Patent ID: 8653358

Claim:
A thermoelectric device comprising: a plurality of conductor portions in the form of a trapezoid including a base portion, a first angled side portion, and a second angled side portion, wherein the second angled side portion is arranged opposite the first angled side portion and coupled to the first angled side portion through the base portion; a plurality of conductor members in the form of a trapezoid including a base section, a first angled side section, and a second angled side section, wherein the second angled side section is arranged opposite to the first angled side section and coupled to the first angled side section through the base section; a plurality of P-type thermoelectric members interconnecting corresponding ones of the first angled side portions with the first angled side sections, each of the plurality of P-type thermoelectric members being angled relative to a longitudinal axis and an axis that extends perpendicular to the longitudinal axis; and a plurality of N-type thermoelectric members interconnecting corresponding ones of the second angled side portions with the second angled side sections, each of the plurality of N-type thermoelectric members being angled relative to the longitudinal axis and the axis that extends perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, wherein electric flow through the plurality of conductor portions and the plurality of conductor members passes along a first predefined curvilinear path and a heat flux passes along a second predefined curvilinear path.