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AssigneeGentherm Incorporated
InventorsLon E. Bell, Douglas T. Crane, Vladimir Jovovic, Eric Poliquin, Joseph Dean, Zhiwu Fang, Dmitri Kossakovski
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A thermoelectric assembly and a method of operating a thermoelectric assembly are provided. The thermoelectric assembly includes at least one thermoelectric subassembly configured to be in thermal communication with a heat source and configured to be in thermal communication with a heat sink. The at least one thermoelectric subassembly includes at least one thermoelectric element including a hot side at a first temperature and a cold side at a second temperature lower than the first temperature. The thermoelectric assembly further includes a controller in operative communication with the at least one thermoelectric subassembly. The controller is configured to adjust the first temperature by adjusting an electrical current of the at least one thermoelectric subassembly.
A thermoelectric assembly comprising:
A method of operating a thermoelectric assembly comprising at least one thermoelectric subassembly in thermal communication with a heat source and in thermal communication with a heat sink, the at least one thermoelectric subassembly comprising at least one thermoelectric element comprising a hot side at a first temperature and a cold side at a second temperature lower than the first temperature, the method comprising adjusting the first temperature by adjusting an electrical current of the at least one thermoelectric subassembly.
A non-transitory computer storage having stored thereon a computer program that instructs a computer system to operate a thermoelectric assembly comprising at least one thermoelectric subassembly in thermal communication with a heat source and in thermal communication with a heat sink, the at least one thermoelectric subassembly comprising at least one thermoelectric element comprising a hot side at a first temperature and a cold side at a second temperature lower than the first temperature, by at least adjusting the first temperature by adjusting an electrical current of the at least one thermoelectric subassembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.