ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,376,491, issued on July 29, was assigned to LG INNOTEK Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Thermoelectric element" was invented by Myoung Lae Roh (Seoul, South Korea) and Tae Su Yang (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thermoelectric element according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a first electrode; a semiconductor structure disposed on the first electrode; and a second electrode disposed on the semiconductor structure, wherein the bottom surface of the second electrode includes an overlap area vertically overlapping the first electrode, the semiconductor structure includes a top surface opposite to th...