ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,677,594, issued on July 7, was assigned to LG INNOTEK Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Thermoelectric module" was invented by Sang Hoon Bong (Seoul, South Korea), Boone Won (Seoul, South Korea) and Yong Sang Cho (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thermoelectric module according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a cooling jacket with through-holes through which fluid can flow; a first thermoelectric element disposed on the cooling jacket; and a first shield member disposed on the first thermoelectric element and being thermally conductive, wherein the first thermoelectric element includes: a first substra...