Andrew P Miner

US Patent:

20080274004, Nov 6, 2008

Filed:

Apr 29, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/111873

Inventors:

Andrew C. Miner - San Francisco CA, US

Assignee:

Romny Scientific, Inc. - Richmond CA

International Classification:

B22F 3/02
B22F 7/04

US Classification:

419 68, 419 66

Abstract:

This invention relates to the formation manufacturing method for constructing a thermoelectric device, by dispensing a slurry composed of thermoelectric solids in a carrier fluid across a substrate. The process uses a mold to confine the slurry, and heat and pressure to cure the thermoelectric slurry into a solid. The specific method of curing the thermoelectric material is outlined, employing a new method of condensing the particulate solids into dense thermoelectric elements.

US Patent:

20160380175, Dec 29, 2016

Filed:

Mar 27, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/671932

Inventors:

Andrew C. Miner - San Francisco CA, US
Kathryn E. Alexander - Burlingame CA, US

International Classification:

H01L 35/34
H01L 35/18
H01L 35/20
B22F 3/14

Abstract:

A method for forming a densified solid object corresponding to a thermoelectric element from a mixture of uncompressed, powdered constituent materials. A powdered precursor material may be selected to cause a shrinkage of at least twenty percent in at least two mutually orthogonal linear dimensions of a densified solid object compared to corresponding dimensions of a mold cavity. In some embodiments, a precursor material is selected to produce a thermoelectric material having electrical and mechanical properties suitable for a thermoelectric module. In some embodiments, at least two thermoelectric elements are electrically connected to conductive plates to form a thermoelectric module.