ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,610,740, issued on April 21, was assigned to LG INNOTEK Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Thermoelectric device" was invented by Man Hue Choi (Seoul, South Korea) and Yong Sang Cho (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thermoelectric device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a duct; a first thermoelectric module disposed on the duct and including a thermoelectric element; and a shield member disposed on the first thermoelectric module, wherein the first thermoelectric module includes: a first substrate; a first electrode part disposed on the first substrate; a semiconductor element part disposed o...