US 12,405,038 B2
Thermoelectric assemblies with plastic moisture barriers
Matthew Hammill, Haddon Township, NJ (US); and Xiang Liu, Shenzhen (CN)
Assigned to Tark Thermal Solutions, Inc., Morrisville, NC (US)
Filed by Laird Thermal Systems, Inc., Morrisville, NC (US)
Filed on Oct. 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/967,519.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/314,040, filed on Feb. 25, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0272948 A1, Aug. 31, 2023
Int. Cl. F25B 21/02 (2006.01); H10N 10/17 (2023.01); H10N 10/80 (2023.01)
CPC F25B 21/02 (2013.01) [H10N 10/17 (2023.02); H10N 10/80 (2023.02); F25B 2321/023 (2013.01); F25B 2321/0251 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A thermoelectric assembly comprising:
a thermoelectric module including a hot side and a cold side;
a first heat exchanger coupled to the hot side of the thermoelectric module;
a second heat exchanger coupled to the cold side of the thermoelectric module;
a gasket positioned between the first heat exchanger and the second heat exchanger and defining an opening for receiving the thermoelectric module, the gasket including an inner perimeter adjacent to the thermoelectric module and an outer perimeter distal to the thermoelectric module; and
a dielectric plastic barrier film, the dielectric plastic barrier film adhesively coupled to at least a portion of the outer perimeter of the gasket to substantially inhibit an ingress of moisture to the gasket and the thermoelectric module, wherein the dielectric plastic barrier film includes a thermoplastic material with a plastic material coated thereon.