Flexible thermoelectric device

A flexible thermoelectric device, comprising:

• a plurality of modules, each of the plurality of modules comprising:
• a thermally conductive plate having a plate top surface and a plate bottom surface opposite the plate top surface,
• a thermoelectric component having a component top side and a component bottom side opposite the component top side, wherein the component bottom side is coupled to the plate top surface, and
• a heat sink having a heat sink top surface, a heat sink bottom surface opposite the heat sink top surface, wherein the heat sink bottom surface is coupled to the component top surface;
• a plurality of spacers wherein each of the plurality of spacers comprises a spacer top surface that extends vertically above the heat sink top surface of at least one of the plurality of modules, thereby forming a clearance between the spacer top surface and the heat sink top surface of the corresponding module, wherein the plurality of spacers are disjointed from each other;
• an elastic material coupled to two or more of the thermally conductive plates and one or more of the plurality of spacers thereby forming a continuous body;
• and
• a power source electrically coupled to the plurality of modules;
• wherein the heat sink of each of the plurality of modules is configured to be fluidly coupled to at least one other heat sink.