ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,514,121, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to ZEON Corp. (Tokyo).

"Thermoelectric conversion module and method of producing thermoelectric conversion module" was invented by Hideki Uchida (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thermoelectric conversion module includes an electrically insulating sheet substrate having a front surface and a rear surface, a plurality of thermoelectric conversion elements, and a wiring layer. The plurality of thermoelectric conversion elements have an elongated shape extending in a first direction and are arranged such as to be lined up along a second direction intersecting the first direction at the front su...