US Patent Issued to Cardtronics USA on March 17 for "Thermoelectric generator power generation at an ATM" (Philippine Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,581,856, issued on March 17, was assigned to Cardtronics USA Inc. (Atlanta).

"Thermoelectric generator power generation at an ATM" was invented by Clemence Orl Ceriales Cadano (Cebu City, Philippines), Kenneth Supangan Rivera (Nangka, Philippines) and Regine Topacio Solano (Bacolod City, Philippines).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and technique may be used to generate power via a thermoelectric generator (TEG) at a through-the-wall automated teller machine (ATM). An example system may include a thermoelectric generator (TEG) configured to harness a temperature difference between an interior portion of the through-the-wall ATM an...