, MD, US)

Application Number: 489768
Filing Date: 1974-07-18
Publication_date: 1976-09-14
Assignee: Nuclear Battery Corporation (Columbia, MD)
Primary Class(es): 136/202 976/DIG416
Other Classes:
US Patent Ref:

3607443	Sep, 1971	Purdy	136/202.
3678303	Jul, 1972	Round	136/202.
3758346	Sep, 1973	Falkenberg et al.	136/202.
3818304	Jun, 1974	Hursen et al.	136/202.

Other Refs:
Primary Examiner: Tubbesing, T.H.
Assistant Examiner: Montone, G. E.
Attorney: Fleit & Jacobson