ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,279,529, issued on April 15, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Thermoelectric conversion unit" was invented by Hiromasa Tamaki (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thermoelectric conversion unit includes first fluid flow path sections facing each other; a second fluid flow path section between the first fluid flow path sections; a first thermoelectric module between the second fluid flow path section and one of the first fluid flow path sections; a second thermoelectric module between the second fluid flow path section and the other of the first fluid flow path sections; and hea...