US 11,885,320 B2
Apparatus and method of operating a gas pump
Sergey F. Gimelshein, San Jose, CA (US); Eugene Moskovets, Boxboro, MA (US); and Piotr A. Garbuz, Hutto, TX (US)
Assigned to TORRAMICS INC., Walnut, CA (US)
Filed by TORRAMICS INC., Walnut, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/218,881.
Application 18/218,881 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2022/043069, filed on Sep. 9, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/242,042, filed on Sep. 9, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0358221 A1, Nov. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. F04B 35/04 (2006.01); H10N 19/00 (2023.01); H10N 10/10 (2023.01); F04B 37/00 (2006.01)
CPC F04B 35/04 (2013.01) [F04B 37/00 (2013.01); H10N 10/10 (2023.02); H10N 19/00 (2023.02)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
15. A method of isolating a temperature gradient in a gas, comprising:
imposing a primary temperature gradient on an adjacent gas with a second thermoelectric material;
configuring a first thermoelectric material that is complementary to the second thermoelectric material and in direct contact with the second thermoelectric material and in direct contact with a heat sink and a first electrical conductor to provide a first current and create a temperature gradient from the heat sink to the second thermoelectric material; and
configuring a third thermoelectric material that is complementary to the second thermoelectric material and in direct contact with the second thermoelectric material and in direct contact with the heat sink and a second electrical conductor to provide a second current and create a temperature gradient from the heat sink to the second thermoelectric material.