US Patent Issued to Advanced Thermovoltaic Systems on Jan. 27 for "Thermal lensing electrode in thermoelectric generators for improved performance" (Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,538,705, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Advanced Thermovoltaic Systems Corp. (Loveland, Colo.).

"Thermal lensing electrode in thermoelectric generators for improved performance" was invented by Ronald Petkie (Fort Collins, Colo.), John B. Newman (Fort Collins, Colo.) and Ion M. Basa (Fort Collins, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Exemplary thermoelectric devices and methods are disclosed herein. Thermoelectric generator performance is increased by the shaping isothermal fields within the bulk of a thermoelectric pellet, resulting in an increase in power output of a thermoelectric generator module. In one embodiment, a thermoelect...