Patent ID: 9735333
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: H01L

Claim:
1. A thermoelectric module comprising: a housing with at least two opposite walls; a plurality of thermoelectric elements that have at least two opposite surfaces; and a plurality of conductive bridges, wherein at least two of the thermoelectric elements are connected to a first surface of one of the conductive bridges and a second surface of the one of the conductive bridges is connected to a support element, such that a combination of the at least two of the thermoelectric elements and the one of the conductive bridges is in thermal contact with the support element, wherein a wall of the housing has a cutout that is formed as a hole that extends entirely through the wall, wherein at least one thermal stress equalizing device is arranged in the thermoelectric module, and wherein the thermal stress equalizing device is formed by a plurality of the support elements, the support elements being plate-shaped each having an upper surface upon which the conductive bridges are positioned, a lower surface that opposes the upper surface and side edges, wherein individual plate-shaped support elements are elastically connected at their side edges to adjacent plate-shaped support elements, and wherein at least one side edge of at least two of the plate-shaped support elements have an at least partially peripheral flange region that has a bent peripheral flange extending therefrom.