ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,382,832, issued on Aug. 5.
"Thermoelectric piezoelectric generator" was invented by David L. Carroll (Winston-Salem, N.C.) and David Montgomery (Winston-Salem, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Electric generators are described herein integrating thermoelectric and piezoelectric components. In some embodiments, an electric generator comprises a thermoelectric film having a plurality of lateral p-n junctions across a face of the film, the lateral p-n junctions established at interfaces between p-type regions and n-type regions. A piezoelectric film is coupled to the thermoelectric film and an electrode is coupled to the piezoelectric fil...