US 12,004,425 B2
Thermoelectric generator array
Richard L Lewis, Mesa, AZ (US); Damon Kuhn, Houston, TX (US); Charles Maury, Mesa, AZ (US); Sean Loehr, Mesa, AZ (US); and James Maury, Mesa, AZ (US)
Assigned to ZEVX Inc., Gilber, AZ (US)
Filed by ZEVX INC, Gilbert, AZ (US)
Filed on Feb. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/803,123.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/207,308, filed on Feb. 19, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0270007 A1, Aug. 24, 2023
Int. Cl. H10N 10/13 (2023.01); B60L 50/90 (2019.01); B60L 53/20 (2019.01)
CPC H10N 10/13 (2023.02) [B60L 50/90 (2019.02); B60L 53/20 (2019.02)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for thermoelectric generation in a vehicle, comprising,
at least one thermoelectric generating element associated with a vehicle body with one side thermally conductively exposed to a relatively warmer exterior ambient air having an ambient temperature,
a flow structure to supply the other side of the at least one thermoelectric generating element with a relatively cooler air flow, so as to dynamically maintain a thermal gradient across said element; and
wherein said relatively cooler air flow is supplied by interior waste air from a cooling system of said vehicle.