ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,414,465, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to ZEON Corp. (Tokyo) and Tokyo University of Science Foundation (Tokyo).

"Thermoelectric conversion module" was invented by Hideki Uchida (Tokyo), Takashi Nakajima (Tokyo), Masahiro Motosuke (Tokyo) and Takahiro Yamamoto (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "It would be helpful to provide a sheet-form thermoelectric conversion module with excellent thermoelectric conversion characteristics. A thermoelectric conversion module according to the disclosure is a thermoelectric conversion module formed in sheet form, the thermoelectric conversion module being disposed in contact or proximity to a heat...