US Patent Issued to TDK Electronics on Jan. 20 for "Device and method for generating a dielectric barrier discharge" (Austrian, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,532,402, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to TDK Electronics AG (Munich).

"Device and method for generating a dielectric barrier discharge" was invented by Stefan Nettesheim (Regensburg, Germany), Robert Krumphals (Deutschlandsberg, Austria), Johann Pichler (Breitenau Am Hochlantsch, Austria) and Markus Puff (Graz, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an embodiment a device includes a thermoelectric component, an electrode arranged opposite the thermoelectric component and a high voltage source configured to generate a high voltage between the thermoelectric component and the electrode sufficient to ignite a dielectric barrier discha...