Communication device and power source device
AssigneeAmaterz, Inc.
InventorMasakazu Yajima
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Abstract
A communication device 100 of the present invention is placed at a place which is composed of a hole configured from a side wall 11 or/and a bottom and a cover 12 covering the hole, the communication device comprising: a plate member 101 obtaining heat of the cover; a heat transfer member 102 connected to the plate member to transfer the heat of the cover; a thermoelectric generation unit 103 in which a first junction is connected to the heat transfer member and a second junction is connected to the side wall, the bottom or liquid existing in the hole; and a communication unit 104 performing communication using electric power generated by the thermoelectric generation unit.
Claims12
A communication device placed at a place which is composed of a material defining a hole, and a cover covering the hole, the communication device comprising:
- a cover contact member obtaining heat of the cover;
- a heat transfer member connected to the cover contact member to transfer heat of the cover,
- a thermoelectric generation unit in which a first junction is connected to the heat transfer member and a second junction is connected to a side wall of the material defining the hole;
- a communication unit performing communication using electric power generated by the thermoelectric generation unit;
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- a lateral push member configured to generate stress pushing the thermoelectric generation unit against the side wall of the material defining the hole
- wherein the lateral push member comprises a portion of the cover contact member and the heat transfer member.
A power source device placed at a place which is composed of a material defining a hole, and a cover covering the hole, the power source device comprising:
- a cover contact member obtaining heat of the cover;
- a heat transfer member connected to the cover contact member to transfer the heat of the cover;
- a thermoelectric generation unit in which a first junction is connected to the heat transfer member and a second junction is connected to a side wall of the material defining the hole, and
- a lateral push member configured to generated stress pushing the thermoelectric generation unit against the side wall of the material defining the hole;
- wherein the lateral push member comprises a portion of the cover contact member and the heat transfer member.
A communication device placed at a place which is composed of a material defining a hole, and a cover covering the hole, the communication device comprising:
- a cover contact member obtaining heat of the cover, connected to a surface of the cover;
- a heat transfer member connected to the cover contact member to transfer heat of the cover;
- a thermoelectric generation unit including a thermoelectric power generation element, a first thermally conductive adhesive on a first surface of the thermoelectric power generation element and a second thermally conductive adhesive on a second surface of the thermoelectric power generation element, wherein the first thermally conductive adhesive contacts with the heat transfer member, and the second thermally conductive adhesive contacts with a side wall of the of the material defining the hole;
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- a communication unit performing communication using electric power generated by the thermoelectric generation unit
- a lateral push member configured to generate stress pushing the thermoelectric generation element against the side wall of the material defining the hole
- wherein the lateral push member comprises a portion of the cover contact member and the heat transfer member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.