US 8,997,502 B2Granted

Thermoelectric assembly for improved airflow

AssigneeMarlow Industries, Inc.

InventorsSteven M. Ayres, Overton L. Parish, IV

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Abstract

In one embodiment, a system includes a first thermoelectric assembly that includes a first set of thermoelectric elements and a first plate and a second plate are coupled to the first set of thermoelectric elements. A second thermoelectric assembly is spaced apart from the first thermoelectric assembly. It includes a second set of thermoelectric elements and a third plate and a fourth plate are coupled to the second set of thermoelectric elements. A first set of fins is coupled to the first plate and a second set of fins is coupled to the third plate. A third set of fins is coupled to the second plate and a fourth set of fins is coupled to the fourth plate. A fan is coupled to the first and second sets of fins and is substantially centered with respect to a gap between the first and second sets of fins.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A system comprising:

a first thermoelectric assembly comprising:
a first set of thermoelectric elements;
a first plate coupled to the first set of thermoelectric elements;
and
a second plate coupled to first set of thermoelectric elements;
a second thermoelectric assembly, the second thermoelectric assembly spaced apart from the first thermoelectric assembly, the second thermoelectric assembly comprising:
a second set of thermoelectric elements;
a third plate coupled to the second set of thermoelectric elements;
and
a fourth plate coupled to the second set of thermoelectric elements;
a first set of fins coupled to the first plate;
a second set of fins coupled to the third plate, the second set of fins spaced apart from the first set of fins by a first gap;
a third set of fins coupled to the second plate;
a fourth set of fins coupled to the fourth plate, the third set of fins spaced apart from the fourth set of fins by a second gap;
and
a first fan coupled to the first set of fins and the second set of fins, the first fan substantially centered with respect to the first gap.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 13/780,481Filed 28 Feb 2013 · us provisional application
Priority: 1 Mar 2012
Published: US 2013/0227966 A15 Sep 2013
Granted: 7 Apr 2015
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification8 codes

F25B 21/02
Machines, plants or systems, using electric or magnetic effects: using Peltier effect; using Nernst-Ettinghausen effect
H05K 13/00
Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing or adjusting assemblages of electric
H10N 10/17
Operating with only the Peltier or Seebeck effects: characterised by the structure or configuration of the cell or thermocouple forming the device
Y10T 29/49002
Method of mechanical manufacture: electrical device making