| CPC H10N 10/17 (2023.02) [F24S 10/30 (2018.05)] | 8 Claims |
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1. An electronic device comprising:
a light-receiving device configured to receive solar light and comprising a heat storage material configured to receive the solar light;
a loop-type heat pipe to which heat is input from the heat storage material of the light-receiving device and in which an operating fluid is enclosed in a loop-shaped flow path; and
a thermoelectric conversion element configured to convert a temperature difference of the loop-type heat pipe into electric power,
wherein the loop-type heat pipe has a loop structure having a loop shape,
wherein the thermoelectric conversion element is arranged on an inner side of the loop structure,
wherein the loop-type heat pipe has a high temperature-side extension part extending toward the inner side of the loop structure, and a low temperature-side extension part extending toward the inner side of the loop structure,
wherein the high temperature-side extension part is in contact with a first surface of the thermoelectric conversion element,
wherein the low temperature-side extension part is in contact with a second surface of the thermoelectric conversion element, the second surface of the thermoelectric conversion element being on an opposite side to the first surface of the thermoelectric conversion element,
wherein the loop-type heat pipe has a first outer metal layer, a second outer metal layer, and an intermediate metal laver provided between the first outer metal laver and the second outer metal layer,
wherein the high temperature-side extension part is formed by extending the first outer metal laver at a high-temperature part of the loop-type heat pipe,
wherein the low temperature-side extension part is formed by extending the second outer metal laver at a low-temperature part of the loop-type heat pipe, and
wherein the thermoelectric conversion element is positioned between the high temperature-side extension part and the low temperature-side extension part.
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