Patent ID: 8969703
Filing Date: 2015-03-03
Classification: F25B,H01C,H01L,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A thermoelectric panel, comprising: An insulating substrate comprising a plurality of holes; and A plurality of discrete semiconductor thermoelectric elements comprising p-type and n-type semiconductor elements; Wherein the p-type and n-type semiconductor thermoelectric elements are woven in and out of the holes in the insulating substrate; Wherein the p-type and n-type semiconductor thermoelectric elements are alternatively arranged in the holes in the substrate; Wherein the p-type and n-type semiconductor thermoelectric elements are thermally and electrically connected to each other by stranded, braided, or mesh wire conductors comprising a plurality of strands of wire; and Wherein each of the stranded, braided or mesh wire conductors is compacted in cross section in the holes in the substrate near where the stranded wire conductors connect to the p-type and n-type semiconductor thermoelectric elements and the stranded, braided, or mesh conductors are expanded in cross section such that the strands are spaced apart from where the stranded wire conductors connect to the semiconductor thermoelectric elements, such that the compacted portion of the conductors are located in the holes in the insulating substrate and the expanded portions of the conductors are located outside the holes.