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US 9,810,130 B2Granted
Generator for internal combustion engine
AssigneeHyundai Motor Company
InventorsJin Woo Kwak, In Woong Lyo, Kyong Hwa Song, Su Jung Noh, In Chang Chu, Gyung Bok Kim, Seung Woo Lee, Han Saem Lee
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a generator for an internal combustion engine. The generator for an internal combustion engine includes: a heat protector configured to cover an exhaust manifold in which exhaust gas flows to absorb heat energy emitted from the exhaust manifold; and a thermoelectric module configured to be disposed on the heat protector to generate electric energy from heat energy absorbed by the heat protector.
Claims13
A generator for an internal combustion engine comprising:
- a cooling jacket in which a coolant flows;
- a heat protector configured to cover an exhaust manifold in which exhaust gas flows to absorb heat energy emitted from the exhaust manifold;
- a thermoelectric module configured to be disposed between the heat protector and the cooling jacket to generate electric energy;
- a first heat spreader disposed between the thermoelectric module and the heat protector, and configured to uniformly disperse the heat energy;
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- a second heat spreader disposed between the cooling jacket and the thermoelectric module, and configured to uniformly disperse the heat energy.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.