Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Thermoelectric generator of vehicle
- Patent Title (中): 汽车热电发电机
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Application No.: US13477809Application Date: 2012-05-22
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Publication No.: US08661801B2Publication Date: 2014-03-04
- Inventor: Dea-Gil Hwang
- Applicant: Dea-Gil Hwang
- Applicant Address: KR Seoul
- Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
- Current Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
- Current Assignee Address: KR Seoul
- Agency: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
- Priority: KR10-2011-0135371 20111215
- Main IPC: F01N3/00
- IPC: F01N3/00 ; F01N3/02 ; F01N3/20 ; H01L35/30

Abstract:
A thermoelectric generator apparatus of a vehicle, may include a high temperature member installed on an external wall of the exhaust pipe inside a silencer of the vehicle and exchanging heat with the exhaust gas, a low temperature member installed on the external wall of the exhaust pipe and at a side of the high temperature member, and a thermoelectric module formed by joining a P-shaped semi-conductor and an N-shaped semi-conductor, wherein the thermoelectric module may be installed on the external wall of the exhaust pipe between the high temperature member and the low temperature member so that a side thereof may be heated by the high temperature member and the other side thereof may be cooled by the low temperature member in order to use a thermoelectric phenomenon caused by a temperature difference between the side and the other side of the thermoelectric module to generate electricity.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130152560A1 THERMOELECTRIC GENERATOR OF VEHICLE Public/Granted day:2013-06-20
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