US Patent Issued to Sanoh Industrial, TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY on April 29 for "Thermoelectric cell, thermoelectric cell manufacturing method, and thermoelectric body manufacturing method" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,289,998, issued on April 29, was assigned to Sanoh Industrial Co. Ltd. (Tokyo) and TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Tokyo).

"Thermoelectric cell, thermoelectric cell manufacturing method, and thermoelectric body manufacturing method" was invented by Biao Mei (Koga, Japan) and Sachiko Matsushita (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thermoelectric cell includes a thermoelectric body including heat-utilizing power generating elements in each of which a thermoelectric conversion layer and a solid electrolyte layer are layered, and converting thermal energy into electrical energy, a conductive case including a first case body and a second cas...