US 12,114,570 B2
Thermoelectric generator module
Masakazu Oba, Kanagawa (JP); Toshihiko Kishizawa, Kanagawa (JP); and Yoshitsugu Kitsu, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to KELK Ltd., Kanagawa (JP)
Filed by KELK Ltd., Kanagawa (JP)
Filed on Feb. 3, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/592,082.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-018513 (JP), filed on Feb. 8, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0254978 A1, Aug. 11, 2022
Int. Cl. H10N 10/17 (2023.01); H10N 10/82 (2023.01)
CPC H10N 10/17 (2023.02) [H10N 10/82 (2023.02)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A thermoelectric generator module, comprising:
a first base material that is formed into a sheet and that has a thermoplastic layer;
a second base material that is formed into a sheet and that has a thermoplastic layer;
a plurality of thermoelectric conversion elements arranged between the first base material and the second base material;
a plurality of first electrodes arranged between the first base material and the plurality of thermoelectric conversion elements;
a plurality of second electrodes arranged between the second base material and the plurality of thermoelectric conversion elements; and
a joint that joins the first base material to the second base material,
wherein the plurality of thermoelectric conversion elements, the plurality of first electrodes, and the plurality of second electrodes are sealed by the joint, and
wherein the thermoplastic layer of the first base material and the thermoplastic layer of the second base material extend to the joint and are connected to each other.